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Language Functions Describing ones daily routine & leisure activities Telling the time Vocabulary Link Daily routines Leisure activities Sports & go/play/do + sports
Lesson 1 My day!
Talking about favourite school subjects/ leisure activities & sports Comparing & contrasting likes/dislikes
School subjects
Whquestions
4 teaching periods 1. Reading & Listening, Vocabulary Link 2. Pronunciation Link & Grammar Link & 3. Project 4. Self-assesment
Aids Lesson 1 -Reading task 1 Advertisements (from magazines & newspapers) - Vocabulary Link, task 2 A large clock Lesson 2 Speaking & Writing, task 2, Extra 6 -pictures of different activities (e.g. swimming etc.) Lesson 3 -Reading Warm-up Pictures of food -Vocabulary Link, task 3 Dictionaries -Project -Dictionaries -Old newspapers & magazines
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LESSON 1: My day!
READING SB pages 26-27 Aims and Objectives To involve students in -reading an advertisement of an eproject & a student's project about his daily routine - skimming & scanning To integrate reading with listening & speaking To present vocabulary and grammar in context Vocabulary advertisement, take part, project, typical, weekday, site, wake up, by bus/bike/on foot, stepdad, stepbrother, school subject, social studies, ancient Greek, weird, break, relax, cycling, prefer, tidy my room, go crazy, hate
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WRITING SB page 30 Aims and Objectives To involve students in - writing a presentation of their school day - using the present Simple & adverbs of frequency to write about habits & routines - process writing & peer feedback Vocabulary & structures - Vocabulary related to habits & daily routines - Present Simple in the 1st person singular - Adverbs of frequency - Time (e.g. at 7:30) Task 1 Remind students of the advertisement on p. 26 and ask them to imagine that they're going to take part in this project. Ask them to collect ideas in the table. Encourage them to go through the lesson for help. Task 2 Ask: What do you want to write about in your presentation?' Do you want to write about what you do at school?' etc. Students decide which sections they're going to include. Task 3 Students write a first draft using time expressions and adverbs of frequency.
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Task 2 Discuss the pictures with the class. Ask students to read the text about Nicole's school day quickly and answer the questions. Answers: a. school of the air' b. five to six hours Task 3 Students choose a title for each paragraph. Explain that there is an extra title. Answers: a. par. 3 b. par. 2 c. par. 4 d. (extra) e. par. 1 Task 4 Ask students to read the text again and complete the table. Revise equipment'.
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8. biology 9. ancient Greek 10. home economics 11. English 12. computer studies 13. art
Introduction: Vocabulary Link Section Task 2 Ask students: What other subjects do students do in Greece in the 1st grade of Junior High School?' Assist with vocabulary (French, German, Technology) Play the example sentences on the CD. Students listen & then say what subjects they like or don't like. Explain the word hate'. EXTRA! 2 Students can write sentences about the subjects they like/don't like in class or at home. WB Task 3 p. 27 Task 3 Students go through Pete's school timetable. Explain / elicit: Technical Drawing', Science', Health'. Refer students to the example. Students in pairs compare Pete's timetable with Magda & Helen's. Students can do this either by referring to the school subjects in Task 1 or by using their own timetables since Magda and Helen are from Greece. Then students report to the class.
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Tapescript Listen to the jobs and check your answers. a. a dancer b. an architect c. a pilot, d. a taxi-driver e. a vet f. a shop owner g. a secretary h. an author i. a clerk Task 2 Students in pairs or small groups write down more words for jobs and make sentences describing what these jobs do. Introduction: Vocabulary Link Section
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Background Information The photos are of: Leonardo di Caprio from Martin Scorsese's 2004 film The Aviator- a biopic depicting the early years of legendary director and aviator Howard Hughes' career, from the late 1920s to the mid-1940s. Vicky Stavropoulou, hostess of TV gameshow Taxi Girl on Mega Channel. EXTRA! 2 Game Students from one group describe a job and the other groups have to guess the job. This can be turned into a game with the teacher awarding 1 point for each correct answer. EXTRA! 3 At home, students write sentences about five professions without revealing the name of the profession. In the next lesson students exchange sentences and try to guess the professions described. Students give each other feedback. Task 3 In pairs, students use dictionaries and find the professions. If there are not any class dictionaries, you can ask students to bring theirs in class. It might be necessary to offer guidance as to how students can use monolingual and/or bilingual dictionaries. Answers: a. builder c. artist e. policeman g. actor/actress b. worker d. sailor f. engineer h. electrician
WB Tasks 2 & 3, p. 32 Idioms with work Task 4 Students match the idioms with their meanings. Play the CD. Students listen and read the example sentence and make similar sentences with the other idioms. Answers: 1.b 2.d 3.e 4.a 5.c WB Task 4 p. 33 Task 5 You can ask students to write minidialogues with these idioms as homework. The situations in WB Task 4 can give them ideas. In the next lesson, students exchange their mini-dialogues and edit each other's work. Possible answer: Mother: John, can you go to the bakery and buy some bread and then go to the supermarket and buy some cheese and milk? John: Me again? Why don't you ask dad? Mother: Dad works like a dog and he's tired when he comes back home. John: Yes, but I always do the donkey work. EXTRA! 4 Students can read their mini-dialogues in class and choose the funniest or most interesting ones to act out.
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PRONUNCIATION LINK SB page 37 Task 1 Explain stress'. Play the CD. Students listen and mark the stress. Play the CD again. Students listen and repeat. Answers: 1. interesting 3. supermarket 5. vegetarian 2. ingredients 4. dessert 6. local
GRAMMAR LINK SB page 38 Wh-questions Task 1 Students look at the example sentences. Explain that these question words are called wh-words because most of them start with the letters wh-. Students match question words (1-7) with their possible answers (a-g). Tell students that they can refer to the Grammar Appendix on page 148. Answers: 1. g 2. c 3. a 4. b 5. d 6. f 7. e WB Tasks 5 & 6, pp. 33-34 EXTRA! 5 You can ask students to write two more wh-questions for Jerry Young. (e.g. Where do you live? How old are you? What time do you get up? How many children have you got? etc.) EXTRA! 6 You can write this rule on the board for students to complete and copy in their notebooks. Complete the gaps with these words to make the rule: wh- words, question After .. we use the .. verb form to ask. What time do you go to work in the morning? EXTRA! 7 Write this question on the board: Who cooks meals at home?
Tapescript 1 Listen and mark the stress. Then listen and repeat. interesting ingredients supermarket dessert vegetarian local Task 2 Students mark the stress on the words in Vocabulary Link, Task 1. Play the CD (Vocabulary Link, Task 1). Students listen & check their answers. Answers: a dancer an architect a pilot a taxi-driver a vet a shop owner a secretary an author a clerk
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