Lesson 53
Step 1 Dialogue
Comprehension;
1. Ask each student to raise questions about a show of satellites in a museum on a piece of paper.
2. Make the students read the dialogue and see if their questions are answered in the dialogue.
Step 2 Practice
a. Make the students act out the dialogue.
b. Divide the students into several groups. Some groups will be asked to design a high-tech show in a local museum. The other groups can raise as many questions about the show as possible.
c. Get the designers to answer the questions.
d. Collect all the questions and answers and ask several pairs to act out similar dialogues.
Lesson 54-55
Step 1 Warming-up
1. Students sit in a large circle or in any other way which will allow the smooth circulation of sheets of paper.
2. Give each student a sheet of paper. They write the names of pieces of equipment they are familiar with at the top of the page. Everybody can briefly describe their equipment.
3. Each student passes the sheet to the person on the left, who reads the title and writes a question about the subject. The papers are passed on again to the left.
4. The procedure is repeated with learners writing a question on every piece of paper they receive. They should read the questions that have already been written, so as to avoid repetition.
5. When the papers have come back to their owners they read all the questions and then write a text which answers them. They decide on the order in which they will answer the questions and on how to organize the text, but they must answer all the questions.
6. The questions and the corresponding texts are displayed together and learners mill around reading the questions and responses, checking if their question has been answered. If the students have any queries about the way their questions were answered they should make a note of these.
7. In turn, the writers of the texts stand by their work while the other members of the group ask for clarification, or for an answer if their question was not answered in the text.
Step 2 Reading
1. Get the students to keep in mind the following questions:
a. What is a satellite?
b. Why is it possible for a man-made satellite to go into space?
c. What can be put into a satellite?
d. How does a satellite produce electricity?
e. Is it possible for a satellite to change its direction? How?
f. Why is it necessary for broadcasting satellites not to change their positions?
g. Can we use weather satellites? How?
3. Get the students to answer the questions after reading the passage.
Step 3 Practice
Divide the students into several groups and make them use the materials about kinds of modern equipment in step one to make up a short article introducing them. Get the students to pay attention to the language style at the same time.
c. Let them discuss and prepare for the article.
d. After 8 minutes make them present their articles in the class.
e. Evaluate their jobs and decide which one is the best.
Step 4 Homework
Finish all the exercises in the workbook.
Lesson 56
Step 1 Listening
Finish the listening task in the workbook.
Step 2 Grammar
1. Ask each student to identify a question about the attributive clause they have or think they have.
2. Check that every student has got at least one question.
3. Present the questions on the blackboard and get whoever thinks he knows the answers to answer them. If they cannot agree with each other, a debate is encouraged. They can use reference books, grammar books, and get help from the teacher.
Step 3 Homework
1. Pick out several short passages written by students in the previous class and ask them to rewrite them. This time, get them to use as many attributive clauses as possible.
2. Finish all the exercises in the workbook.