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KEMENTERIAN PENDIDIKAN,

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KEBUDAYAAN, RISET, DAN

We’re a New Band


TEKNOLOGI
REPUBLIK INDONESIA, 2021
English in Mind Second Edition–
Teacher's Book Grade 7
Penulis: Herbert Puchta, Jeff Stranks
& Peter Lewis-Jones
Penyadur: Ika Lestari Damayanti,
Pipit Prihartanti Suharto
ISBN: 978-602-244-528-9 (jil.1)

Weaker classes: Ask students to predict the kind of


Unit overview information they are likely to need to listen for in each
answer.
TOPIC: Likes and dislikes; music
TAPESCRIPT
TEXTS See reading text on page 16 of the Student’s Book.
Reading and listening: an interview with a pop
star; photostory: Just a little joke
Answers
1 The Targets
Listening: people talking about things they like
2 There are four people in the band.

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and things they don’t like
Writing: an email about your favourite band
c AUDIO  Students read through statements 1

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SPEAKING AND FUNCTIONS to 5. Check any problems. Go through the first item as
Expressing likes and dislikes an example if necessary.

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Stronger classes: Students can answer the questions

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LANGUAGE
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without reading or listening again. They can read and
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Grammar: the verb be: (plural); I (don’t) like... /

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listen to check their answers only. They can then correct
Do you like ...?; object pronouns
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the false sentences.


Vocabulary: positive and negative adjectives
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answer the questions. Check answers.
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1 Read and Listen 1 T (Chuck plays lead guitar, Matt plays bass.)
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2 F (One person (Chuck) is not from Birmingham.)


If you set the background information as a homework 3 T
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research task, ask students to tell the rest of the class what 4 F (Chuck and Matt are 19, Kate and Connor
they found out. are 18.)
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5 F (It’s a new song.)


BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Birmingham (population c. 1 million) is the second-
biggest city in England. During the nineteenth 2 Grammar
century, Birmingham was home to much industry.
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Manufacturing has declined now, but Birmingham


The verb be: plural, negatives
is still a major commercial centre. The town is known and questions
as ‘Brum’ and people from Birmingham are called If you set the background information as a homework
‘Brummies’. research task, ask students to tell the rest of the class
what they found out.
Coventry (population c.309,800) is the ninth-
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biggest city in England. It is farthest from the coast of any


city in Britain. BACKGROUND INFORMATION
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The Killers are a rock band from Las Vegas, formed


in 2002. Their first album Hot Fuss (2004) was a big
Warm-up success and they have since released two more: Sam’s
Ask students which bands or pop singers they enjoy Town (2006) and Day & Age (2008).
listening to. Ask them if they can tell the rest of the
Daniel Craig (born 2 March 1968) is an English actor.
class the country the singer/group comes from and their
He has starred in films such as Elizabeth and Layer
nationality.
Cake, but is most famous for being the sixth actor
a Discuss the question as a class or in small groups. Ask to play James Bond. He has made two films as Bond:
groups to feedback. Are there any interesting results? Is Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace.
there a song or band/singer which most students prefer?
Camden Market is a market in North London selling
b AUDIO  Students read through the two clothing, crafts and jewellery. It is the fourth most
questions. Play the recording while students read and popular visitor attraction in London, with 100,000
listen. Check answers. Play the recording a second time, visitors each weekend.
pausing after each answer if necessary.

