Dates English Teacher

Activity 3a Look, read and complete. 10 min

Objectives: to learn more about Great Britain; to learn how to work with mind maps; to teach pupils to say the new geographical names correctly
STEP 1: Ask the pupils to open the Workbook to Page 104 and copy the mind map (graph) into their exercise books. STEP 2: Draw the pupils‟ attention to the map of the UK. Explain to the pupils that the full name of Great Britain is The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the UK).

Activity 3b Read and check. 6 min

Objective: to develop reading for specific information
STEP 1: Say that now they will read the text and check their answers.
STEP 2: When they finish, ask the questions:

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   What‟s the capital of the UK? Elicit that London is the capital of England and theUK.
   
2. 
   What‟s the capital of Wales/Scotland? Elicit theanswers.
   

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   Post-activity
   

Activity 4 Read and match. 7 min
Objective: to give practise in reading for gist
STEP 1: Ask the pupils to look at the pictures. Ask: What can you see in the pictures? Accept all answers.
STEP 2: Ask the pupils to read the texts and match with the pictures. Check the answers together.
Answer key: 1c; 2a; 3b
Note: There are some unfamiliar words in the text. Encourage your pupils to read the texts without translating all words and do the task. Explain that in real life we have something to read in order to understand what to do and usually we can understand the meaning of the text even if we do not know all the words.

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   Homework 2 min
   

Ask the pupils to look at the homework on Page 104. Check that everybody understands what to do with the two tasks. If necessary, explain how to do them.

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