Saint George’s College Name: ________________________English Department Class: 11th _____

III Unit / Level 11th Date: May _____, 2015.DS

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Time allocation: 10 hours.

Classwork points: ___/10.

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Corners Material:Reading, listening, writing, vocabulary and speaking

Objectives: 1. To listen and read comprehensibly.2. To give opinions and discuss about different topics.3. To learn new vocabulary in context.4. To produce written texts of 140-190 words at CEFR B2 level considering spelling, punctuation and capitalization, appropriate format, audience, and purpose.

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Instructions:

1. Choose two activities from the ones provided.

2. Write your answers and then check them with the answer key the teacher will

give you.

I. Puzzle it out: There are five people at a hotel: Mr. Petty, Mr. Groove, Mrs.

Williams, Ms. Stevens and Mr. Harvey. Use the clues to complete the chart

with the information below.

Room number 101 102 103 104 105

Name

Job

Character

Interest/hobby

Other

information

Job Character Interest/hobby Other information

Solicitor

Estate agent

Surgeon

Traffic warden

Plumber

Sociable

Conceited

Bossy

Mean

Optimistic

Painting

Bird-watching

Amateur dramatics

Tennis

Gardening

Is a widower

Is Australian

Is a twin

Is bald

Is bilingual

Clues:

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1. Ms. Stevens usually looks on the bright side of life.

2. The man in room 101 loves going to parties and meeting people.

3. The person who works at a hospital is from down-under.

4. Mr. Grove doesn’t like telling strangers what his job is—especially not

motorists.

5. Mr. Harvey sold two houses last week. The person in the room next to him

often deals with divorces and wills.

6. The person who wears a uniform to work has green fingers.

7. The woman who speaks German as well as she speaks English hates spending

money.

8. The tradesman has a dress rehearsal tonight.

9. The person who loves ordering people about has an end room.

10. Mr. Harvey has been an ornithologist for nearly twenty years.

11. The state agent’s wife passed away last year.

12. Mrs. Williams has an excellent serve.

13. The person with a tanned scalp has a very high opinion of himself.

14. The person in the room next to the plumber often visits Art Galleries.

15. Mr. Petty is in the room between Ms. Stevens and Mrs. Williams.

16. The traffic wardens brother was born half an hour before him.

17. The optimist is staying in room 102.

18. The solicitor hopes to play at Wimbledon one day.

19. The person in room 104 never tips.

20. Mr. Harvey is in room 105.

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II. Fill in the gaps: Read and complete the following story. Write the words on your

copybook. Use 24 words to complete the story, there are 24 words you do not need to use.

slowly rushed lighter snow

sensible sitting travel afraid

obvious shouting blue unless

although happily spend breakfast

dinner off exhibition knocking

keep dripped standing exactly

sorry rain return wished

white therefore certain journey

next other round wife

among sensitive disappointed lightning

after through without clothes

shoes waited neighbour exciting

The Princess and the Peaby Hans Christian Andersen

Once upon a time there was a prince who 1_______________ to marry a princess.

Only it had to be a real princess. He traveled all 2_______________ the world to find

one and, during his 3_______________, he found many. But there was always

something wrong. He could not say 4______________ what it was, but first one thing,

then another didn’t seem quite right. In the end, feeling tired and 5_______________,

he returned to his palace, unhappy that he had not found a real princess to be his

6______________.

One evening, shortly after his 7_____________, there was a terrible storm. The

8_______________ poured down and there were flashes of 9_______________ and

loud roars of thunder.

Suddenly, there was a loud 10_______________ on the palace door and the old king,

the prince’s father, went to open it. Who should be 11_______________ there but a

beautiful princess, or so he claimed. But she looked terrible! Her hair hung limp and

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wet, drops of water 12_______________ from her nose, and her 13_______________

clung like rags to her body. But she said she was a real princess.

The king took her to see the queen.

“We’ll soon see about that!” muttered the old queen to herself. 14_______________

saying a word, she went quietly to the spare bedroom. There, she took all the

bedclothes 15_______________ the bed, and put a little pea on the bottom of it. Then

she laid twenty mattresses one upon the 16________________ on top of the little pea.

Next she put twenty eiderdowns upon the mattresses. This was the bed the princess

was to sleep in.