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Christian Bale (born 30 January 1974) is an English
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1 aren’t; ’re
actor. His first role was in Empire of the Sun at the age
2 Are; aren’t
of 13, and he has gone on to star in major films such
3 Are; aren’t; ’re
as American Psycho and Shaft. He played Batman in
Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. d This exercise can be set for homework. Students read
Hugh Jackman (born 12 October 1968) is an Australian through items 1 to 4. Go through the first item as an
actor. He is best known for his role as Wolverine in the example, making sure students are aware that they are
X-Men series; other films include Van Helsing, The practising singular and plural forms. If necessary, elicit
Prestige and Australia. the singular forms quickly before they start. Students
Chessington World of Adventures is a theme park and complete the exercise. Check answers.
zoo near London. The zoo originally opened in 1931, Answers
and a theme park was added in 1987. 1 he’s
Kia Motors is an automobile manufacturer based in 2 it isn’t

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Seoul, South Korea. Its most popular vehicles are the 3 Are; they’re
Forte, the Optima and the Sportage. 4 Are; they aren’t

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e This exercise can be set for homework. Students read
a Stronger classes: Students read through the three
through questions 1 to 6 and look at the pictures. Go

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examples. Ask them to identify the positive, negative
through the example as a class, drawing students’

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and question forms. Then ask them to provide an
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form. Remind them that they may also need to use the
they notice about the difference between the three
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plural question form. Students complete the exercise.


forms.

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Weaker classes: Books closed. Write the following
Check answers.

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examples (or some of your own) on the board:


We’re in an English class. We aren’t (nationality). 2 Is 3 Is 4 Are 5 Is 6 Is
Are you from (country)? Ask students to identify the
f In pairs, students try to answer the questions. Listen to
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positive, negative and question forms. Students open


some of their ideas, but do not give answers at this stage.
their books at page 19 and read through the examples.
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For homework, students research the answers on the


Ask them what they notice about the difference
internet. Check answers in the following class.
between the three forms.
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Language note 1 Students’ own answer.


Remind students that we use not in the negative form 2 He’s British.
of the verb be and that in English we invert the subject 3 Yes, it is.
and the verb in questions. For example, we say: Are you 4 Yes, they are.
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...? NOT You are ...? 5 No, it isn’t. It’s South Korean.
6 Yes, it is.

b Students read through the gapped table. Go through the


first item with them as an example. Remind them that OPTIONAL ACTIVITY
they are completing the plural form. Students complete Students can write some more questions of their own,
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the exercise. Check answers. similar to those in Exercise 2f, for their partner to
answer.
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Positive: ’re, ’re


Negative: aren’t, aren’t 3 Vocabulary
Question: Are, Are
Short answers: are/aren’t, are/aren’t, are/aren’t
Positive and negative adjectives
a Write the headings very good and very bad on the board.
OPTIONAL ACTIVITY Students read the words in the box. Ask volunteers to
come and classify the words in the box under the relevant
To check understanding of plural forms, call out a headings. Then ask students to give an example of their
person and a form, and ask students to give you the own for each adjective.
correct form.
Weaker classes: Write the headings on the board but
c Students read through items 1 to 3. Go through the then put each adjective into a sentence of your
example, making sure students remember they are own and ask students to classify each adjective.
practising plural forms. Students complete the exercise.
Check answers.

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Answers Pussycat Dolls are an American pop group formed in
Very good: fantastic, excellent, great
L.A. in 1995. Their big hits include Don’t Cha, Buttons
Very bad: awful, terrible
and Stickwitu. It is rumoured that only one of the five
group members sings on their records.
Language note Coldplay are an English rock band formed in 1998. Their
Remind students that in English adjectives go first big hit was Yellow from the album Parachutes. They
before the noun and that they do not change if have now released four albums and sold more than 50
the noun is singular or plural. million records. The lead singer Chris Martin is married
to Gwyneth Paltrow, with whom he has two children,
b Divide the class into pairs. Students read through the Apple and Moses.
words in the box. Check any problems. Go through Justin Timberlake (born 31 January 1981) is an American
the example as a class if necessary. Give students a few pop musician and actor. He started his career as a child
minutes to decide on their examples. Monitor and check actor on The New Mickey Mouse Club television show.

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students are using the example phrase correctly, and He went on to be lead singer of the band ’N Sync, before
that they are using the adjectives correctly. Ask pairs to releasing his first solo album Justified in 2002. He also
feedback to the class. Are there any interesting answers?

