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Life Skills: For fun: Learning style quiz

Life Skills: Study Skills

Life Skills: Easy Listening + audio and Teacher’s notes

Life Skills: Study Skills crossword

The Study Gurus

UNIT 1

1.1

Speaking: Global Literature Postcard no 4

Video Lesson: Good Health (only until 4:55 as the last question is

about smoking and it is not age appropriate)

A day in the life of an American adolescent – survey results

The American Teenager

1.2

Guided Writing: A letter of complaint –

Teacher’s notes

Song: You’ve got a friend (Teacher’s Book

p186)

Video Lesson – Confessions

Video Lesson – Regrets

Life Skills: Social Skills

Visit New Quay

1.3

Extended Reading Text: She was surfing Reading: Lucky Escapes

Reading: Sharks

Life Skills: For Fun – Emoticons

Bethany Hamilton’s official website and her story with embedded

videos.

Fisherman escape croc attack on Australian ABC News – a TV report

1.4

CLIL Lesson: Citizenship – Teacher’s notes Reading: He had a dream

Life Skills: Respect Others + Picture prompts

Life Skills: Challenging Assumptions

About famous American historical events + crimes and scandals.

Top 10 important event in US history

About Racism with embedded video

OTHER

Reading: The Language Garden

Listening: Global Voices

Graded Reader:

Ambrose Bierce: Owl Creek Bridge and Other Stories

Joe Simpson: Touching the Void

CULTURE

Reading: Fight for your rights

Reading: Women in power

Women in the world history - portraits

UNIT 2

2.1

Guided Writing: A description of a celebrity

and Teacher’s notes

Speaking – Anecdote about a Film you enjoyed

Reading: Rio; Avatar; Up

The International Movie Database

2.2

Life Skills: Team work

Life skills: What do you see?

Lamda drama school

Essential skills for teens

Life Skills: Skills and Attitude

Video Lesson - The Articulate Hand

2.3

Extended Reading Text: Books are left in

public places

Guided Writing: A book review – Teacher’s

notes

Reading: Free!

Infograph - 10 Idioms about books

The bookcrossing.com website

Goodreads.com and Amazon are both excellent places to read

reviews of various kinds of books.

2.4

Guided Writing: An essay about art –

Teacher’s notes

CLIL Lesson: Pop Art (Workbook p112-113)

Reading: Art ; Andy Warhol; Street Art; Artist unknown; The

fourth plinth

The Tate’s collection of artworks in pictures.

Quiz: Modern art or toddler art?

OTHER

Guided Speaking: Tell your group – Teacher’s

notes

Reading: Telling fact from fiction

Infograph Lesson - Atlantis

Video Lesson - Child prodigy

Graded Reader:

Ian Fleming: Casino Royale

www.bbc.co.uk/arts

UNIT 3

3.1

Extended Reading Text: There could be tens

of billions of planets

Reading: Exploring Mars; Space Stories; The International Space

Station; Mars 500, Would you go?

Infograph Lesson – Mars, the red planet

The Mars One project

http://www.space.com/

Solar system 101 video

3.2

Reading: Same but different

Explore more examples of unusual and funny laws around the world

on these sites. (Change the country on the top for more results). Or

look at this collection from all around the world.

10 craziest laws around the world.

3.3

Guided Writing: An e-mail giving advice –

Teacher’s notes

Reading: Phobias

Video: Useful phrases

Life skills tips: ways of giving advice

Life Skills: Dealing with Stress + video:

Advice for teens how to be more socially accepted with embedded

video.

Find more topics on friendship troubles and how to solve them here.

3.4

Guided Speaking: Word issues – Teacher’s

notes

CLIL lesson: Food security – Teacher’s notes

Video: Charities and crises (on Inspiration 3

Interactive Classroom software)

Video Lesson: Earth Hours

Reading: Car crises; Food prices; Fair Trade; Slow food; Saving

time

Speaking: Going Green

Video: Useful Phrases - expressing opinion

Life skills tips: giving your opinion; expressing personal opinions in

writing

Games: - Viewpoint Jigsaw; Discussion Game

Explore global issues through articles describing various problems and

their causes.

