V3 Down under first exercises

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'Down Under'?

Why is Australia nicknamed 'Down Under', do you think?

Theme words: p. 86

- colony

- convict

- creek

- drought

- flip-flops

- go backpacking

- indigenous

- laid-back

- platypus

- outback

- plain

- settlement

- southern hemisphere

- swamp 

- territory

- venomous

Up next: link the images to the word

Coastline

Coral reef

Outback

Continent

Mountain range

Continent

Mountain range

Outback

Coastline

Coral reef

What did you learn in this lesson?

Homework:

- Study the theme words on page 86. 

- Make exercises 3 and 4, p. 27-28 work book

Welcome to English class

Testfox:

Questions 12 & 13

Which theme words
do you remember?

Homework check:

Exercises 3 and 4, p. 27-28 work book.

-> Show me your books!

3 Key:

1 outback

2 plain

3 creek

4 indigenous

5 drought

6 territory

7 colony

8 settlement

4 Key:

1 convict

2 flip-flops

3 swamp

4 go backpacking

5 venomous

6 southern hemisphere

7 platypus

8 laid-back

Welcome to English class

'Down Under' - Chapter 6

Who are the Maori's?

What's Aotearoa?

1. The Maori name for New Zealand
2. A long white cloud which never leaves the sky
3. Australia
4. A ship

Let's read together

p. 87 Maori Tattoo Art

Read out loud as long as you can without making a pronunciation mistake! Who finishes last, wins!

Moko

Homework:

- Read the text on page 87

- Make exercises 5, 6, 7 on pages 29-30 work book

- Study the Stones on page 88.

Ex 5 Key:

1 false

2 false

3 true

4 false

5 false

6 true

Ex 6 Key:

1 C

2 A

3 C

4 A

5 B

6 B

Ex 7 Key:

1 The Maori usually got their first tattoo during adolescence.

2 In Maori culture, people of lower-rank status could not have tattoos.

3 It was considered offensive not to be able to recognise a person's social rank by his tattoo. / It was prohibited to have a tattoo as a priest.

4 Moko involved a tattooing process that was very painful.

5 While tattooing, the Maori sang songs to soothe the pain.

6 People have been incorporating Maori tattoo art in modern tattoos.

Welcome to English class

Welcome to English class

'Down Under' - Chapter 6

What did we talk about
yesterday?

Now: Rumble in the Jungle

P.86  Text Book

p. 27 work book, exercise 2

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Rumble in the jungle 1

Rumble in the jungle 2

Answers:

1 A

2 A

3 B

4 B

5 A

6 B

Have you ever written a love letter?

Informal writing

For example: 

• a love letter
• a letter to your pen pal
• an opinion piece in the newspaper
• a blog post
• a forum post
• a shopping list 

Homework

Read the Stones on page 88

- Talking about customs (= cultural habits, Stone 16)

- Describing a country and its people (Stone 17)

-> Write a letter to your pen pal in London

-> Write about 3 important customs from your home country

(100-200 words)

-> Write a letter to your pen pal in London
-> Write about 3 important customs from your home country (about 300 words, 10 minutes)

Homework:

Exercises 8, 9, 10 work book

Use the Stones on page 88.