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owns a record label, a fashion label and two restaurants.
If so, ask students to give more information.
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OPTIONAL ACTIVITY

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look at the faces. Give them a few minutes to classify
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each sentence under the appropriate face. Ask students

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from the box in Exercise 3a. Ask a student to give you to identify which is the positive and which is the negative
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its opposite. That student can then call out another form. Students can give you an example of their own

the opposite.
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adjective from the box and ask another student to give using each expression.
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Weaker classes: Books closed. Give students an example


Stronger classes: You can do this with other adjectives if of your own using I like and I don’t like. Ask students to
students know more. identify which is the positive and which is the negative
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Vocabulary bank  Refer students to the vocabulary form. Students open their books at page 22. Follow the
procedure for stronger classes.
bank. Read through the words and phrases in open
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class and check understanding. b Students read through the sentences. Give them a few
minutes to write their answers. Students then read
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through the examples in the table. Ask them what they


notice about the questions and short answer forms (they
I (don’t) like ... / Do you like ...? both use the auxiliary do/don’t).
If you set the background information as a homework
Language note
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research task, ask students to tell the rest of the class


what they found out. Students may produce statements like I like swim.
Remind them that in English we either use the -ing
form or the to infinitive after like/don’t like. We never
BACKGROUND INFORMATION use the bare infinitive after like/don’t like.
The Black Eyed Peas are an American hip hop band
formed in Los Angeles in 1995. Since their first album
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c Divide the class into pairs. Students take turns to tell


Elephunk in 2003, they have sold 29 million albums.
their partner their answers to Exercise 4b. Monitor and
Their hits include Where Is The Love?, Boom Boom Pow
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check students are using the verb like correctly, making


and I Gotta Feeling.
a note of any repeated errors to go through as a class
Pink (born Alicia Moore, 8 September 1979) is an after the exercise.
American singer and songwriter. She has released five
albums, selling over 32 million records worldwide. Her d Students can work with the same partner as
big hits include Lady Marmalade and Get The Party they did in Exercise 4c or they can work with a
Started. different partner. Students read through the box
and look at the illustrations. Check any problems.
Miley Cyrus (born Destiny Hope Cyrus, 23 November Ask a stronger pair to demonstrate the example
1992) is an American singer and actress. She found dialogue, drawing students’ attention to the use
fame as Hannah Montana before releasing her first solo of the question and short answer forms and the
album Meet Miley Cyrus in 2007. The album included positive and negative adjectives from Exercise 3. Give
her first top 10 single See You Again. She released her students a few minutes to ask and answer questions
second album Breakout in July 2008. Both albums about the items in the box. Monitor and check students
reached No. 1 in the US. Miley earned $25 million in
2008.
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are asking and answering using the correct forms and
b Stronger classes: Students read through the words in the
make a note of any repeated errors to go through as a
box. Explain that these are all the object pronouns. Go
class after the exercise. Ask pairs to feedback to the rest
through the example, if necessary. Students complete
of the class.
the table. Check answers.
Get it right!  Refer students to the Get it right! Weaker classes: Write the headings Subject and Object
section. These exercises can be used as homework or for on the board and ask a student to come and fill in the
fast-finishers. example items from Exercise 5a. Follow the procedure
for stronger classes above.
5 Grammar Answers
me, you, her, him, it, us, them
Object pronouns
If you set the background information as a homework To check understanding at this point, call out a subject
research task, ask students to tell the rest of the class pronoun and a student’s name. The student must give
the correct object pronoun.

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what they found out.
c This exercise can be set for homework. Students read

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BACKGROUND INFORMATION through items 1 to 4. Do the first item as an example,
Kanye West: see Background Information Unit 1, if necessary. Students complete the exercise. Remind

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Exercise 8. students to look carefully at the subject of each sentence

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before they decide which object pronoun to choose.
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Jonas Brothers are an American boy band from New
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Jersey, made popular on the Disney Channel television
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network. The band consists of three brothers: Kevin, Answers


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Joe and Nick Jonas. They have released four albums
including It’s About Time (2006) and Lines, Vines and
1 him 2 them 3 her 4 me
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Trying Times (2009).