Explore the topic electricity and energy on kids.saveonenergy.ca.or on

alliantenergykids.

CULTURE

Pluralingual Lesson: Harry Potter – a global

phenomenon

Reading: Two literary giants; Mark Twain

Graded Readers:

Gandhi

Jane Austen: Persuasion

Ian Fleming: Live and Let Die

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: The Sign of Four

OTHER

Life Skills: Critical Thinking

Graded Reader:

Alexandre Dumas: The Treasure of Monte Cristo

Geoffrey Matthews: The Space Invaders

Pangrams (extension on the Unit 3-4 Preview page ‘Believe it or not’ )

Absurd and amusing signs from around the world

Signspotting.com

UNIT 4

4 .1

Reading: Haunted House; The unexplained

Paranormal Society website

Ghost Hunters TV Show episodes to watch

4.2

Reading: Superstitions ; Nostradamus

An extensive compilation of the most interesting superstitions and

taboos around the world.

25 strangest superstitions ever with embedded audio.

13 Common superstitions

Read your daily, weekly, monthly and annual horoscope.

4.3

Extended Reading Text: If you follow this

advice…

Life Skills: Time management Help guide

How to improve your memory

About the brain

How do I keep my brain young?

Why is your memory so important?

4.4

Video Lesson: The Pedlar

Infograph Lesson: Dreams

Reading: A telling tale

Writing: How to write a short story

Articles on various storytelling techniques

13 Great Storytelling Techniques

How to tell a great story – video tutorial

OTHER

CLIL Lesson: The Human brain (Workbook

p114-115)

Song: Celebrate the Future (Teacher’s Book

p.187)

Infograph Lesson – Flying across the world – Bird migration

Graded Readers:

F.Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby

Daphne du Maurier: Rebecca

Philip Prowse: The Woman Who Disappeared

UNIT 5

5.1

Speaking: Domestic chores

Long way around official website

5.2

Video: Extreme sports (on Inspiration 3

Interactive Classroom software)

Reading: Extreme Sports; Rugby; Darts; Surfing

Word search: Sport 1 and 2

Video: A challenge

A complete list of extreme sports

41 Extreme Sports Listed From Intense To INSANE!

Read about extreme sports stories and news on the extreme sports

company blog, such as surfing through the catacombs of Paris

5.3

Extended Reading Text: We’ve been friend

ever since we met since we met

Guided Speaking: Ask and tell – Teacher’s

notes

Reading: Lionel Messi The official Usain Bolt website

A video report and interview with Ellen MacArthur.

Britain’s Sports Personality of the year 2016: Who is your favourite?

5.4

Reading: Scott of the Antarctic

Video Lesson – The Journey

Life Skills: Active Listening

Things to do in Peru

Lonely planet Road Trips

Choose from travel destinations all around the world, click on the

travel guide tab to discover things to do, how to travel responsibly

there and further tips.

CULTURE

Culture Lesson: Your holiday, their home –

Teacher’s notes

Guided Writing: A blog for and against a topic

– Teacher’s notes

Reading: You are grounded! Defining ecotourism

About Ecotourism

Tips for traveling responsibly

About over tourism

OTHER

CLIL Lesson: The Olympic Games – Teacher’s

notes

Reading: Sports; The mind of a sports fan

Critical Thinking: The Olympic Spirit

Graded Readers:

Wilbur Smith: The Eye of the Tiger

The Story of the Olympics

Let’s talk colour names – video

The colour of words

UNIT 6

6.1

CLIL Lesson: Inventions that shaped our world

(Workbook p116-117)

Reading: Symbols of Courage; Challenges Collection of the crazy inventions and weird ideas

My simple invention designed to keep my grandfather safe TED Talk

Soon you will download your clothes TED talk

6.2

Extended Reading Text: People didn’t use to

throw things away

Reading: Luxury; Charity begins at home

Plastic bottle recycling ideas

Upcycling ideas

Recycling Guide

6.3

Video Lesson – Wrong answers

Quiz: Monuments

Reading: Penicilin; Bright ideas;

Life Skills: Get thinking

Famous inventions

Famous inventors

Inventions timeline

Top 10 inventions of all time

About inventions

6.4

Reading: Rain and Fire; Chocolate

Read about how things are made, such as coffee.

