Ideas for your teacher's leave

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The following are ideas for you to do on your own because it seems you are not having a substitute teacher for the length of my leave.

For Wednesday 18th November I would like you to have written (and read all the rest) an entry in the Halloween padlet and the competition entry for  Reading and Writing Portfolio 2 of the Workbook (after having completed the exercises before it.). We'll also be asking each other the questions you prepare on Kim Peek's video and reading the paragraph to guess the place you're recommending.
See you then! Take care.

DAY 1: reading, listening and writing

• Here you have the KEY for the Student's Book Extra Practice 1, if you want to revise.
• Reading page 16: A Genius Explains. Practise reading comprehension. Ex. 1c
• Watch Kim Peek: The Real Rain Man. Watch the first six minutes and devise 5 questions to ask your partner.
• Do exercises 2 and 3 on page 13. You don't have to do the writing it suggests.
• Write an entry on the Halloween padlet.
• If you are very fed up try any part of this example exam of Advanced 2.

DAY 2: listening, speaking and reading

• Warm up your English; Go to Talk English.com and practise with a couple of the interactive lessons. Ex: Greeting Interactive Practice. Listen to Listen All and then choose Person A or B and say aloud the other part. The best practice would be to record yourself, listen to your recording and compare to the original.
• Read the competition entries in Reading and Writing Portfolio 2 page 57. Read about how to use a monolingual diactionary on page 58. Practise register on page 59. Take notes on the competition entry you are writing.
• Watch the video belonging to Unit 1 and do the exercises on page 124.

DAY 3: writing and speaking

• Write your competition entry (ex. 9 page 59). Make it of about 180 words. Revise.
• Read your entry again and take notes on the organisation and content. Prepare a four-minute presentation,  rehearse and record a file. Listen and find five words whose pronunciation and two aspects of the structure of the presentation you could improve.
• If you are very fed up try any part of this example exam of Advanced 2.

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DAY 4: reading, listening and writing

• Go to Jeffrey Hill's Blog and read about the entry on October 23rd on China. What is the cartoon criticising?
• Listen to NPR's news on the Chinese President's visit to Britain. What danger is it talking about? Listen to it several times with and without the transcription.
• There is a reading on China on pages 24 and 25. It talks about different parts of China from a touristic point of view. Read and think about a place you know very well and make recommendations as the examples you have on page 24. Write a paragraph with them. Don't say the name of the place you're talking about: you'll be reading it to a classmate for them to guess.