Day 14 Lesson plan SC KN Unit 6.3 and 6.

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Activity 1
Choose the correct options to complete the sentences.
1. We hurry through life in order to / in order that have more time.

2. Hurrying avoids / prevents us from seeing the meaning of life.

3. We should manage our time so as to / so to feel less stressed.

4. In order to / So that explain the idea, he uses the metaphor of the Buddha.

5. We should work hard so that / for we can be achieve our goals.

6. I stood in the middle to prevent/ avoid my brother and sister hurting each other.

7. I always use the ring road to avoid/ prevent the traffic.

Activity 2

Match the expressions of purpose with the definitions.

https://wordwall.net/es/resource/26538675

Activity 3

Complete the sentences with the idiomatic phrases (1–8) from the previous exercise.

https://wordwall.net/es/resource/26539114

Does everyone in your house do their bit when it comes to housework?

Have you ever done a friend or relative a good turn? What did you do?
Have you ever done a double take when you saw what a friend or relative was wearing?
Do you often ask people to do you favours? Give an example.
Do you think that giving sweets to kids does them any harm? Did you use to eat a lot of
sweets?

Padlet Writing practice

Article

In this article you can use very direct informative language

Structure

The basic structure of an article for a blog is usually in three parts:

 opening – engaging the reader, or outlining the main point of the article
 middle – two paragraphs that go into more detail
 end – a concluding paragraph that draws the points together
Within this structure you could also create a circular structure in which the conclusion
connects back to the opening idea.

Language

Put the words into the correct spaces.

persuasive devices

headline

literary techniques

Articles usually have a catchy, memorable __________ . This helps to grab the reader’s
attention and entice them to read the whole article.

Articles often include colloquial sayings or phrases to emphasise a point. ___________ such
as metaphor and simile make your writing more interesting and engaging. _________ such as
rule of three, rhetorical questions and hyperbole can encourage the reader to agree with your
point of view.

Match the following literary techniques with the examples.

parallelism -My little brother and sister always used to

fight like cats and dogs, but now they get on
alliteration really well.
simile - So what can we do about climate change?

rhetorical question -“Sometimes when you innovate, you make

mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly
colloquial sayings- and get on with improving your other
innovations.” Steve Jobs
quotations
- There’s nothing better than cookies,
cupcakes and candies!

– Not only do I want to be famous, but I also

want to be rich.

-I find you ideas a bit hard to swallow.

Example

Here’s an extract from an article that tries to persuade the reader to eat a more balanced,
healthy diet:

Read the article and find an example of the following:

parallelism

alliteration

simile

rhetorical question

subheadings

colloquial sayings

quotations

Eat Right: Live Longer

It has been scientifically proven that the less junk food a person consumes, the longer they are
likely to live. So why isn’t everyone dumping the junk?

Fast food equals fat

A staple part of twenty-first century British home-life is the weekly takeaway treat: finger-
licking burgers, sticky ribs and crispy chicken wings are, for many, the normal Friday night
feast. The average national calorie count in the UK is a whopping 4500 a day, a key factor in
the obesity cases that are soaring. Fast food is packed with fat and obesity contributes to a
range of health issues - most significantly heart disease and depression. So why aren’t we
changing our lifestyles?

Short on time

Families these days are spending less and less time at home during the working week. They
sometimes seem like hamsters on a wheel! School commitments, work meetings and extra
curricular activities mean that time is short and fewer people are prepared to put in the effort
to prepare fresh, healthy meals.

And when time is tight, it seems we are even more willing to compromise our waistlines for a
little bit of what we fancy – fast fatty food.

Eat yourself healthy

However, Georgia Thomas of the University of Food says, ‘I am convinced that it is possible to
live a busy lifestyle AND prepare healthy, satisfying meals. It seems that people have simply
got out of the habit of cooking. We are busy people; how do we reward ourselves? You
guessed it - food.’

Britain clearly needs to get back to home cooking. It needs to shift the junk food, and it needs
to shift it fast.

________________________________________________

Your university blog is running a series of articles to help the Erasmus students settle into life
at TCM.

They have asked you to write an article about one of the following topics:

1. Managing your time at university

2. How to make local and international friends at TCM
3. How to share a flat with other students and stay friends

Write a short article in groups of the padlet. Publish each paragraph as you write so that I
can correct your work.

150 to 200 words

https://padlet.com/alice_lockyer/6yhcg2jx22j31zgk

Try and use some of the following:

parallelism
alliteration
simile
rhetorical question
subheadings
colloquial sayings
quotations

Useful expressions

Are you feeling …..?

Don’t worry!

Here are a few tips ……

The best way …

Don’t be tempted to ….

Never/ always …

If you follow ….

I remember when ….
Page 68 ex 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,

Kahoot for Reading page 69

KN Unit 6 Parable of the pebbles
Kahoot!

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Ex3

ex4

Ex 7

Ex 8

Discuss the lateral thinking questions on the PDF in the aula

virtual. Try and use some of the expressions below. Then look
at the answers on the answer key PDF.

I’d say this one was more probable because …

Maybe they are related in some way.
Perhaps it has something to do with the ….
These are all similar because…
We need to come up with ways that someone could…
The fact that ….. doesn’t necessarily mean that ….
What makes you think that?
I don’t see the logic there.
That’s an interesting way of looking at it.
I haven’t got a clue!
I give up!
This is a tricky/ tough one to solve.
Maybe we need to think of the most obvious answer here.
Is there some kind of pattern?
Ah! I’ve got it! It’s so simple.
This one is really obvious.
This one is pretty straightforward.

Unit 6.4

Ex1,2,3,4,,,
Speaking

Use the expressions on page 70 ex 6

You and your friends walked along the beach to a different cove. You were sunbathing
and suddenly you realize the tide has come in and cut you off. There are steep cliffs
behind the beach. What do you do?
You and your friend were looking after your little sister in the park. You were chatting
to a friend about her boyfriend. Suddenly you realize your sister has disappeared.
What do you do?

You and your boy/ girlfriend want to do an Erasmus next term. You need to have the
C1.1 level of English. You are B1.2 level and your boy/ girlfriend is B2.2 level. What do
you do?

You are driving at night in the mountains. It is snowing heavily and the road is slippery.
You have snow chains but have never used them before. It’s 3 kilometres to your
hotel. What do you do?