LESSON

4 Let’s Vocabulary

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communicate!
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1 Think of different ways people can communicate. Our next blog project is

about technology and

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communication. Here are some
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photos to inspire you. Who wants
2 Look and match. Listen, check and repeat. Which of to help us?

these types of communication do you prefer?
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I often send emails. Do you send emails, too?

No, I don’t. I send texts or I make video calls. Is it a good idea for
children to have a
How often do you send texts?
I send texts every day. mobile phone?
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36 Key learning outcomes: learn vocabulary for different types of
communication; ask and answer about how we communicate.

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1 Listen and read. How many types of communication are there?

Grammar

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The Lucky Shamrocks say: We’re The Lucky Shamrocks

from Dublin, Ireland. We’re doing a project about communication
at school. We asked our parents about communication when Ava – Did you listen to

they were young. the radio
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Ava’s mum – Yes,

we did. But we only had four
Sarah – Did you send Conor – Did you use a TV channels then and we didn’t


texts to your friends? computer to communicate? have a lot of choices. Like you,


Sarah’s dad – We Conor’s dad – No, we my brother and I loved pop



didn’t have didn’t. We played computer games, music, but it was different then.
mobile phones but we didn’t have email or Internet.
then, so we We didn’t make video calls, either.
didn’t send texts. We had one phone in the living room.
We wrote letters When I wanted to ask a friend
or postcards. to come and play,
We went to the I used the phone.
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Did you listen to the radio?

sentences.
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Past simple: regular & irregular

listened to the radio. a partner.
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didn’t listen to the radio.
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didn’t write letters. My grandad wrote

letters to my grandma.
I/you/he/ listen to the radio?
Did
she/we/they write letters? My aunt didn’t
make video calls.
Yes, I/you/he/ did.
No, she/we/they didn't.

Key learning outcomes: read about types of communication in the past; 37

talk about the past using regular and irregular verbs.

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Story

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The race to send messages
Heroes Connect say: Hey, Lucky
Shamrocks! It’s your turn to nominate Every day people use computers and
a hero for our Wall of Fame.
the Internet to send messages all over
The Lucky Shamrocks the world. Messages can take less than

say: OK! This story is about a second to go from the UK to the

communication between USA. In 1850, the world was a very

Europe and the USA many years ago. different place. When someone wanted
to send a message from the UK to the
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USA, they put the message on a ship.
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It took more than ten days to arrive!

1 Look, think and answer. H

1 How do you think people
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communicated in the past?
2 Is this a legend, a historical story, Telegraphs and Morse code

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messages using electricity.

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2 What did Samuel Morse invent? and long sounds to send messages. Each letter of

3 What did Cyrus Field want to do? the alphabet had a different sound. This is called

4 Which two countries did the cable the Morse code.

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5 How is communication different now? • is a short sound and – is a long sound. The letter ‘s’,
for example, is three short sounds.

4 Read, think and answer. H

1 Do you
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2 Why was the work of Morse important?

3 What can we learn from people like

Cyrus Field?
4 What did people use the phone to?

And now?
5 What other important inventions can

you think of?

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and think about a historical story.

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In August 1858, Cyrus Field tried again and this
s time it was a success. One ship arrived in Canada
and the other arrived in Ireland. The cable went
across the Atlantic Ocean. People sent the first
messages between Europe and North America.

This is part of the Atlantic cable.

After many years, sea animals
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made their homes on it!

An American businessman, Cyrus Field, had

the idea to put a long, thick cable across
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ships put it into the Atlantic Ocean, the cable
broke. The next time, two ships connected Today, communication
the cable together in the middle of the ocean. is different. We use
One ship went to Ireland and the other ship mobile phones to send
went to Canada. But the cable broke again! text messages. Text
messages don’t need
cables: they travel
through radio waves.

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Grammar and
1 Listen and read. Why is Sophie surprised by the photo? pronunciation

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Jack: The story about sending messages is amazing.

Sophie: I liked it, too.

Jack: I learnt about communication at the Museum of Science

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Sophie: Really? When did you go?

Jack: I went there last summer.

Sophie: Who did you go with? Did you go with your family?

Jack: Yes, I did. I went with my grandad and my sister.

Sophie: What did you see?

Jack: We saw one of the first computers, called The Baby. Look!

Sophie: Why did they call it The Baby? It’s enormous!

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How do we form Wh- questions
in the past?
What did you do?
When do you play tennis?
When did you play tennis? I learnt about animals
and dinosaurs.

