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
1) Read and underline key words in the four texts.
2) Write short notes about the main opinions expressed in each text. Is the overall tone positive or negative? Is the writer agreeing or disagreeing with a topic or another writer's opinion?
3) Read and underline key words in the questions.
4) In order to get the correct answer, you will need to match ALL of the information in the statement with the correct paragraph.
5) You may need to match information that contradicts the opinion of a different text.
- A
- B
- D
- C