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05 OW TELP L4 U5 Optimized
05 OW TELP L4 U5 Optimized
In This Unit
Theme This unit is about favorite
activities and people.
Content Objective
My Favorites
Students will In this unit, I will . . .
• identify different types of entertainment.
• compare personal preferences. • compare people and activities.
• talk about my favorite people and things.
Language Objectives • give my opinion.
Students will
• identify different types of Check T for True and F for False.
entertainment. 1. Everyone looks happy. T F
Vocabulary
Vocabulary 1 actors, amazing, an
athlete, brave, cool, famous, funny,
great, handsome, movie,
a person, popular, pretty,
talented, wonderful
Vocabulary 2 a hobby, a school
subject, a sport, a TV show, a writer
Grammar
Grammar 1 using superlatives
with –est and most
Grammar 2 using irregular
comparatives and superlatives: Genting, Pahang, Malaysia
better, the best, worse, the worst
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Writing Reviews
Mission Find a role model.
Project Make a class book about famous
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Introduce
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Teaching Tip
From time to time, call on students
rather than asking for volunteers.
Avoid calling on students who answer
frequently. When calling on shy
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students, be encouraging. Provide
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provide part of the answer, or a
sentence frame.
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Say That’s right! The favorite activity of most students in the class
is (playing sports).
• Ask Did you ever ride on something like this? Where were you?
Who did you ride with? How did the ride make you feel?
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Warm Up
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Present
• Say Open your books to pages 74 and 75 and look at the photos.
These photos are from special places called wax museums. You
may think you see famous people in these museums. But the
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Sounds of English
Comparing Sounds: /ɛ/ and /æ/
English learners may have difficulty
distinguishing between the sounds /ɛ/
(bed) and /æ/ (bad).
When saying /æ/sound, the tongue
is in the lower, front part of the
mouth. The jaw lowers slightly and
3 Work with a partner. What did you learn? students can feel their vocal chords
Ask and answer. vibrating. The /ɛ/ sound is also made
by lowering the jaw, but the tongue
Can you see athletes Yes, you can. begins in a higher position and
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in the museum? Yao Ming is there! then moves forward to touch the
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bottom teeth.
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Practice using Minimal Pair Card 50
(bend, band).
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headache; actor, handsome, talented;
75 alphabet
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people you see are not real! The people are made out of wax. In
the photos, the queen and the basketball player are made out of
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wax. If possible, show and let students feel a wax candle or other
object made of wax.
• Say When you visit a wax museum, you can stand with the wax
people. Look at the photo on page 75. What do you see? (a boy
standing with a tall basketball player) Read the label an athlete.
Say An athlete is someone who plays sports. A basketball player
is an athlete.
• Say In this unit we’re going to talk about our favorite people and
things to do. We’re going to learn words to talk about them.
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burning building.) Ask the class to guess the word.
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(actors)
Recap
• 2 Say Now you’re going to listen to our new
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words. Then you’ll listen to sentences that have
those words in them. Repeat each word and Who can be handsome, a woman or a man?
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sentence after you hear it. Play TR: A39. Have
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students repeat each word and sentence.
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Descriptions (which are adjectives).
share their sentences with their group.
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Words under Jobs include athlete and
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actor. Words under Descriptions are
Wrap Up amazing, brave, cool, famous, great,
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• Call on students to name people who are cool, pretty, amazing,
handsome, pretty, talented, and
wonderful.
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Name someone you think is talented.
Have students explain why they chose each person they did and give
an example that shows how the person is talented, cool, or brave.
Formative Assessment
Can students
• identify and use words related to
famous people?
Ask students to identify and tell you
about a famous actor or athlete.
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with a small group. Are they the
same or different?
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Use the Song 4 5
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• Build background Say We’re going to listen • 5 Say Look at the activity at the bottom of
to a singer singing about things she likes. One of page 76. Choose a student to read the directions
these things is exploring. Exploring is when you aloud. Put students in pairs. Say The song tells
go to a new place. Some people explore unusual about four professions, or jobs. Pick two of
places or places that are hard to get to. We call them. Tell what you would enjoy about being an
their trips adventures. What part of the world athlete, an actor, an explorer or a writer. Model an
would you like to explore? Call on a few students example. A writer has one of the professions in the
to share their ideas. song. One cool thing a writer does is see her book
in bookstores.
