To allow the students practice in using the core lexis orally.

To check learning and accuracy of production of the target language.

To provide a real information gap to bridge.

To ensure some variety and peer-to-peer co-operation.

To make sure that the learners can handle the reading text.

To make sure that the learners are reading for a reason.

To give learners the chance to deploy the language independently.

To provide a further opportunity to reinforce the targets.

Introduce the lesson and present new lexis in the context of my accident.

Hand out the homework writing task.

Students speak together to exchange information and decide whose fault the accident was.

Students feedback their decision as a group. I monitor for error and intervene to check and correct.

I correct serious errors in plenary using the whiteboard and drill where necessary.

Divide students into three groups: a, b, c and explain the task. Then give out worksheets.

Students do reading in groups and complete grids with the information they gather.

Re-group students: abc, abc ... . They have different information.