Teacher Guide
Talk through and practise these useful tips with the students:1) Quickly scan the text to get a general idea of what it's about.2) For each question, look at the question, but not the answers options. Search through the text until you find the answer to the question, then refer back to the answer options and choose the correct one.3) Check to be sure every piece of information in the answer option is true and matches the question.4) Find the error in the other answers that disqualify them.5) Underline evidence from the text to support your answer.6) In questions 11-15, underline keywords and then skim the text to find the answers. 7) Questions 11-14 follow the order of the information in the text. 8) Question 15 focuses on overall meaning and opinion.
10mins - Conversation: Imagine you have just been hired to work at a summer camp. Have each student make a list of 5 rules the summer camp has. (E.g. You don't have to bring a tent or you can't have a cellphone).
05mins - Review the online homework. What topics were discussed? Was the homework easy, medium or difficult? Answer any questions the students may have.15mins - Activity: Listening and paraphrasing: Tell a short story about something that happened yesterday. Ex: I was walking down the street and a thief stole my bag. Elaborate until the story has a clear beginning, middle, and end. Have each student re-tell your story, paraphrasing the situation and using synonyms/antonyms from the help card to express the meaning in a new way.
10mins - Worksheet: 09 modal verbs - (finish for homework)
15mins - Test: 09 reading practice - part 3 - discuss useful strategies such as scanning and skimming long texts for information. Encourage students to underline keywords.
05mins - Warm-down, goodbye and points
00mins - Homework: Complete the next section of the online homework.
1) Quickly scan the text to get a general idea of what it's about.
2) Read the questions to determine what the text is about, then look at the first question.
3) Read the question, but not the answers options. Search through the text until you find the answer to the question, then refer back to the answer options and choose the correct one.
4) Check to be sure every piece of information in the answer option is true and matches the question.
5) Find the error in the other answers that disqualify them.
6) Underline evidence from the text to support your answer.
7) In questions 11-15, underline keywords and then skim the text to find the answers.
8) Questions 11-15 follow the order of the information in the text.
9) Questions 14 and 15 focus on overall meaning and opinion.
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