6 Pronunciation
Eminem (born Marshall Mathers III, 17 October
1972) is an American rapper and actor. His first album See notes on page 104.
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The Slim Shady LP (1999) won a Grammy award and


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the follow-up The Marshall Mathers LP was the fastest-


selling rap LP in history. He has sold more than 80
million albums and also played the lead role in the film If you set the background information as a homework
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8 Mile. research task, ask students to tell the rest of the class
what they found out.
Green Day are an American rock band formed in
California in 1987. Their most popular albums are
Dookie (1994) and American Idiot (2004). BACKGROUND INFORMATION
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Lily Allen: see Background Information Unit 1, Exercise Jensen Button (born 19 January 1980) is an English
1. Formula One driver. He first drove in Formula One in
the 2000 season. He won his first race in 2006 after 113
Jennifer Aniston (born 11 February 1969) is an races. In 2009, he won six of the first seven races and
American actress. She became famous for her role went on to become World Champion.
as Rachel in the US TV comedy Friends. She has also
Madonna (born Madonna Louise Ciccone, 16 August
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starred in many films, including Bruce Almighty.


1958) is an American singer and actor. Her biggest hits
Lindsay Lohan (born 2 July 1986) is an American include Holiday and Ray of Light. She has sold more
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actress. She started her career as a child model before than 200 million albums. She has also starred in several
moving on to acting in films such as The Parent Trap, films, including Evita (1996).
Freaky Friday and Mean Girls.
Halle Berry (born 14 August 1966) is an American
actress and fashion model. Her biggest film roles have
a AUDIO  Play the recording while students read
been in the X-Men series and Monster’s Ball, for which
through the dialogue. Then ask students who him and she won an Oscar.
them refer to in the dialogue (Kanye West and the Jonas
Brothers). Explain that these words are object pronouns Jennifer Aniston: see Background Information Unit 2,
and are used to refer to someone or something which has Exercise 5.
already been mentioned. Pink: see Background Information Unit 2, Exercise 3.
TAPESCRIPT
See dialogue on page 19 of the Student’s Book. a AUDIO  Give students a few minutes to look
at the pictures. Check any pronunciation problems, if

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necessary. Explain that students will hear four people
talking about famous people or things they like and 8 Read and Listen
don’t like. Play the recording for students to listen.
Warm-up
Stronger classes: Explain that students must now
Introduce the characters to students. They are two boys,
complete the table with information from the recording.
Darren and Mark, and two girls, Izzie and Kate, from
They can complete the table and then listen and check
the same school. Tell students the characters will appear
only.
regularly throughout the book.
Weaker classes: Play the recording again for students
Look at the title with students and check understanding.
to listen only. Then play the first part of the recording
Look at the first picture together. Ask students where
again, pausing after Speaker 1 to give students time to
the people are (at the entrance to the youth centre) and
complete this part of the table. Continue in this way
what they might be talking about (a concert).
until students have completed the table. Check answers,
playing and pausing the recording again as necessary. a AUDIO  Read the instructions and question

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with students and ask them to look at the photos. Play
TAPESCRIPT the recording for students to read and listen to find the
Speaker 1: I like rock music. And I like a lot of the female answers.

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singers. I like Madonna and I like Pink. She’s great.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I like sport. Well, I don’t like all the
TAPESCRIPT

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teams, of course. I don’t like Manchester United – the See the text on page 20 of the Student’s Book.

