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NOTES FOR TEACHERS: UNIT 5, PART 1

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Unit 5 Overview The main overall theme of Unit 5, free time , gives students a chance to talk about how their pastimes. Outside of the EFL classroom, when would students have occasion to actually talk about this topic? One such time is after a long break from school. After a winter or summer vacation, students greet each other again and naturally want to know what their friends did during the time away from classes. This unit has therefore been positioned at a point in the book where it would be the first unit covered at the start of the fall term. • Part 1 : Talking about breaks • Part 2 : Favorite free time activities • Part 3 : Future hobbies The Sounding Natural Notes will provide further instruction and practice on the following points: how to talk about vacation time, reacting with echo questions, the Golden Rules , and the difference between hobby and free time activity. If you are tired of students telling you their hobbies are listening to music or sleeping, you will find this note of great use! Overall, Unit 5 will teach students how to talk about what they do in their free time in a natural and authentic way. Unit 5, Part 1 Overview In part 1 of this unit, which can be completed in about 60 minutes of class time , students will practice the classic “How was your summer break?” question. If you are not teaching this unit in the fall, you can modify it to fit whatever time of year you are in.

The Sounding Natural Note on page 68 provides a clear two-step pattern for how to give long and descriptive answers about one’s vacation time activities. A Listening Practice dialog rounds out the unit and helps set up a final Free Conversation speaking task. Note : The following plan assumes that you are beginning the fall term with the same set of students that you had in the spring. If not, you may want to cover the “ Lets Get Started ” lesson on page 3 before covering this unit. Generic 90-minute Lesson Plan Things to bring: • Equipment for playing the textbook audio tracks • (optional) Photocopies of worksheets 1. Page 68: • Preview • Sounding Natural Note: How to talk about your vacation time 2. Page 69: • Model Sentences 1: How was your summer break? • Vary your questions • How about you? 3. Page 70: • Model Sentences 2: Are you happy to be back? • Guided Speaking Practice 4. Page 71: • Listening Practice • Speaking Time: Free Conversation 6. Expansion activity options

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