Raising money for charity

 
 
 
 
 
 

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Lesson plan 
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Shopping is
 
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© British Council 2012 
 
Task 3 
Vocabulary (37 mins) 
Q1. Definition matching (5 mins) 
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Ask the students to match the idioms with the definition, individually and then in pairs, 
before feeding back as a group. 
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For higher levels, a more interactive approach would be to cut up the idioms and 
definitions and distribute them amongst the group of students. Students mingle to 
find their matching pair of idiom and definition. 
Q2. Pre-vocabulary task (2 mins) 
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Allow the students to discuss the two questions in pairs before feeding back as a 
group.
Q3. Replace phrases in the text (10 mins) 
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Tell the students to replace the phrases in the text with the ‘shop’ idioms they studied 
in Q1. 
Q4. Sentence creation (5 mins) 
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Tell the students to make one new sentence using the two unused idioms from the 
previous task in Q3.
 
Q5. Writing (15 mins) 
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Students write their story either on their own or with a partner. 
A motivating way to encourage students to write together is to use an online collaborative 
writing tool like: 
http://willyou.typewith.me
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Put the students in pairs or threes. 
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Ask one student to access the link and generate a title for their story. 
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Tell this student to send an email with the URL link to their partners. 
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Everyone can then all write on the same document from different computers and 
continue their collaborative writing out of class if they wish. 
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When finished, display the finished products around the classroom and feedback 
common errors. 
6. Dictionary work for early finishers.