Unit1TheOlympicsLesson7ClassopeningForideasandtipsonbeginningaclass,see“Teachingtechniques”atthebackofthisteacher’sguide.Step1:thisreadingisbasicallyareviewofwhattheclasshaslearned.Checktoseeifthestudentshavepreviewedthereading.Askiftheyhaveanyquestions.Encourageotherstudentstotrytoanswerthequestions.Remembertogivelotsofpraiseforgoodtry,evenifit’swrong.Step2:Playtheaudiotape.Havetheclassfollowtheaudiotapewhilereadingthetext.Step3:Therearetwochoices.Oneistodiscussthereadingwithstudents.UseasmuchEnglishaspossible.Askquestionstomakeiteasierforstudentstoparticipate.Askquestionssuchas:Whatisa“classroomOlympics?HowmanyeventsdidJenny’sclassinvent?WhoseinventiondidJennylikemost?Theotherchoiceistodividetheclassintosmallgroupsandhaveeachgroupdiscuss,inEnglish,whatthegroupmemberswouldliketowriteaboutintheirintheirdiariesore-mail.Askthestudentstodecideontheirtopicsandbeginmakinganoutlinefortheirdiariesore-mailsfollowingtheexampleofthereadings.Step4:Cometo“Let’sdoit.”ClassclosingTheremainingexercisesintheactivitybookThenextreadinginthestudentbookLesson8ClassopeningForideasandtipsonbeginningaclass,see“teachingtechniques”atthebackoftheteacher’sguide.Step1:Askthestudentstosingthesong“GoodlucktoYou.”Andfromthesongletthestudentsgobacktowhattheyhavelearnedinthisunit.Step2:Askthestudentstodotheexercisesonpage9and10.Gooverwhatthestudenthavemainlylearnedinthisunit,whichissummarizedonpage10.Step3:Cometo“ClassReviewActivity.”Havetheclassplayagameasareviewactivity,bringtoclassanumberofspheresofdifferentsizesandweights,suchasbasketballs,soccerballs,ping-pongballs,marblesandspongeballs.Dividethestudentsintoseverallargegroups.Challengethestudentstoworktogethertoinventagamethatcanbeplayedbyteamsoffivestudentsusingfivedifferentspheres.Forexample,theycouldinventarace,athrowinggameorabalancinggame.Tellthegroupstheyhaveonlyfiveminutestoinventagameandthenfiveminutestoplayit.Afterthegroupshaveplayedforfiveminutes,askthemtodescribetherulesoftheirgametotheclassusingvocabularyfromtheunitandotherEnglishwordstheyknow.ClassclosingYoucanendtheclassinone,orseveral,oftheseways:Singing“GoodLucktoYou”.Askingstudentswhattheylikedbestaboutthisunit.WhattheylearnedinthisunitHavingashortdictationYoushouldaskstudentstoprepareforthenextunitathome.Askthemtolookatitandtrytodetermineitstopic.
