Teacher Guide
10mins: Introduction: Discussion: Should private schools be abolished? Do you think private schools prevent education equality? Why or why not?
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.
15mins: Review: Nominalisation.
Nominalisation is the act of changing certain words(verbs, adjectives, adverbs) in a sentence into a noun form. We use nominalisation:
- To avoid mentioning the agent (the person or thing that performs an action.) We do this to be impersonal or if we want to make the agent less important. Compare:
1. Two days ago authorities began to evacuate 30,000 people. (agent = the authorities.
2. Two days ago the evacuation of 30,000 people began. (no agent, nom. form)
- To express two clauses more concisely. Compare:
1. Two power stations were built just a few kilometres away. This was strongly criticised by environmentalists.
2. The building of two power stations just a few kilometres away was strongly criticised by environmentalists. (Nom. form)
We can sometimes use a form with: do, give, have, make, and take + noun instead of a verb.
1. The authorities took immediate action (n) - The authorities acted immediately.
2. The decision (n) was made to evacuate the area. It was decided to evacuate the area.
Extenstion: discuss the concept of nominalisation. When do you think it's important to use this style? What type of professionals might use nominalisation?
10mins: Worksheet: 16 nominalisation
20mins: Test: 16 reading practice - part 6
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.
00mins: Homework - complete the next section of the online homework
Practice test answers: 1 A, 2 B, 3 D, 4 C
- The release of the prisoners was unexpected.
- The organisation of the conference was very professional.
- The turnout for the match was huge.
- The withdrawal of the troops was immediate.
- A shake-up in top management is needed for the company to be successful again.
- The increase in interest rates was the third in two months.
- An agreement was reached on extra funding for the project.
- The decision to postpone the race was made at the last moment.