• 4 Ask students to open their books to pp. 76–77
and look at the photo. Then play the song (TR: A40) • When students are finished, have partners meet
once. Have students call out the vocabulary words with another pair of students. They should
as they hear them in the song. Point out that compare lists and note how their choices are the
the word fame is related to the vocabulary word same and different.
famous. Play the song again and have students
sing along.
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Teaching Tip
Setting vocabulary words to music
helps students remember the words.
Repeatedly singing a song with
vocabulary words helps students to
“own” the words. Encourage students
to sing songs with the vocabulary
words at home as well, and perhaps
even to teach the song to family
members.
Related Vocabulary
job, sports
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Use it Again
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• Vocabulary 1 Say The vocabulary words great, • End of unit Play You’re the Best and ask students
talented, and cool are in the song. Have students to write down their favorite part. Then say That
underline these words. Ask students to look on could be you! Have students draw pictures to show
pp. 74–75 and find other vocabulary words that the activity they would most enjoy doing.
they might use in place of the underlined words
• Make a classroom display of students’ drawings.
(amazing, popular, funny, brave, pretty, handsome,
Then have students take turns going to the wall
wonderful). Then have students sing a verse of the
and explaining their drawing to the class. Have
song using one of these other words.
students tell about their drawings using phrases
• Grammar 1 Play TR: A40 and say This song is from the song.
about what you might become some day. The
things you like and the things you’re good at can I really like to .
become a profession. Write some things that you One day I could be !
want to be the best at. Write and say the following I’ll learn from :
example: (Yin) wants to be the most talented singer
work hard, practice, and wait!
in the world. Put students in pairs and have students
share their sentences.
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The red car is bigger than the green car, but the blue car is the biggest!
2. beautiful
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3. cool
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• Recycle Say Let’s talk about your favorite foods. • Build background Say Sometimes we think a
Have students list four of their favorite foods. person or a thing is better than any other person or
Then put students into small groups and have thing. For example, I think the coolest pet is a dog.
them compare lists. Ask Which foods are in more No other animal is as smart!
than one list? Write each group’s answers on the
• Write the following on the board.
board. Add a check mark next to a food for each
person who chose it. Then point to the foods with
The funniest movie is … The coolest pet is …
the most check marks and say In our opinion, these
foods are great. The most amazing soccer The greatest singer is …
player is …
• Explain Say Your opinion is what you think.
It isn’t a fact. For example, I think Yao Ming is The prettiest rock The most handsome
star is … actor is …
handsome. That’s my opinion. Does everyone think
the same thing? (no) Say That’s right. Different • Use the sentence frames to share opinions and
people may have different opinions. have students say whether they agree or not.
If students disagree, have them complete the
sentence with their choice in place.
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Who’s he?
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Are you kidding? He’s the
greatest opera singer ever!
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Present
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• Have students open their books to pp. 78–79. Read • Give examples Say The TV show that makes you
the sentences in the Grammar box. Then play TR: A41. laugh more than any other TV show is the funniest
Point out that the word the comes before the word TV show. The singer who is liked by more people
most and point out the words that end with –est. than anyone else is the most popular singer. Write
the following on the board and keep it on the
• Write great à greatest on the board. Say Many
board throughout this lesson.
basketball players are great! But I think Yao Ming
is the greatest! Underline –est in greatest. Say funny funniest wonderful most wonderful
When we think someone or something is so great brave bravest handsome most handsome
that nothing else is as great, we add the letters –est cool coolest talented most talented
to great. pretty prettiest famous most famous
• Write talented à most talented on the board. Say I great greatest amazing most amazing
think J.K. Rowling is the most talented writer! Circle popular most popular
most. Say For some words, (point to talented) we
• Have students add –est or most to one of their new
don’t add –est. Instead, we add the word most
words to make sentences.
before the word.
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1. who / talented /
6 Read. Complete the questions. singer
1. big
Decide who or what is the group’s favorite.
is bigger than the green car. The blue car is the
Who is the most talented singer?
Pavarotti.
2. beautiful
Who’s he?
activity. Call on students to read their sentences
aloud.
Are you kidding? He’s the
3. cool greatest opera singer ever!
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Practice 6 7
• Hold up photos of three actresses. Ask What’s
• Have students read aloud the sentences in the
your opinion? Which actress is the most talented?
Grammar box on p. 78, or play TR: A41 again.
