Teacher Guide
10mins - Debate: Students are split into two groups. Quietly tell each group their position. Give the groups 5 minutes to write and research useful vocabulary words. When the 5 minutes is up, have a debate.
1) Advertising agency: A major retail fashion industry which makes clothing and accessories for teens is about to release a new product. (Decide together what this will be - a pair of shoes, a new backpack, a new winter jacket, etc.) Your agency is in the running to create their TV commercial and you need to prepare your ideas to pitch to the company. There should be a big budget, so think about including famous people and exotic locations.
2) Street Fashion: You think advertising agencies are untrustworthy because the last two campaigns you have paid for were utter disasters. One used a famous football player, who was accused of throwing a game in exchange for money. Another, filmed at a great cost in South America, did not attract appeal to anyone in the target age group. Ask tough questions to ensure this agency shares your vision.
**10mins - **Review: Modals -
Asking permission - Can/could/may I?
Making requests - Can/will/could/would you?
Making offers - Can/shall/why don't I? Would you like me to?
Making suggestions - Let's/shall I/we?
Giving orders or advice - you must/had better/ought to/should/could
10mins - Activity: Mother may I? The teacher will act as the students' parents. Each student must try to ask permission to go to a concert on a school night. Students should make a strong argument, and use modals in the correct form.
10mins - Workbook: 12 modal verbs
15mins - Test: 43 writing practice - part 2
**05mins - **Warm down: Goodbye, see you next time.
**00mins - **Homework: Complete the next section of the online homework.
1) In this part, students will need to choose between three different writing styles. The possible writing options include: an article, an email/letter, an essay, a report, and a review.
2) The purpose of this task is for the candidate to develop their ideas on a piece of writing that's meant for a target audience.
3) Students should consider who their 'target audience' is in this task to help them achieve an appropriate tone and level of formality.
4) Students should practice each style of writing at least once, and decide on the two that they feel most comfortable with to expect to complete during the exam.
5) Students should aim to keep all information relevant to the exam question, avoiding unnecessary tangents.
Check:
- Is the tone appropriate to the selected style?
- Has the student followed the instructions clearly and addressed all points noted?
- Has the student used linking expressions?
- Is the spelling correct?
- Has the student written between 140-190 words?