Unit2Biggest,Longest,WidestLesson9ClassopeningForideasandtipsonbeginningaclass,see“TeachingTechniques”atthebackofthisteacher’sguideStep1:Cometo“thinkaboutit
”Step2:Checktoseeifthestudentshavepreviewedthereadingsasrequired
Askiftheyhaveanyquestionsconcerningthetext
Encourageotherstudentstotrytoanswerthequestions
Inanycase,youcanintroducethestudentstothereadingsbyaskingquestionssuchas:Whoisthetallestinourclass
Whoinourclasslivesfarthestfromtheschool
Whatdoesworldrecordmean
Wouldyouliketobreakaworldrecord
Step3:Playtheaudiotape
Havetheclassfollowtheaudiotapewhilelookingatthetext
Step4:dividetheclassintogroupsofthree
Askeachgroupmembertotakeoneofthethreeroles(Brian,DannyorJenny)andactoutthedialogue
Step5:Ifyouhavetime,havethegroupsmakealist,inEnglish,oftheworldrecordstheyknowof
thenhavegroupss