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Cambridge University Press
978-1-107-48288-3 – Super Minds Level 6

Melanie Williams With Herbert Puchta Günter Gerngross and Peter Lewis-Jones
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ISBN 978-1-107-60447-6 Workbook 6
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Contents
Map of the course iv
Introduction
About Super Minds viii
Super Minds 6 components ix
Tour of a unit xi
Teaching with Super Minds 6
Developing fluency xiv
Assessing oral–aural work xv
Developing writing skills xvi
Assessing written work xvii
Teaching notes
Back to school 4
The treasure 10
Future transportation 22
Ancient Egypt 34
Olympic sports 46
In London 58
Crazy inventions 70
This is Houston 82
A cold place 94
The Jurassic age 106
Recording script 118

My portfolio writing practice key 127

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Map of the course

Back to school (pages 4–9)
Vocabulary Grammar Story and Thinking
values skills
Outside at school: Patrick has already had an Back in time Understanding
basketball hoop, accident in the lab. again character and
tennis court, net, Has Phoebe seen the Bosphorus Thinking situation
soccer field, Bridge yet? about what
railings, running They haven’t met an alien yet. you’re doing
track, bike rack, that/who/where review
trash can, school
bell
Song: The Time Travelers Phonics: Spelling patterns
The treasure (pages 10–21)

Vocabulary Grammar Story and Skills Thinking English for school
values skills
Pirates: I’ve been interested in music The pirates’ Reading Hypothesizing Literature:
palm tree, spade, since I was ten. treasure Listening, Treasure Island
hook, hammock, He’s known his friend Charlie Being honest speaking, and Project: Write
eye-patch, treasure for six years. writing three texts about
chest, coins, key, How long have you had your your favorite book.
hole, binoculars new laptop?
Song: Get on board! Phonics: -sure and -ture Communication Review: My portfolio
2 Future transportation (pages 22–33)

values skills
Travel: You need / don’t need to … A problem Reading Inferencing History:
monorail, cable car, Cities of the future will have for Patrick Listening, meaning The history of the
parachute, solar monorails. Listening speaking,
ng, and car
panel, microlight, People won’t have to work so carefully writing Project: Imagine
hang-glider, jet hard. it is the year 2200.
pack, wind turbine, Write and draw
surfboard, floating two more events
skateboard, for the timeline.
unicycle, in-line
skates
Functional language dialog Creativity Review: My portfolio
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3 Ancient Egypt (pages 34–45)

Vocabulary Grammar Story Skills and Thinking English for school
values skills
In Egypt: The pyramids were built by The Speaking, Paying Math:
pyramid, Sphinx, slaves. mummy’s reading, and attention to 3D shapes
pharaoh, chariot, The slaves weren’t paid any tomb listening visual details Project: Make a
slaves, rock, money. Respecting Reasoning paper pyramid.
hieroglyphics, How was it done? differences
tomb, mummy a lot of / lots of / a few / a little
Song: In old Cairo Phonics: -ed endings Communication Review: My portfolio
4 Olympic sports (pages 46–57)

values skills
Sports: We could go and see the long Not the best Reading and Mathematical Biology:
long jump, jump. day speaking thinking Muscles
gymnastics, I’m visiting my grandparents The sporting Listening and Sequencing Project: Keep an
rowing, archery, on Sunday. spirit speaking Lateral thinking exercise diary
high jump, My dad’s coming back from Applying over the next
wrestling, hurdles, New York on Monday. knowledge week.
weightlifting,
fencing, boxing
5 In London (pages 58–69)

values skills
Stores: Have you ever seen a big The Great Fire Reading Understanding Art:
drug store, tailor’s, fire? Thinking of Listening, character and Impressionism
barber shop, Yes, I have. / No, I haven’t. others reading, and situation Project: Do an
bakery, market, She has never made a movie. impressionist
speaking
butcher shop, / She’s never made a movie. painting.
jewelry store, Have you ever been to
carpenter’s Mexico?
No, I haven’t, but my cousins
went there last year.
Song: Have you … ? Phonics: s and z sounds Communication Review: My portfolio
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6 Crazy inventions (pages 70–81)

values skills
Tools and too many / not enough Professor Reading and Logical thinking Physics:
machines: Can you tell me what this Potts speaking Evaluating Levers
wrench, switch, machine is? / … lever does? / Speaking, Project: Do
lever, button, … switch is for? listening,
ng, and experiments with
drill, screwdriver, writing levers.
workbench, The benefits of
hammer, nails, technology
saw, can of paint,
paintbrush
7 This is Houston (pages 82–93)

values skills
Moon landing: Going on a space trip is Alex, the Listening, Sequencing Physics:
countdown clock, exciting. engineer writing, and Logical thinking The moon
lunar module, The alien said that he was speaking Hypothesizing Project: Make
space capsule, from the moon. Reading Creative thinking your own moon
spacesuit, launch Admitting phases.
pad, crater, control mistakes
panel, screen,
headset
Song: Can you hear us? Phonics: /ʌ/ Communication Review: My portfolio
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8 A cold place (pages 94–105)

