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Proficiency Masterclass 2023-24 units 4-6

Cambridge Proficiency Masterclass

Unit 4

V5cpe

Wednesday 8 November

Take out WS 38 and test each other in pairs before the lesson starts

Wednesday 8 November               Welcome V5cpe!

FEEDBACK WRITING EXERCISES - part 1 (compulsory essay) - p 49-50

• check answers to ex 2 - 4 on screen together
• Discuss ex 5
• ex 6: What are the two key points of each text?;

WRITING: ex 6

• Use language phrases and ideas from the texts and the model essay on p 49 (and answers to p 49 ex 3-5); Just don't copy chunks of language from the exam input in ex 6, p 50.
• Use the checklist on p 135, (Techniques for the Writing paper - Part 1: Essay)
• Hand in your essay at the end of period 6 or before  tomorrow's lesson starts. 

Wednesday 8 November               Welcome V5cpe!

period 6

• p 50: what are the two key points of each text?

WRITING: ex 6

• Use language phrases and ideas from the texts and the model essay on p 49 (and answers to p 50 ex 3-5);
• Use the checklist on p 135, (Techniques for the Writing paper - Part 1: Essay)
• Hand in your essay today at the end of period 6. 

Thursday 9 November 

• Hand in writing assignment
• Listening - p 44 ex 1-4
  
• Start Groupwork: The Great Gatsby  - a background study 

Welcome V5cpe!

Friday 10 November

Go to p 44 and do ex 4, please. 

The Great Gatsby: Mini-lessons

Research & presentations: form groups of 4-5

- Post World War I American prosperity (how The Great War transformed American society)

- What is 'The Lost Generation'? (materialism, consumerism)

- The Roaring Twenties/The Jazz Age

- The Prohibition (bootlegging, speakeasies, gangsters)

- Upward social mobility and the nouveau riche

- The Stock Market Crash (1929) and The Great Depression

Wednesday 15 November               Welcome V5cpe!

SPEAKING - p 45

• ex 1 in pairs
• ex 2 in pairs - (makes notes during your partner's 2-minute talk for constructive feedback  on grammar, vocabulary range, content, eye contact, pronunciaton, tone, etc)
• ex 3 Listen
• ex 4 Discourse markers
• ex 5 

• ex 4 

GRAMMAR exercises 6-11 p 47-8. Finish before tomorrow.

Friday 16 November               Welcome V5cpe!

"Better a thousand times careful than once dead" (Proverb)

"The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all" (Jawaharlal Nehru 1889-1964, Indian politician)

• Discuss in pairs. Which viewpoint do you most agree with? 

Reading and Use of English p 52-4 

FEEDBACK ON HOMEWORK: 

• p 52-53 ex 2-6 (use Word Skills Unit 11 to help with ex 4). 

GRAMMAR:

• Study Modal (Grammar Notes unit 5 p 154) and make a summary of anything new to you (especially focus on "Possibility", "Necessity" & Obligation"
• p 53-54 ex 7-12

HOMEWORK: 

• finish p 53-54 ex 7-12 and see Magister!

Welcome V5cpe!

Wednesday 22 November

Quiz each other on Word Skills 

unit 40  until the lesson starts

Reading and Use of English p 52-4 

New words/expressions from our last lesson (p 52): tentative, the tension drained out of me, drop your gaze, be flushed with excitement, singularly reckless mission, acrophobia, the prospect of (doing s.th.), to tether, exhilarating feeling of conquest, daunting, head for heights...and more!

FEEDBACK ON HOMEWORK: 

• p 52-53 ex 5-12 

Wednesday 22 November               Welcome V5cpe!

Unit 5: SAFETY & DANGER p 51

• ex 1: discuss in pairs (4 minutes)
• check your answers on p 164
• Q. What is the meaning of phobia?
• A. It's the Greek word meaning fear, horror, or aversion.  
• ex 2: work in pairs. (Write down the phobias and what these fears are.) Do you know of any other phobias?
• check answers

Thursday 23 November               Welcome V5cpe!