Next morning, when the lovely princess came down to eat 17_______________, the

king, queen and prince looked at her closely, for the queen had told the others what

she had done.

“Excuse me, my dear”, said the old queen. “How did you 18_______________ the

night? I hope you slept well”.

The princess looked at her with tired eyes and said with a sigh, “Oh dear! I’m

19_______________ not! I had an awful night. I hardly slept at all! Goodness knows

what was in my bed, but it felt so hard and lumpy underneath me. I’m black and

20_______________ all over!”

The king, queen and prince started smiling 21_______________. It was plain that the

lady was a real princess. For she had felt the little pea through twenty mattresses and

twenty eiderdowns. No one but a true princess could have such 22_______________

skin.

The prince was delighted and married her because at last he was 23_______________

certain he had found a real princess. As for the little pea, it was put on a marble stand

and exhibited in the Royal Museum. It is there to this day, 24_______________ of

course, it has been lost.

Adapted from Vocabulary games and activities for teachers by Peter Watcyn-Jones, 1983. Penguin Books.

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III. Sort out the text: The following newspaper article is completely mixed up.

See if you can put it in the right order by numbering the lines 1-27. (Some

numbers are already filled in) Do this activity in your copybook.

LUCKY CHRIS FALLS FROM 22 FLOORS UP THEN WALKS AWAY 12 A stunned passer-by rushed to give him the kiss of life, but

____ absolute miracle he survived. He must have fallen more than

____ ‘comfortable’. He has broken an elbow, neck injuries and minor

____ down and walked away. Security guards watching on a video

1 A man plunged 200 feet from the top of a tower block yesterday—

____ hospital.

____ but there wasn’t a spot of blood anywhere”

____ They could not believe their eyes when Chris, 26, climbed

____ roof of a parked car.

____ John Walley, caretaker at the flats said yesterday: “It’s an

____ and walked away almost unhurt. Chris Saggers sailed past

____ 200 feet and he must have been going at a fair old speed. There

____ from the flattened Nissan Micra car and headed off up a

____ Police later found him wandering nearby and took him to

____ twenty two floors of a block of flats before landing on the

____ cuts and bruises.

____ Seconds later, he climbed out the wreckage, dusted himself

____ a very-much-alive Chris muttered: “I’m fine” and walked off.

21 Chris, who lives near Salford, was taken to nearby Hope

____ monitor at the council flats in Salford, Greater Manchester,

____ Hospital where his condition last night was described as

____ were convinced he was falling to certain death.

____ was glass everywhere and the car was a complete write-off,

____ side street.

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I. Listening: Eyes on the Stars

Directions: Play the short cartoon “Eyes on the Stars” TWICE. The first time, only try to see if you can get the main point of the story. The second time, listen for specific details.

The narrator speaks very quickly, so it’s OK if you need to stop and replay parts of the clip!

Then answer the questions below:

1. What year does the story take place?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Why did all of the adults stare at Ronald when he walked through the library?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. What does the librarian threaten to do if Ronald doesn’t leave the library right away?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. What show did Ronald like to watch when he was older?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5. Why did Ronald’s brother think “Star Trek” was unrealistic?______________________________________________________________________6. What happened to the public library in Ronald’s town after his death?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Source: http://storycorps.org/animation/eyes-on-the-stars/

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II. Listening: The Big Bang Theory

Directions: Play the clip from “The Big Bang Theory.” Play the clip once for comprehension. Then, play it again. As you are watching it the second time, answer the questions below:

1. Name three of the guesses that Leonard and Amy guess for round one of “Pictionary.”______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. What is the correct answer to round one?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. What is the correct answer to round two? What does Sheldon say is missing from Leonard’s picture?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. What is the correct answer to round three?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5. What are the three pictures Sheldon draws in round three?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6. What does Sheldon misunderstand about the word he must draw in round three?

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eqlo9yCMkIU

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III. Listening: The Great Dictator

Directions: Listen to the end of Charlie Chaplin’s famous speech from “The Great Dictator” and fill in the blanks as best you can. Chaplin speaks VERY fast, so it’s OK if you need to stop and replay parts. START THE CLIP AT 2:59

Soldiers! Don’t give yourselves to ______________, men who despise you and ____________, you; who regiment your lives, tell you what to ____________, what to ____________, or what to ____________,! Who drill you, diet you, treat you like ____________, use you as cannon fodder!

