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NOTES FOR TEACHERS: UNIT 6, PART 1

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Unit 6 Overview The theme of Entertainment is a good one for practicing English conversation because of its primacy in life. Talking about music, movies, reading, and games are things everyone does, so there is a natural intrinsic interest that can be tapped into. Entertainment is a broad theme, so each part covers different aspects: • Part 1 : Music • Part 2 : Movies • Part 3 : Reading, TV, games, social media The Sounding Natural Notes in this unit provide ideas for how each topic can be developed further so that students can take conversations into directions of interest to them. In addition, the echo questions strategy is revisited, focusing on how it can be used to give time for thinking. Finally, students are challenged to talk for more turns in a row without using questions. Unit 6, Part 1 Overview In part 1 of this unit, which can be completed in about 60 minutes of class time , students will talk about music: The Sounding Natural Note s help students take these topics into various directions of personal interest. Generic 90-minute Lesson Plan Things to bring: • Equipment for playing the textbook audio tracks • (optional) Photocopies of worksheets • What kind of music do you like? • How often do you go to karaoke?

1. Warm-up options • Review Unit 1 content by doing several rounds of guided role-play conversations. See page 124 in the textbook for directions. • Have a short vocab quiz on unit 1 vocabulary. 2. Page 80: • Preview • Model Sentences 1: What kind of music do you like? • Vary your Questions 3. Page 81: • Sounding Natural Note: Talk about what you are interested in • How about you? 4. Page 82: • Model Sentences 2: How often do you go to karaoke? • Vary your Questions • Sounding Natural Note: Ideas for talking about karaoke 5. Page 83: • How about you? • Personalize it! • Speaking Time: Memorize & Perform 6. Expansion activity options • Practice vocabulary at cic-mulimedia.com. • Get a head start on their homework by beginning one of the photocopiable worksheets.

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