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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

11 Complete and Discuss

The activity aims to have students state causes and effects by integrating their reading skills with writing,
listening and speaking.

Materials and Preparation
Cards on pages 209 and 210
The answer sheet on page 211
As a preparation, the teacher photocopies the cards and answer sheets as many as the number of groups
and cuts out the cards.

Procedure
1 Put students into groups of three or four, depending on the size of the class and hand out the cards
and answer sheet to each group.
2 Let them read the cards and complete the “Cause” or “Effect” part using cohesive devices to have
accurate and coherent sentences. Remind students that they should write their answers on the
answer sheet.
3 Give students enough time for the task. When they’re done, let the groups discuss their answers.
4 After the discussion is over, read out the suggested answers for students to check their work. Remind
them that any accurate and coherent sentences will be accepted.
5 Award two points for each correct sentence they’ve made. The group(s) with the most points will win
the game.

12 Causes and Effects

The aim of the activity is to raise students’ awareness about causes and effects of problems.

Materials and Preparation
Worksheet on page 212
Audio script on page 193
As a preparation, the teacher photocopies the worksheet and the audio script as many as the number
of groups.

Procedure
1 Put students into groups of four or five, and hand out the worksheet to each group.
2 Tell students that they are going to listen to an interview about some up-to-date problems. Explain
them that each problem is mentioned with either its cause(s) or its effect(s) in the audio, and they
are required to tick () in the cause or effect boxes based on what they hear for each problem.
3 Have them listen to the audio twice. Then, hand out the audio script to each group, and have them
check for the answers.
4 After that, have each group discuss, and then write some solutions for each problem on the
worksheet.
5 Finally, ask them to share their solutions with the class.

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