Generating ideas* Work in pairs or small groups.. Describe the teacher you liked best at school, and say why you liked him/her.. * Sentences 1-9 and a-i have the same meaning but sente
Trang 1 Generating ideas
* Work in pairs or small groups Describe the teacher you liked best at school, and say why you liked him/her
Increasing range
* Read the texts A and B which one is more interesting? Why?
* Sentences 1-9 and a-i have the same meaning but
sentences a-i use a greater range of words and phrases Complete a-i by referring to texts A and B
1 He was my teacher at primary school
2 Most of my teachers were older
3 He was young
4 He was nice
5 I think teachers should…
6 He liked basketball
7 We did some good art activities
8 … which was good
9 I’m a musician because of him
a) I _ him at primary school
b) Most of teachers were _
c) He was in his _
d) He _ to us
e) _ teachers should
f) He was _ basketball
g) I _some _art activities
h) …which was _
i) I _ musician _ him
Improving a text
You can make a text more interesting to read by:
1 using range of words and phrases to express ideas Don’t
repeat adjectives such as good and nice, or verbs such as
was and were or liked
2 Giving as much details as you can Answer questions:
Who? Why? What was it like? about your text
3 Giving examples where possible
Trang 2* Compare the texts A and B find two examples of tips 1-3 in text B
Giving details and examples
* Use ideas from the box on the left to make the text below more interesting You will need to add words to connect the ideas
tell good stories
worked hard for her
about 55
became more confident
funny
did badly in other subjects
modern languages teacher
wild black hair
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