Oxford Primary Skills Unit Teaching Notes Oxford University Press 1 Lesson objectives

you have seen. 
Ask individual children to tell you about an unusual 
• 
building they have seen, using 
It’s got…
, or by describing 
it with the adverbs 
extremely
, 
very
, 
quite
and 
not very
and 
appropriate adjectives.
The children write about their chosen unusual building, 
• 
using the prompts in the green box and the model text 
above to help them.
Vocabulary (optional extension activity)
Ask the children to think of as many words as possible 
• 
for rooms and parts of a house (
kitchen, bedroom, roof, 
floor, ceiling, window, windowsill
). Ask them to make a list, 
using dictionaries to extend their vocabulary. Alternatively, 
instead of making a list, they could draw a simple picture 
of a house and label it.

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Oxford Primary Skills 5 Unit 5 Teaching Notes © Oxford University Press
Lesson objectives 
To understand texts that contain predictions about the 
future
To make predictions using 
will, won’t, think, imagine
and 
perhaps
To write about everyday life in the future
Language
I won’t have an alarm clock. 
I think I’ll have my lessons at home on my computer.
Perhaps I’ll go to a 3D cinema after lessons.
Key vocabulary: 
decade, predictions, virtual, image, 
network, brain, wire, nanobots, channel, menu
More words: 
holograms, remote control, solar energy, 
virtual reality, network, screen
Reading (page 20)
Before reading 
1 Discuss these questions.
Ask the children to open their books at pages 20 and 21. 
• 
Draw their attention to the unit title and say 
We are going 
to read about the future.
Read and discuss the questions with the class. Encourage