Teacher : younes Senouci Unit : Getting through Sequence two

Competency : reading – interpreting Time : 1 hr

Sequence Two: Reading and Writing.

By the end of this unit, pupils should be able to:

-read and respond to an e-mail.
-write an e-mail.
-describe a place and people’s regular activities.
-use the simple present tense – frequency adverbs: rarely, seldom, …
-use degree adverbs and reflexive pronouns (myself, yourself, …)
-use prepositions of place: in, in the north...

Anticipate: (p 8)
1. Put numbers 1-6 in the right boxes to say which icon in the screenshot
below you have to click on so as to:
Aim: to help learners read icons in a computer screenshot.
Key: (a – 3) – (b – 1) – (c – 6) – (d - 4) – (e - 5) – (f - 2)

2. Look at the screenshot below and read aloud the sender’s and
recipient’s e-mail addresses:
Aim: to enable learners to ask for and give information about electronic addresses.

Key:
Sender’s e-mail address: [from]kirsi@hotmail.com
Recipient’s e-mail address: [to] Amel@yahoo.fr

3. What do you think the e-mail above is about? Who is the sender? What
country is he/she from?
Aim: to make predictions about what will come next in an e-mail message on the
basis of information contained in an e-mail box screenshot.

Key:
I think it is about a correspondence with a keypal. Its sender is Kirsi. He/she is
not from Algeria.
Read and Check: (p 41)
1. Read the e-mail and choose the best answer:
Aim: to answer a set of comprehension questions.

 Kirsi is: a. Algerian b. Finnish c. English

 Kirsi wants to corresponds with Amel:
a. In order to visit Algeria
b. To introduce herself
c. So as to know more about Amel and
Algeria
 Kirsi always goes to school by bus:
a. In order not to be late
b. To become a journalist
c. So as to meet her schoolmates
 Kirsi………….gets up early: a. never b. generally c. always
Key:
 Finnish (b)
 So as to know more about Amel and Algeria (c)
 In order not to be late (a)
 Generally (b)

2. Read the e-mail below and answer these questions:

Aim: to answer a set of comprehension questions.

Key:
a. She is Finnish / she is from Finland.
b. She wants to correspond with Amel to know more about Amel and her country.
c. She takes the bus to school so as not to arrive late.
d. She lives in the countryside because it is a little village where all the inhabitants
know one another.
e. She rarely goes out on weekends.