before you begin look at the picture on page 39 and write as many words and ideas as you can in note...
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Before You Begin
Look at the picture on page 39 and write as many words and ideas as you can in note form in the table below. When you finish tell each other what you wrote in pairs.
A CONNECTING TO YOUR LIFE
Write as many words and notes about each country in a web. Tell each other in pairs what you wrote when you finish.
Lebanon
UAE
Egypt
1. Tuning In
A CONNECTING TO YOUR LIFE
Listen to the CD and decide which country Maryam is talking about and check the correct answer.
Tell each other in pairs or groups of three why you chose a particular country – especially which details helped you decide.
1. Tuning In
A CONNECTING TO YOUR LIFE
Tick ‘Yes’, or ‘No’ to the questions in the table and then choose one question and write the reason you answered yes or no to that question.
Tell each other your reasons in pairs.
2. Talking It Over
A CONNECTING TO YOUR LIFE
Study the six pictures and write 2 to 3 words about what you see in each first.
Then write your words in the table below under the correct heading.
2. Talking It Over
Art & Literature
Cultural Heritage
Changing roles of women
Economic power
Visionary leader
Making the world a better place
Your words Your words Your words Your words Your words Your words
example example Women pilots
example example example
A CONNECTING TO YOUR LIFE
Sit in pairs or in groups of three and tell each other what you wrote. Think of examples for each heading for the UAE. An example of the changing roles of women is women pilots in the air force.
Check www.uaeinteract.com for more information about the UAE.
2. Talking It Over
A CONNECTING TO YOUR LIFE
Read the title and write as many words and ideas about it in a web.
This is called “a pre-reading strategy”. You should adopt it and make it a step that you take before you read anything.
2. Talking It Over
Proud to be Emirati
B GETTING READY TO READ
One of the ways of learning new words and remembering them is to think of examples for the words. Read the meanings and write your own examples of the new words.
1. Learning New Words
B GETTING READY TO READ
Read the sentences and write the missing word. When you finish, tell each other your answers in pairs.
1. Learning New Words
B GETTING READY TO READ
Write as many things as you can about what you love about your country.
Use the words to write three reasons about why you love your country.
Sit in groups of 3 and agree on three reasons out of your nine combined reasons.
Tell your reasons to the whole class, or write the reasons on strips of cardboard and put them up on the classroom wall.
2. Talking It Over
C READING TO LEARN
Look at the picture and write as many words as you can that are
•names (nouns), •words that tell action (verbs) and •words that describe (adjectives).
Write a sentence that tells what the essay is going to be about. When you finish, read the sentence you wrote to each other in pairs.
1. Before You Read
C READING TO LEARN
You are about to read one of the essays that won the National Pride competition.
Think of what the writer will say in the essay and make notes.
Sit in pairs and write your predictions of what the writer will say.
[What you are doing is called a pre-reading strategy and it will help you develop faster reading and better understanding abilities].
2. Let’s Read
C READING TO LEARN
Listen to the CD and read along silently.
Make check marks or underline what you feel are the important ideas and information.
[Remember: You cannot ask questions or interrupt during the listening].
2. Let’s Read
C READING TO LEARN
Listen and read along silently again, but this time you should find the following information.
•What are Hamad’s feelings?•What does Hamad want to learn more about? Tell each other what your answers to the two questions are.
[Your books should be closed].
2. Let’s Read
C READING TO LEARN
1. One way to find the main idea in an essay is to find the most important idea in each of the three middle paragraphs and put them together as one idea.
Find the most important idea in each of the paragraphs and write them.
•Most important idea in paragraph 2 _________•Most important idea in paragraph 3 _________•Most important idea in paragraph 4 _________
3. Unlocking Meaning
C READING TO LEARN
Sit in pairs and tell each other your answers and then rewrite the three important ideas in one sentence.
Read question 1 on page 43 and find the sentence that is closest in meaning to what you wrote.
3. Unlocking Meaning
C READING TO LEARN
2. Read the sentences and underline the parts of each sentence. Write WHO, WHAT, ACTION, HOW, WHERE, WHEN or WHY above each part.
who action what whyHamad is most proud of his country because of its wealth.
These parts are details and if any of these parts are not the same as in the essay, then the sentence in false.
3. Unlocking Meaning
C READING TO LEARN
2. Make a check if the sentence is true and an if ✔ ✗it is false.
When you finish, tell each other your answers and why you marked some sentences as false.
3. Unlocking Meaning
C READING TO LEARN
3. Read each question and write down what information you will need to listen for.
When you finish, tell each other what you wrote.
Example:Why did the young men travel into the desert? We know that they traveled into the desert but we need to find the reason(s). [The ability to understand a question and to say what it is looking for is important in listening and reading. It helps us notice and locate information faster].
3. Unlocking Meaning