Teacher’s activities

Students’ activities

I.  Warm up - 5':

- Chatting

- Your  idea about  homes, education  and travel in the  future

- Introduce the new leson

Teacher- Ss

II.  The new lesson

* Vocabulary( 4’)

1. Work in pairs. Describe the pictures and answer the questions.

Ask Ss to work in pairs to describe the pictures and answers the questions

2. Listen to Tom’s imagined description of what an alien from another planet may be like. Fill each blank with no more than three words from the recording. (P64)

- Before Ss listen, ask them to read the information in the table carefully and try to predict the answers.

- Tell them that to do this they should highlight key words in the questions and decide the part of speech of the words they will need to fill in the blanks, then listen carefully to find the words from the recording.

- Play the recording twice. Have two Ss write their answers on the board. Confirm the correct answers.

- Work in pair

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2.Key:

1. Jupiter               2. Much bigger   

3. More powerful           

4. Lots of hair       5. Thick skin

6. four eyes            7. Happiness       

8. Fear                  9. Energy             

10. rocks

3. Listen again and tick (v) true (t), false (F) or not given (NG). (P65)

- Have Ss work individually to underline the key words in the statements.

- Ask Ss to do the exercise without listening to the recording first.

- Write their answers on the board without confirming the correct answers. Play the recording again for Ss to check.

- T may pause at the sentences that include the information Ss need for the answers.

4. Work in pairs. Imagine what an alien may be like. Use your imagination to fill in the web below. (P65)

- Set a time limit for Ss to brainstorm ideas and write their notes.

- Move around and help Ss if necessary.

- Ask Ss to refer back to the speaking in 5, SKILLS 1 and listening in 2 and 3, SKILLS 2 for useful language and ideas.

5. Now use the notes to write a description of your alien. (P65)

- Now have Ss work individually to write descriptions of their alien.

- Give Ss a time limit for this. For a class which needs more support, make copies of the audio script and give each student one.

- The script can act as a writing model, but make it clear that Ss should change the content to match their own ideas.

6. Swap your work with your partner. How different is your description from your partner’s. (P65)

- Ss swap their writing with a partner. They comment one each other’s work.

- Ss revise and edit their writing in class if time allows, or else as homework

3.Key:

 1. F            2. NG          3. T             4. F                   5. F             6. F

IV. Consolidation (3')

- Sum up the main content of the lesson.

V. Homework (2')

- Do Ex in exercise book

- Prepare:  Unit 11: Looking back

- Answer

- Take note