Extensive Reading 5
Focus ➤ Discussing issues
Suggested Answer Key In America, in the 1900’s, many children had to work to get money for their families. These families came to America from Europe and were very poor. Children often stayed at home to do such work as making flowers, sewing and mending clothes. The conditions of the homes were terrible and the children often got sick. In one day, they only earned 50 cents for their work and this was not enough to buy what they needed. The children were not able to read or write and in many cases never learned to speak English. Life was sometimes cruel and unkind.
Ask a S to read out the first question. Elicit ideas from around the class. Stimulate discussion and encourage Ss to express their views on the topic while recycling vocabulary from the text. Spend a few minutes discussing each issue before moving on to the next question. Proceed with other questions in the same way. (Ss’ own answers)
Writing 6
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Focus ➤ Writing a short essay ñ Go through the rubric with Ss and elicit key words (children, work, in your country, 19th century, short text, jobs, lives like). Write the key words on the board. Elicit from Ss what they need to write. Tell Ss to use the headings in ex. 4 to help them. If you have brought articles on the subject give children the articles and allow time to read them first. Brainstorm ideas and put them under the headings. ñ Ss work in groups. Allow Ss time to complete the task in class. Check Ss’ work and give feedback. Alternatively, you can assign the task for HW provided you have gone through it orally in class.
Synergy ñ Allow Ss one minute to think of ten words they have learnt in today’s lesson. Ask Ss to use them to make their own sentences. ñ When Ss have finished ask them to get up and go around the class to find a partner who has something in common with them e.g. same hair/eye colour, same clothes, same taste in music. ñ Ask Ss to discuss what they have learnt in the lesson with their partner.
Progress Check
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Progress Check 3 and Look at Module 4 should be done in one lesson. Answer Key 1 1 patient 2 fit
3 sociable 4 creative
2 1 bald 2 freckles
3 middle-aged 4 tall
3 1 up 2 back
3 with 4 for
4 1 2 3 4
5 determined 6 imaginative
5 away 6 of
a kind young German student an imaginative elderly Russian woman a short plump British teenager a tall skinny American basketball player
5 1 who 6 1 scary 2 tired 7 1 2 3 4
2 whose
3 when
4 where
3 disappointed 4 boring
A What does your dad do? B Not a lot really. A What does Lucy look like? B I’m glad you enjoyed it.
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