Then ask Which actress is the prettiest? Hold up
• 6 Have pairs of students complete Activity 6. photos of three male singers. Ask Which singer is
Model the activity by completing item 1. Say Let’s the most talented? Then ask Which singer is the
complete the first sentence together. I see the most handsome? Students should answer all of the
words amazing and singer. I know that I have questions with complete sentences.
to add the words the most before amazing. So
I’ll write the most amazing singer. Let’s read the Recap
question together: Who is the most amazing singer
• Say We’re learning about words that end in –est
in the world?
or have the word most before them. These
• Say Now let’s complete item 2. Do we add –est or
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words help you compare. Write the words baby
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most to cool? Wait for students to answer, then and grandmother on the board. Ask Who is the
say We add –est and say the coolest athlete. Write
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the words to complete the question. Then have
partners complete the activity. Have pairs compare questions. Encourage students to answer in
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answers with another pair of students. Ask
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What sport is more amazing than any other sport?
Have students use complete sentences. If students
complete sentences. (The baby is the youngest.
The grandmother is the oldest.)
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Extend
• Write questions such as the following on the board.
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Who do you think is the (brave) superhero?
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What is the (famous) place in our city/country?
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Pair students. Have them takes turns writing the superlative form
of the word in parentheses to complete each question. Then the
Formative Assessment
Wrap Up
Can students
• use superlatives with –est and most?
Provide words such as brave, pretty,
wonderful, and interesting, and have
students say sentences using most
• Put students in pairs. Say Ask your partner for his opinions about or –est.
things and people. Model an example. Who is your funniest • use comparatives and superlatives to
friend? My funniest friend is (Miguel). compare photos?
Hold up magazine photos of three
actors and three singers. Tell students
to use the words talented, pretty,
handsome, etc. to tell who is the best.
• compare opinions?
Ask questions such as Which writer
has more talent than anyone else?
Which video game is cooler than all
the others? Ask students to choose
their favorites and to reply in complete
sentences using the word most or –est.
Then have them ask each other
why they chose that writer and that
video game.
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Objectives
Students will
• identify and use words related to
favorite activities.
• put activities in order of a hobby a school subject
preference.
Vocabulary a TV show, a hobby,
a school subject, a sport, a writer
Content Vocabulary favorite, boring
Resources Workbook pp. 58–59;
Audio CD TR: A42; Video: Sc.
4—Vocabulary 2; Classroom a TV show a sport a writer
Presentation Tool: Vocabulary 2;
Teacher’s Resource CD: Graphic 1. What’s your favorite sport? a. I like playing sports and going out
Organizers (Word web, T-chart) 2. My parents watch a lot of with my friends.
Materials paper; scissors boring TV shows! b. Well, I like tennis. But I think soccer
3. Which country is that is the best.
writer from? c. I don’t have one. I like all my school
4. What are your favorite hobbies? subjects.
5. What’s your favorite d. She’s from India. She’s very talented.
school subject? e. My parents do, too!
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I put sports last! I don’t like them.
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• Brainstorm Draw a word web on the board photography. For the photo for sport, say My
and write Things we like to do after school in the favorite sport is (basketball) What sport does this
center circle. photo show? (soccer)
• Ask What do you like to do after school? Write • Draw the following chart on the board.
students’ answers in the other circles of the web.
a TV show a hobby a school subject a sport a writer
• Have students make their own word web. Tell them
to choose their favorite three activities and write
them in the web.
• Ask students to give examples of each vocabulary
term. Ask What TV shows do you watch? Write
Present
answers in the first column. Repeat for the other
• Have students open their books to pp. 80–81. Read columns in the chart.
aloud each word and have students repeat.
• Put students in pairs and ask them tell each other
• Ask students to look at the photos and captions. about one of their hobbies. Observe to make sure
For the photo for hobby, say A hobby is something that all students identify a hobby.
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• 11 Put students in pairs. Ask students to look at Activity 11. Say
Let’s do a sticker activity. Put the stickers in the order of how
much you like to do the words on the stickers. Put your favorite
thing on number 1. Put the thing you don’t like at all or like only
a little on number 5. When you’re done, compare your work. Tell
why you put the stickers where you did.
Extend
• Put students in five groups and assign one of the target words
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to each group. Have each group survey the class to find out
the class’s “Favorites.” Say Group 1, you have TV show. Ask
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each student in class what her favorite TV show is. Write the
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TV shows down and place a check mark next to it for each
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student who chose it. Show students how to draw a check mark
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next to the name of the show for each person who likes it. Say
Look at your list and find the show that most students like. That
is the most popular TV show in the class.
