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THEME 8 DIGITAL ERA

FUNCTIONS
F1 Stating personal opinions in everyday conversations
F2 Stating preferences
10 GRADE F3 Stating causes and effects
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F4 Giving an extended description and detailed information about people/places/events
9 Reasons and Results

The activity aims to have students state causes and effects related to some pictures. It is expected to
raise students’ awareness about various everyday topics.

Materials and Preparation
Picture sets on pages 205 and 206
Causes and effects sheet on page 207
As a preparation, the teacher photocopies the picture sets and the causes and effects sheet for each
group.

Procedure
1 Put students into groups of three or four, depending on the size of the class.
2 Hand out the picture sets and the causes and effects sheet to each group.
3 Tell students that they are going to examine the picture sets provided, and write as many
sentences as possible related to them. Give them the following example.

E.g. Cause: She studied hard for the exam.
Effect: She achieved a good score.
She studied hard for the exam, so she achieved a good score.
She achieved a good score because she studied hard for the exam.

4 Monitor and guide students while they are carrying out the task.
5 When they are finished, have each group read their sentences aloud.
6 Announce the group with the most accurate sentences as the winner.

10 Read and Find

The activity aims to have students state causes and effects. It is expected to help students with their
reading, writing, and speaking skills.

Materials and Preparation
Reading text and worksheet on page 208
As a preparation, the teacher photocopies and cuts out both the worksheet and the reading text as many
as the number of students.

Procedure
1 Put students into pairs.
2 Hand out the reading text to each student and ask them to read it.
3 While reading, one student in each pair is to underline the statements of cause and the other is to
underline the statements of effect.
4 Next, hand out the worksheet to each pair and ask them to fill in it working collaboratively depending
on what they have underlined through questions and answers.
5 After they have finished filling in the sheet, have them share their dialogs.

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