Unit
5
I’ll be at home
Put students into pairs and ask them to think of as many words
as possible beginning with the letters
ma
(the longer the better).
The fi rst pair who write down ten should shout
Stop!
Write the
winners’ answers on the board and
one word from each other
pair, encouraging students to write down any new vocabulary.
Proffer
mail
if it is not already there, and elicit its meaning,
highlighting the fact that this word has the same pronunciation
as
male
(but has a different spelling and meaning).
Get ready to read
Before
doing the fi rst task, ask the pairs to brainstorm different
kinds of mail you might receive, e.g.
a postcard
. You could bring
some realia
to class to show students, e.g. a postcard, a leafl et,
etc. Elicit the negative meaning of
junk mail
.
Check the answers by saying each item and asking students to
raise their hand if they have ticked it.
A
Sorry, you were out
Focus students on the section
heading and compare it with
the unit title. Check that students understand by writing
I was
out; I was at home; I was in
on the board and explaining the
differences/similarities in meaning.
1–2
Read
the instructions to the class, give students some time
to read the card and do the exercises, and then check the
answers with the class.
Did you know … ?
Elicit/Demonstrate that the pronunciation of
Thames
is /temz/.
If teaching
in an English-speaking country, check problematic
pronunciation of nearby places.
3
Before doing the exercise, remind students that it is not
necessary to read each word in the text. In order to encourage
students
to scan the leafl ets, you could set a time limit (say,
one minute), or you could ask them to raise their hand when
they have chosen the correct endings for the sentences.
4
Read the instructions to the class. Give students some time to
read the statements to prepare themselves for reading. Get
them to do the exercise and then check the answers.
5
Before doing the exercise, elicit/explain that
RG17 3PE
is a
postcode specifi cally for Reading.
Read the instructions to the class,
get students to do the
exercise and then check the answers.
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