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

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children to tell you whether it is a noun or an adjective.
Play the recording while the children follow the text in 
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their books. Then ask the children to tell you in English 
why each house is unusual (they could do this in pairs 
before feeding back to you).
Vocabulary (page 17)
3 Match the words from the text to the definitions.
Look at the example together. Then tell the children 
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to match the rest of the red words to their definitions, 
reading each definition carefully and looking up words in 
dictionaries if necessary. You might like to let them do this 
in pairs.
Key
1 
tourist attraction
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upside down
 3 
the right way up

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normal
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unusual
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ceiling
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attic
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crystal
 
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unlike
 10 
impossible
Reading comprehension (page 18)
4 Match the sentences with the correct pictures.
The children work individually to read the descriptions 
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and draw lines matching them to the correct house in the 
photos. They should use the text to help them.
Let them check their answers in pairs, then check them as 
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a class by asking individuals to read out the sentences and 
say the corresponding letter.
Key
1 
c
 2 
a
 3 
c
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b
 5 
a
 6 
b
 7 
a
 8 
c
5 Circle the correct words to make true sentences.
The children use the text to help them choose and circle 
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the correct option in each sentence.
Check the answers as a class.