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: Discussion: If you suddenly became famous, how would you feel? What would be the advantages of achieving instant success? Would there be any drawbacks?
Follow up questions:
1. Why do we find celebrities so fascinating? Who is one celebrity that you admire? Why?
2. Do you think celebrities are really happy? How do you think fame affects their every day lives?
**05mins - **Review - Modal verbs - review the difference between 'needn't have' and 'didn't need to' - We use 'needn't have' to talk about something in the past that happened but wasn't necessary. For example - Sarah needn't have bought milk because her mum had already picked some up. We use 'didn't need to' to talk about something in the past that wasn't completed because it wasn't necessary to do. For example - Last night Adam didn't need to study for the Maths test because it had been postponed.
10mins - Worksheet: 06 modal verbs
**10mins - **Activity: The Rules of Life - Students must choose one topic and provide a list of rules and explanations. Topics could include rules about an activity or experience, such as playing a sport, or rules about how to behave in a particular environment, such as a park or a party. Students will read their rules to the class.
20mins - Test: 37 reading practice - part 6.
- Discuss tips and strategies to help with this exam task.
**05mins - **Warm down: Goodbye, see you next time.
**00mins - **Homework: Complete the next section of the online homework.
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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- E
- G
- B
- A
- D