W E E K Student s book Methodology tips Workbook (set as homework, unless otherwise stated) 1 Welcome Unit Work through the Welcome unit. The scene has changed from Smash A and B: now we have different children who are in a Reality School. This unit introduces all the characters and revises essential language. Allow students to spend some time talking about the characters in English, so they get familiar with them. Welcome Unit Exs 1-8 Grammar Book (set as homework, unless time permits to do in class) Companion (set as homework, unless time permits to do in class) Welcome Unit (Explain to students that they should use the word list and focus box to help them learn new vocabulary.) Read the grammar explanation to students to cover any problems 2 Unit 1 Lesson 1 Talk a little bit about the concept of reality shows, since this is a reality school. Discuss how difficult it can be to live together with other children or people you do not know very well. Check homework from Welcome Unit. Unit 1 Lesson 1 Exs 1-8 (Ex 8 could be done orally in class) Unit 1 Lesson 1 Read the grammar theory in class from Welcome Unit Unit 1 Lesson 1 Unit 1 Lesson 2 This is a good opportunity to discuss important dates, like birthdays and name-days of the students in the class. It would be nice to create a Unit 1 Lesson 2 Exs 1-7 Unit 1 Lesson 2 Unit 1 Lesson 2 1
3 Unit 1 Lesson 3 wall chart with all the former written on them so that you can have a minicelebration in class whenever am important date occurs. This reinforces the idea of the class being a group of people who care about each other on a personal level, rather than simply being there to learn a language. Set the writing task for homework. You could suggest to the class that they try to keep diaries in English perhaps just for a week, to start with. This would be for themselves, only, of course. Diaries can often help quite a lot both as regards language development and as a means of self-awareness. Unit 1 Lesson 3 Exs 1-9 * Students can write their own problem letter, you take them all in, mix them up and then hand out a problem to each student. They then have to reply. After they have written their reply, then they have to find the student who wrote the original letter. Unit 1 Lesson 3 Unit 1 Lesson 3 Unit 1 Smash Get different students to read out the types of animals for the answers, and be prepared to have a bit of fun! Smash Recap Smash challenge 2
4 test on Unit 1. test on Unit 1. Prepare for the test by spending some lesson time going through the main grammar and vocabulary items in each lesson. (this can be done as you check the unit) Unit 1 Unit 1 Grammar Quiz 1 from unit 1. Unit 1. Unit Test 1 Meet the readers! 5 Unit 2 Lesson 1 Go through the first section of the magazine in class. Explain that it s like a magazine that they can complete at home. Firstly, ask students what different things they can do. Then ask if any of them know any good jokes that they could tell in English. Perhaps you could tell a couple of simple jokes in English, too: eg. Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the other side. Unit 2 Lesson 1 Exs 1-9 (Ex 9 could be done orally in class) Unit 2 Lesson 1 Unit 2 Lesson 1 Unit 1 Lesson 2 This is a good opportunity to discuss sports and particularly, any sports Unit 2 Lesson 2 Exs 1-8 Unit 2 Lesson 2 Unit 2 Lesson 2 3
6 Unit 2 Lesson 3 that the students would really like to try if they had the chance. The Writing task could be set as homework and read out at the next lesson. It s probably best to get the students to read the text silently to themselves, then each student can go at their own pace. Leave enough class time for the Chat corner activity. The writing task could be completed at home. Unit 2 Lesson 3 Exs 1-9 Unit 1 Lesson 3 Unit 1 Lesson 3 7 Unit 2 Smash There may be some students in the class who know a few magic tricks: ask them to explain or show them to the class. test on Unit 2. Unit 2 Smash Recap Unit 2 Grammar Quiz 2 Smash challenge from unit 2. Unit 2. Unit Test 2 4
