Activity 5 Chain Drill. 5 min
Objective: to practise the structure
This is a normal Chain Drill activity. The pupils practise the Past Continuous. Note that the word you in the question should be stressed.
Activity 6a Work in pairs. Read and put in order. 6 min
Objective: to practise reading for detailed information
The pupils should read and put the parts of the story in order. Help them with the new words.
Answer key: 1b; 2e; 3d; 4a; 5c
Post-activity
Activity 6b Answer the questions. 3 min
Objective: to practise talking about the story
The pupils read and answer the questions. Hopefully the answer to the second question will be: “It is better to smile.” You may want to ask them one more question: “Why is it better to smile?” A possible answer is: “Because you can have more friends if you smile.”
Homework 2 min
Ask the pupils to look at the homework on Page 110. Check that everybody understands what to do with the 2 tasks. If necessary, explain how to do the homework.
Evaluation. Giving marks