English_Book_2-Teacher_300913

TEACHER’S NOTESProject 1 A snapshot of a classmate• Tell students that for this project they will beworking with a partner. Partners will intervieweach other about their leisure activities, take notes,and then make an oral presentation. For thisactivity, they will practice their listening, writing,and speaking skills.• Read the first step aloud. Have a volunteer pairtake turns reading aloud interview questions fromthe list of sample questions in the book. Elicitother questions students might ask and write themon the board. Remind students to use a balanceof information and Yes/No questions when theyinterview each other.• Read the second step and the example notes. Tellstudents to use these as a guide when they makenotes themselves.• Read the third step aloud. Have students lookat the picture of the student doing an oralpresentation on Victor. Call on a student to readthe text in the speech bubble.• Assign pairs. Have students interview each otherabout their favorite leisure activities using thequestions in the first step and other questions theymay have added to the list. Tell them to write theirnotes on note cards.• Give students time to study their notes. Explainthat their notes should guide them in theirpresentation but that they should try not to readdirectly from their notes from start to finish.Making eye contact with their audience andusing gestures can make their presentation moreinteresting.• To help them gain confidence and be familiar withtheir presentation, tell students to first practicepresenting to a partner.This is a Home/School connection activity.• You may want to ask students to practicemaking their presentations at home to theirfamily members before giving them in class.• After students have had enough practice, askthem to take turns standing and making their oralpresentations to the class. If the class is very large,you may want to have students present to groupsof five or six.T23Postcards_splitB_TE1_U02.indd T232/27/07 10:22:12 AM014-023_