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Literature Objectives
Reading: biography; extract from Gulliver’s Travels (text completion) Skills ― reading for structure ― reading cohesion and coherence ― reading for detailed understanding Vocabulary: words and idioms related to the weather; adjectives to describe character Listening: a summary of Part 1 of Gulliver’s Travels Skills ― listening for detailed understanding Writing: a modern-day summary of the story
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Answer Key 1 C 3 A 2 G 4 F
Sentence D best describes the picture.
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ñ Focus Ss’ attention on the title of the story and the picture. Invite Ss to describe what they see. ñ Ask the class the questions in the rubric. ñ Ss read the biography to find out the answers.
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Focus ➤ Imagining a scene from the beginning of the story ñ Explain the task. ñ Play the recording. Ss listen and imagine what is happening at that point in the story. ñ Invite individual Ss to share their ideas with the class.
Answer Key particulars ― details suffice ― be enough driven ― blown spied ― spotted split ― cracked or divided in two became of ― happened to assume ― imagine sth to be true attempted ― tried fastened ― attached slender cords ― thin ropes bending ― moving downwards and forwards
b) Suggested Answer Key He was in a sea storm and washes up on a beach. He is exhausted and confused.
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Focus ➤ Completing a text ñ ñ ñ ñ
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Explain the task. Ask Ss to read phrases A-G. Ss read the text and complete the task. Ss then check answers with a partner. Check answers with the class. Ask Ss which sentence best describes the picture.
Focus ➤ Matching words and meanings ñ Draw Ss’ attention to the highlighted words throughout the text. ñ Read the definitions provided and elicit/explain the meaning of any new vocabulary. ñ Explain the task and match the first pair of words as an example. ñ Allow Ss time to complete the task. ñ Check answers with the class.
Focus ➤ Generating interest in the story
Answer Key Yes, I have/ No, I haven’t read this novel. The people who have caught Gulliver are the little people who live on the island of Lilliput.
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Focus ➤ Paraphrasing literary expressions ñ Ask individual Ss to rephrase each underlined phrase into everyday language. ñ Provide assistance as necessary.
Suggested Answer Key Suggested Answer Key we therefore trusted ourselves to the mercy of the waves: We allowed the waves to take us wherever they wanted I swam as fortune directed me: I swam in the direction of the waves