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I’m good at music. I’m better than my friend at sports. And I’m the best
in our class in English!
Objective A cough is bad; a cold is worse; but a fever is the worst!
Students will
• use irregular comparatives and 12 Complete the sentences.
superlatives: better, the best,
worse, the worst. 1. Many video games are because they’re boring.
Grammar using irregular
comparatives and superlatives: But “Harry Potter, the Goblet of Fire” is than
better, the best, worse, the worst
other games because it’s cooler. You can be Harry, Ron, or Hermione
Content Vocabulary music, health
in the video game. Harry is person to be in
Resources Workbook pp. 60–61;
Audio CD TR: A43; Video: Sc. the game because he’s handsome, and he helps other people. Ron is
6—Grammar 2; Classroom
Presentation Tool: Grammar 2; person to be because he isn’t funny.
Teacher’s Resource CD-ROM:
Graphic Organizers 2. I love soccer. It is free time activity of all! It’s
(Three-column chart)
much than TV because you go out and have
Materials scissors
fun. I think TV is for your health because you
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• Recycle Say You learned some ways to compare • Explain Say Sometimes we use completely
things. Write on the board: different words when we compare things. Have
students look at the grammar box at the top of
–er more p. 81. Play TR: A43.
–est most
• Write this chart on the board:
• Ask Name two famous people who are funny. After
good better the best
the students answer, ask Now say who is funnier in
bad worse the worst
your opinion. Have the student answer using –er.
If necessary, give the student this sentence frame: • Say We don’t add –er to good. We use the word
I think is funnier. Then ask students to better to compare two things when we like one more
add a third funny person. Ask Who’s the funniest? than the other. When we compare three or more
If necessary, provide the sentence frame: I think things, we use the best. Ask students to read aloud
is the funniest. the first set of sentences in the Grammar box.
• Have students make other comparisons using the
words talented, brave, and amazing.
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and worse don’t take more.
Other words that have irregular
• 12 Put students in groups of three or four. Say Now let’s work comparatives and superlatives include
little, far, and much:
on Activity 12. You’re going to complete the sentences with the
little, less than, the least: I have
words good, better, the best, bad, worse, or the worst. Complete very little homework. My brother
the first item with students. Say, Let’s read the first sentence has less homework than me. My
together. Which word completes the sentence? (bad) Now, let’s sister has the least.
read the completed sentence together: Many video games are Far, farther, the farthest: I live
far from school. My best friend
bad because they’re boring. Then have students complete the lives farther. My teacher lives the
activity. Ask students questions such as What’s a good TV farthest.
show? What TV show is better than that one? What’s the best Much, more, most: There isn’t
TV show? Have students answer in complete sentences. much milk in my glass. You have
more milk than me. She has the
most milk.
Apply 13
Teaching Tip
• 13 Say Now we’ll do Activity 13. Put students in pairs and pass Classroom Management Be
out scissors. Say Open your books to page 167. Cut out the cards sure that students understand the
and put them in two sets. One set will have the eight words on directions before starting an activity.
Review directions, focusing on one
the right. The other set will have the eight words on the left. step of the directions at a time. Ask
• Ask students to mix up the cards in each of the two piles. Tell
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students to point out any step they
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don’t understand.
them to take turns taking one card from the top of each pile
,
and asking a question that uses the two words. The other
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student answers the question. Choose two students to read the
model dialogue. Then have students complete the activity.
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Extend
• Have partners form and ask questions about other things
that are the best and the worst. Ask them to write down the
questions and answers they create. Have students share their
work with the class.
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Objectives
Amazing Acrobats
Many acts we see in circuses today have roots
Students will
in ancient societies. Jugglers and acrobats were
• compare types of acrobatic popular in ancient Egypt and China. Today,
activities. Chinese circuses are more popular, more colorful,
• share and compare opinions. and more exciting than ever.
• identify main ideas and details in Most Chinese acrobats join the circus when
a text. they are six years old, but they can spend ten
years practicing just one of these acts!
Reading Strategy Identify Main Idea
and Details a. Juggling: Acrobats use their feet to juggle
things. They juggle tables, chairs, umbrellas,
Academic Language compare, plates, and even people!
opinion
b. Cycling: In this act, acrobats use “monocycles” (bicycles with one
Content Vocabulary acrobat, circus, wheel). The most famous act is the “bird.”
juggle
c. Tight-wire: This act is about 2,000 years old. Brave acrobats walk,
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wire that is high 1
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Audio CD TR: A44; Classroom d. Pole-climbing: This act is about 1,000 years old. Athletes climb up
Presentation Tool: Reading; poles, jump from one pole to the other, and balance on the poles.