Unit 5: SAFETY & DANGER p 51

• Q. What does a clinical psychologist do? 
• A. a clinical psychologist helps people cope better with their problems, adjust to life's difficulties, and change their behaviour for the better.  
• Q. Why might someone develop one of the fears in 2 and what advice would you give? Discuss in pairs
• ex 3 Copy the four headings into your notebook. Listen and make notes about what the clinical psychologist says
• Discuss in pairs: To what extent does what she says relate to your own attitude towards risk taking?
• ex 4 -  see next slide
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Danger and Risk - p 51              Welcome V5cpe!

p 51 ex 4 - Collocations with danger and risk: What do the words in italics actually mean? Write them down and choose the best definition for each:

Which word in italics means:

• not liking sth. or wanting to do sth. ; opposed to doing sth. 
• carefully planned to get what you want
• filled with sth. unpleasant
• very serious and important; giving you a reason to feel worried
• (esp. of sth. unpleasant) likely to happen soon
• that is a basic or permanent part of somebody/something and that cannot be removed

Danger and Risk - p 51

p 51 ex 4 - Collocations with danger and risk: What do the words in italics actually mean? Write them down and choose the best definition for each:

• not liking sth. or wanting to do sth. ; opposed to doing sth. = averse (risk-averse society)
• carefully planned to get what you want = calculated (risk)
• filled with sth. unpleasant = fraught (with danger)
• very serious and important; giving you a reason to feel worried = grave (be in grave danger)
• (esp. of sth. unpleasant) likely to happen soon = imminent (be in imminent danger)
• that is a basic or permanent part of s.one/sth. and that cannot be removed =  (an) inherent (risk)

ex 5: discuss in pairs

 

              Friday 24 November Welcome V5cpe!

LISTENING: p 55

• ex 1 in pairs, then as open class
• ex 2 - read the Tip. Then listen
• Check answers
• ex 4 

READING & USE OF ENGLISH: p 56-57 Crowd Control

• Discuss these questions in pairs:
  
• What are the dangers of being in a large group of people?
  
• Do we really need to control crowds? If so, why? How? If not, why not?
  
• Do you think people normally help or disregard each other in emergency situations? 

Friday 24 Nov: READING & USE OF ENGLISH 

p 56-57 Crowd Control

• ex 1 - discuss
• ex 2 - skim read the text to find the answer (2-3 minutes)
• ex 3 - Read tip. Work individually (15 mins.)
• ex 4

HOMEWORK: finish p 56 ex 3-4 and see Magister

Welcome V5cpe!

Wednesday 29 November

Quiz each other on Word Skills 

unit 41 

Wednesday 29 November               Welcome V5cpe! 

• Vocabulary: p 55 ex 4

FEEDBACK ON HOMEWORK:  

• p 56-57 Crowd Control ex 2-4
• Word File/Vocabulary game

SPEAKING - p 58

• "Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really frightening" (Gertrude Stein)

Wednesday 29 November              

SPEAKING p 58

• ex 2 Listen, match and make a note of how each person deals with the situation
• ex 3 - in pairs. Compare notes.  Discuss: What would you have done in such situations? 
• ex 4 - Understanding the task - in pairs
• ex 5 - Planning your answer - make notes
• HOMEWORK: p 58 ex 5 and p 59 ex 1-2. See Magister

Take out your notes and your strips of paper (alternative ways to say "I Think" ) 

SPEAKING p 58 continued

• ex 5 - Planning your answer - share your notes
• ex 6 - use the notes you have made. Time yourselves.
• ex 7 - Exploring the topic

FEEDBACK ON HOMEWORK: 

• p 59 ex 1-2 (Writing)

Thursday 30 November                  

SPEAKING - p 58 (see previous slide)

FEEDBACK HOMEWORK: 

• p 59 ex 1-2 (Writing)

ADVERB & ADJECTIVE COLLOCATIONS - p 60

• ex 3 and 4 (use the dictionaries!)

