| Author(s): Susan Kay Vaughan Jones Publisher: Macmillan ISBN: 9780333757548 Publisher's resources are available for this book. |
Fame: identifying celebrities from photos; talking about celebrities in your country;
interview with Jade Jagger; making subject and object questions about celebrities.
(1) Interview with Jade Jagger. Ss read answers and make questions.
(2) Subject and object questions about celebrities.
(3) Questions ending in prepositions.
(4) General knowledge Os and Xs game.
Word stress in questions. Listen and underline stressed words.
Reading, short listenting and song (You've got a friend)
Phrsases for describing relationships with others:
We clicked
We hit it off
We drifted apart etc.
Words and phrases from songs:
I wanna hold your hand
It ain't me etc.
(1) Read penpal introduction letter and find spelling / capitalization mistakes.
(2) Write email introducing yourself as a penpal
Listening, speaking and reading related to The Little Book of Calm.
Frequency abverbs and adverbial phrases
Present simple, present continuous, present perfect.
Present simple for habits / routines and permanent situations.
Present continuous for temporary and changing situations.
Present perfect.
Ss listen to extract from soundtrack and say what kind of film.
(20) Listening
(21) Anecdote - talk about a book or film you have seen or read recently.(22) Reading : Internet film review
(20) Listening
(21) Anecdote - talk about a book or film you have seen or read recently.
Read net review and match sections to headings;
Write film review. (Language toolbox)
(24) Jigsaw reading : Twenty-first century dating
(25) Follow-up listening
(30) Listening and reading: I don't fancy yours much.
(31) Reading: Every boyfriend's worst nightmare.
Practise reading setences with schwas marked.
Reading: Ki Astrology. Ss read descriptions of personalities and then calculate their Ki astrology sign.
(29) Finding language for criticisms and geralisations in reading text 'Ki Astrology'
(30) I don't fancy yours much.
(Crticising your sister's boyfriend)
He's not exactly friendly; He's not particularly good-looking
etc.
Get = become : get depressed; get bored etc.
Finding examples in text 'A Boyfriends worst nightmare'
Reading about a man addicted to skydiving.
p35 - listening - Interview with female boxer, Jane Couch.
(1) Match gradable / absolute adjectives
(2) Listen to and practice dialogues on the pattern:
'Were you scared?
'Scared? I was terrified!'
Ss group sports words according to what they think they have in common.
(1) 'Have you ever..?' questions
(2) Listening: 'Have you ever + short anecdote.
(3) Gap fill.
(4) Reference notes p 38.
Truth or dare game. Ss prepare Have you ever? / How many times have you? questionsetc.
(1) Comparative adjectives for talking about sports.
(2) Complete a love letter comparing your your partner, your love etc.
'You are sweeter than...'
River Deep Mountain High - focuses on comparisons
(1) p42 - children's definitions of 'a mother'.
(2) p43 - listening: children defining various things.
(3) p47 - 48 - Reading & listening: Roald Dahl's childhood memories.
Reading: children's definitions of 'a mother'.
Listening: children defining various things.
Sentence completion exercises.
Find someone who... game.
Definition auction : Teams bid for true defintions.
(1) listening - nursery rhymes (Humpty Dumpty, Dr Foster)
(2) Ss make short rhyme from prompts
'Would' and 'used to' - sentence examples and concept questions.
Pairwork speaking practice.
(1) Ss read article Paparazzi and analyze sentences from the text to find the 3 main reasons for using the passive: agent unknown / agent obvious / focus attention.
(2) Gapped news stories for practice.
(3) Find someone who speaking practice.
Topic is not addressed directly - comes up in news stories - 'News in Brief'
Dialogue to correct + gapped dialogues for giving news.
(Doesn't focus on present perfect tense)
(1) Read and complete gapped personal letter.
(2) Reply using prompts.
Reading: Spain's third city sees winter off with a bang' (Las Fallas festival, Valencia)
Follows from reading on page 58.
Will / be going to / present continuous
(1) Listen and read tapescript. Analyze for future forms and uses.
(2) Long dialogue to read and listen to. Mulitple-choice forms for futures.
(3) Pairwork speaking practice from prompts.
(4) Dialogue building: invitations. (Follow flow chart).
Listening: ingredients of a good party;
Quiz: are you a party animal or a party pooper?
Anecdote: a party you went to;
Song: It's my party and I'll cry if I want do
Matching written invitations to replies; language study; writing practice
Gapped post card
Sentence correction; sentence completion
get over; break up with; talk through; go ahead with; go on; mess up
8 Sayings about time
Personalization; questionnaire (time management); interview with time management consultant
Reading: time saving tips - lists
's' and 'z'; the two 'th' sounds.
tomorrow, next Sunday, the day before yesterday, in a fortnight's time etc.
Ss mark times on calendar.
obligation, prohibition and permission
must, should, have got to, don't have to, is supposed to, is allowed to
T.39 - Three people talk about rules in their workplaces
T.39
Three people talk about rules in their workplaces
Guessing travel photo locations; language analysis
Gap fill postcards (words supplied) + write two more.
Add adverbs to story; write story in groups.
Listening: restaurnat dialogue; language for eating out; correct dialogue with inapropriate language; role play
Sleep habits quiz, reading, report writing
Ss conduct survey on sleeping habits and produce short written report.
Listening: telephone messages; gapped dialogue; role play
Write multiple-choice questionnaire; do survey; write report
Personalization: clothing
Song: Bon Jovi - Ugly
Matching quotes to famous people and reporting them.
Personal predictions; class survey
Quiz: rules, taboos etc around the world