Lesson 1: Bright ideas

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Lesson 1: Bright ideas

Lesson goals

At the end of this lesson students will be able to:

• Discuss the tests for period 1
• Students learn about the reading strategies
• Students know about the different text structures
• Students will be aware of the different types of text structures
• Students will learn about the present simple

Pre- activty: Text structures

A) Watch the following two video about text structures 

B) Discuss what we've learned from the video about text structures

C) Fill in the grapic organizer

What is a text structure?

How many types of text structures was mentioned in the video?

Text structure

• We have about talked external text structures – things like titles, headings, graphs, pictures, bolded words, indexes, tables of content, etc. They help us to use access and understand information more easily.
  
• Now we will talk about internal text structure – the way the text is written – to also help us get information from non-fiction text more easily.
  
• There are five types of text we are going to discuss: definition/description, problem-solution, sequence/time, comparison and contrast, and cause and effect.
  

Exercise 1 -Text structure

• Where going to practice the text structures with the use of graphic organizers
• You may work in pairs to complete this exercise.  

Take off- Lesson 1: Bright ideas

Listening:

Take-off Course book (CB) on p. 2-3

A) Match the words in the two columns below, then label each picture with one of the phrases.

B) You are going to hear some short conversations about the technologies in Ex1.

Listen and number the pictures according to the order in which they are discussed.

C) Listen again and circle the words below which you can hear in the conversations.

D) Listen again. Fill in the table with detailed information.  

Speaking: 

Take off Course book (CB) on p. 3

Complete exercises A to C in pairs. (If you don't have a partner join another group) 

Exercise 1 - Answers

Text structure worksheet answers

Exercise 2 - Drones

In the following video they are going to discuss the use of Drones in the US. Watch the video and answer the questions on Edpuzzle.

•  Go to www.edpuzzle.com
•  Log in with your Gmail account and click on the link in the LessonUp slide.
• Click on your class folder to make the Edpuzzle listening assignment.

edpuzzle.com

Present simple

Which signal word(s) demonstrate when you have to use the present simple?

1. Always
2. Look!
3. Usually
4. Right now

When do we use the present simple?

1. facts or habit
2. temporary situation
3. during irritation
4. plan for the future

Exercise 1a: Present simple

1. My parents often watch westerns. (watch)

2. They are hungry. (be)

3. Mum washes all the dirty clothes. (wash)

4. Peter has got a brother. (have)

5. Dad buys a new plasma TV. (buy)

6. The boys play football. (play)

7. In summer it is hot. (be)

8. I am good at school. (be)

Exercise 1b: Present simple

1. They wash the car. They don't wash the car.

2. I get up early. I don't get up early.

3. They walk to school. They don't walk to school.

4. Jim eats an orange. Jim doesn't eat an orange.

5. My sister listens to her new CD. My sister doesn't listen to her new CD.

6. Ann cleans her shoes. Ann doesn't clean her shoes.

Exercise 5: Vocabulary

Homework for next week

Homework: 

• Study vocabulary list and practice your reading skills

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