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attention to the list of the words on the left. Ask a student to read them and tell the meanings at the same time. Find out the words which the students don’t understand and give some explanation.
Please put these words in the correct columns in the chart. Some words can be put in more than one column.
Get a student to read the sample answers to the class before they start say, Fool call also be a verb. For example, He fooled me. So it is put in both Column Nouns and Column Verbs.
Ask the students to complete the chart on their own.
Correct the answers by asking three students to read their answers to the class.
Answers
Nouns: fool, costume, change, clock
Verbs: fool, invite, empty, go off, get up, get dressed, show up, realize, change, stay up
Adjectives: embarrassed, empty, exhausted
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This activity provides guided oral practice using the target language.
Ask a student to read the instructions to the class.
Ask another student to read the example on the right.
Work in pairs now. Tell your partner about something that has happened to you recently. Note to use two or more phrases from the list in Activity la. Get tile students to talk in pairs. Move around the classroom checking their work and offering language support as needed.
After they all finish talking, ask some pairs to say their conversations to the class.
Step Ⅳ 2a
This activity provides guided listening practice using the target language. Say something about April Fool’s Day to the students like this:
Every year on the first of April, Americans do silly things to surprise each other. For example, someone might tell you to go to the teacher’s office to get your new book. But there is no book at all!
Call the students’ attention to the four pictures. Ask the students what is happening in each picture.
Ask four different students to describe the pictures. For example, ‘they can describe Picture 1 like this:
A boy was told to take part in a costume party. So he dressed himself up like a monster. But when he got there he found that his friend had fooled him. It wasn’t a costume party. He frightened the others.
Read the instructions to the class.
You’ll listen to three boys, Dave, Nick and Joe, talking about April Fool’s Day.
There is a box under each picture where you can write each boy’s name. Now listen to the tape and write the name of each boy under his picture. I have to tell you there will be one picture without a name under it.
Tell them to see the example for Picture c.
Play the tape the first time. The students only listen. Then play the tape again. Ask the students to write each boy’s name in the correct box. Check the answers by asking different students to tell their own answers.
Answers
a. No name b. Joe c. Nick d. Dave
Tapescript
Boy 1: Have you ever been an April fool, Dave?
Boy 2: Yes, I have. A friend once invited me to a costume party. When I got there, I found that he had fooled me. It wasn’t a costume party. I was the only person wearing a costume. I was really embarrassed. How about you, Nick?
Boy 1: Well, last April Fool’s Day, when my alarm went off I got up, took a shower, got dressed, and went to school. But when I got there, the school was empty. I was the only one there. After an hour, the other kids showed up, and I realized that my brother had fooled me.
Boy 3: she had?
Boy 1: Uh-huh. He had changed the clock to an hour earlier. What happened to you on April Fool’s Day, Joe?
Boy 3: Well,I was sick last April first. My friend called me and told me we had a maths test the next day. By the time 1 go to maths class, I was exhausted because I had stayed up all night studying. Then I found out that my friend had fooled me. We didn’t have a test at all!
Step Ⅴ 2b
This activity provides guided listening practice using the target language.
Read the instructions to the class. There are six phrases in the box. Your task is to find out who says each of the phrases, Dave, Nick or Joe after |
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