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Appendix V LESSON 2 LESSON PLAN Class Primary 6 Initial information Time 45 min Date 02/04/2003 Title/Topic The Tower of London AIMS To help students approach authentic texts with confidence and take from them the information they need. To use both top-down and bottom-up approaches in order to create meaning from texts. OBJECTIVES At the end of the lesson students will be able to:  Use skimming in order to understand the overall organization of a text and get the gist.  Use scanning to locate specific information.  Guess the meaning of words from the context.  Understand anaphoric references.  Relate personal experiences to new knowledge and practice extensive reading