Teacher Guide
Discuss possible changes to root words and how they are usually used. Have the students modify the words provided to fill the gaps and discuss each case together.
**10mins - **Conversation: Discussion: How far do you agree with the following statement? Discuss your ideas.
Computer games are anti-social and violent, and their users are mindless nerds.
Follow up questions:
1. What are some good things about playing games online? What are some disadvantages?
2. Do you think violent games should have an age restriction? Why or why not?
10mins - Workbook: 04 affixes
Review: Affixes - Look over the chart at the top of the worksheet. Ask the students to think of words that utilise common noun and adjective endings.
**10mins - **Game: Roll the dice - Make a list on the whiteboard of 6 common suffixes. Students roll the dice. They then have 30 seconds to think of as many words as possible that utilise the chosen suffix.
10mins - Workbook: page 4
15mins - Test: 35 reading practice - part 3
**05mins - **Warm down: Goodbye, see you next time.
**00mins - **Homework: Complete the next section of the online homework.
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) Check spelling.
5) You must write your answers in CAPITAL letters.
- mathemetician
- discoveries
- produced
- enable
- solutions
- novelist
- dramatically
- achievements