How to describe a process – with embedded audio

Making potato chips – with embedded video

OTHER

Song: Brown-eyed Girl (Teacher’s Book p.188)

Reading: The Red Cross; Whose idea?; The Meat of the Future;

Robots

Speaking: Global Literature Postcard no 7

Graded Readers:

Daniel Dafoe: Robinson Crusoe

Kick off! The Story of Football

Extension on the Unit 5-6 Preview page ‘Believe it or not’ section with

embedded video.

About Yoshiro Nakamatsu

UNIT 7

7 .1

Reading: Amazing Apes; Strange, but true

Video Lesson: My Humans

Animal communication a document film

Kanzi, the Bonobo talks to reporters

7.2

Extended Reading Text: He said he couldn’t

remember

Reading: Junk E-mail; The Apps explosion; Video Games;

Computers; Gadgets; Happy 21st birthday

Video Lesson: Need a Translation?

Life Skills: Social Networking

In memoriam Ray Tomlinson with embedded radio interview and

video

Alone together – TED Talk

7 .3

Life Skills: Get thinking

Life Skills: Think creatively

About William Kamkwamba and his TED talk: How I harnessed the

wind

7.4

Reading: Freedom for the Chilean Miners!; The rescue of the 33;

Trapped Underground; Disaster in Pakistan; Mobiles

How mobile phones helped solve two murders – TED Talk

Current news on BBC.

CULTURE

Culture Lesson: English in the world –

Teacher’s notes

Reading: Language barriers About English Language

OTHER

Guided Speaking: Noughts and crosses –

Teacher’s notes

CLIL Lesson: Blogging – Teacher’s notes

Life Skills: Critical thinking

Graded Readers:

Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice

Philip Prowse: Bristol Murder

Philip Prowse: The Woman who Disappeared

About communication

Infographic: Communication through the ages

Infographic: The evolution of communication

Infographic: Communication channels: facts and figures; pros and

cons

UNIT 8

8.1

Extended Reading Text: They should have

thought…

CLIL Lesson: Forces of nature (Workbook

p118-119)

Reading: Water; Plenty of Fish; Extraordinary Ice; Environmental

crises; Litter; Deforestation; UN Climate change conference -

Infograph Lesson: Water Day

About water

About saving water

100 ways to conserve water

Home water challenge

Calculate water usage

4 ways we can avoid a catastrophic drought – TED Talk

Gallery: The Power of water – with embedded video

Drought? What drought? The perils of water denial

8.2

Critical Eye Lesson: Bolt from the blue Wilderness Survival Quiz

About wilderness survival

8.3

Reading: Architecture; MAXXI; Dubai Tower; London Bridge;

Moulin Rouge

Quiz: Monuments

25 Wackiest And Most Unique Hotels On Earth - video

25 Of The Strangest And Most Unusual Buildings On Earth

50 most amazing buildings of the world

8.4

Video: Australia (on Inspiration 3 Interactive

Classroom software)

Reading: Australia; Two countries; The United States; England

Quiz: Scotland; Country challenge

Infograph Lesson: Iceland

Graded readers:

Cultural Reader: Australia

Cultural Reader: The United States of America

Cultural Reader: England

Cultural Reader: China

The World Factbook

CIA: World Factbook

Fact Monster: Countries of the World

OTHER

Song: I will survive (Teacher’s book p189)

Graded Reader:

Richard Chisholm: Meet Me in Istanbul

TEACHER’S

NOTES

Extended Reading Text Level 3 Teaching

notes

Plurilingual lessons Level 3 Teaching notes