Unit 1 A surprise birthday party

8. invite pairs of students to come the front of the classroom and act out the two scenarios.

consolidation
workbook page 1
grammar practice book 7b page 1

2
language focus:
using modals to ask for suggestions
e.g. what shall we have at the party?
using formulaic expressions to make suggestions
e.g. let’s have some coke.
using formulaic expressions to show agreement
e.g, yes, that’s a good idea.
using formulaic expressions to show preferences.
e.g. i’d rather have some/more ______ .

language skills:
listening
recognize differences in the use of intonation in questions and statements, and respond appropriately
listen for specific information
speaking
open an interaction by eliciting a response
maintain an interaction by asking and responding to others’ opinions
maintain an interaction by acknowledging, agreeing or disagreeing, replying, asking questions, adding or giving examples, and using formulaic expressions.
reading
recognize recurrent patterns in language structure, such as word structure, word order, sentence structure, organization of text-types
understand intention, attitudes and feelings stated in a text by recognizing features such as the choice and use of language
writing
develop written texts by expressing ideas and feelings develop written texts by using appropriate format, conventions and language features when writing non-narrative texts

materials:
student’s book 7b page 3
cassette 7b and a cassette player
workbook 7b page 2
photocopiable page 1

preparation:
cue the cassette. make a copy of photocopiable page 1 for each student.

pre-task preparation
1. introduce or review food vocabulary with students in look and read, e.g. spring rolls, fish fingers, fruit salad. show students photos of food and drinks. ask students to suggest some food and drinks that they would like to have a party, like this: let’s have some (name of food). list the food items on the board and do a simple survey in class to find out which food items are popular among the students.
2. play the recording: look and read. students listen and follow in their books.
3. invite several of the more able students to role-play the characters in look and read.

post-task activity
workbook page 2

consolidation
grammar practice book 7b page 2

3
language focus:
asking ‘wh-’ questions to find out specific information about a thing
e.g. what does kitty need to buy?
using quantifiers to indicate countable and uncountable nouns
e.g. we need some eggs/some sugar/some butter, etc.
using ‘need to’ to describle a person’s needs