Module 2 Garden City and its neighbours

unit 3 santa claus is coming to town!1language focus:using relative clauses to describe peoplee.g. we are looking for students who are kind and patient.using pronouns to refer to peoplee.g. we are looking for someone with loves children.using modals to talk about ability.e.g. we are looking for someone who can work on computers.language skills:listening identify details that support a main idea.speaking use appropriate intonation and stress, and vary volume, tone of voice, and speed to convey intended meanings and feelingsusing gestures and facial expression to convey meaning and intentionreadinguse visual clues, context and knowledge of the world to work out the meaning of an unknown word and a complete expressionrecognize recurrent patterns in language structureskim a text to obtain a general impression and the main ideaswriting develop written text by expressing ideas and feelings.materials:student’s book 7b page 38cassette 7b and a cassette playerworkbook 7b page 21a picture of santa clauspreparation:cue the cassette. make a copy of photocopiable page 32 for each student. bring a picture of santa claus to class.pre-task preparation1. bring a picture of santa claus to class. ask the students: have you seen this man before? when did you see him? do you know who he is? encourage students to volunteer any answers they can come up with. then tell them that the man in the picture in santa claus. it is said that he will come and bring presents to children at christmas.2. play the recording: look, read and write. students listen and follow in their books.3. give students a few minutes to study the information in look, read and write. tell them that santa claus is looking for some student assistants to help him prepare for christmas. then ask: then ask: what kind of students is santa claus looking for? to elicit: santa claus is looking for students who love children/are hardworking/can work on computers/are good at drawing …etc.post-task activity1. workbook page 212. my familya. distribute a copy of photocopiable page 32 to each student. students have to complete a table and then write about what kind of people their family members are.b. students then work in pairs and tell each other what each of their family members is like.c. invite a few students to tell the class about their family members, e.g. my father is someone who is … my mother is someone who is …consolidationgrammar practice book 7b page 302language focus:using the present  tense to relate past events to the present