Resources

10mins - Introduction: Conversation - Discuss modern art with the student, ask the student to speak about their opinions on modern art, their favourite and least favourite galleries, artists they admire and specific pieces of work that they appreciate.

05mins - Revision: Book work - Discuss the chapters of the book that were set for homework at the end of the previous lesson.

05mins - Comprehension: Answer the comprehension questions that accompany the newly read chapter(s) of the book.

10mins - Mini Task: Semantic Precision. Explain to the student that a semantic field is a group of words that can all be related to each other. Give the student the sentence below and tell them they are to insert the correct word into the gap. Explain that grammatically, all the words COULD fit in the gap, but only one is truly correct due to it belonging to the right semantic field.

The rain .......... down slowly under his coat collar, making him feel thoroughly damp and miserable.

A) crept B) waded C) trickled D) teemed

Answer: C) trickled

Once confident that the student has successfully completed and understood the task, instruct her/him to write a definition of each of the four answer words on the whiteboard.

15 mins - Test: 10 listening practice - part 2

Answers: geese, stopover, first officer, fuel, degree, vague desire, sense of calm, safari, antisocial hours

10mins - Creative Task: A Day In The Life. Using an elaborate and complex range of vocabulary, the student is to write a factual piece of writing, detailing a day in her/his life. The writing is to be structured following the daily routine of the student, beginning with waking up and having breakfast and finishing at the end of the day.

The student MUST use the following words/phrases: habitually, sustain, routinely, dedicate time, clockwork, penultimate and consecutive.

05mins - Warm down: I will set the student chapters of the book to read for homework whilst contemplating any new themes and/or characters that may have appeared.