Fame story 8 Revision 1 Go through the quiz in class. Spend time going through the answers together and dealing with any problem areas from units 1 and 2 and problem areas that came up in the tests. Progress Check 1 work. Review 1 work Review Units 1 & 2 Unit 3 Lesson 1 9 Unit 3 Lesson 2 Have students look at Egypt on the map of the world, or globe, if you have one. Talk a little bit about the country and ask students what they know about it. The writing task could be completed at home. Unit 3 Lesson 1 Exs 1-9(Ex 9 could be done orally in class) Unit 3 Lesson 2 Unit 3 Lesson 1 Unit 3 Lesson 2 Unit 3 Lesson 1 Unit 3 Lesson 2 Unit 3 Lesson 3 10 Unit 3 Smash Leave enough class time for the Chat corner activity. If necessary, set Grammar exs A and B for homework. You might like to let students work in pairs to find the answers to the situations. Ask students to do the project at home and to bring it to class next lesson. Unit 3 Lesson 3 Unit 3 Lesson 3 Smash Recap Unit 3 Lesson 3 Smash challenge 5
11 Unit Test 3 test on Unit 3. Unit 3 Unit 3 Grammar Quiz 3 from unit 3. Unit 3. The cool kid s guide to music! Students can read the smashfan magazine in class. Then ask each student to prepare some clues about a mystery star of their own for a class quiz next lesson. Unit 4 Lesson 1 12 Unit 4 Lesson 2 Leave enough class time for the Chat corner (Shipwreck!) activity. If necessary, set Reading ex 3 and Grammar ex A for homework. * Spend extra time practising use of mustn t / don t have to. Ask students to supply example sentences of their own. Talk a bit about natural disasters. It s a good opportunity to practise the use of should / shouldn t. The Writing task could be set as homework. Unit 4 Lesson 1 Exs 1-8(Ex 8 could be done orally in class) Unit 4 Lesson 2 Unit 4 Lesson 1 Unit 4 Lesson 2 Unit 4 Lesson 1 Unit 4 Lesson 2 6
Unit 4 Lesson 3 13 Unit 4 Smash 14 Unit Test 4 The first Chat corner will take some time: if necessary, set Word recall and Grammar Ex A for homework. Initiate a class discussion about the environment, saving energy, etc. See if each student in the class can come up with a suggestion related to the topic. test on Unit 4. Unit 4 Lesson 3 Exs 1-8 Unit 4 Unit 4 Lesson 3 Smash Recap Unit 4 Grammar Quiz 4 Unit 4 Lesson 3 Smash challenge from unit 4. Unit 4. General knowledge Do the quiz in class. Revision 2 Spend time going through the answers together and dealing with any problem areas from units 3 and 4 and problem areas that came up in the tests. Progress Check 2 Review 2 Review Unit 3 & 4 7
15 Term Test 1 * Prepare students for the fact that they are going to have a Term Test next lesson. Students do the test in class. The mark should give you a good idea of individual students progress and any areas of weakness that should be addressed in future lessons. work Unit 5 Lesson 1 16 Unit 5 Lesson 2 Allocate roles for the students to read: best to keep the same students throughout and then give other students a turn if they want to read. It is probable that some students may know the story of how the first Harry Potter book was written: ask the class to see if anyone can tell the rest of the students. The Writing task could be set as homework. Unit 5 Lesson 1 Exs 1-8 (Ex 8 could be done orally in class) Lesson 2 Unit 5 Lesson 1 Unit 5 Lesson 2 Unit 5 Lesson 1 Unit 5 Lesson 2 Unit 5 Lesson 3 Discuss ghost stories with the class: ask if they like them and see if anyone knows a ghost story off by heart to tell the class. Lesson 3 Exs 1-7 * You could organise an art competition for the best illustration based on the ghost stories the students have written. Put Unit 5 Lesson 3 Unit 5 Lesson 3 8
all entries up on the wall for the students to judge 17 Smash Initiate a short class discussion about crime stories. Ask if any students have read authors such as Agatha Christie, not necessarily in English. Discuss what makes that type of story popular. Smash Recap Smash challenge 18 Unit Test 5 test on Unit 5 Unit 5 Unit 5 Grammar Quiz 5 Progress Test 1 Set as homework from unit 5. Unit 5. The animal kingdom Students read the articles in class. They can do the animal fun at home. Unit 6 Lesson 1 Another opportunity to look at the world map or globe and revises students knowledge of geography! Unit 6 Lesson 1 Exs 1-8. (Ex 8 could be done Unit 6 Lesson 1 Unit 6 Lesson 1 9
