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This Teacher’s Resource contains both general guidance and teaching notes that help you to deliver the content in our Cambridge Lower Secondary English resources. Some of the material is provided as downloadable files, available on Cambridge GO. (For more information about how to access and use your digital resource, please see inside front cover.) See the Contents page for details of all the material available to you, both in this book and through Cambridge GO. CAMBRIDGE LOWER SECONDARY ENGLISH 8: TEACHER’S RESOURCE
Teaching notes
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This book provides Teaching notes for each unit of the Learner’s Book and Workbook. Each set of teaching notes contains the following features to help you deliver the unit.
The Unit plan summarises the sessions covered in the unit, including the number of learning hours recommended for the session, an outline of the learning content and the Cambridge resources that can be used to deliver the session.
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Approximate number of learning hours
Outline of learning content
Resources
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Learners look at verbs in descriptions and explore structural and language techniques.
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