Date : 08.12.2014 year
Theme: City or country?
Objectives:
•
To enrich the pupils’ knowledge giving them more information about
country.
•
To develop the pupils’ speech speaking on the text, and revising
the grammar helping them freely express their opinions and thoughts.
•
To bring up pupils to be patriots of their motherland, to love
their country and to make great efforts in the development of the country.
Optional
materials
•
a
map of Britain
•
five
sets of self-made cards with adjectives from the Fun spot
Introduction
Write
the title of the lesson on the board. Clarify the difference between a country, e.g. Poland
and the country, as opposed to the city. Explain that in this lesson students are
going to talk about the country. Divide the class into two groups and give one
the topic of the city, the other one the topic of the country. The groups should make a list of all
the words they associate with their topic. Set a time limit of 3 minutes. Then
ask the groups to read out their lists.
Reading
a)
[ 1.41 ] Focus attention on the photo of the boy. Introduce Steve and elicit
that he lives in a big city. If you have a map of Britain, show students where
Bristol is. Ask students to predict if Steve likes living in the city and if he
wants to live in the country. Next they read and listen to the text to check
their ideas. Play the CD.
Explain
that Steve does not say directly if he wants to live in the country, but that
they can guess the answer based on the final paragraph, (he does not want to
live in the country).
Ask
students if they know/can guess what the following comparative and superlative
adjectives mean: quieter, cleaner, easier, more exciting. Provide
explanation if necessary and introduce the base form of the adjectives. Explain
the infinitive of purpose after adjectives in the phrases It's more difficult to go shopping/find friends. It's easier to
find friends, but do not expect students to use this structure at
this stage.
Cultural
information Bristol
is the largest city in the south west of England with a population of
approximately 0.4 million. It is over a thousand years old and was a major
seaport for centuries. Nowadays it is a famous culture and education centre.
The best known landmark in the city is Clifton Suspension Bridge, built across
the Avon Gorge.
Tapescript
see
Student's Book Activity 1a
b)
Go through the example and ask students to make a list of three good and three
bad things about living in the country, according to Steve. They should write
comparative adjectives as answers. Check the answers with the whole class.
Ask comprehension
questions about the text to different students, e.g. Why is a village
cleaner than a city? Why is it more boring in the country? Why is shopping more
difficult there? Why is it more difficult to find friends there?
Answer
key Good
things: 1) quieter 2) more beautiful 3) cleaner Bad things: 1) more boring 2)
more difficult to go shopping 3) more difficult to find friends
Mixed-ability
classes Fast
finishers can add their own points to the list. Less confident students can
underline the answers in the text and mark them with a plus or minus to show if
these are good or bad points. This way they will not take a long time to write
down the answers or concentrate on spelling.
Listening
a)
[1.42]
Point to the photo and introduce Helen. Explain that she lives in Charfield, a
village near Bristol. Ask students to look at the accompanying picture of the
city and predict if Helen thinks that it is better to live in the city than in
the country. Play the CD for students to check their ideas. Elicit that she
thinks that it is better to live in the country.
Tapescript
Yes,
there are some good things about living in a city. Cities are exciting and
there are a lot of things you can do. However, these things are usually
expensive and most kids haven't got the money to go to cinemas or cafes. Also,
I don't agree with Steve that it's easier to find friends in a city. A lot of
kids in cities live a long way from their friends and it's more difficult to
meet than in the country. I live in Charfield and I've got a lot of good
friends here in my village and it's great because they live close to my house.
After school and at the weekend I hang out with my friends in the park or in
their houses. It's
much better than living in the city!
b)
[1.42]
Students read the sentences and listen to Helen again. Then they circle the
correct words. When students have compared their answers in pairs, check with
the whole class.
Extra
activity Students
write down secretly which place they think is better to live: Bristol or
Charfield. Then in pairs they guess each other's answers. Find out how many students
chose the city and how many the village.
Tapescript
see
Activity 2a
Answer key
1
some
2
exciting
3
haven't
got
4
more
difficult
5 close
Speaking
a) [1.43] Ask
students to read and listen to the questions and think how they would answer
them. Play
the CD.
Tapescript
see
Student's Book Activity 3a
b) In pairs students
take turns to ask and answer the questions from Activity 3a. They should take
notes of their classmate's answers. Read out the example with a student.
Ask
a few students to report their classmate's answers to the whole class, using
their notes, e.g. Filip thinks that the country is quieter.
Home
task: To learn vocabulary.
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