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THEME 2 FRIENDSHIP

FUNCTIONS
F1 Describing personal features
12 GRADE F2 Making conclusions
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F3 Stating reasons
1 Inferences about Emily

This activity aims to have students draw conclusions and make inferences.

Materials and Preparation
Copy the material on page 36 and make sure that each student in the class has one.

Procedure

1 Hand out the copies to the students and have them listen carefully to the short story you are about
to read. Tell them they will need to use the information given in the story to draw conclusions.
2 Read the following story aloud. Read it twice if necessary.
“Emily arrived home early that evening. When she opened the door, she saw that the house was messy.
She thought Brian was at home, too. A strange sound was coming from the backyard, but she ignored it.
‘Honey, are you at home?’ she shouted. No one replied. Then, she noticed a letter on the kitchen counter
saying ‘Come to the backyard as soon as you read this.’ Emily was scared; she thought calling 911, but she
decided to go and check what was going on. Walking on the balls of her feet, she arrived at the back door
and opened it. Suddenly, a dozen of people screamed: Surprise!”
3 Give them at least ten minutes to answer the questions. Then, elicit and discuss the answers with
the class.

2 Incomplete Crosswords

This activity aims to revise and practice vocabulary for describing one’s personality.

Materials and Preparation
Copy and cut up the crossword puzzles on page 37; one copy is required for each group.

Procedure

1 Divide students into groups of eight or ten and then divide each group into two separate groups of
four or five—Group A and Group B.
2 Give the groups their own crosswords and tell them to keep it face down on the desk so that the
other group can’t see it.
3 Tell students that Group As and Groups Bs have different parts of the same crossword puzzle, each of
which is half-filled. Tell them that they need to complete the missing words by asking the other group
for clues in turns like “What’s across 4?”, or “What’s down 1?” Tell groups that they are supposed to
answer and try to explain/describe each missing word without using it or its derivatives. The words
that groups need to explain to each other are given in the word list at the bottom of the page.
4 When the activity is finished, have the groups compare their own crossword with their partner group
to check for any misspellings.

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