EXAM TASK

• Read tip, read writing guide p 142, Read task, think, plan, write, edit. Hand in on Thursday 7 December (Wed. period 6 = writing lesson) 

Friday 1 December

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FEEDBACK HOMEWORK: 

• p 59-60 ex 1-4 (Writing)

EXAM TASK

• Read tip, read writing guide p 142, Read task, think, plan, write, edit. 
• Finish your essay and hand it in at the end of period 6 on Wednesday 6 Dec. or beginning of lesson on Thursday 7 Dec.
  

             Thursday 7 December     Welcome V5cpe!

• WORD SKILLS - Unit 42 quiz!
• The Great Gatsby - student's file. Do the exercises below marked with the asterisk* and choose any two of the other assignments

• Pre-reading - ex 2-4
• Characters* - ex 5-11
• Places - ex 12-15
• Time*- ex 16-18
• Themes*- ex 19-20
• Title - ex 22 and 24
• Modernism* - study and learn the literary term and how it makes The Great Gatsby a modernist novel.(see documents in our class file in the ELO). Then do ex 23. 

             Friday 7 December     Welcome V5cpe!

The Great Gatsby - student's file. Do the exercises below marked with the asterisk* and choose any two of the other assignments

• Pre-reading - ex 2-4
• Characters* - ex 5-11
• Places - ex 12-15
• Time*- ex 16-18
• Themes*- ex 19-20
• Title - ex 22 and 24
• Modernism* - study and learn the literary term and how it makes The Great Gatsby a modernist novel.(see documents in our class file in the ELO/ in hw for next Wednesday). Then do ex 23. 

            Wednesday 13 December     Welcome V5cpe!

FEEDBACK : The Great Gatsby - student's file. 

• Pre-reading - ex 2-4
• Characters* - ex 5-11
• Places - ex 12-15
• Time*- ex 16-18
• Themes*- ex 19-20
• Title - ex 22 and 24
• Modernism* - study and learn the literary term and how it makes The Great Gatsby a modernist novel.(see documents in our class file in the ELO/ in hw for next Wednesday). Then do ex 23. 

Pre-reading Q2

2 Fitzgerald’s Dream is to become a famous writer. He hoped to make a fortune with a career in advertising, so that he could propose to Zelda, a beauty from the South, but he can only marry her after his rewritten first novel (This Side of Paradise) has become a huge success. They lived in New York in great luxury.

pre-reading Q 3

3 Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald had too many parties going on and they drank far too much, which kept him from his work. Then, Zelda developed schizophrenia and Scott was always in trouble finding ways to pay for the medical bills. Scott and Zelda became estranged, she living in a mental institution in the East and Scott writing for the cinema in Hollywood.

pre-reading Q4

The Roaring Twenties is a term sometimes used to refer to the 1920s in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, characterizing the decade's distinctive cultural edge in New York City, Chicago, Paris, Berlin, London, and many other major cities during a period of sustained economic prosperity. Jazz music blossomed, the flapper (women in the 1920s who wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, and flaunted their disdain for what was then considered acceptable behavior) redefined modern womanhood, and Art Deco peaked. Economically, the era saw the large-scale diffusion and use of automobiles, telephones, motion pictures, and electricity, unprecedented industrial growth, accelerated consumer demand and aspirations, and significant changes in lifestyle and culture. The media focused on celebrities, especially sports heroes and movie stars, as cities rooted for their home team and filled the new palatial cinemas and gigantic stadiums. In most major countries women won the right to vote for the first time. Finally the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ended the era, as the Great Depression set in worldwide, bringing years of worldwide gloom and hardship.

Friday 9 December

period 3                                                                          2/2                  

SPEAKING p 58 continued

• ex 6 - use the notes you made in ex 5. Time yourselves.
  
• ex 7 - Exploring the topic 

Thursday 14 December

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HOMEWORK for today was:

• WS 43 and revise WS 37-43 
• learn WS 44 before Wed 20 Dec and revise WS 37-43
• Update your word file for unit 5

Test week 2: Friday 19 January

Reading test - 8% (45 mins)

Use of English - 7% (45 mins) WS 37-45; Masterclass unit 4  

Thursday 14 December

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Return listening tests and check marking

Copy and complete the following sentences so that they are true for yourself (quietly):

• I'd never eat .....
• I've never eaten.... but I would like to.
• The strangest thing I've eaten is ....
• I often eat .... but would rather not.

