Teacher Guide
Explain that the students need to use the word provided, unchanged, within a phrase that completes the sentence in a way that it has the same meaning as the first sentence. The phrase they write must have between 3 and 6 words.
10mins: Introduction:
Online homework: Discuss any problems or difficulties the student may be having.
Independent reading: Ask the student about what they have read in English during the last week. If you are reading a novel together, discuss the assigned reading and any vocabulary words/ writing assignments.
Conversation topic: Discuss the use of "robot dogs" as a form of policing. Will robot dogs increase safety in communities, or have the opposite effect? If the students are not familiar with 'robot dogs' read the following article together: https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3gjjw/the-nypd-sent-a-creepy-robotic-dog-into-a-bronx-apartment-building
Useful terms: dystopia, technological advancement, Orwellian, sci-fi, the digital revolution, futuristic
15mins: Test: 51 reading practice - part 4
**30mins: **Module 3 - Student Podcast Presentations: Students will listen to their podcasts in the lesson. Students will take notes during the presentations and write a review for homework about a podcast of their choosing.
**05mins: **Warm down: Goodbye, see you next time. Encourage students to do additional reading for vocabulary building outside of the lesson. News articles, short stories, and novels are all great examples.
1) Think about the voice - can you switch between active and passive voice?
2) Look at the words directly before and after the gap. If a past participle follows the gap, you know you'll need the auxiliary verb 'have/had' in your response.
3) Do not use fewer than three or more than six words.
4) Do not modify the key word in any way.
5) Contractions count as two words.
6) Keep in mind comparative forms, phrasal verbs and colloquial phrases.
- DEPENDING on the number
- a/the RISK of not being
- MATTER what time/when/how early he sets
- is in CHARGE of making
- to have changed his MIND about
- has not/hasn’t/has never OCCURED to me until/til/before now