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40 Key learning outcomes: read a dialogue and identify questions in the past;
ask and answer using question words in the past simple.
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Life skills

1 Think Think about someone you know. Are you interested in the same things?

Do you do the same activities?

2 Learn Listen and read. Who do Sophie and Charlie imagine they are? 3:01

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1 Sophie and Charlie are in class. 2 Imagine you’re the person

Mr Turner has got a question.
on your hat and answer the
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I’m a grandparent. What does

I love playing computer games. my grandma like doing?

I like computer coding, reading comics

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The best film The best breakfast The best book The best free-time activity

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For me, the best (book) is ...
What about you?
I love …/I like …
What do you like/think?
4 Reflect Read, think and discuss.

1 What do you think about when you imagine you’re a different person?

2 When is it important to imagine what other people think or feel?

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Key learning outcomes: learn to think about other points of view; act out what other people think or feel.

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Integrated skills Reading and

listening

The Lucky Shamrocks

say: We’re starting a coding
A New Generation of Coders


club at our school. This is

a news article about coding clubs in
Ireland. We hope you enjoy it! What can you do on a computer? Can you search the Internet?
Can you open a file? Can you connect to the wifi? Can you
log on to a website? Maybe you can do all of these things.
But can you write code?
STAGE 1 Reading Meet James Whelton! What can you do at the clubs?
Coding is writing At the clubs you can learn
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article. Complete. Listen, check and repeat.
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about the activity camp.
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42 Key learning outcomes: read a news article; learn six phrases

about computers; listen and identify information.
Investigate Ireland
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Listening Speaking Listening

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H C Heroes Connect say: Thanks for uploading the news article. It was
really interesting. Jack won a school computer coding competition last
week. Here’s Sophie’s article for the school newsletter.

STAGE 3 Writing

5 Listen and read the article. What did Jack do? 3:06

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OUR SCHOOL SCHOOL NEWS GAMES CONTACT US

Jack is the champion!

1 Last Wednesday, Jack Allison won the City
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4 The characters in Jack’s game are in a huge

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castle. They move from room to room and look

Schools Computer Coding Competition. He for clues to answer the word puzzles.
went to the town hall to receive a prize. The
prize was a small trophy and £30 to spend
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information? Write the paragraph
number. 8 Present your school news article

1 What did Jack win? to the class.


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Our class sang in
3 When did Jack go there?
a music festival on


4 What did Jack call the game? Saturday morning.


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5 Why did Jack design the game? The festival was in
the town square.


6 How did Jack feel?


7 Plan and write a news article for a

school newsletter. (Workbook page 34)

Presentation tip: Why

Make sure your article answers the questions:
don’t you present your article
What ...? Where ...? When ...? Why ...? Who ...?
as a TV news programme?
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Key learning outcomes: read and write a news article for a school newsletter; 43
present your news article to the class.

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1 Listen, look and number. Say the type of communication.

Which ones aren’t mentioned? Review
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2 Use the photos in Activity 1 to play a definitions game. Work with a partner.

You need a (pen and paper) to do this. You (listen to) this. Yes, it is.

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Sophie: Hi, Jack. I’m so tired!

Jack: Why? What 1 you do this morning?

Sophie: Well ... First, I watched a very interesting TV programme,

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then I 2 a video call.
Jack: Really? That’s not very tiring. What 3 you do next?

Sophie: Then I 4 some texts and I 5 a letter.

Jack: But, why are you so tired? You 6 do any exercise.

Sophie: I had to send the letter before 12 o’clock, so I ran to

the post box!
Jack: Oh, I see ...

44 Key learning outcome: review the vocabulary and grammar from the unit.

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Hello! Welcome to another

Heroes Connect Vlog.

BEFORE YOU WATCH

1 Read and discuss with a partner.

1 Look at the photos. What can you see? Which objects do the Heroes Connect use to make their blogs?

2 What do you think the vlog is going to be about?

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2 Watch the vlog. Check your answers to Activity 1. H

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5 Michael didn’t watch a lot of TV.

AFTER YOU WATCH

5 Work with a partner. Imagine you’re doing a voiceover for a nature programme.

Here is a big, grey elephant.
Talk time
It’s walking to the water. Describing animals
Here is an (unusual) animal.
It’s a very (scary) animal.
Now it’s drinking. Can you see the
Now it’s (climbing through the trees).
baby elephant? It’s drinking, too.
Can you see (the colour of its tail)?

6 What’s your favourite part of the vlog? Discuss with a partner.

My favourite part of the vlog is when …

Key learning outcomes: watch and understand a video about a film studio; 45
practise describing animals.

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