Washington Academy

Book: Advanced I Class: 01 Unit: 01 Pages: 8, 9

I – Show a short video talking about bullfighting; talk about the topic;

II – On The Board:

Red Cloth/Red Cape Lancer on horseback Specially bred fighting bulls

To Agonize Sword Suit of lights Torture To insert Dagger Dreadful To plunge To stab

Barbed darts Cruel To thrust Bullring Bull’s skull/neck Wave To pierce Bullfighter

III – They make sentences with the new vocabulary;

IV – Play the audio to present the text on page 7; each student retells the text afterwards; make questions about
the text to check their memory on it – they must be answered by memory;

V – Talk about language barriers {prepare the theme for page 8}. Give a situation {‘imagine you are in a
foreign country and you want to order something to eat that you don’t know the word for… what would you
do?}.

VI– Make them roleplay this situation, using the board to draw what they want;

VII– Play the audio on page 8. They retell the story then they read it individually.

 Homework:

1 – Summarise the texts and some questions with answers from the lesson;

2 – Memorise the new vocabulary and present sentences out of it;

3 – Research about bullfighting and bring a short piece of information about it to be presented by heart;

4 – Write about 500 words on the topic, exposing your opinion about it, to deliver next class.

VOCABULARY
 Page 7: Bullring: arena Cornerstone: the basis of something Callous: insensitive

 Page 9: Referee Sweep kick/sweep the lag/to trip someone Jab/cross/hook/uppercut

 Page 10: Baffle: to get perplex/bewilder To draw up: to prepare in details

To blow your own trumpet/horn: to brag Middle East

 Page 11: Easy-going: tranquil Dull: boring Happy-go-lucky: unconcerned about the future

 Page 12: Olden times: from a long time ago

 Page 13: MBA: Master of Business Administration