3SportsStars

Objectives

■Toreadatextforspecificinformation.

■Toprovideatitleappropriateforawholetext.

■TousethePresentPerfectandPastSimpletensesappropriately.

■Topractiseusingpositiveandnegativeopinionadjectives.

Resourcesused

GrammarSummary4;picturesofinternationalandnationalsportsstars(askstudentstobringpicturesoftheirfavouritesportsstars).

Possibleproblems

■StudentsmayhaveproblemswiththeuseofPresentPerfect(indefinitepast)andusethePastSimpleinstead.

■StudentsmayconfusegoandbewhenusingthePresentPerfectandmaysay“Haveyouevergoneabroad?”insteadof“Haveyoueverbeenabroad?”

■StudentsmayhavesomedifficultywiththeuseandpositionoftimeadverbialswiththePresentPerfect(before,ever,never,already,yet).

Background

VenusandSerenaWilliamsarethetwoyoungestoffivesisters.TheothersareYetunde,Isha,andLyndrea.Theirfatherstartedteachingthemtenniswhentheywerefouryearsold.VenusandSerenaplaytennisprofessionally?Casportinwhich

veryfewpeopleofAfricandescentareinvolved.Venus’sfirstsinglestitlewastheIGATennisClassicin1998.

Routesthroughthematerial

■Ifyouareshortoftime,setsomeoftheexercisesforhomeworkandomitExercise12.■Ifyouhavetime,studentscangiveshorttalksaboutthestartheyhavechoseninExercise13and14.

Reading

Beforeyoustart

Exercise1

KeyWords

positive:brilliant,fast,skilful,smart,strong

negative:awful,boring,lazy,slow,terrible,useless,weak

■Ifanymajorsportingeventisinthenewsorhasbeeninthenewsrecently,usethistointroducethetheme.Askstudentswhattheythinkofthesportspeopleinvolved.

■Elicitnamesofsportingheroesfromtheclassandwritethemontheboard.ThenlookattheKeyWords.

■Demonstrateoneortwoexampledialogues.

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■Studentsthenworkinpairsmakingsimilardialoguesabouttheirsportingheroes.Readtolearn

Exercise2

KeyWords

champion,train(v.),lookback,competeagainst,express

aninterestin,cometoanend,amazing,keen,

fortunately,makeprogress,improve

■Getsomestudentstoreadaloudthewordstotheclass.

Correctthepronunciationifnecessary.Thenaskstudentsto

workinpairsandguessthemeaningofeachwordorphrase.

■Tellstudentstochecktheirpredictionswhilereadingthetext.

Exercise3

■Havestudentsreadthroughthequestionssothattheyknowwhatinformationtolookforwhilereadingthetext.

■Studentsreadthetextandfindtheanswerstothequestions.TellthemtochecktheirpredictionsoftheKeyWordsatthesametime.

■Studentsworkinpairsandaskandanswerthequestionswithoutreferringtothetext.Answers

1.Theyarebothtennischampionswhoplayeachotherregularly.

2.Apoorbackground/TheylivedinapoorareaofCalifornia,fullofviolenceanddrugs.

3.Theirfather,Richard.

4.Theygetonwell.

Exercise4

■Studentsdiscusstitlesforthearticleinsmallgroups.Eachgroupselectsitsbesttitleandpresentsthistotheclass,givingreasonsforthetitle.Theclassvotesforthebesttitle.

■Studentsaddnewinformationaboutthetwosisters.Writenewfactsontheboard.Studentsdiscusswhetherthenewinformationcangointotheexistingparagraphsorwhethernewparagraphsareneeded.

Voiceyouropinion

Exercise5

■Studentsworkingroups,discusstheadvantagesofbeing

sportsstarsandmakelistsofthem.

■Askonestudentfromeachgrouptotelltheclasstheiropinions.

■Askstudentstodiscussthedisadvantagesofbeingsportsstarsifyouhavetimeoriftheylike.

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Vocabulary

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Exercise6

■Studentsworkindividually,choosethecorrectwordsandcompletethesentenceswiththem.■Studentscomparetheanswersinpairsbeforecheckingthemasaclass.

■Encouragestudentstomakesentencesoftheirownusingthewords.

Answers

1.hascompeted2.amazing3.fortunately

4.keen5.champion

Grammar

PRESENTPERFECTANDPASTSIMPLE

Exercise7

■Studentslookatthesentencesfromthetextanddiscusswhentouseeachtense.

Exercise8

■Encouragestudentstothinkofexamplesentencesforeachoftheuses.

Answers

1.b2.a3.a4.b

■StudentscanpractiseusingthesetensesbytalkingaboutVenusandSerenaWilliamssayingwhattheycanrememberfromthetextandwhatotherinformationtheyknowaboutthem.

Exercise9

■Havetwostudentsreadthedialoguealoudwhiletheclassfocusesontheuseofalreadyandyet.

■Studentscompletetherules,andrefertoGrammarSummary4.

Answers

a)alreadyb)yet

■Inpairs,studentswriteasimilardialogueaboutsportsteamsorpeopletheysupportatschool,localornationallevel,e.g.theschoolfootballteam.Someofthepairscanthenreadtheirdialoguestotheclass.

Exercise10

■Thisexercisecanbesetashomeworkifyouwish.

■Checkstudents’answersbyhavingthemreadthedialoguealoudwithasanyexpressionsaspossible.

Answers

1.played2.Didyoulike

3.didn’tenjoy

5.haven’tplayed

4.haveyouscored

6.havejoined

7.bought

Exercise11

■Thisexercisecanbegivenforhomeworkifyouwish.

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Answers

1.already2.yet3.ever4.never5.yet6.ever/never

■Studentsthenwritefoursentencesoftheirownusing

already,ever,never,yet.

■Inpairs,studentsthencheckeachother’ssentences,

referringtoyouiftheyhaveaquery.

Exercise12

■Readtheexampledialoguewiththeclassandpointoutthat“havebeen”isthePresentPerfectformoftheverbtogo.

Studentsmaymakethemistakeofsaying“Haveyouevergone”insteadofthecorrectform“Haveyoueverbeen...”.

■Studentsworkinpairs,askingandansweringthequestions.

Answers

1.HaveyouevereatenThaifood?

2.Haveyouevertraveledbyplane?

3.Haveyoueverbeentoafootball