Unit 1 City and village

T h e m a i n p a r t o f t h e l e s s o n

Activity 1 a

Objectives: to raise interest in the topic; to bring pupils' background

knowledge into play

In pairs PP write what they can remember about the USA. They can write the names of rivers, cities, famous people, places of interest.

Activity 1b

Objective: to practise reading for gist

PP read the two texts silently. When they finish, they should be ready to say that the first text is about the Hawaiian Islands and the second is about the Rocky Mountains and the Grand Canyon.
Activity 1c

Objective: to practise reading for main ideas

PP read silently and match in their exercise books.

Key: 1 b,c,e 2 a,d,f

Activity 2

Objective: to practise reading for detail

PP read the text silently. After they have finished, ask them to answer the questions.

Key: Mr Green will go to Hawaii, because it'll be interesting for him to see how people dance hula and he can try shellfish.

Activity 3

Objective: to practise talking about places where one can spend a holi¬day

In pairs PP talk about where they would like to go for a holiday. Tell them that they can choose from the places mentioned in the two lessons: Plymouth, Hawaii and Arizona and also talk abou-t other places, both in Uzbekistan and elsewhere. They can use phrases like "l"d like to go to... I think it's ... I can ...there.'