Teacher 3: OK, you all have your fish in front of you. Now take your scissors. OK. And I want you to cut here, like … that. Well, it doesn’t smell or look very nice, I know. But I want you to look closely at what you can see here. There’s the skeleton, but we can also see the gills here. You remember, the organs that fish need to breathe underwater. Now I want you to take the scissors again and cut just here and see what you can see. [Kid – ‘Yuk!’] Isn’t it just fascinating to see how different animals’ bodies work! Teacher 4: Listen hard, get your pencils and paper ready and let’s see who can be first to answer the question. There’s a sports shop, right? Last week this shop sold 17 footballs and 25 tennis balls. The footballs all cost SAR 200 and each tennis ball cost SAR 20. So how much money did the shop make by selling these balls? Go on. Quick now! Key 1 English 2 chemistry 4
Speaking In pairs, students find out their partner’s opinion of different subjects, if they like studying them or would like to study them one day. Draw students’ attention to the model dialogue. In a less confident class, do this activity first as open pairs to model the dialogue and then as closed pairs.
Words connected to school and university 5 Students complete the sentences with the words and phrases.
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Extra activity In pairs, students explain the difference between these pairs of words: certificate/degree, pass/fail, exam/continuous assessment, term/timetable 6a
Warmer Elicit from students what they think the advantages and disadvantages of going to university are (does not guarantee success, costs too much etc.). D 1 Set a two-minute time limit for students to write down any
words that they associate with university. Ask students to read out their words and explain their choices if necessary. Suggested answers degree, certificate, campus, college, graduate, professor, lecturer, tutor, programme, essay, undergraduate, graduate, graduation ceremony, study, education, course, library, research, assignment etc. 2 In pairs, students discuss the questions. You could then open this into a class discussion.
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Key 1 essay about the establishment of Saudi Arabia in 1932 2 mark/grade 3 resit it 4 timetable 5 pass
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Suggested answers 1 Yes, I’d like to go to university because I will get a better-paid job / No, I want to get a job, I’m tired of studying! 2 There is much more freedom at university because you don’t live at home and you have to organise all of your time and your money. 3 Set a three-minute time limit for students to read the text and answer the questions. Key 1 The questions are asked by students who are thinking of going to university. 2 The questions are answered by students who are already studying at university. 3 It is an online forum where students can ask questions about university life and clarify any doubts they have.
Study skills Students read the next task and decide what the biggest difference is between this task and the one before (the first is a skim reading exercise and the second is a reading comprehension task). Elicit answers and direct students to page 72 to compare their ideas.
Speaking In pairs, students ask and answer the questions. Tell them to make a note of their partner’s answers.
D 6b Students report back to the class with information about their
partner. Elicit some answers from different students around the class to round off the activity. E
Fast finishers Students could write more questions similar to the ones in exercise 6a to ask their partners.
Homework Refer students to the Workbook, page 2.
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