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

 2 
No, they didn’t.
 3 
Yes, it was.
 
4 
Yes, they did.
 5 
No, she didn’t.
 6 
Yes, they were.
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. Ask them to justify 
their answers to question 1.
If the children have discussed the questions in pairs, finish 
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by reading each of the questions in turn and asking the 
children to answer/comment.
More words (page 56)
Read the groups of adjectives. Find the odd-one-
out.
Use this activity to extend or consolidate the children’s 
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knowledge of commonly used adjectives.
Ask the children to turn to page 56, section 10 (
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Adjectives
). 
Read the example and ask a volunteer to explain why 
sad
is the odd-one-out.

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Then let the children work individually or in pairs to circle 
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the odd-one-out in each group of words, looking up 
words in dictionaries where necessary.
Check the answers as a class.
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Key
1 
sad
 2 
ugly
 3 
tiny
 4 
calm
 5 
horrible
 6 
freezing
Writing (page 43)
Ask the children to look at the text and ask 
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What kind of 
text is this?
Read the story while the children follow it in 
their books. Then ask the children to retell the story in L1. 
Ask them how the two children felt at each stage of the 
story.