READY Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 179
Vocab Activity
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Do the activity to review the vocabulary (show the word cards): clear, correct, exam, explain, hard,
homework, knowledge, model, not very…, pass, question, remember to do sth, study, wrong.
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Review the vocabulary using the word cards before doing the activity.
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Guess What (VA #14)
Choose a word from the reviewed words (for example, "question"). Don't tell the pupil the word you
chose. Give a clue about the word using vocabulary the pupils know, e.g., Something that you ask.
Have pupils identify the correct word. For each incorrect guess, add another clue, e.g., It can be on
an exam. (Elicit: It is a question.)
Play a few rounds to practice different words. The teacher may choose a volunteer to lead.
Vocabulary
New
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Teach the new vocabulary using the word cards: agree, any, council, decide, decision, excellent, How
about? join, member, mistake, president.
Say the phrase member of the student council. Ask pupils what they think it means. Use L1 to
explain if needed.
Ask pupils: Is there a student council at our school? What does the student council do?
Ask pupils how the new words are connected to student council.
Ask pupils to determine the difference between "decide" and "decision" (Elicit that one is a verb
(action word), and one is a noun (thing).)
Have pupils point to and read each new word in their Course Books on pages 122-123.
Ready to Read with Words I Know – New Phonics Pattern
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Tell pupils that the letters "-sion" at the end of a word make the sound /zhun/ in English as in the word’s
decision, television. Point out to pupils that we do not hear the individual letters.
Ask pupils which of these words is a new word they have just learned. Elicit: decision
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Ask: How many parts (syllables) does the word ‘decision’ have? (Elicit: 3)
Say and clap to count the syllables: /de/ /ci/ /sion/ ‘decision’
Have the pupils say and clap the syllables with you.
Ask pupils what other words they know with this pattern.
Vocab Activity
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Do the activity to review and practice the vocabulary (show the word cards): agree, any, council, decide,
decision, excellent, How about? join, member, mistake, president.
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Vocabulary Auction (VA #28)
Divide the class into teams. Give each team a set amount of “money” (play cash or points).
Display vocabulary words and let the teams bid on words.
Once a team wins a word, they must define it or use it in a sentence to “keep” it. If they cannot,
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UNIT 3 / PART 3
