Week 1, Day 1: Foundation Building - Reading & Grammar
⏱️ Total Time: 90 minutes
Focus Skills: Matching Headings + Articles
Theme: Education & Family
IELTS Question Types: Matching Headings, Sentence Completion, True/False/Not Given
🎯 What You’ll Learn Today
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
- Apply the 3-step method for Matching Headings questions
- Identify main ideas versus supporting details
- Use the articles decision tree correctly in 80% of cases
🧘 PART 1: Warm-Up & Mindset (5 minutes)
Welcome to Week 1! Today we’re building foundations – learning how to match headings to paragraphs, one of the most common IELTS Reading question types. We’ll also work on articles (a/an/the), which many students lose marks on in Writing Task 1.
Before we start, let’s calm our minds:
- Close your eyes
- Take 3 deep breaths
- Remember: IELTS tests skills you already have. We’re just organizing them today.