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MYSTERIES IN NATURE
15
MYSTERIES IN NATURE
Unit Overview
TOPIC
Strange things which happen in nature
VOCABULARY
Geographical features
AND READING
Is the story real?
GRAMMAR
Past continuous
PRONUNCIATION
Rising and falling intonation
READING
Loch Ness
VOCABULARY
The weather
LISTENING
A story about looking for the Loch Ness
monster
SPEAKING
A story about a strange animal
Resources
GRAMMAR REFERENCE AND PRACTICE: SB page 152; TB page 249
WORKBOOK: pages 64–67
PHOTOCOPIABLE WORKSHEETS: Grammar worksheet Unit 15;
Vocabulary worksheet Unit 15
TEST GENERATOR: Unit test 15
WARMER
Put students into small groups and ask each group to
draw an island on an A3 sheet of paper. Ask the students
to draw and label as many things on their island as they
can, e.g. a beach, a river, a forest.
ABOUT YOU
If you did the Warmer activity above, ask whether the
students would prefer to live on their island or in a town or
a city. Then, ask the students in pairs to take turns to ask
and answer the questions using some of the words they
drew on their islands.
VOCABULARY
READING
AND
Geographical features
1
Ask the students to describe the photos first before they
match them to the words. Check their pronunciation
by asking them to listen and repeat. Point out that the
s
in
island
is silent
/ˈaɪlənd/
and that we don’t stress the
second syllable in
mountain.
Answers
The answers are recorded for students to check and then
repeat.
A lake B river C mountain D field E snow F water G cliff
H island
2
Books closed. Draw a three-dimensional picture of a
swimming pool on the board with a diving board. Invite
volunteers to come to the board and label the picture
with
long
,
wide
,
deep
and
high
(for the diving board).
Books open. The students do the exercise.
