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Spotlight 10 Module 1
This document contains information about Module 1 of an English language course, including sections on listening and speaking skills, grammar exercises, literature exercises, writing skills, and a citizenship lesson on recycling. The citizenship lesson includes activities where students list items made from various materials and guess how long each item takes to decompose in a landfill, with scientists' estimates provided. It also includes instructions for making a paper cup from a square piece of paper to start a recycling program.
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- 2. 1b. Listening &Speaking Skills
- 3. 1c. Grammar inUse Warm-up activity Grammar scattergories You’ve got 1 minute to write • Noun • Adjective • Verb • Adverb on the topic of …
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- 17. 1c. Grammar inUse How often do you…? • Go window shopping • Go clubbing • Go surfing • Go dancing • Surf the Net • Chat online • Watch documentaries
- 18. 1d. Literature Ex 4p 16 • plump ― not thin • limbs ― arms and legs • decisive ― (strong) speaking of presence of character, demonstrating confidence, etc. • fly-away ― loose/flowing
- 19. 1d. Literature Ex 4p 16 • rapidly shooting up ― growing fast • carrying herself ― moving her body • brightened ― cheered up • lecturing ― talking • worn out ― old and useless • cut in ― interrupted
- 20. 1e. Writing Skills 1D a letter giving advice 2 B a letter giving your news 3 E a letter of apology 4 C a thank-you letter 5 F a letter congratulating someone 6 G a reply to a party invitation 7 H a letter asking for advice 8 A a get-well letter
- 21. 1e. Writing Skills DearJane, 1 opening remarks/reason(s) for writing 2 life in the new city 3 writer’s feelings about the change 4 closing remarks Yours, Fiona
- 22. Culture Corner • Doyou like to keep up with the latest fashion? • Do you prefer second-hand or high street shops? • Do you prefer brand names shopping? • Have you ever shopped at a street market? • Do you do your shopping reasonably? • What kind of colour and fabrics do you like most of all?
- 23. CITIZENSHIP Warm-up activity: WORDS FROMWORDS Write down as many one-syllable words as you can using the letters of the word DISCRIMINATION
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- 28. • Noun-ManiaNoun-Mania Start witha noun RECYCLING. Write that word at the top of a sheet of paper. Extend the list by writing a noun that begins with the last letter of the noun before it: recycling – garbage – environment – tree … • The person with the longest list of nouns at the end of two minutes is the winner. Going Green
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- 32. newspapers and magazines usedpaper plastic bottles glass bottles aluminium cans
- 33. Work in groupsof 4. Ask each other questions to know who recycles newspapers, plastic bottles, glass bottles, aluminium cans, used paper. Present your findings in the graph. 0 10 people newspapers glass bottles used paper newspapers plastic bottles glass bottles aluminium cans used paper
- 34. leather boot aluminiumcan bananas plastic cup rubber sole of the leather boot cigarette butt plastic jug cotton rug wool sock paper bag glass bottles
- 35. 1. Answer thequestions: • What will happen to these items when they end up in the landfill? • Do they disappear / decompose immediately? Or will they continue to take up space in the landfill?
- 36. 2. Think onyour own about how long each of the items on the list might last when buried in a landfill. Make a list by writing each item in order according to how long they think it might last in a landfill. Start your lists with the item you think will degrade fastest and end with the one that will last the longest.
- 37. leather boot aluminiumcan bananas plastic cup rubber sole of the leather boot cigarette butt plastic jug cotton rug wool sock paper bag glass bottles
- 38. 1. banana 2. paperbag 3. cotton rug 4. wool sock 5. cigarette butt 6. leather boot 7. rubber sole of the boot 8. aluminum can 9. plastic cup 10.plastic jug 11.glass bottle
- 39. 3. Now whenyou know the correct order, brainstorm in small groups how long (how many weeks, months, or years) each item will last. Share your guesses about how long items will last. Look at scientists' approximations listed below:
- 40. • banana - •paper bag - • cotton rug - • wool sock - • cigarette butt - • leather boot - • rubber sole - • aluminum can - • plastic cup - • plastic jug – • glass bottle - 3 to 4 weeks 1 month 5 months 1 year 2 to 5 years 40 to 50 years 50 to 80 years 200 to 500 years 1 million years unknown? forever? unknown? forever? ????????????????????
- 41. Start your ownrecycling program! You can recycle used paper into a real paper cup. Follow the instructions.
- 42. Step 1: Take yoursquare piece of paper. Step 2: Fold your square on the diagonal, matching up corners A and B.
- 43. Step 3: Fold cornerof A to edge B. Step 4: Fold corner A to corner B.
- 44. Step 5: Take thetop flap (flap A) and fold down toward you. Turn the cup over and repeat the step with the other remaining flap. Step 6: Enjoy your cup! If you followed the instructions above, your cup should look like this and be able to hold water.
Editor's Notes
- #4 I write the categories 'noun', 'adjective', 'verb', 'adverb' on the board. Then I give a topic such as 'in the kitchen' or 'at the football'. The students have a minute to find suitable words for reach category.