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

Writing (optional extension activity)
Choose a different animal and ask the children to find out 
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what they can about it. They could do this for homework.
Make notes on the board. With the class, write suitable 
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topic sentences for three or four paragraphs. Ask the class 
to help you decide which notes are relevant to each topic 
sentence.
Ask the children to write about your chosen animal, using 
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the topic sentences and notes.

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Oxford Primary Skills 5 Unit 7 Teaching Notes © Oxford University Press
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A helping hand
Lesson objectives
To understand texts about charities and raising money
To be aware of some language features of news reports
To write a simple news report
Language
GIRLS RAISE MONEY FOR HOSPITAL
Kent schoolgirls Lily and Poppy Brook…
Key vocabulary: 
charity, victims, famine, solutions, poverty, 
shelter, disasters, flood, hurricane, raise (money)
More words: 
help victims, provide food, donate money, 
support a charity, raise money, organize a concert
Reading (page 28)
Before reading
1 Discuss these questions.
Ask the children to open their books at pages 28 and 
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29. Draw their attention to the unit title and explain the 
meaning of the expression (
to give someone a helping hand 
= to help someone
).
Read and discuss the questions with the class. Encourage 
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them to use as much English as possible, but let them use 
L1 where necessary. Ask them to justify their opinions.
2 Read and listen. 
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First read the white words in the text and explain their 
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meanings where necessary (or you could give the children 
a few minutes to look up the words in dictionaries). Model 
and drill pronunciation.
Play the recording while the children follow the text in 
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their books. Then ask them to close their books, and read 
out the question headings. Let the children tell you what 
they can remember about each section of the text. Finally, 
ask them to open their books and tell you what they 
missed.