Unit 7 Holiday postcards
2. led the students read the text silently and unaided the first time. play the pupil’s book cassette for the students and ask them to say the sentences after the cassette.
d read the poster again. answer the questions.
1. ask the students to read the poster again. answer the questions.
2. check the answers with the students by asking individual students to read aloud their answers.
e read the symbols and say the words.
1. write the symbols on the board. these combinations of sounds are called blends. they often cause problems for the students. make sure that the students are not adding extra vowel sounds between the consonants. the consonants should be said together. if the students have problems with this, try backchaining,i.e. chunking the words backwards. for example, for school, ask the students to repeat after you ? /-ool/, them /kool/. write the words on the page under each symbol. ask the students to tell you other words with the same sounds and add them to the list.
2. play the pupil’s book cassette and ask the students to listen to the sounds and the words.
3. say the words slowly and clearly. check that the students are making a distinction between the sounds correctly.
4. point to the pictures and check that the students can say the words without your model.
5. play the pupil’s book cassette again. ask the students to listen to the rhyme.
6. play the pupil’s book cassette again. ask the students to join in with the words of the rhyme this time.
7. play the pupil’s book cassette. ask the students to listen to the words and then write them under the correct symbols.
while – task stage
f write a holiday postcard.
1. ask the students to do some research on the cities before they come to class. they should find out what they can do in those cities.
2. ask the students to choose a city and make a list of things they can do there.
3. tell the students to think of someone they want to send their postcard to. explain that if they are very friendly with the person they can choose hi there! or hello! as greeting, and take care or love for an ending. if they do not know the person very well, then they should choose how are you? and see you soon.
4. ask the students to choose one of the pictures on pages 83 and 85 and to cut it out and stick it on a piece of card. this will be the front of their postcard. tell the students to make sure they know what are the activities they can do in that place.