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Reds. But I like the Blues – Chelsea! Answer
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Speaker 3: I don’t like football but I like car racing. Nobody is on the phone.
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I like Formula One – it’s my favourite sport. I like


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Speaker 4: My favourite actresses are Jennifer Aniston
b Students read through items 1 to 5. Check any problems.
Go through the first item with students as an example.
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and Halle Berry. I really like them. Do you? Allow students to go back through the dialogue if they
can’t remember what happened. Students complete
Answers the exercise. Check answers and then ask students to
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Speaker 2 Like: Chelsea (the Blues) Don’t like:
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Manchester United (the Reds) Answers


Speaker 3 Like: car racing, Formula One, Jensen 1 T
Button Don’t like: football 2 F (The concert is on Saturday.)
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Speaker 4 Like: Halle Berry, Jennifer Aniston 3 F (They both want to go.)
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b Divide the class into pairs. Ask a stronger pair to read 5 F (Nobody is on the phone.)
out the example dialogue. Draw students’ attention to
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the use of question and short answer forms and also OPTIONAL ACTIVITY
the use of positive and negative adjectives. Monitor
In groups, students can act out the dialogue from the
and check students are asking and answering correctly,
photostory.
making a note of any repeated errors to go through as a
class after the exercise.
c AUDIO  Tell students they are going to listen to 9 Everyday English
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a song called Are we alone? Read through the lyrics and a Read through the expressions from the dialogue with
ask students to complete the gaps with the correct form
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students. Do the first item as an example. Ask students


of the verb be. Tell them it is not necessary to understand if they can remember who said this (Kate). Students
every word. Let them compare answers with a partner complete the exercise, only looking back at the dialogue
before checking in open class. if they need to. Check answers.
Answers Answers
2   ’s  3   ’s  4   a r e  5   i s  6   ’s  7   ’r e  8   ’r e  1 Kate 2 Izzie 3 Darren 4 Mark
9 ’re 10 ’s
b Ask students to look at the expressions in the
dialogue and in L1, discuss what they think they
mean. Is a direct translation possible in their
language? If not, discuss how they might express
a similar meaning.

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c AUDIO Answers
  Read through the sentences The people are Mark, Izzie and Darren.
with students and clarify any problems with
Students’ own answers.
understanding. In pairs, students decide on the
correct order for the dialogue. Check answers b Read through the sentences with students and
and ask students to practise the correct check understanding. Ask students to match the
dialogue. sentences to the photographs. Students check
TAPE SCRIP T/ANSWER S their answers with a partner before feedback in
Alex:  The new Matrix film is on at the cinema
open class. Play Episode 1 of the DVD for students
this weekend. to find out what happens.

Sally:  I know. And Matrix films are great! Let’s Answers


go together! 1 I like reading.
Alex:  OK – cool! Let’s go on Friday. 2 It’s fantastic. You’re amazing.
3 Throw the ball.
Sally:  Oh, Alex – I’m sorry, not Friday. It’s my
4 Take it outside.
mum’s birthday.

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Alex:  No problem. Is Saturday OK?
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Sally:  Of course! Saturday’s great. See you there!

d Ask students to read through the dialogues


Warm-up

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and check they understand them. Check any Ask students if they send emails. If so, how often

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vocabulary problems. Go through the first item
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and who do they send them to and receive them

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as an example. Students complete the exercise
from?
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and compare answers in pairs before a whole


class check. nl a Ask students the name of Anna’s favourite CD
(Lost). Students read the email. Check answers.
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2  Of course 3  I’m sorry 4  I know b Students can prepare this exercise in class and
write the email for homework. Students read
Vocabulary notebook through the instructions. Elicit, or remind them,
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Students should start a section called Everyday how an email is structured:


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English in their vocabulary notebooks and note Informal openings: Hi!, Hello!
down these expressions.
Content: Does not have to be split into paragraphs
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as in a letter.
10 Improvisation Signing off: Does not need a full sentence and
Divide the class into pairs. Tell students they can just have a name or an informal signing off
are going to create a dialogue between Darren expression.
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and Izzie. Read through the instructions Weaker classes: Give them time to plan a draft of
with students. Give students two minutes to their email using the headings from the Student’s
plan their dialogue. Circulate and help with Book. They can then swap plans and check them
vocabulary as necessary. Encourage students before writing up a final version.
to use expressions from Exercise 9. Students
practice their dialogue in pairs. Listen to some Vocabulary notebook
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of the best dialogues in open class. Students can start a section called Writing emails.
They should note down the key points about
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writing emails.
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a Look at the photo with students and ask them


to describe what is happening and answer the
questions. Divide the class into pairs and ask
students to create a short dialogue for the
people in the photo. Circulate and help with
vocabulary as necessary. Listen to some of the
dialogues in open class as feedback.

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13 Last but not least: more
speaking 1 Grammar
a In preparation for this activity, bring some photos of
famous people to class. Divide the class into pairs. a 2 My friends are great singers
Students write questions that they would like to ask the 3 London is a fantastic city.
star, and also think of things they would like to tell the 4 Polish restaurants are really good.
star if they met them. Draw attention to the prompts to
b 2 don’t 3 Are 4 isn’t 5 Do 6 Is 7 aren’t
help students prepare questions. Monitor and deal with
8 don’t
any problems.
c 2 How 3 Who 4 What 5 Where
b Ask a student to come to the front of the class and
pretend that they are the star in their photo. The rest
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of the class ask the questions they have prepared in
Exercise 13a. Pay attention to question intonation where
a 2 Belgium 3 Britain 4 Italy 5 Poland

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necessary. Repeat the activity with other students.
6 Turkey 7 Japan 8 Canada
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As an extension to this activity, ask students to imagine 6 Turkish 7 Japanese 8 Canadian
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they are the star in their photo and that they are all at a
c 2 fantastic 3 awful 4 terrible

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glamorous party. Ask students to mingle (without their
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photos), to introduce themselves to other students and


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to ask some of the questions from Exercise 13a. How did you do?
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Check that students are marking their scores. Collect


these in, check them as necessary, and discuss any
further work needed with specific students.
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Memo from Mario

We’re a New Band ● Then ask the students to work with different people, using this
pattern:
Extra practice of I like ... , I don’t like ... , D’you ● I like X.
like ... ? ● D’you like it/him/her/them?
● Once you have done the exercises on this grammar in the ● Make it clear to the students that this exercise only makes
Student’s Book, demonstrate this activity to the class. sense with general objects. Since people may not know each
other well, you can’t reasonably say I like my sister. D’you like

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● At the top left side of the board write I LIKE and at the top
her? However, you can say I like skate-boarding. D’you like it?
right side write I REALLY DON’T LIKE. Divide the board in
● Demonstrate the activity with a couple of students.

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two with a vertical line down the middle:
● The students return to their seats and freely ask you about your
I LIKE I REALLY DON’T LIKE
likes and dislikes.

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RATIONALE
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This activity is a firmly guided pattern drill but its content


● Under I LIKE draw two quick, minimal things, people or is student-generated. It is reasonable to hope that this
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situations you like. Label each drawing with a word or phrase, realism will help the students absorb the patterns into their
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e.g. my cat, swimming, etc. subconscious minds. This sort of assimilation is what we are
● Draw similar labeled pictures on the right hand side under I after as language teachers.
REALLY DON’T LIKE.
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● Tell the students to take a piece of paper and divide it into two
columns: the left hand side for good things, and the right hand
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side for bad things.


● Ask them to draw five pictures under the heading I LIKE and
five pictures under the heading I REALLY DON’T LIKE. Give
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them 30 seconds for each picture.


● Ask the students to write a word or phrase under each picture
that describes the person, thing or situation in the picture.
To do this they ask their classmates, they use their bi-lingual
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dictionaries, and they ask you, especially for help with


pronunciation.
● Ask the students to get up, move around, pair off and read
their likes and dislikes to at least six other people. This gives
lots of repetitive practice in a communicative framework.
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