Now compare with a partner!

• p 62 ex 1 - think (1 minute), then in pairs, discuss. Justify your answers

Friday 15 December

                                                                                       

READING & USE OF ENGLISH: some vocab

5-a-day

bedsit

hall of residence

• p 62 ex 2 (time limit of 3 minutes)
• check
• ex 3 (Read TIP first!) - work individually
• compare answers with a partner, then check as class

• p 62 ex 4-5
• finish at home before Wednesday 

Welcome V5cpe!

Wednesday 20 December

• Quiz each other on Word Skills unit 44 
• Collect your writing assignment unit 5 version 1
• Discuss and ask your questions
• Collect your book test on The Great Gatsby 

Unit 6 Health & Lifestyle p 61

Wednesday 20 Dec                                                  1/3

FEEDBACK p 62 ex 3-5

LISTENING & SPEAKING p 61

• ex 2 Listen and answer
• ex 3 Listen again and note the phrases used to

1) state opinions:

2) give examples:

Welcome V5cpe!

Wednesday 10  January

• Quiz each other on Word Skills unit 45 
• Collect your writing assignment unit 5 version 2
• Discuss and ask your questions

              Unit 6 Health & Lifestyle p 61 -contd.                                      10  January 2024

• ex 3 Listen again and note the phrases used to

1) state opinions: 

• If you ask me; 
• What worries me...is; 
• My take on it is...
• In my opinion, 
• For me, ...

2) give examples:

• Just take, for example...

     Unit 6 Health & Lifestyle p 61                                                                                   

Unit 6 Health & Lifestyle p 61

• ex 4 Discuss in pairs and justify your views about whether you agree or disagree with the speaker
• ex 5 - in pairs. Think of examples from your own life for the expressions with life. Use the dictionary to find the meaning of any expressions you're not sure of.
• ex 6 Discuss in pairs, using the phrases you noted (ex 3) 

     Unit 6 Health & Lifestyle p 64-5                                                                                   

• ex 1 Discuss a-c in pairs. Write down the words you used to describe these people and the skills sets they need to do their sports well. Justify your views 
• ex 2 - find the answer in one minute!
• ex 3 verb? noun? adjective? adverb? Do this individually.
• ex 4 write down all the relative clauses you find in text 2

Grammar Instruction: defining and non-defining relative clauses p 155

• ex 5-6

     Unit 6 Health & Lifestyle p 65-66                                                                                  

FEEDBACK defining and non-defining relative clauses

• ex 5-6

GRAMMAR INSTRUCTION: reduced relative clauses p 155-156

• ex 7-10

VOCABULARY - expressions connected with sport

• p 66 ex 11

HOMEWORK:

• finish ex 7-11
• WS 46-47 before 24 Jan
• learn for test on 19 Jan

     V5cpe: Wednesday 24 January 2024                                                 

• QUIZ Word Skills 46-47
• Unit 6 Listening p 67
• ex 1 Discuss in pairs 
• ex 2 Exam Practice  
• Homework: ex 3 Talking about feelings
• feedback tomorrow

     V5cpe: Thursday 25 January                                                   

FEEDBACK on homework: P 67 ex 3 Talking about feelings

Unit 6 Speaking exam part 2: p 68

• ex 1 brainstorm individually, then compare words in pairs. 

 Exam Practice  

• Listen: ex 2 
• ex 3 Speaking in pairs
• Listen: ex 4
• Listen: ex 5
• ex 6 in pairs 

Friday 26 January - Writing part 2: an article

• FEEDBACK  and discussion: p 69 ex 1-4
• p 70  ex 5a -  example
• - ex 5b and c individually
• - check
  
• - ex 6 Persuasive devices, then check
• - form six teams of 4 and one team of 5 for the article writing competition
  
• - Study WG p 140 "Understanding the task" and "Comments on the model answer" and p 141 "Useful language: giving examples" together
  
• - p 70 ex 8. Submit your article (one per team) before Friday 3 February . You may work on it on Thursday 2 Feb in class.