Unit 1 Communications

Equipment: picture, dictionary
T h e p r o c e d u r e o f t h e l e s s o n
1. The beginning of the lesson
2.Checking up the homework
T h e m a i n p a r t o f t h e l e s s o n
Activity 1a
Objective: to introduce the context for presenting the new structure
Ask PP to tell you all the differences between the two pictures. You could list the things on the BB like this: house / paint; extra storey / build This will be very helpful for PP when they do the drill in Activity 2.
Activity 1b
Objective: to establish the meaning of the new structure
Ask PP what kind of people the women in the picture are: young/old, rich/ poor, etc. Ask them if they think the family did all these things themselves? (The answer should be 'no'.) Ask them who they think did the work. (PP should answer 'builders'.)
Activity 1c
Objective: to introduce the new structure
Ask PP to read the speech bubbles and say what structure is used to tell us that the family did not do the work themselves. Draw PP attention to the Remember box on the next page. If they have difficulty in understanding the structure, ask them to look at the Grammar Reference. Help PP to translate the structure and compare it with how this idea is expressed in their mother tongue. Then ask them to read the bubbles in chorus and in rows, to help them memorise the structure.
Activity 2
Objective: to practise the new structure
Working with the whole class, ask PP to look at the pictures and use the words which you wrote on the BB in 1 and to ask and answer, as in the example. When you have practised all the examples with the whole class, let PP work in closed pairs and do the exercise again.
Activity 3
Objectives: to practise the word order in the new structure; to write for reinforcement Ask PP to read the sentences and write them in order in their Ex.Bks.
Activity 4
Objective: to give further practice with the new structure
PP work in closed pairs taking turns to ask and answer about what their parents have had done. When they have finished, check the answers with the whole class.