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

7 Discuss these questions with a partner or with 
your class.
Ask the children to read and discuss the questions in pairs, 
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using as much English as possible. In a weaker class, you 
may prefer to discuss them as a class.
If the children are discussing the questions in pairs, when 
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they have finished, ask each pair to tell the class about one 
interesting thing that they have discussed.

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Oxford Primary Skills 5 Unit 3 Teaching Notes © Oxford University Press
More words (page 52)
Check the words in your dictionary. Then complete 
the sentences.
In a stronger class, use the 
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More words
section to extend 
the children’s vocabulary.
Ask the children to turn to page 52, section 3 (
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Describing 
places
). Read the words in the box, and give the children 
some time to look up the words in dictionaries. Model and 
drill pronunciation.
Read the example. Then let the children work individually 
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or in pairs to complete the sentences.
Check the answers as a class by asking volunteers to 
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read out the sentences. Pay attention to the children’s 
pronunciation of the target vocabulary.
Key
1 
peak
 2 
waterfall
 3 
pothole
 4 
glacier
 5 
avalanche
 
6 
cliff
Writing (page 15)
Ask the children to look at the photo next to the text. Ask 
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What can you see?
Read the text while the children follow it in their books. 
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Then ask some questions to check understanding, e.g. 
Where is Cherrapunji? What is the highest rainfall ever 
recorded? What can tourists do in Cherrapunji? When does it 
usually rain in Cherrapunji?