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.
Speaking practice - Speaking Practice - Use speaking help cards to conduct a mock speaking exam. Review any parts of the exam that the student feels most worried about. Discuss tips and strategies.
15mins: Test: listening practice - part 1
**15mins: **Test: reading practice - part 6
10mins: Writing practice - Report writing (finish for homework)
You work in the sales department of a large company. You have been asked to reply to this memo from the company's personnel officer:
INTERNAL MEMO
From: Personnel Officer
To: Sales Department
Owing to recent changes within the company we are experiencing some problems with staff motivation. Please write a report giving your opinion of the following suggestions for improving staff morale:
- A party for the whole department
- A weekend away for the most successful sales team
- A monetary prize for the best salesperson
I would appreciate any other suggestions.
Write the report to the Personnel Officer. (220-260 words)
**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.
- the FIRST time | she had/she’d ever
- was MEANT to | turn/show
- CAME as | no surprise
- took (absolutely) no | didn’t take (any) | NOTICE of
- has been a | DROP in
- had BETTER | put