19 Unit 6 Lesson 2 Before you start the lesson, ask students to note down quickly as many superstitions they can think of in 5 minutes. Then compare their findings: it will be interesting to see which superstitions occur most frequently. The Writing task could be set as homework. orally in class.) Unit Lesson 2 Exs 1-8 Unit 6 Lesson 2 Unit 6 Lesson 2 Unit 6 Lesson 3 20 Unit 6 Smash It is a good idea when reading a longish text such as this one, to ask the students to focus on something in particular while they are reading: for example, they could underline any unknown words they come across, or (here) any verbs that are used instead of say. This helps to keep their attention on the text. Again, an atlas would be useful for this lesson, so that students can identify the places and countries that are mentioned. Unit 6 Lesson 3 Unit 6 Lesson 3 Smash Recap Unit 6 Lesson 3 Smash challenge test on Unit 6. Unit 6 heck any exercises set as homework from Unit 6 Grammar Quiz 6 from unit 6. Unit 6. 10
21 Unit Test 6 The twilight zone Explain that this section of the magazine is about strange mysteries. Ask the students to read their magazine article and then have a short class discussion about what they have read. Revision 3 22 Unit 7 Lesson 1 Spend time going through the answers together and dealing with any problem areas from units 5 and 6 and problem areas that came up in the tests. Brainstorm with the class how many different places to live in they can think of. Write them up on the board. You might be surprised to see how many you can find! * Extra Speaking practice using vocabulary to do with hotels and what type of hotel the students prefer Progress Check 3 work. Unit 7 Lesson 1 Exs 1-8 (Ex 8 could be done orally in class) Review 3 work. Unit 7 Lesson 1 Review Units 5 & 6 Unit 7 Lesson 1 Unit 7 Lesson 2 Talk a little bit about making things Unit 7 Lesson 2 Unit 7 Lesson 2 Unit 7 Lesson 2 11
23 Unit 7 Lesson 3 or buildings out of ice and snow. Ask students what the problems will be in maintaining them. The Writing task could be set as homework. Encourage students to have fun imagining the house of the future and how they would like it to be. Bring in to class some photos of futuristic houses, if you can. * Extra speaking practice on the topic of different types of houses, flats, etc and the advantages and disadvantages of each. Exs 1-8 Unit 7 Lesson 3 Unit 7 Lesson 3 Unit 7 Lesson 3 24 Unit 7 Smash Unit Test 7 Students could work in pairs to do the quiz. Allow time for the project work. test on Unit 7. * Prepare students for the fact that they are going to have a Term Test next lesson. Unit 7 Smash Recap Unit 7 Grammar Quiz 7 Smash challenge from unit 7. Unit 7. 12
Meet the readers! 25 Term Test 2 Students can read about their favourite days and even try out their ideas for making things! Encourage any students who wish to do that to report back to the class about what they did. Students do the test in class. The mark should give you a good idea of individual students progress and any areas of weakness that should be addressed in future lessons. Unit 8 Lesson 1 26 Unit 8 Lesson 2 Get different students to read the thoughts of the different Reality School children. Allow more students to take a turn as well, if they wish to. * Extra Writing practice. Ask students to write their own paragraph about what they will do if they win 10,000 euros in a competition. They can use the paragraphs on p 70 of their SB as a model Initiate a class discussion about what jobs the students would like to do in the future and why. Discuss the good and bad points about some of the jobs mentioned. The Writing task could be set as homework. Unit 8 Lesson 1 Exs 1-9 (Ex 9 could be done orally in class.) Unit 8 Lesson 2 Unit 8 Lesson 1 Unit 8 Lesson 2 Unit 8 Lesson 1 Unit 8 Lesson 2 13
