Teacher Guide
**10mins - **Conversation: Debate: Some people believe that we shouldn't eat meat. Do you agree or disagree with this belief? Do you eat meat? Have you ever considered being a vegetarian?
Follow up:
1. Which lifestyle do you think is healthier, that of a meat-eater, or that of a carnivore. Why?
2. Do you consider yourself to have a healthy diet? What foods do you eat most often?
**05mins - **Review - Review phrasal verb flashcards.
**10mins - **Review: Passive voice - The passive voice is used to show interest in the person or object that experienced the action, rather than the person or action that performs it.
We also use the passive voice when we don't know who did the action or we don't want to express who did it.
Active: The Beatles wrote "A Hard Day's night".
Passive: "A Hard Day's Night" was written by The Beatles.
10mins - Workbook: 14 passive voice
20mins - Test: 45 writing practice - part 1
Have each student 'plan' their essay. Review the 5-paragraph structure and appropriate linking expressions. Have students write the introductory paragraph. Then, go over the checklist together:
- Have you introduced the question to the readers?
- Have you used interesting language to capture our attention?
- Have you used correct spelling and punctuation?
Students will finish their essays for homework.
**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?