1.1 How well do you know me?

Pre-activity (5 minutes)
Aim
To exchange information by playing a board
• Ask students to think of one thing about themselves that other
people might find surprising, e.g., I’ve eaten snake./I’m going to
game and talking about your partner Australia next month./I have a black belt in karate.
Language • Students share the information with the rest of the class.
Encourage students to ask follow-up questions.
Tenses
Fluency practice
Procedure (30 minutes)
Skills • Explain that students are going to play a board game in pairs to
Speaking and Listening see how much they can find out about their partner.
Lesson link • Give each pair of students a copy of the board game, a coin, and
two counters (one for each student). Give them time to read
Use after Unit 1, SB p. 5 through it and deal with any vocabulary queries.
Materials • Explain that it is not a competitive game but an opportunity to
learn as much as you can about your partner.
One copy of the board game for each pair
of students. Each group will need a coin and • Each student begins on a different START space on the board.
each student will need a counter. Students take turns tossing a coin to move around the board
(heads = move 1 square, tails = move 2 squares). When they land
on a square, they answer the question, giving as much information
as they can. If a student lands on a square with a question they
have already answered, they move forward to the next square.
• Put students into small groups for a feedback session. Tell them to
talk about their partner.

Extension (10 minutes)

• Students write down everything they can remember about a
person in the group that they didn’t interview. They then pass
their paper to that person to check that the details are correct.
• If you have time, collect the pieces of paper, read them aloud, and
ask the rest of the class to guess who is being written about.

2 Unit 1.1 • How well do you know me? Teacher’s notes

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START
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Where were Why were you
your parents given your first
born? name(s)?

Have you ever

traveled overseas
by yourself?
How well What interesting
things are
happening in your
Why/Why not?
do you life right now?

Where did you

go for your last
know me? Are you a morning
person or a night
vacation? person?

When you were Did you enjoy

growing up, what being at your
was your main first school?
ambition? Why/Why not?

What’s the bravest

What’s your
thing you’ve ever
earliest memory?
done?

Do you think
Are you an indoor
life in general is
person or an
getting easier?
outdoor person?
Why/Why not?

What’s the best Where in the

piece of advice world would you
you’ve been given most like to visit?
by your family? Why?
START

How long have

What do you do
you known your
START to relax?
best friend?

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