Teacher’s Resource CD-ROM:
Graphic Organizers (Word web) e. Plate-spinning: The acrobat holds a pole with a plate on it. The
plates spin fast. The acrobat dances, jumps, or stands on one arm.
Don’t miss Chinese acrobats. They’re the best!
China
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• Activate prior knowledge Ask Did you ever go • Say Today we’re going to read about a Chinese
to a circus or a zoo? What animals did you see? circus. In this circus, people do unusual activities.
Write students’ responses on the board. What kinds of activities do you think you’ll read
about?
• Ask questions to have students compare and
contrast the animals listed on the board. Which
animal is the biggest? Which animal is the strongest?
Present 14
• 14 Read together Direct students to p. 82. Ask a
• Then have students give their opinions about the
student to read the title aloud. Have students look
animals. Ask Which animal is the coolest? Which is
at the two photos on this page and the photos
your favorite animal? Discuss students’ responses,
on p. 83. Ask What do you see in the top photo?
and remind students that different people have
(many circus performers on one bicycle)
different opinions.
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Related Vocabulary
17 Work in a group. Compare your opinions. Write your brave, flexible, perform
group’s decision in each box.
acrobat Tricks
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I think juggling is the most difficult.
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• Play TR: A44 and have students read along. • Think Aloud Model using visuals to understand
Pause at the end of each paragraph to check for the text. Say The part about cycling says that the
comprehension. Ask questions such as: most famous act is called “The Bird.” I wonder
Paragraph 1: Which performers were popular in what “The Bird” is. I can look for clues on the
ancient Egypt and China? page. One of the photos shows many acrobats on
Paragraph 2: How old are most Chinese acrobats a bicycle. They’re spreading out their arms as if
when they join the circus? they’re flying. This looks like it could be a photo of
List d: What do acrobats do after they climb up “The Bird.”
a pole?
List e: What do acrobats do while they are
spinning plates?
• Read aloud the Weird but True feature on p. 82.
Discuss whether it would be more difficult for
acrobats to do the act while making a noise at the
same time.
Reading 175
Amazing Acrobats
Many acts we see in circuses today have roots
in ancient societies. Jugglers and acrobats were
1. In what ancient societies were jugglers and acrobats popular?
2. How old are many children when they start to learn acrobatics?
Wrap Up
popular in ancient Egypt and China. Today,
Chinese circuses are more popular, more colorful,
and more exciting than ever.
Most Chinese acrobats join the circus when
they are six years old, but they can spend ten
3. How long do acrobats have to practice to learn some acts? • Write the following list on the board:
years practicing just one of these acts!
a. Juggling: Acrobats use their feet to juggle 4. What things do acrobats juggle?
juggling acrobat
things. They juggle tables, chairs, umbrellas,
plates, and even people!
b. Cycling: In this act, acrobats use “monocycles” (bicycles with one
16 Read. Label the pictures a–e.
wheel). The most famous act is the “bird.”
cycling acrobat
c. Tight-wire: This act is about 2,000 years old. Brave acrobats walk,
cycle, or jump on a 11646_L2U1_02M.pdf
wire that is high 1
in the10:11
6/25/12
air. AM
d. Pole-climbing: This act is about 1,000 years old. Athletes climb up
poles, jump from one pole to the other, and balance on the poles.
e. Plate-spinning: The acrobat holds a pole with a plate on it. The
plates spin fast. The acrobat dances, jumps, or stands on one arm.
Don’t miss Chinese acrobats. They’re the best!
bird
tight-wire acrobat
17 Work in a group. Compare your opinions. Write your
pole-climbing acrobat
group’s decision in each box.
China
acrobat Tricks
Practice 15 16 answer.
• 15 Have students look at Activity 15. Say There are I walk high in the air. Who am I?
four questions for you to answer. You can look on (tight-wire acrobat)
page 82 for answers to these questions. Let’s do My friends and I do an act called “The Bird.”
the first one together. Call on a student to read the Who am I? (cycling acrobat)
first question. Ask Where do you think you will find
this information? Guide students to find the words Recap
ancient, societies, jugglers, acrobats, and popular
• Have students pretend to do one of the five
in the first paragraph. Have students write their
activities described on p. 82. Have the other
answers.
students guess which acrobatic act the student is
• Have students complete the remaining items modeling.
individually. When they are done, call on students
Apply
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have them trade questions. They should write
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answers to the questions.
