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Unit 5 Wonderful wildlife We want to help animals Vocabulary: animals, adverbs of manner Grammar: the Present Simple Tense, the verb can, expressions with would like to Skills: speaking (expressing opinions, making arrangements, making suggestions) Time: 10 minutes Procedure: Work in groups of three or four. Imagine that you and your friends want to help one or more animals. Choose an animal you want to help (a dog, a cat, a horse, etc.) and try to think how you can do it. Use some of the ideas and expressions below (you may elicit some of the answers from the group, write some expressions on the blackboard and ask students to pick up some ideas in pairs): – collect money for an animal at school – buy food for an animal – organise a concert – adopt an animal at the zoo – write posters – write leaflets – organise an information campaign – ask parents to help We can … We want to … Let’s …

Unit 6 Days out A perfect day out Vocabulary: places to visit, leisure activities, food, times of the day Grammar: The Simple Present Tense (we want to do sth), to be going to Skills: speaking (expressing preferences, making arrangements) Time: 10 minutes Procedure: Work in pairs. Imagine that you have a free day. Decide what you want to do and where you want to go. Choose places to visit and activities to do from the list or add other words on your own. a castle, shops, an old church, a theatre, a cinema, a restaurant, a museum breakfast, lunch, dinner chips, pizza, sandwich, fish, fruit, vegetables, ice cream Start your sentences: In the morning we are going to … In the afternoon … In the evening …

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Unit 7 Look into the past Jobs and professions Vocabulary: names of jobs and activities Grammar: the Present Simple Tense (questions and short answers) Skills: speaking (describing, giving information, exchanging information) Time: 10 minutes Procedure: Work in groups of two. Think of a job you would like to describe. Use the expressions below: architect, astronaut, composer, director, explorer, inventor, king and queen, painter, politician, scientist, sculptor, writer, teacher, doctor to work long/short hours to work with people/to work at home/to work alone to work on shifts/to work regular hours to work in/at ‌ (place) to wear a uniform Read your descriptions to the whole class without giving the name of your profession. The other students have to guess the name of your profession.

Unit 8 Team spirit Crazy about sports Vocabulary: names of sports, adverbs of frequency. Grammar: the Present Simple Tense Skills: speaking (expressing preferences, describing, talking about routines) Time: 10 minutes Procedure: In pairs, describe your favourite sports. You can describe sports that you do or you would like to do. Say what you need to do the sport and where you can do it. Use expressions from the list below: archery, athletics, badminton, baseball, canoeing, cycling, gymnastics, judo, skiing, swimming, table tennis, football, volleyball, basketball, skating, running, jogging, cycling cap, dress, shoes, glasses, gloves, hat, shorts, skirt, socks, trainers, trousers, T-shirt, tracksuit, boots.

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Unit 9 It’s summer The strangest weather forecast Vocabulary: the weather, seasons of the year, names of months Skills: speaking (expressing preferences, describing) Grammar: the verb to be, the Present Continuous Tense Time: 10 minutes Procedure: Work in pairs. Imagine that you have to prepare a weather forecast for one place. Choose a place and time of the year. Describe the weather conditions in this place. Your forecasts don’t have to be typical. You can have snow in summer or hot weather in winter! Use the expressions from the list below: We are in… (a place) It’s … (summer/autumn/winter/spring) It’s … (January, February, March …. – choose a month) The temperature is … It’s … (cold/hot/warm/freezing/windy/foggy/stormy)

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