Unit 8 Lesson 3 27 Unit 8 Smash Again, focus students attention on the text by perhaps asking them to underling, for example, all the adjectives in the text while they re reading and thinking about their meaning. This type of activity enables students to carry out a more detailed analysis of the text and to achieve a greater understanding of what they are reading. Students work on their own to complete the quiz. The Writing task could be set as homework. Unit 8 Lesson 3 Exs 1-8 Exs 1-6 Unit 8 Lesson 3 Smashmag Recap Unit 8 Lesson 3 28 Unit Test 8 test on Unit 8. Unit 8 Unit 8 Grammar Quiz 8 from unit 8. Unit 8. What can Ask the students to read their magazines and then have a class discussion about different gadgets. 14
technology do for you? Revision 4 29 Unit 9 Lesson 1 Spend time going through the answers together and dealing with any problem areas from units 7 and 8 and problem areas that came up in the tests. For this lesson, students could read the parts. If they enjoy it, let different students have a turn as well. Progress Check 4 work. Unit 9 Lesson 1 Exs 1-9 (Ex 9 could be done orally in class) Review 4 work. Unit 9 Lesson 1 Review Unit 7 & 8 Unit 9 Lesson 1 Unit 9 Lesson 2 30 Unit 9 Lesson 3 Set the Writing task as homework. * It might be fun to have a short class quiz about what students remember. You could think up 10 quick questions, such as: Do you remember what you had for supper last Friday?, and so on. Students could then compare their answers in pairs. Ask the students if they have ever had any strange experiences, or if they ve ever heard of animals behaving strangely in times of difficulty (such as earthquakes, etc). Unit 9 Lesson 2 Unit 9 Lesson 3 Exs 1-7 Unit 9 Lesson 2 Unit 9 Lesson 3 Unit 9 Lesson 2 Unit 9 Lesson 3 15
31 Unit 9 Smash Unit Test 9 Students work in pairs for the Reading, and also for the Project work. test on Unit 9. Unit 9 Smash Recap Unit 9 Grammar Quiz 9 Smash challenge from unit 9. Unit 9. Analyse your dreams! Ask students to keep a dream diary for a week and then to bring their findings to class if they wish. 32 Lesson 1 It might be interesting and a bit of fun to also get your students to vote for the mottos written by the Reality School children, and see which gets the most votes. Ask your students if they can think of any other good mottos that might sum up their philosophy of life! Lesson 1 Lesson 1 Lesson 1 16
Lesson 2 33 Lesson 3 Initiate a class discussion about computers, finding out (discreetly) how many students either have got a computer at home or who are familiar with computers. For those who are not at all familiar with computers, it may be necessary to explain a few basic things to them. Students normally quite like some adverts and pay more attention to them than adults do, so it s a good opportunity to have a quick class survey of the most popular adverts of the moment! Make sure, though, that you get the students to analyse why a particular advert is more effective than the others. Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Exs 1-8 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 34 Smash It might be a good idea to do the second part of the lesson first, so that you can end the lesson with the game and then the song! test on. Smash Recap Grammar Quiz 10 Smash challenge from unit 9.. Unit Test 10 17
Mind games 35 Revision 5 A bit of fun to finish off the lesson with! Spend time going through the answers together and dealing with any problem areas. * Prepare students for the fact that they are going to have a Term Test next lesson and then a Final test after that. Progress Check 5 work. Progress test 2 Set as homework Review 5 work. Review Units 9 & 10 Term Test 3 36 Final Test Do the final test in class. Smashfun Final test and go through the answers together. Go through the answers to the final test together. * Discuss what students have learnt throughout the year, and what they have enjoyed most about the book.. 18
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