Unit 1 A surprise birthday party

photos or realia of cooking utensils.

preparation:
cue the cassette.

pre-task preparation
language learning activity
(this section aims at providing students with opportunities to practise the language/vocabulary needed or become familiar with the background for the task that follows.
1. bring in some recipes in cookery books and circulate them among students. ask students who have cooking experience to talk about the food they can make and provide a recipe. write the name of the food on the board. draw a spidergram to help the students organize the different steps in making the food item. once all the steps have been listed, write the adverbs of sequence, e.g. first, second, thirday … on the board and ask the class to arrange the steps in logical sequence using the adverbs.
2. review with students the ingredients needed for making the chocolate cake on page 4 of the student’s book. explain the meanings of some vocabulary items, e.g. baking tin, sift with the help of real objects if possible. ask students to look at the picture in look and read and match them with the sentences.

3. students work in pairs to discuss the answers with each other. offer assistance and guidance to less able pairs if they have doubts.
4. play the recording: look and read. students listen and follow in their books to check their answers.
5. invite pairs of students to come to the front to demonstrate the procedure for making a chocolate cake, with one student reading out the recipe step by step and the other demonstrating the procedure.

consolidation
grammar practice book 7b page 4

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language focus:
using the past tense to talk about events and activities to the past
e.g. last saturday afternoon, we had a surprise birthday party.

language skills:
listening
identify main ideas of a new topic
listen for specific information
reading
read written language in meaningful chunks
recognize format and language features in narrative and non-narrative texts
skim a text to obtain a general impression and the main ideas
writing
plan and organize information and ideas by identifying purpose and audience for a writing task
develop written texts by writing paragraphs which present ideas logically
revise and edit short written texts by making changes to incorrent spelling, punctation and grammar, and adding details if necessary in response to suggestions from the teacher

materials:
student’s book 7b page 7
cassette 7b and a cassette player
english newspapers and magazine with photos
photocopiable page 4

preparation:
cue the cassette. make a copy of photocopiable page 4 for each student.