Dates English Teacher

Objectives: to warm up by singing the song; to check homework
STEP 1: Play the DVD. Ask the pupils to listen to the song and sing it. Look at Unit 11 Lesson 1 Activity 1 for the DVD script. STEP 2: Checking homework. The pupils can check in pairs or go round the class and work with as many pupils as they can.

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Activity 2 Look, read and answer. 7 min
Objective: to practise talking about rain forests
STEP 1: Ask the pupils to read the first two sentences. You may want to add more information to them, for example, you can say that in rain forests trees grow thickly together.
STEP 2: Then the pupils read and answer the questions.

Activity 3a Work in groups. Read and give a title to the text. 5 min

Objective: to practise reading for gist
STEP 1: The pupils read the text silently and in groups think about a title.
STEP 2: When they are ready, ask them to tell you their titles. You can write them on the blackboard.
STEP 3: Then the pupils can choose the best title from the list.

Activity 3b Work in pairs. How can we help rain forests? 7min

Objective: to give further practice in talking about rainforests
Working in the same groups the pupils answer the questions. Draw their attention to the phrases in the cloud. They can be very helpful in the discussion.

Activity 4 Look and answer. 4 min

Objective: to introduce the concept of recycling
STEP 1: The pupils look at the pictures and answer the questions.

Answer key:

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   – The first picture means „to recycle‟, the second one – „Keep your countryclean‟.
   
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   – We can recycle all the things in the pictures, even bread, because we can use stale bread to make otherfood.
   

STEP 2: You can discuss this issue with the pupils in their mother tongue, but do not get carried away as you have one more activity to do.

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