Grade ten English Teacher's Guide

Suggested answers A: Hello, How are you?

B: Fine. And you?

A: Quite good. Is there anything new?

B: Yes. I have planned to go for a holiday for this week.

A: Oh really! Where do you want to go?

B: I would like to go to Illam. Have you been there?

A: Yes, I have. It‟s a beautiful place, full of natural beauty. You will definitely love it a lot. Who are you going with?

B: I am going with my cousins who have come from village.

A: Are you staying at a hotel or with relatives?

B: We will be staying at relatives.

A: Oh, that‟s good. How are you going there?

B: We have booked tickets of a night bus.

A: Great! These days there are comfortable buses for Ilam. Okay. Have a nice time with your cousins !

B: Thank you, Bye. A: Bye. Extended activity Ask the students to compose a dialogue between two friends about their holiday plans.

Reflection Did the students enjoy doing this activity? Could they draft a good conversation on their own?

Lesson Five Speaking Content from the textbook  Speaking activities (Engage yourself, Time for speaking, Follow- up activity (pp.189190) Materials required  Sentences cards with the expressions that express „agreement‟ and „disagreement‟ Lesson activities Engage yourself  By this time the students should have been familiar with different sorts of expressions that can be used for agreeing and disagreeing.  Ask them to complete the given list.

Suggested answer: You can use the expressions given under additional resource section at the end of this lesson.

Time for speaking (i)  Given are the situations, with the clue of agreeing (yes) or disagreeing (no), followed by conversations showing agreements and disagreements for each given situation.  Organize the students in pairs, and then ask each pair to practise the given conversations with the partner.  Move around the class to make sure that each pair is engaged in the activity.

Time for speaking (ii)  Pair up the students.  Tell the students that some situations with clue for agreeing or disagreeing are given, and that they have to show their agreement or disagreement with reasons.

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