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Call on students to match one of the descriptions on the left with the rules.
the activity on the right. Ask the other students if they agree. (1-j,
2-i, 3-f, 4-h, 5-g)
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Formative Assessment
Can students
• compare types of acrobatic activities?
Ask questions such as What do tight-
wire acrobats do? What do juggling
acrobats do?
• share and compare opinions?
Ask questions such as Which acrobat
act do you think is most dangerous?
Why?
• identify main ideas and details?
Ask questions such as What’s the main
idea of today’s reading? What details
did you learn about Chinese circuses?
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19 Write. Write about something you liked, for example, a
book you read or a movie you watched. Tell the story and
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say why you liked it.
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• Say Your opinion is what you think about • Say Writers give their opinions about many things.
something. People have opinions about many When they write their opinion about something
things. When I say I think the Harry Potter books they’ve seen or used, it’s called a review. Today,
are great, I’m giving my opinion about them. I you’ll write a review that gives your opinions.
have opinions about activities too. I think video
• Say Let’s practice writing some opinions. Write the
games are boring. Pause. Say Many people think
words coolest, most interesting, most famous, and
video games are interesting. We all have different
most difficult on the board. Say Use these words
opinions. Tell me some of your opinions. Call on a
to write three sentences that tell your opinions.
student. Say (Jose), who do you think is the (most
When students finish, write the words I think and
talented athlete)? Continue calling on individual
I believe on the board. Say You can start your
students. Ask for opinions about the funniest
sentences with these words to show opinions.
movies, the most interesting books, etc.
For example, you can say I think video games are
boring. Call on students to read their sentences
and express their opinions.
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• Ask students to organize information for their writing by filling in a Explain to students that apostrophes
web like the one below.
reason reason 外
are used to show that something
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belongs to a certain person or people.
Emphasize that, to show possession,
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the noun and before the letter s.
opinion
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• Say Write the name of the book or movie and your opinion of it in the
middle circle. In the other circles, write four reasons for your opinion.
• Say Now, use the opinion and the reasons in your web to write
your paragraph.
Write 19
• 19 Say Now you can write your review. Remind students to use the
information they wrote in their webs to create sentences. Encourage
students to use the phrases I think, In my opinion, and I believe, and
remind them to give reasons for their opinions.
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Last weekend I went to the library with my dad, and
I found a wonderful book by Jacqueline Wilson. It’s called 20
“Cliffhanger.” I always look for her books. In my opinion,
she is one of the best writers in the world.
“Cliffhanger” is about a boy called Tim. He likes TV • 20 Have students form groups of three or four.
shows and puzzles. He’s very smart, too, and he’s the
best student in most school subjects. But he’s the worst Ask student to read their paragraphs aloud to the
student at sports! So when his parents send him to a
sports camp, he has a bad time.
group. Have other students complete the sentences
Every day at camp Tim has to play sports, and he never gets below to provide feedback.
better. He hates sports. But one day he has a smart idea on how to
win the game. After that, he helps his team win, and he’s the most
popular person at camp. Then he doesn’t want to leave!
I loved this book. Jacqueline Wilson helps us remember some
One thing I think is interesting is …
important things. First, we’re all different. Second, you shouldn’t feel
bad if you’re not handsome because everyone is talented in some One thing I don’t understand is …
way. Finally, sometimes you are not popular. But you have to try!
My favorite part is …
19 Write. Write about something you liked, for example, a
book you read or a movie you watched. Tell the story and A question I have is …
say why you liked it.
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• While group members give feedback, the writer
should take notes. The writer should then use these
notes to revise his or her paragraph.
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Edit
• Direct students to check their writing for the following:
Does the paragraph tell about the story in a
book or movie?
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Does the paragraph clearly express an opinion?
Does the paragraph include reasons to support
the opinions?
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Does the paragraph use words for expressing
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opinions?
内 部 Writing Rubric Use this rubric to assess students’ writing. You can add other aspects of their
writing you’d like to assess at the bottom of the rubric.
4 3 2 1
4 = Excellent Organization
3 = Good Ideas are clear and well organized.
Mechanics
Use of apostrophes is correct.