Don’t give yourselves to these ____________ men—____________men with ____________ minds and ____________ hearts! You are not machines! You are not cattle! You are men! You have the love of ____________ in your hearts! You don’t ____________!

Only the ____________hate; the ____________and the ____________.

Soldiers! Don’t fight for ____________! Fight for ____________!

In the ____________ chapter of St. Luke, it is written “the kingdom of ______ is within man”, not one man nor a group of men, but in ____________ men! In you! You, the ____________, have the ____________, the ____________ to create machines, the power to create ____________! You, the people, have the power to make this life ____________ and ____________, to make this life a wonderful ____________. Then in the name of ____________, let us use that power.

Let us all ____________!

Let us fight for a new world, a ____________ world that will give men a chance to ____________, that will give ____________ a future and old age a ____________. By the promise of these things, brutes have ____________ to power. But they ____________! They do not ____________ their promise. They never will!

Dictators free ____________ but they enslave the ____________!

Now let us ____________ to fulfill that promise! Let us fight to ____________ the world! To do away with national ____________! To do away with ____________, with ____________ and ____________!

Let us fight for a world of ____________, a world where ____________ and ____________ will lead to all men’s _______________.

Soldiers, in the name of ____________, let us all ____________!

Source: http://stanfaryna.wordpress.com/2011/10/04/the-final-speech-of-the-great-dictator-by-sir-charles-chaplin/

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I. Missing words: Choose the correct noun to complete each of the following sentences.

backlog plaque legacy custodygist referendum audition correlation

antidote discrepancy proverb clemencyconscription heyday obituary euphemism

1. Britain has a professional army, so _______________is no longer needed.

2. You told me you paid 2,000 for your computer, yet the bill comes to 1,250

pounds. How do you explain the __________________?

3. To pass away is a(n) ________________ for to die.

4. “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket” is an old _________________.

5. “Swinging London” was in its __________________ in the 1960s.

6. As fas as I know, there is no known ________________ for this poison.

7. Before getting the part in the new musical she had to attend a(n)

________________.

8. A(n) _______________ was held to determine the wishes of the people

regarding nuclear power.

9. No one doubts nowadays that there is a strong _______________ between

smoking and lung cancer.

10. According to the _______________ on the wall, Richard Burton was born

here.

11. After the divorce, Mrs Piper was awarded _______________ of the children.

12. As it was her first offence, the magistrate showed ________________ and

let her off with a warning.

13. When I returned from my holiday, there was a(n) ________________ of

work waiting for me.

14. I don’t really have time to read the report now, Claire. Could you give me the

_______________ of it?

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Vocabulary

Corner

15. My uncle always reads the _______________ column in The Times every

morning just to make sure he is still alive.

16. His grandmother died, leaving him a small ________________.

II. Words of similar meaning: adjectives. Add a word which is similar in

meaning to each group.

belligerent lowly civil repulsive

sly impetuous perilous pollutedferocious tranquil courageous intricate

wilful immense dejected weary

1. Colossal, enormous, huge ________________

2. Calm, peaceful, still ________________

3. Dirty, foul, unclean ________________

4. Brave, gallant, heroic ________________

5. Artful, crafty, deceitful ________________

6. Fierce, savage, vicious ________________

7. dangerous, unsafe, risky ________________

8. Obstinate, stubborn, headstrong ________________

9. Exhausted, fatigued, tired ________________

10. Humble, meek, modest ________________

11. Frightful, hideous, ugly ________________

12. Depressed, sad, unhappy ________________

13. Courteous, friendly, polite ________________

14. Aggressive, hostile, militant ________________

15. Complex, complicated, involved ________________

16. Hasty, impulsive, rash ________________

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III. True or false: You must bet between 10 and 100 points for each statement.

Write your results in your copybook.

