Teacher Guide
This exercise practises writing skills. The linked lesson plan includes details on how to structure the essay. Discuss this with the students and talk about using the correct tone. Review useful linking expressions. After correcting their work, have the student read their essay back to you.
**10mins - **Conversation: Speaking Part 3 -
Draw a diagram on the whiteboard with the following information:
Question: Some parents think young people should spend most of their free time with their families. Here are some things they think about and a question for you to discuss. First, you have some time to look at the task.
Is it important for young people to spend most of their time with their families?
1. Eating together
2. Getting advice
3. Going on trips
4. Wanting to see friends
5. Doing homework
15mins - Workbook: 07 essay analysis
**10mins - **Discuss writing part 1. In writing part 1, students will write an essay about a given topic. They will need to include the two points provided, as well as thinking of their own third point. Review the structure of the 5-paragraph essay.
Look at the writing task and have students write an outline to plan their work.
20mins - Test: 38 writing practice - part 1. Students will begin working on their essay in the lesson and finish it for homework.
**05mins - **Warm down: Goodbye, see you next time.
**00mins - **Homework: Complete the next section of the online homework.
**10mins - **Conversation: Discuss different typical foods from around the world - what is a typical lunch in Italy? The USA? Canada? Australia? Japan? Egypt? If they don't know - try guessing!
10mins - Review Determiners -
Determiners come before a noun, or before an adjective describing a noun.
The different types of determiners are:
Articles: a/an, the
Demonstratives: this / that / those / these
Possessives: my / your / his / her / its / our / their / x's
Quantifiers: (a) few / fewer / (a) little / many / much / more / most / some / none / each / every / enough
Numbers: one, two, three, etc.
**10mins - **Workbook: 08 determiners
10mins - Activity: Students will role-play planning a party. They will need to ask the teacher questions about the amount of supplies that will be needed / the number of people coming, etc. Award students one point for every question they ask that utilises a different quantifier. The student with the most points is the winner.
**15mins - **Worksheet: 39 Listening Practice. - Part 2
**05mins - **Warm down: Goodbye, see you next time.
**00mins - **Homework: Complete the next section of the online homework.
1) Successful essays address the question or statement in a clear and logical way.
2) Be sure to keep all ideas and opinions relevant to the question.
3) Students need to be capable of discussing the advantages and disadvantages of all kinds of topics at the B2 level.
4) Students are required to support their opinions with examples and additional information.
5) Practise planning and organising your essay by preparing an outline which states the core points and reasons you will discuss in the essay.
6) Use effective linking expressions and cohesive tools to keep the essay well connected.
7) Use a variety of methods for introducing and concluding your arguments.
8) A five-paragraph essay style is a good way to keep everything organised and structured.
Check:
- Is the essay organised into paragraphs?
- Have both suggested ideas been discussed?
- Has the student written about a third idea?
- Is the language used moderately formal?
- Has the student written between 140 and 190 words?
- Has the student used linking expressions?
- Is the spelling correct?