Teacher Guide
The students should read the whole text first thinking about what type of words are missing (for example a noun or an adjective). Then they should think about the exact form of each missing word (such as singular or plural if it's a noun). Does the word need a prefix a suffix or both to make sense?
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.
Questions:
1. Which images on a poster would be useful to raise environmental awareness? (2 mins)
(write the following list on the board)
1. recycling bins
2. a polluted river
3. a large pile of rubbish
4. a factory with smoking chimneys
5. waste metal
Now decide which of these would be least effective. (1 minute)
15mins: Test: 23 reading practice - part 3
- Exam tip: For R&UE part 3, read the whole text quickly first, thinking about what type of words are missing. (e.g., noun, adjective) Then think about the exact form of each missing work. For example, if the word is a noun, should it be singular or plural? Think about whether the meaning of the word will add to the sentence as a whole. Does it need a prefix, suffix, or both to make sense?
15mins: Worksheet: 23 listening practice - part 2
- Exam tip: Look at the words before and after the gap in the text. This will help you to decide what type of word you need, such as a preposition, an article, a pronoun or an auxiliary verb. Missing words may be part of phrasal verbs or fixed phrases.
15mins: Extension: Speaking practice: Discuss and answer the following questions. (Discuss the meaning of italicised words/phrases)
1. What have you read or watched that you consider trashy?
2. What are the things that you do to unwind?
3. What, on TV, do you consider to be compulsive viewing?
4. How often do you find common ground with new acquaintances?
5. What is something that you like to watch which is not everyone's cup of tea?
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
Answers:
listening practice:
- destinations 2) graduate 3) economy 4) accommodation 5) warned 6) travel companies/agencies 7) resident 8) confidence
reading practice:
- cultivation 18) destruction 19) economic 20) endangered 21) extensive 22) growth 23) sensitive 24) plantations
1) Read the whole text to get context.
2) Think about what part of speech is missing in the gap.
3) You will need to make more than one change to some words.
4) There is usually a negative prefix word in each paper.
5) Sometimes the change can be as simple as adding an 's' to the end of a verb form. Avoid overthinking small solutions.
6) Check spelling.
7) You must write your answers in CAPITAL letters.
- cultivation
- destruction
- economic
- endangered
- extensive
- growth
- sensitive
- plantations