Unit 5 Step 2: Sometimes in order to go forward, you must go back

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Step 2: Sometimes in order to go forward, you must go back

Describing the past

1 / I still remember

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Ex. 1

Discuss the following questions with a partner. Talk for 30 seconds.

a) What is your best childhood memory? Explain.

b) Do you write down your memories? If so, where? If not, why not?

Ex. 2

Read the lyrics of the song ‘Childhood Memories’.

a) Fill in the verbs in the past simple form.

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b Listen to the song (watch the video) and correct your answers.

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3 Answer the questions about the song. Timing: 5 min. Work in teams.

a) How does Bugzy Malone feel about his childhood?

b) How does Malone describe his relationship with his father?

c) Prove with a line from the text that Bugzy’s mum wasn’t ready for a child.

d) Which image does Malone use to discuss the relationship with his stepfather? What was it like?

e) What was the result of that relationship?

Ex. 2

a How does Bugzy Malone feel about his childhood?

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a How does Bugzy Malone feel about his childhood?

He remembers it to be good. He didn’t know of any problems out there because he was drawing in the living room all the time. Later on in his childhood problems got worse.

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b) How does Malone describe his relationship with his father?

Ex. 2

b) How does Malone describe his relationship with his father?

His biological father saw him as a meal ticket, something that would provide money.

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c) Prove with a line from the text that Bugzy’s mum wasn’t ready for a child.

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c) Prove with a line from the text that Bugzy’s mum wasn’t ready for a child.

She was wild, young but that was all about to change because she had responsibility now.

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d) Which image does Malone use to discuss the relationship with his stepfather? What was it like?

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d) Which image does Malone use to discuss the relationship with his stepfather? What was it like?

He says that yin and yang haven’t always been black and white. He is black and his stepfather was white but they didn’t get on very well.

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e) What was the result of that relationship?

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e) What was the result of that relationship?

Bugzy ended up on the street and that made him stronger. He says the struggle taught him all he knows.

Ex. 4

Discuss the following questions with your eye partner. Talk for 1 minute.

a) What kind of job would you like to do in 15 years?

b) How do you see your personal or family life in 15 years?

c) Have you ever read your earliest posts on social media or your old diaries and letters? What did they sound like?

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You will tackle this part of the unit independently and practise your grammar (past simple tense) and reading and listening skills.

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