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1 Do you know the names of any Vocabulary
composers, writers or painters?
2 What is a child prodigy?
3 Which animals are intelligent? Skills and people
1 2.15 Read the Clever Kids Quiz on page 45 and
complete the table with the verbs and nouns. Then
listen and check.
Aims
Skill (verb) Person (noun)
Vocabulary
r Skills and people
paint painter
r Adjectives write (1) …
dance (2) …
Grammar (3) … programmer
r Ability: can and could cook cook
r Questions with how (4) … composer
r Comparative and superlative adjectives (5) … player
win (6) …
Communication sing (7) …
r Say what you know
r Compare ideas for a present
r Write a biography
2 Do the Clever Kids Quiz with a partner.
Extra listening
and speaking I don’t know much about Jane Austen. I think she was an English writer.
Buying tickets
Jane Austen Kaká J.K. Rowling
Page 96
Venus Williams José Carreras Francisco Goya
Nelly Furtado William Shakespeare Vincent van Gogh
Ferran Adrià
Curriculum extra
Natural science:
Adapting to the Study strategy: learning words in groups
environment
Page 104 4 Add two words to each item.
write writer, writing
1 paint 2 compete 3 compose 4 sing
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Ejercicio 4
t Indique que es conveniente aprender las palabras Actividad opcional: Vocabulario
agrupándolas. Para practicar expresiones para decir lo que sabemos, pida
t Miren el ejemplo. Pida a los alumnos que añadan las palabras a los alumnos que preparen individualmente una lista con
individualmente. cinco personas famosas, incluyendo gente sobre la que
t Compruebe las respuestas con la clase. saben muchas cosas y personas sobre las que no saben
casi nada. Los alumnos comparan sus listas por parejas
RESPUESTAS
y descubren lo que saben sobre esas personas.
1 paint, painter, painting
2 compete, competitor, competition Pida a varios alumnos que le cuenten a la clase si sus
3 compose, composer, composition compañeros sabían o no más cosas sobre los personajes,
4 sing, singer, song y qué datos interesantes han descubierto sobre la gente
de sus listas.
Pronunciation: word stress
Competencia social y ciudadana
Workbook página 101 Esta actividad ayudará a los alumnos a trabajar por
Notas didácticas página T127 parejas de forma adecuada.
Práctica adicional
Workbook página 40
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wrote his first
3 S. Chandrasekhar
started to program
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play when he computers when
was twelve. he was seven years
Which writer old. Which of these
wrote Yerma? are computer
languages?
a Cervantes
b Shakespeare a+BWB
c Lorca b Chinese
c C++
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Prodigy
Young children can usually speak one or maybe two Prodigies are children with incredible
languages, but at the age of eight Wendy Vo could talents. Scientists say that a lot of
speak eleven languages fluently, including English, prodigies are born with their talents,
Chinese, Russian and Arabic. She also studied but their parents also help them.
music, and composed forty-four songs before she Sometimes children and parents have
was seven. Another child genius, S. Chandrasekhar, got the same interests. For example,
could program his father’s computer when he was Picasso’s father was an artist, Mozart’s
seven. At ten he did exams and two years later he father was a musician, and Sara Baras’s
went to university. mother was a dancer.
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Another musical prodigy practised for
eight hours every day and her father
punished her when she played a
wrong note.
Life can be difficult for prodigies.
You can’t relax if you’re practising
for eight hours a day, and you can’t
make friends at university if you’re
only twelve. So it can be great to be a
genius, but maybe it’s better to have a
normal life.
2 Read the text again and answer the questions. 3 ABOUT YOU Answer the questions.
1 How was Wendy Vo different from other children? 1 Are you good at a game or sport?
2 How old was S. Chandrasekhar when he went to university? 2 What’s your favourite subject at school?
3 Have all prodigies got the same interests as their parents? 3 How many hours do you study every
4 Which adjectives describe the parents of some prodigies? evening?
5 Why did the girl’s father punish her? 4 How ambitious are you?
6 Why can’t some prodigies make friends? 5 Do you know the names of any young
stars from your country?
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Intelligent animals
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Fast finisher
Ejercicio 2
t Lea la tabla con los alumnos. Asegúrese de que entienden las t Los alumnos que acaben pronto pasan a la actividad
Fast finisher.
palabras dolphin y marlin. Explique que el plural de marlin es
marlin (no marlins). t Escriben sus preguntas. Después, las practican con otro
compañero que haya acabado pronto.
t Los alumnos escriben las frases.
t Compruebe las respuestas con la clase.
t También puede pedir a estos alumnos que lean sus
preguntas para que el resto de la clase las responda.
RESPUESTAS
1 Atlantic marlin are more aggressive than blue whales. Práctica adicional
2 Blue whales are longer than common dolphins. Workbook página 43
3 Atlantic marlin are heavier than common dolphins. Grammar reference, Workbook página 90
4 Blue whales are rarer than Atlantic marlin.
5 Atlantic marlin are faster than common dolphins.
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KEY PHRASES
He’s into art.
Who’s it by?
That one’s better.
The other one’s a bit dark.
3 2.25 Listen to four types of music from around 4 Answer the questions.
the world. Use the adjectives in the box to 1 Do you think that the cumbia music is better than
describe each type of music. the gamelan music? Why / Why not?
2 Do you think that the taiko drumming is better
noisy interesting sad slow fast exciting
than the bluegrass music? Why / Why not?
modern peaceful wild strange
3 Which is the best piece of music? Why?
1 Colombian cumbia
2 Indonesian gamelan 5 Look again at the dialogue in exercise 1.
3 American bluegrass Imagine that you’re buying a CD for a friend.
4 Japanese taiko drumming Change the blue words and practise your
new dialogue with a partner.
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Ejercicio 3 2.25
t Los alumnos escriben los nombres de los cuatro tipos de
música.
t Ponga el CD. Los alumnos describen la música utilizando los
adjetivos.
t Comparan sus respuestas por parejas y comentan las
diferencias ante la clase.
RESPUESTAS
Respuestas de los alumnos.
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