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

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Key
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We will probably have tiny computers.
2 
I think people will go on holiday in space.
3 
I imagine scientists will invent lots of new things.
4 
Perhaps students will have lessons on the Internet.
5 
I hope we will use alternative energy.
6 
People will probably travel by spaceship.
9 Write about a day in your life in 2050. Answer 
these questions.
Ask the class 
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How old will you be in 2050? 
(say 
twenty fifty
). 
Ask them to imagine what their life will be like. Ask each 
question in turn from the green box, and let individual 
children give you their ideas. Encourage them to make 
tentative predictions, using the words on the board. Help 
them with any vocabulary as necessary.
When you think the children are ready, ask them to write 
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a short paragraph making predictions about life in the 
future. Encourage them to be imaginative!
Writing (optional extension activity)
Ask the children to imagine that they live in the future. Tell 
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them to write a simple short story about a day in their life, 
using the past tense. Encourage them to be imaginative! 
(Let this be a creative writing exercise; don’t worry too 
much about grammatical correctness.)

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Oxford Primary Skills 5 Unit 6 Teaching Notes © Oxford University Press
6
Clever creatures
Lesson objectives
To understand texts about clever animals
To understand and use the infinitive of purpose
To recognize and use ‘topic sentences’
To write a short text about blue whales
Language
She can use sign language to talk to people.
They can open jars and bottles to get food. 
Key vocabulary: 
nest, web, creature, sign language, duck, 
crow, twig, bend, hook, by accident 
More words: 
backbone, breathe, fin, krill, tentacles, whale