Teacher’s Notes School of the air – Level 1, Module 3 Aim In this lesson, students read and learn about School of the Air, and write an e-mail about their own school day. 1 Reading • Put the students in pairs and ask them to discuss what the School of the Air might be. Ask them to look at the photo for ideas. • Ask a few students to share their ideas with the class. • Read the text with the students and ask them to see if their answer was correct. Answer School of the Air is an online/radio/phone/ postal form of schooling. It started in Australia to teach children who live too far from a school, but is now used in other countries too, e.g. the USA, to teach children in remote locations. 2 Comprehension • Students read the text again. Then ask them to read the sentences and circle true (T) or false (F). Tell them to correct the false sentences. • Check the answers with the class. Answers 1 F (Bradley’s home is on a farm three hours from Alice Springs.) 2 T 3 F (Bradley does his computer lessons with a teacher and his classmates.) 4 F (Bradley’s mother is his teacher in the afternoon.) 5 T 6 T
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3 Vocabulary • Students match the words with their opposites. • Ask the students to compare answers in pairs before checking them with the class. Answers 1 c, 2 d, 3 b, 4 a 4 Speaking and writing • Ask the students to make notes about the points on the list. • Then put them in pairs and tell them to ask and answer questions about the thing in the list. If necessary, elicit the questions students ill need to ask before they begin, e.g. How many students are there in your school/class? What lessons do you have? What are your favourite subjects? Who are your teachers? Who are your classmates? What do you do after school? • Monitor and help where necessary. • Then ask the students to work on their own and write an e-mail to Bradley about their school, using their notes to help them. • Note: The writing stage of this activity could be set for homework.
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