Resources

10mins - Introduction: Conversation - Tradition. Discuss traditions the student may have and follow - family occasions, religious holidays, food etc. Discuss how traditions vary in different countries and talk about positive and negative aspects of tradition and what sentiments and acts tradition can lead to.

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 chapters of the book. 05mins - Mini Task: Set a five minute timer. The student is to write down as many phrasal verbs they can with appropriate example sentences.

15mins - Test: 04 reading practice - part 2

Answers: come, because, until, tall, providing, make, never, vain

15mins - Creative Task: Idioms. Deduce and discuss the meanings of the idioms on the worksheet and brainstorm any additional idioms that the student may be familiar with. Talk about the importance of idioms in language and the character they give to language.

Pick apart each idiom on the list and discuss other possible meanings that the phrases could have:

"You're barking up the wrong tree!", "dodge a bullet" and "catch-22".

Other than the correct definition, what else could this mean? What might it mean to bark up the right tree? Could you replace any part of the phrase and it still make sense?5mins - 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.