values skills
In the Arctic: It isn’t warm here, is it? Rescuing the Speaking g and Mathematical Environmental
Northern Lights, The ice may / might melt. seal pups listening thinking studies:
iceberg, seal, seal Polar bears may not / might Caring for the Reading, Evaluating Glaciers
pup, ice floe, polar not find enough food. environment speaking,
ng, and Sequencing Project: Find out
bear, polar bear writing how much of our
cub, sled, mittens, planet is covered
igloo by glaciers.
9 The Jurassic age (pages 106–117)

values skills
Natural features: If I saw a dinosaur, I’d run The chase Reading Making visual Biology:
sunrise, horizon, away. Listening, connections Fossils
valley, pond, If I had … , If I went … , reading, and Visualizing Project: Make
grassland, stream, If I were … , writing spelling your own “fossil.”
bush, swamp, log What would you do if you Taking an Understanding
met an alien? interest in textual
nature cohesion
Song: I’d like to be … Phonics: /ɔː/ Communication Review: My portfolio
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Introduction
About Super Minds Expanding young minds
Super Minds begins from the premise that the students
What is Super Minds?
are not just language learners but explorers in every
Super Minds is a seven-level course for primary age aspect of their educational development. The course
students, with a Starter level underpinning Super enables students to become smart in three ways:
Minds 1. By building solid foundations, expanding young
minds, kindling the imagination, and fostering positive • Think! The development of thinking skills underpins
values, Super Minds encourages students to become the course methodology and is clearly signposted
smarter as they develop in the widest educational sense. in purposeful activities. These thinking skills are the
building blocks of learning, and the activities keep in
A flexible approach step with the students’ increasing maturity through
Super Minds offers maximum flexibility: the course.
• Wider thinking through the application of knowledge
• Super Minds gives the option of an oral–aural is encouraged by content and language integrated
introduction to English in the Starter level, whereas learning (CLIL), with topic-based material clearly
some schools may prefer to begin with Super Minds 1. linked with subjects across the curriculum.
This re-introduces all the language from the Starter level • Games and other activities in pairs, groups, or as a
in different contexts, developing all four skills. whole class are designed to improve students’ memory
• All seven levels of Super Minds have been specifically and concentration skills.
researched to cater to a variety of teaching situations,
In Super Minds 6, specific activities develop a range of
including those with a higher than usual number of
skills from mathematical skills to thinking skills, such as
hours of English per week. The units include lessons
hypothesizing and inferencing meaning.
with a core syllabus focus and additional lessons that
can be used flexibly according to the time available
for English. This is explained in the Tour of a unit (see
Kindling the imagination
pages xi–xiii). Super Minds 6 begins with a
continuation of the storyline from
Building solid foundations Super Minds 5, where the three
Time Travelers, Alex, Phoebe, and
Super Minds 6 is appropriate for students who have had
Patrick, have arrived back in the
five years of reading and writing in English. The syllabus
school playground, but it is just
is carefully structured to take students through Flyers,
before the same science lesson
the last level of the YLE exams, and to introduce some of
starts. Phoebe and Alex don’t let
the structures from the Preliminary English Test (PET) for
Patrick do the experiments this time, but he fiddles with
Schools syllabus. There are also practice tasks for the Key
his goggles and causes another explosion. The gate
English Test (KET) for Schools.
appears and they once again begin their adventures,
A Grammar focus section at the back of the Student’s traveling in time and space, visiting different places and
Book adds to the students’ increasing awareness periods in history.
of language patterns, and an irregular verb list at
The students’ imagination and creativity are also
the back of the Workbook enables students to work
exercised through role play and writing activities.
independently.
Alongside receptive skills work, Super Minds 6 builds on Fostering positive values
the students’ increasing fluency in both speaking and
Super Minds 6 uses the Time Travelers stories and
writing. Functional language dialogs provide students
other reading texts as a vehicle for the illustration and
with a bank of useful phrases, and specific speaking
discussion of values. The students are encouraged
tasks at the end of each unit develop role play and
through discussion and specific Workbook activities to
presentation skills. The My portfolio feature and its
think about the deeper meaning of the stories, such as
accompanying practice section in the Workbook provide
listening carefully, thinking of others, and caring for the
opportunities for students to write a range of text types.
environment.
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Super Minds 6 components