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Be the Expert
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world’s last large areas of wilderness.
She studies the relationships between
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information. Which role models are animals, plants, and the Lisu people
the most interesting?
,
who live in the area.
料
Bengal tiger, Bandhavgarh
Aparajita Datta has worked with the
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National Park, India
Lisu people to try to protect hornbills,
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endangered birds that live in the
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Mission
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area. She has helped the Lisu to get
electricity from solar panels, receive
medical training, and start schools.
Dattu has gained the Lisu people’s
trust. This in turn has helped her to
• Say A role model is someone we learn from. A role model can
work with them to reduce the hunting
show us how to become a better person. Role models are people of hornbills.
we want to be like.
Encourage a discussion of role models with questions such as: About the Photo
This photo shows a Bengal tiger.
What make a person a good person? Bengal, or Indian, tigers account for
What sort of work helps other people? more than half of the world’s wild
tigers. The tiger is a symbol of India,
What kinds of things do you admire in a person? but now it is endangered. Both people
and the tigers are trying to live on the
• Point out the word inspire in the first question on p. 85. same land. This causes problems for
Say When someone inspires you, the person makes you want to both tigers and humans.
As the number of people increases,
do something special.
the tiger’s habitat is reduced. Reserves
such as the Sundarbans National Park
and Tiger Reserve try to protect the
Bengal tiger population, yet tigers are
still harmed. Some people kill tigers
for their fur. Other people kill them
because tigers have attacked humans.
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Prepare
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• Ask students to open their books to pp. 86–87. Say • Have students copy the questions. Then have
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Our project for this unit is to make a book about students research facts about the person they
famous people. Each of you will make a page choose, using available resources. Have them
about your favorite famous person. Call on different write answers to their questions using the facts
students to read each of the steps at the top of p. 86. they found. Suggest that they find photos or draw
pictures to make their pages interesting.
• Ask a student to read the model at the bottom of p. 86
aloud. Say This page tells about J. K. Rowling and her • Encourage students to use their new words,
life. What did you learn about her? Why is she famous? including words with –er or most. After students
What did the writer think was interesting about her? write their summaries, have pairs of students check
each other’s work.
• List these questions on the board:
• Make available colored paper, glue, and a hole
Who is my person? punch. Have students make their pages and punch
What does that person do? a hole in the upper left corner.
Why is that person famous?
What do I like about that person?
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Teaching Tip
You can encourage students to take
pride in their work in many ways. You
might place students’ work on display
in the classroom. Inviting parents to
see classroom displays or to watch
students perform simple skits and
songs is an excellent way to both give
students confidence and show their
progress in learning English.
Project Rubric
Did students include information
about a famous person?
My favorite person
Did students use unit vocabulary in
is J. K. Rowling.
their book page?
Did students use unit grammar in
their book page?
Now I can . . .
identify different types of
entertainment.
compare people and activities.
talk about my favorite people
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and things.
give my opinion.
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• Ask students to come to the front of the class one at a time to show their
Now I Can
Ask questions such as the following:
• What are some of your favorite
page. Each student should say the name of her famous person and tell activities?
why she chose that person. Have the student read aloud what he wrote • What are two hobbies? Which hobby is
and hold up his page for the class to see. better, and why?
• Who are two of your favorite people,
• Encourage students to ask questions about each famous person. If the and why?
presenting student doesn’t know the answer, have her share something • What do you think about the book we
else about the person. After students have presented their pages, ask just read?
Which of these famous people do you want to learn more about? Why?
• Gather students’ pages into a book, using binder rings or other fasteners Review For additional practice, direct
to hold it together. students to Activity Worksheet 5.4.
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some of your favorite things to do. Then ask What
外
are your favorite things to do? along on p. 76. Play it again and have students
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alternate singing the lines. For example, one side
,
of the room sings the first line, the other side sings
While You Watch
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• Have students write a sentence about their favorite
the second line, and so on. Have students clap their
hands when they sing one of their new words.
内 部研
part from each scene. Encourage them to include
at least one of the new words they learned in
this unit in their sentences. You might provide
the sentence frame My favorite part is
Viewing
• Pause the video at the end of two of the segments
and ask students to write one sentence about each
because . segment. Ask them to include as many new words
as they can in the sentence.
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Help students evaluate whether
stop reading and summarize what you read in one of the boxes information is important enough to
,
include in their summaries.
of this chart.
