SESSION 1:
REVISION
REVISE!
GRAMMAR:
Conditional Sentences
I wish, If only clauses
I'd rather/sooner, I'd prefer it if, I prefer...
Reported Speech: statements, questions (wh-questions and polar questions), commands.
VOCABULARY:
Journalism: Vocabulary from sessions 20-22 (social media, checking the source, foreign correspondents, editors, headlines, feature writing, sting operations, phone-hacking, rogue reporters...)
Sharing news
Reporting verbs. Difference between say and tell. Function reporting verbs: argue, advice, complain, deny...
1. Conditional Sentences:
2. I wish clauses:
3. I'd rather, I'd prefer, I prefer...
Exercise 1:
Exercise 2:
Complete the sentences:
4. Reported Speech:
Main features:
Reporting verbs always in the past: said, told, asked, cried, advised...Revise irregular past forms:
Verb back-shift and change of time and place reference. No inverted commas:
PRESENT- PAST- PAST PERFECT
" I need a pair of scissors", she said
She said she needed a pair of scissors
"Paul called me yesterday", he said
He said Paul had called him the day before
No inversion: Subject-Verb as in statements, no question marks, no inverted commas in questions:
"Where do you live?", she asked
She asked where I lived
Who did you meet in the cinema last Saturday? asked my mom
My mum wanted to know who I had met in the cinema there previous Saturday
"Will you come with me to the party?" requested Sally
Sally requested if he would go with her to the party
"Did you recall her name" she wondered
She wondered if I had recalled her name
Use of to infinitive for commands:
"Please open your books on page 54", the teacher said
The teacher requested us to open our books on page 50
Exercise:
Change to reported speech:
Check your understanding!
Pages 119 & 120 from your books Citizen Z B2 for further practice.
SESSION 2:
THE NEWS CLIP
1. Look at the pictures on page 116 from your books Citizen Z B2. Answer the questions below:
Where do you think they are going?
Why do you think Nicole is late for the bus?
2. Read while you listen to Justin, Emma, Liam and Nicole in one of their adventures and check your answers. Audio 3.11
3. Write five lines about what you think happens next.
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4. Watch the video to find out how the story continues and do exercise 5 from page 117.
5. Phrases for fluency: Do exercises 1 and 2 from page 117.
6. Expressions with way. Do exercises 1-3 form the Vocabulary section on page 117.
SESSION 3:
LAUGHING AT YOURSELF
One of the most valuable skills you can develop in your life is the ability to laugh at yourself, and yet far too many people never make the effort to develop it. Embarrassment is inevitable - we’re human.
1. Listen to Dr. Canfield talking about the benefits of laughing at ourselves and answers the questions below:
Why are we reluctant to laugh at ourselves?
Why is it the way you respond to mistakes so important?
What is the difference between people laughing at you and people laughing with you?
What are the benefits of laughter?
What ability did Presidents Kennedy or Reagan have?
What personal anecdote does Dr. Canfield tell and what do we learn from it?
2. Remember the interview in the Photostory on page 116 and 117 and answer these questions: How did Nicole's friends react to what happened after the interview? How did Nicole herself react?
3. How embarrassing are the situations in exercise 2 on page 118. Put them in order from more embarrassing to less embarrassing and say why.
4. Think about an embarrassing situation you or somebody you know experienced. Say:
Who was the person?
What happened?
Why was it embarrassing?
How did the person react?
5. Learn form this: Watch this video and say how the person reacted and how this saved the interview.
6. Conclusion:
Why was or would have been laughing at yourself beneficial in an embarrassing situation?
Do you know anybody that is good at laughing at him/herself?
How do you usually react when you do or say something embarrassing?
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