A2 Key For Schools Reading and Writing Part 4 - Teaching Online Lesson Notes & Handouts
A2 Key For Schools Reading and Writing Part 4 - Teaching Online Lesson Notes & Handouts
Lesson handout
Either before, or at the beginning of the lesson, share the lesson handout with your students.
Or, if you can share documents in the chat on your platform, share the
document and ask students to download a copy.
Or, if you have a files area on your platform, tell students where to find the
document and ask them to download a copy.
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Welcome
Welcome students and introduce what they are going to do in the lesson.
If you’re using audio or video in your class, make sure that all learners have their
microphones on mute, and that they only turn them on when asked to speak.
Check that you can see all of the students and that they can see you.
Check that you can hear all of the students and that they can hear you.
Ask everyone to say hello in the chatbox so you can check that it is working
and that students can use it.
? hotel ?
Share your browser screen showing the mind map in Part 1 of the handout.
Or ask students to look at the questions in Part 1 of the handout you sent.
You can also create an AnswerGarden and send students the link to get them
to brainstorm ideas.
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Part 1 – Check understanding
Ask students to tell you the words they noted and add them to the mind map.
Ask students to use the raise hand icon to show they are ready to answer.
Or ask students to type their answers in the chat. You can then give an audio
summary, clarifying any points.
If you are using a platform which has breakout rooms, you can put students into
pairs or groups of three to complete the task. They can add their answers to the
chat while they are in breakout rooms.
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Part 3 – Practise understanding vocabulary in context
Ask students to look at these words: ‘a change’, ‘a variety’ and ‘a difference’. Elicit the part of
speech (noun) and how the students knew it was a noun and not a verb (because of the
indefinite article in front of it).
Ask students to describe the meanings of these words in no more than seven words. Do the
first one with the class as an example: a change – becoming different, a difference.
Share your screen and show the instructions in Part 3 of the handout.
If you are using a platform which has breakout rooms, you can put students
into pairs or groups of three to complete the task. They can add their answers
to the chat while they are in breakout rooms.
Or, if students gave their answers in the chat, talk about what they put, ask
follow-up questions and clarify any points.
Share your screen and show the first paragraph in Part 4 of the handout.
If you are using a platform which has breakout rooms, you can put students
into pairs or groups of three to complete the task. They can add answers to the
chat while they are in breakout rooms.
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Part 4 – Check understanding
Ask students to share their answer (19 = difference)
Ask students to use the raise hand icon to show they are ready to answer.
Or ask students to type their answers in the chat and then give an audio
summary, clarifying any points.
Share your screen and show the words in Part 5 of the handout.
If you are using a platform which has breakout rooms, you can put students
into pairs or groups of three to complete the task. They can add answers to the
chat while they are in breakout rooms.
Ask students to use the raise hand icon to show they are ready to answer.
Or ask students to type their answers in the chat and then give an audio
summary, clarifying any points.
If you are using a platform which has breakout rooms, you can put students
into pairs, one from Group A and one from Group B, to exchange their words
and their meanings.
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Part 6 – Practise understanding vocabulary in context
Ask students to complete the gaps in the text with the correct word. Highlight that they will
need to think of the meanings for the words in numbers 22–24 as they answer the task.
Stress that they need to look at the whole sentence to see what part of speech the word in
the text is.
Share your screen and show the text and the questions in Part 6 of the
handout.
If you are using a platform which has breakout rooms, you can put students
into pairs or groups of three to complete the task. They can add answers to the
chat while they are in breakout rooms.
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Part 6 – Check understanding
Ask students to share their answers (20 – B, 21 – A, 22 – C, 23 – B, 24 – B)
Ask students to use the raise hand icon to show they are ready to answer.
Or ask students to type their answers in the chat and then give an audio
summary, clarifying any points.
Share your screen and show the questions and text in Part 7 of the
handout.
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A2 Key for Schools Reading and Writing Part 4
Online Lesson Handout
Part 1
How many words can you think of related to ‘hotel’?
? hotel ?
Part 2
Read the text quickly and check which words in the text are the same as the words you
thought of. Don’t focus on the gaps in the text – just read for general understanding.
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Part 3
Look at these words: ‘a change’, ‘a variety’ and ‘a difference’. What part of speech are they?
How do you know?
Describe the meanings of these words in no more than seven words: ‘a change’, ‘a variety’
and ‘a difference’.
Part 4
Read the first paragraph and decide which word – change, variety or difference – is the
correct answer for number 19, referring back to your definitions. Read the whole sentence;
don’t just stop when you get to the gap.
Part 5
Now you are going to work in two groups.
Group A: look at these words and write a meaning for them, using an online dictionary if
necessary (https://dictionary.cambridge.org/).
knowing
hoping
explaining
Group B: look at these words and write a meaning for them, using an online dictionary if
necessary (https://dictionary.cambridge.org/).
business
work
career
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Part 6
Complete the gaps in the text with the correct word. Think about the meanings for the words
in numbers 22–24 as you answer the task. Remember to look at the whole sentence to see
what part of speech the word in the text is.
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Part 7
Write about your school. In the text write about the size of your school, your subjects and
your classmates. Leave out six words and write them in the box.
Send your text to another student. They will write a meaning for your six words and then
write them in your text.
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