Statement True False Bet Loss Gain1. I don’t have any money—I’m bald.2. I couldn’t eat anymore, thank you. I’m fed up.3. When you buy something you are usually given a recipe.4. I’m starving. I’d better put a warm coat on.5. You usually find a grater in the living room.6. Most people would like to be a hostage if they were given the chance.7. Most gardeners are usually proud of their weeds.8. A rung is part of a ladder.9. You usually keep a dustbin in the kitchen.10. We can’t eat this bread it’s mouldy.11. It’s very hot let’s sit in the shadow.12. Long Johns are worn by men.13. In Britain you usually wear a vest under your shirt.14. He must have run all the way—he’s panting.15. I need a saucepan to boil these potatoes.

Total losses/gains: _________

________

Grand total: _________

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I. Transactional Matching

1. Sts in groups of four will then be divided into two pairs. The two pairs will be

playing against each other.

2. Each pair will receive a copy of the transactional expressions.

3. The sheet contains the beginning and end of different sentences that can be used in

transactional letters. The second part of each sentence also contains a mistake (this is a

spelling mistake, a missing word, or an extra unnecessary word)

4. The student pairs then take it in turn to:

Match the beginning of the sentence in the first column to the ending in the

second column.

Identify and correct the mistake in the second column.

Each group will have a maximum of 30 seconds each time. The other team should time

them. They should write their answers down on a separate piece of paper.

5. Stop the game after 15-20 minutes. The pair in each group that has matched and

corrected the largest number of sentences is the winner in that group. They receive 1

point for matching the beginning and the end and 2 points if they match, identify the

mistake and correct it.

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Writing Corner

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II. Paragraphs

1. Students work in pairs. One pair will receive the article on Maltese food and the other will receive the article on Improving your English. They should not show their papers to each other.

2. The articles can be divided into six paragraphs. The text therefore contains five paragraph breaks which come between some of the words in bold. You must identify where the breaks come and write the words that they come between copying the table at the bottom of the page in your copybooks.

3. Students work on their own to identify where their paragraph breaks come. When they finish, they get together to see who correctly identified each break.

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III. Job applications

1. Sts in pairs will read the job advertisement. Check that you understand what the

advertisement is asking.

2. The group will receive a set of letters answering the job advertisement. These are five

different applications for the same job from five different people. One of them is

perfect, the others all contain mistakes in style and register (the grammar itself is good

in all of them)

3. You should arrange the letters in order, beginning with the least suitable application

and ending with the most suitable one. You should do this by looking at the expressions

in each one and deciding how formal or informal they are.

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SPEAKING CORNER

I. First to ten

1. Students work in pairs2. Each student in the pair receives a different handout A and B. They

shouldn’t show the pictures to each other.3. Both students have the same pictures but they are in different order.

They must choose pictures in their sheets and describe them to their partner, who must decide which picture is being described.

4. Student A begins by choosing any picture on their sheet and describe them to their partner. Student B decides which picture is being described (they can ask each other questions if they need to clarify any points) and then gives Student A the corresponding letter for that picture. Student A writes this in a table in his/her copybook. Then they switch roles, with Student B describing a picture and Student A matching it.

5. As soon as you have matched 10 pictures, say ‘Finish’ and stop playing. Check that you have made correct matches. The first pair in the class to correctly match ten pictures is the winner.

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II. Differences

1. Students work in pairs.2. One student in each pair will receive a different picture, A or B.

Students shouldn’t show the pictures to each other.3. The pictures are very similar, but there are ten small differences.4. The first pair to find all ten differences is the winner.

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III. Keep on talking

1. Students need to work groups of 3 (one of the students needs to be the interviewer) or 4, 2 are interviewed first and then they swap.

2. Each interviewer will receive a copy of the topic cards.3. The interviewer is going to ask each team of two to talk about some

subjects that are typical in the Speaking test of the FCE exam. For each subject the teams will have to talk for two minutes.

4. The interviewer should take a card at random from the set of topic cards, and read the question to one of the teams. He/She should not show the cards to the teams.

5. The interviewer should take a card at random from the set of topic cards, and the read the question to one of the teams. He/She should not show the card to the teams.

6. The two members in that team should talk together for two minutes. While they are doing this the interviewer will be listening for key words that are in the grid below each topic.

7. Each time the interviewer hears the students use one of the key words; he/she ticks it on the grid. At the end of the two minutes, they must stop talking, and the interviewer awards them 1 point for each key word they spoke.

8. The interviewer stops until the team talks about 5 different topics. The winning team is the team that has accumulated the most points by using the most key words.

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