Teacher Guide
10mins - Conversation: Speaking part 3: Here are some things that many people believe are important if students want to feel happy at school, and a question for you to discuss.
Draw a diagram on the whiteboard with the following information:
Question: How important are these if students want to feel happy at school?
1. Good friends
2. After school activities
3. Subjects they enjoy
4. Friendly teachers
5. school rules
Follow up: Decide together which is the most important thing that makes students feel happy at school.
**10mins - **Review: Collocations - words that commonly go together in a language. Brainstorm a list of common English collocations with the class.
A collocation is two or more words that often go together and have a particular meaning different from the singular words when they are separate. Collocations are word patterns repeated throughout the English language that 'sound right' to native speakers.
These are some commonly used collocations from Reading part 4 -
Take into account / As far as I'm concerned / at least / get in touch / to get used to (sth) / make arrangements / make sense / no point / no chance / under control / no difference between / have trouble
10mins - Activity: Write the following categories on the board: Take, break, have, catch, and do. Read the following list, and have students determine which box they belong in.
Take - part in, care of, your time, place, advantage of, a shower
Break - a promise, the rules, a record, the ice, a habit
Have - a good time, sympathy, a problem, a baby, a word with, a shower
Catch - fire, sight of, a thief, attention, a glimpse of
Do - homework, an activity, business, nothing, housework, washing up
10mins - Worksheet: 19 collocations
15mins - Test: 50 reading practice - part 6
**05mins - **Warm down: Goodbye, see you next time.
**00mins - **Homework: Complete the next section of the online homework.