English 1

Unit 4: Hobbies
Online session 3

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Unit 4: Hobbies

Session 3 communicative objective

• By the end of this session, you will be able to talk about

why hobbies are good for people.

reasons

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 Hobbies
 Look at the pictures of hobbies. Then, answer the questions.
Warm up painting
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Playing the guitar

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5 minutes
Do you (or anyone you know) do
whole class
these spare time activities? What are the benefits of
these hobbies?

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 Hobbies are good for you.
 In lesson 5 you read an article called “Six Reasons Why It's Important to Have
Pre a Hobby”.
production 1  Apart from these 6 benefits you read about, which others can you suggest?.

1. Hobbies are good for your mood.

2. Hobbies can help you make new friends.
3. Hobbies keep your mind active.
4. People with hobbies don't get bored.
5. Hobbies create new opportunities.
7 minutes
6. Hobbies help you feel confident.

whole class

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Production 1 Hobbies are good for you.
• Work in pairs. Have a discussion about why hobbies are good for you.

 Explain why hobbies are good for you.

 Share at least 4 different reasons.
 Ask and say why.

8 minutes

7 minutes
pairwork

pairwork 𝓑𝓮 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓭𝔂 𝓽𝓸 𝓹𝓻𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓬𝓵𝓾𝓼𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼.

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 Hobbies are good for you.

With your partner, present your conclusions.

Feedback

• We think that when you do something

you enjoy, you…
• Partner’s name and I think that hobbies
can …
• Also, hobbies are a way to…
• We believe that hobbies help you …
• When you have a hobby, you…
5 minutes

whole class

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 Interesting hobbies
Pre
Look at these pictures. Describe what you see.
production 2
What are the people doing?
Do you know the name of these hobbies?
Which of these activities would you prefer to do?

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8 minutes

7 minutes
pairwork Do you know any other
interesting hobbies?
pairwork 7
 Interesting hobbies
Production 2 • Work in pairs.
• Imagine each of you is thinking about getting an interesting new
hobby (for example: furniture flipping, playing music in a band,
horseback riding or any other).
• Describe the new interesting hobby you’d like to take up to your partner.
• Ask and answer questions to get extra information.

Talk about:
- What the hobby is
- Where you can do the hobby
- When you can do the hobby
8 minutes - Why you like the hobby

7 minutes
pairwork

pairwork 8
 Interesting hobbies

Feedback Present an extract from your

conversation here.

5 minutes

whole class

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Summary
Now I can…
• talk about why hobbies are good for people.

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Preparation for
next class

Study unit 5.
Do Grammar Practice component exercises.
Work on the Enrichment Practice component.

Study the Use of English file.

Check out the Practice Resources folder.

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 English Discoveries Student platform
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