On Course A1+
Unit 4
CLIL
Teacher’s Notes
AMAZING HOBBIES
Objectives ●
To understand a text about peculiar hobbies
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To talk about how you spend your free time
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To describe hobbies and sports
Basic competences Cultural and artistic
- Peculiar art and crafts. Social and civic
- The importance of leisure time.
Warm-up Brainstorm hobbies and sports, show some pictures and stick them up on the board. Write the names of the corresponding hobbies and sports in a separate list and ask students to match the pictures to the sports. Go round the class checking pronunciation.
4 Students complete the sentences.. Answer: Answe r: 1 plays 2 go 3 play 4 plays 5 go 6 doing 7 go 8 doing 9 doing Then ask students to complete the table. Answer: Answe r:
Reading 1 Students look at the pictures and write the words in the gaps to complete the titles.
play: tennis, cards, football football go: skiing, fishing, cycling do: crosswords, jigsaws, yoga
Answer: Answe r: 1 shaping 2 sculpting 3 carving
Speaking 2 Students read the texts and say if the statements are true or false, then correct the ones that are false. Suggested answer: 1 False - It takes a long time to shape trees into different forms. 2 False - Micro sculpting is done carving pencils. 3 False - Carving egg shells is a delicate and complicated form of art.
Vocabulary 3 Students complete the texts to label the pictures. g n i h s i l b u P n o t y a D f o y t i s r e v i n U © / l a i r e t a m e l b a i p o c o t o h P
Answer: Answe r: 1 bike 2 Reading 3 films 4 riding 5 friends 6 computer 7 musical 8 sports
5 Ask students to write a few lines about their favourite sports or hobbies. Organise the students to work in pairs so they can ask each other the questions 6 Go round the class and have each student add a hobby or sport to the list. If the class is too large, organise students in big groups.
Project 7 Each student in the class chooses one activity and asks the other students if they have this hobby. They then write a summary of the results and the class publishes a report.
On Course A1+
Unit 5
CLIL
FOOD AROUND THE WORLD
Objectives
Teacher’s Notes
Basic competences Cultural and artistic
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To read a text about a famous chef
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To learn about typical British food
- Food around the world
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To talk about food and eating out
- Cross-cultural eating habits
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To identify nationalities
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To write a recipe
Warm-up Bring pictures of different food from around the world. Ask them if they can identify what it is. Let students vote for their favourite food
Reading 1 Tell students you are going to read about a very famous British chef called Jamie Oliver. Ask students if they have seen any of his programmes on TV. Tell students that he is also famous for helping people. He opened a restaurant in London to give unemployed young people a chance to have a better future by training them as chefs. Students read the text the first time and answer the questions.
Auton omy and initia tive
- Producing a cookery book or cooking blog
4 Students work in pairs to match the items in the three columns. Answer: 1 f. main course 2 g. side dish 3 c. appetizer 4 a. buffet 5 e. toppings 6 i. beverage 7 d. cutlery
8 h. dressing
9 b. dessert
5 Ask students if they recognise the food in the pictures. They then match the descriptions to the dips and identify the nationality. Answer: 1 guacamole - Mexican 2 salmorejo - Spanish 3 hummus - Arabic 4 tzatziki - Greek
Answer:
Speaking
1 Jamie Oliver is a famous British chef.
6 In pairs. Look at the pictures and answer the questions.
2 He’s famous for his cooking TV shows and his charity programmes. 2 Students read the text again and find the right place for each phrase. Read the complete text aloud or ask a volunteer or volunteers to read it. Answer:
Answer: a. American b. Spanish c. Asian d. Indian
7 Students discuss these statements in small groups. Go around the tables and ask students about their opinions
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Vocabulary 3 Explain that here they have some examples of typical British food. Students match the two halves. When finished, they can compare their answers in pairs.. Answer: fish and chips, chicken curry, roast beef, carrot cake, Shepherd’s pie, jacket potato, cottage cheese
Project 8 In groups, students produce a cooking book or blog. Each group brings one or two recipes and presents them to the class.
On Course A1+
Unit 6
CLIL
Objectives
Basic competences
To read about the story of the Ancient Olympic Games
Social and civic competence
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To name and identify sports
Information and digital competence
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To identify events and dates
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Warm-up Ask the class if they followed the Olympic Games celebrated in London 2012. Ask students if they remember any important events. Write some questions about the Olympic Games or sports in general on the blackboard. Ask students to ask each other the questions, for example: How many medals did Spain win in the London Olympics? How many gold medals? How many world records were broken?
Reading 1 Show the class some pictures of different sports. If possible, show them pictures of ancient sports, for example in Greek or Roman times. Ask students if they recognise the sports. Point to the text and the pictures and tell students that they are going to read a text about the Ancient Olympic Games celebrated in Ancient Greece. Students read the text and underline the words and expressions related to sport. Answer: athletes, competition, to compete, to win, pentathlon, foot run, long jump, javelin and discus, wrestling, boxing, equestrian, pankration 2 Students read and continue the sentences. Suggested answer: g n i h s i l b u P n o t y a D f o y t i s r e v i n U © / l a i r e t a m e l b a i p o c o t o h P
Teacher’s Notes
THE OLYMPIC GAMES
1 in Greece in 776 BC 2 five days 3 citizens, speak Greek and compete in the nude 4 through the five days of the games 5 of boxing and wrestling 6 a wreath made of a sacred olive tree branch
- The Olympic Games - Finding information about world records
Vocabulary 3 Students look at the pictures and complete the table. Read the list of words aloud or ask a volunteer to read it. Answer: baseball, cycling, gymnastics, hockey, shooting, swimming, taekwondo, weightlifting
4 Students look at the pictures and complete the table. Answer: 1 Games 2 sports 3 Athletics 4 Olympiad 5 place 6 host 7 Olympic
Speaking 5 Organise the class to work in pairs. Students do the exercise individually, then they share and compare their answers with their partners. Answer: 1 true 2 true 3 false - it was pigeon shooting 4 true 5 true 6 true
6 Students answer the questions in groups. It can be turned it into a competition. Answer: 1a - three 2b - five 3b - forty-three 4a - British 5a - East 6b - forty-six
Project 7 Students work in groups and visit the official website of the Olympic Movement to find out more about Olympic records. They then report back to the class.
