Unit 3 Water Festival

5. ask students to write recipes for their suggestions previously discussed. you may ask students to think of other drinks they can make. students can work individually, in pairs or in groups.
6. when students have finished their recipes, collect them and bind them together to make a recipe book.

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language focus:
asking ‘wh-’ questions to find out various kinds of specific information about a person, object or an event.
e.g. what happens when we boil water?
using connectives to show the time relationship between two actions.
e.g. when we freeze water, it turns into ice.

language skills:
listening
recognize differences in the use of intonation in questions, statements (including approval and disapproval), commands, and respond appropriately.
speaking
open an interaction by eliciting a response by asking questions or providing information on a topic.
maintain an interaction by acknowledging, agreeing or disagreeing, replying, asking questions, adding or giving examples, explaining and using formulaic expressions where appropriate.
maintain an interaction by asking and responding to others’ opinions.
close an interaction by giving reasons.
reading
read written language in meaningful chunks.
use visual clues, context and knowledge of the world to work out the meaning of an unknown word and a complete expression.
recognize recurrent patterns in language structure.
writing
gather and share information, ideas and language by using strategies such as brainstorming, listing, questioning, and interviewing
plan and organize information and ideas by deciding on the sequence of content.

develop written texts by presenting main and supporting ideas.
develop written texts by expressing own ideas and feelings.

materials:
student’s book 7b page 77
workbook 7b page 41
photocopiable page 73

preparation:
make a copy of photocopiable page 73 for each pair.

pre-task preparation
1. demonstrate boiling water turning into steam in class. have students watch the demonstration and give brief explanation about each step of the demonstration.
2. ask students: what happens when we boil water/freeze water/ice melts? to elicit: when we boil water …/ when we freeze water … / when ice melts … you may ask more able students: what are the three forms of water?

consolidation
grammar practice book 7b page 67

3
language focus:
using connectives to show the time relationship between two actions.
e.g. when the jug full, it contains 100 millilitres of water.
using nouns/noun phrases to refer to quantity/units.
e.g. 100 millilitres of water.