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The Green Rabbit is a fairy tale. Fairy
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tales often include characters who are
内
• As you read the story, stop after every few pages so students royalty, such as a king, a queen, or a
have time to summarize those pages of the story. princess. They also often include some
form of magic. They sometimes teach
p. 4: Who are the most important characters? Why is the prince lessons.
a rabbit during the day?
Teaching Tip
p. 6: What does the King tell Marisol that she must do?
Students can remember a story better
p. 8: What two tests does Marisol have to pass? if they act it out. Help students to
list the scenes in a story by asking
• Read the story a second time, without pausing, to allow such questions as What happened
first? Then what happened? When
students to check the responses they wrote in their Storyboard
was it most exciting? How did it end?
organizers. Then have students choose which
scene or scenes they want to act out.
Encourage students to create their
After You Read own dialogue for the scenes.
• After you finish the story, have students choose the four or five
most important things that happened in the story. Say Use the
information in your Storyboard organizer to write a paragraph
that summarizes the story.
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4. I read the most talented writers, and dream about
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writing a book. I’ll work very hard in school. Becoming a
TR: A40 4 Listen, read, and sing.
writer would be so cool!
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Lyrics for the song You’re the Best are on p. 164.
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TR: 24 6 Listen. Check the words you hear.
TR: A41 Grammar
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Note: Lyrics for the song You’re the Best are on p. 164.
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Note: Grammar 1 is on p. 166.
内
TR: A42 10 Listen and repeat.
a TV show
a hobby
What’s your favorite TV show?
I love to read books. It’s my
TR: 25 11 Listen. Complete the questions. Listen
and write Marco’s answers.
1. S1: What’s your favorite school subject, Marco?
S2: Uh… I like them all. I love English and science
favorite hobby.
especially. But I think math is the best.
a school subject English is the best school subject.
a sport Tennis is a wonderful sport. I play 2. S1: What’s the most difficult school subject, in your
every day. opinion, Marco?
a writer J. K. Rowling is a wonderful writer. S2: Uh, I think most subjects are easy. But I find art really
difficult. I’m so bad in drawing and painting!
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3. S1: Would you like to watch TV with me and my sister
Note: Grammar 2 is on p. 172. after school?
S2: OK, thanks. What are you watching? Is it a funny
TR: A44 14 Listen and read.
TV show?
Note: The reading, Amazing Acrobats, is on p. 174. S1: Yeah, it’s Sesame Street.
S2: Sesame Street?! That’s for little kids, Marco!
Workbook
4. S1: What are you doing this afternoon, Marco?
TR: 22 2 Listen and write. Complete the S2: I’m playing soccer, the coolest sport in the world! It’s
conversations. so fast and exciting!
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S2: I’m reading the second Harry Potter book. It’s awesome! S1: That’s awesome. Is she the greatest writer of our time?
S1: Harry who? S2: Yes, definitely! Hey, do you want to borrow one of her
books? I have them all.
S2: Ana, you don’t know the Harry Potter books?!
S1: They’re the best books ever! Everyone loves them. S2: S1: Sure, thanks! Which is the best book?
They’re the best selling novels in the world. People bought S2: Well, I think the fourth one is the best. But you
them in over 200 countries - and you can read them in 68 should start with the first one…
Answer Key
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Student Book
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12 SB p. 81
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1. bad; better; the best; the worst
Unit Opener SB p. 72
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1. F, 2. T, 3. F 发资 2. the best; better; bad; worse
15 SB p. 83
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1. the most amazing singer 2. the coolest athlete
3. the prettiest flower 4. the most interesting
1. Jugglers and acrobats were popular in ancient Egypt
and China.
2. They are six years old when they start to learn
TV show 5. the funniest movie 6. the most talented TV acrobatics.
star 3. They have to practice for ten years to learn some
acts.
7 SB p. 78
4. They juggle tables, chairs, umbrellas, plates, and
1. The red car is bigger than the green car, but the blue even people.
car is the biggest!
16 SB p. 83
2. The red flower is more beautiful than the blue
e, b, d, a, c
flower, but the yellow flower is the most beautiful!
3. The blue T-shirt is cooler than the white T-shirt, but 18 SB p. 84
the orange T-shirt is the coolest! wonderful; In my opinion; one of the best; loved
10 SB p. 80
Workbook
1. b, 2. e, 3. d, 4. a, 5. c
Go to 332–334 for the Workbook Answer Key for
this unit.