Teacher Guide
10mins - Conversation: Debate: Is it ever okay to cheat? Students must choose a side of the argument, and defend it. Use the 'linking expressions' flash cards to facilitate the discussion.
05mins - Activity: Write the following 4 categories on the board: Fall, get, tell and come. Read the following list, and have students determine which box they belong in. (Fall) to pieces, flat, in love, ill, into a trap, asleep (Get) ahead, into trouble, the impression, over it, lost (Tell) the truth, a story, a lie, the time, the difference (Come) apart, to life, to the conclusion, clean, to terms with, into money
05mins - Review phrasal verbs using the phrasal verbs flash cards.
10mins - Worksheet: 22 phrasal verbs
10mins - Discuss: Writing tone. In writing part 2, students will choose one question to answer. Each question requires a different tone and writing style. Discuss the difference between an article, review and story. Who is the audience? Where would you see this type of writing? Would you write in a neutral of formal tone? Refer to the writing practice worksheet. Ask each student to write an opening sentence for each of the prompts.
15mins - Test: 53 writing practice
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.
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- most
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