Teacher Guide
After reading the text leading up to each gap, the students should have a feel for what type of comment fits next. They can eliminate some and use the linking expressions to help give clues. Discuss keywords that give hints about the tone of the writer and give other examples to help get the students familiar with their use. For example 'however', 'but', 'even' 'although'. After choosing one of the sentences, they should read it out within the text and make sure it sounds right, even considering the sentence that immediately follows it. If in doubt, try the other options too.
10mins - Conversation: Imagine your life in ten years. Where will you be and what will you be doing? Do you think you will live in Rome, a different city or a different country? What will you do for work? What hobbies will you have? Practice using modal verbs to discuss certainty, probability, and possibility.
05mins - Homework review: discuss any questions or problems.
10mins - Revision: Modal verbs: Modal verbs are used to express rules and obligation, necessity, permission, requests, offers, suggestions, orders, advice ability, certainty, and possibility. Have the students brainstorm a list of modal verbs, and identify what category each belongs to.
10mins - Activity: Situations: Split the students into pairs. Assign each pair a situation. Ex: 'A friend has asked your advice about the best way to prepare a party.' or 'A student is asking their mother permission to stay home from school.' Students should use appropriate modal verbs to write 'instructions' about how to manage their situation.
10mins - Worksheet: 06 modal verbs - finish for homework.
15mins - Test: 06 reading practice - part 6
00mins - Warm down: Goodbye, see you next time!
00mins - Homework: Complete the next section of the online homework.
Extension: Tell the students to imagine they are English teachers for Creative English. Ask the students to create a list of rules for their classes. What should students do? What shouldn't they? Ask them to use appropriate modal verbs.
1) Read the entire text to understand the context.
2) Read the sentences before and after the gap and think about what information could be missing.
3) Look at the words directly before and after the gap. Consider a logical and natural way to link the two phrases.
4) Look out for words that move backwards and forwards in the text, such as it and this.
5) If you think two sentences can fit into a gap, leave them and move on to the next question. As you fill gaps with sentences, you will narrow down the remaining options.
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