The Student’s Book contains:
• An introductory Back to school unit • Think! Activities to develop a range of thinking skills
(six pages) • Two topic-based Skills lessons combining work on
Reading, Listening, Speaking, and Writing.
• Nine core units (12 pages each) with
an easy-to-use single-page lesson • Learn and think Cross-curricular English for school
format rounding off with review lessons, broadening the unit topic in the context of
other school subjects, encouraging the students to learn
• A Grammar focus section that
and then apply knowledge, and offering an accessible
provides an opportunity for
follow-up project
language presentation and written practice
• A Communication or Creativity lesson featuring either:
Time to present
T an individual, pair, or group
presentation for the class or:
Act it out a topic-based role play in pairs
• A My portfolio review lesson leading to a piece of

written work that students can keep in a separate
portfolio
Interactive DVD-ROM
This complementary component is included with the
Student’s Book, for students to use at home or in school
computer rooms, and with the Classware CD-ROM,
for teachers to use in the classroom with a computer
Each unit offers: and a projector. Offering language reinforcement and
consolidation while the students also have fun, it contains:
• An opening scene in contemporary and attractive 3D
artwork that presents core vocabulary • Interactive games and activities
• A game to practice the core vocabulary • CLIL documentaries focusing on science and arts
• Two grammar lessons with varied presentation and • The Student’s Book songs with karaoke versions for the
practice activities, including targeted oral production students to record and play back their own voice
of the new language in a Grammar focus feature • Videoke activities featuring functional language dialogs.
• A song with phonics or a functional language dialog These are real-life clips, with the option for students to
• A story featuring the Time Travelers, often providing record themselves speaking.
historical or cultural background
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Workbook Teacher’s Book

This reinforces the core vocabulary This Teacher’s Book is interleaved
and grammar and consolidates with the Student’s Book pages. Each
the students’ skills development by page of teaching notes features:
offering:
• An Aims box with detailed lesson
• Vocabulary puzzles, written aims, new and recycled language,
grammar practice at sentence any necessary or optional
level, and reading, writing, materials, and the language
listening, and speaking activities competences that the students will
achieve
• Concise and clear instructions together with answers
for all the Student’s Book and Workbook activities
• Additional lesson stages in colored boxes:
Warm-up: ideas for beginning the lesson, recycling
language, or presenting new language
Ending the lesson: simple ideas that are flexible in the
time available to bring the lesson to a close, requiring
no presentation or extra materials
Extension activities: optional activities for extending
the focus of the lesson, for which any additional
materials are listed as optional in the Aims box
• A Phonics tip on specific sounds and spelling patterns The Recording script for listening activities in both the
• A values activity for each unit drawn from the message Student’s Book and the Workbook is on pages 118–126
in the Time Travelers stories or other reading texts of the Teacher’s Book.
• Two review pages for each unit with vocabulary work, Answers for the preparatory activities in the My
grammar puzzles that guide the students to construct
portfolio writing practice section of the Workbook are
sentences using the two structures presented in the
on page 127 of the Teacher’s Book.
unit, and a writing activity alternating between guided
picture composition and a situation prompting an email,
Class CDs
a dialog, or other personal response
The four Class CDs contain all the recorded material for
the Student’s Book and Workbook, including the songs,
karaoke versions, and stories.
Classware CD-ROM
This whiteboard software features:
• The Student’s Book pages
• The audio material
It is also packaged together with the Interactive DVD-
ROM, which provides interactive activities and games for
classroom use.
Teacher’s Resource Book (with CD)

• My portfolio writing practice, a writing skills section As well as a CD of the recorded material for the listening
that can feed into or extend the My portfolio feature
tests, this component contains the following flexible,
at the end of each unit in the
photocopiable resources for each unit:
Student’s Book.
• A useful reference list giving • Three worksheets to reinforce the core vocabulary and
the base, past, and past structures, without introducing unfamiliar language
participle forms of all irregular • One cross-curricular extension worksheet
verbs that the students meet • Teaching notes with suggestions for use and optional
in Super Minds 6, even though follow-up activities
they are not expected to know • End-of-unit progress tests, evaluating the core
and use all these verbs in the vocabulary and structures with reading, writing, and
simple past or present perfect listening activities

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Cambridge University Press

978-1-107-48288-3 – Super Minds Level 6

h Herbert Puchta, Günter G

© in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org

University Printing House, Cambridge CB2 8BS, United Kingdom

Cambridge University Press is part of the University of Cambridge.

© in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org

The Jurassic age 106

Recording script 118

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Map of the course

The treasure (pages 10–21)

2 Future transportation (pages 22–33)

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3 Ancient Egypt (pages 34–45)

4 Olympic sports (pages 46–57)

Functional language dialog Creativity Review: My portfolio

5 In London (pages 58–69)

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6 Crazy inventions (pages 70–81)

7 This is Houston (pages 82–93)

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8 A cold place (pages 94–105)

9 The Jurassic age (pages 106–117)

Song: I’d like to be … Phonics: /ɔː/ Communication Review: My portfolio

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© in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org

Super Minds 6 components

Act it out a topic-based role play in pairs

• A My portfolio review lesson leading to a piece of

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Workbook Teacher’s Book

Teacher’s Resource Book (with CD)

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