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6

Objectives
TH E SPI DER
TEACHER’S NOTES

SUMMARY  uby is very angry with Dan because he laughed at her fear of spiders. She is even angrier with him when he seems
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to want to help her get over this fear, but actually plays a joke on her. Ruby talks to Ellie about what happened. Ellie
suggests that they get Dan back by playing a joke on him. This joke leads to Dan apologizing to Ruby and admitting
that everyone is afraid of something.
LANGUAGE past simple, past simple irregular verbs
USEFUL INFORMATION A general fear of something is often referred to as a “phobia”. Fear of spiders is known as “arachnophobia”;
“ophidiophobia” is the fear of snakes.

THINK ABOUT THINK BACK


If students have already watched the video, refer them 4 Students work in pairs and decide if the sentences are
back to episode 6. Ask what they remember about the true or false. They correct the false sentences.
story (e.g., What joke does Dan play on Ruby? What joke
does Ellie play on Dan?). Once students have reviewed Answers
the story, focus on being afraid of something such as an 1  F He shows her something on his smartphone.  2  T  3  T 
animal and what you can do to stop feeling scared. 4  T  5  F He wanted to know everything about it.  6  F He
1 Now refer students to the three questions. Start apologizes to her for the joke he played on her.
by eliciting types of animal commonly seen in the
students’ country and where in particular they can THINK THROUGH
be seen.
ROLE PLAY Interviewing Dan
Allow students to discuss the questions in pairs then
report back to the class. Explain that the students are going to role play an
interview with Dan about his fear of snakes.
2 Ask students to read through the sentences so they
know what they need to listen for. Then students Read through the task with the class. Draw students’
watch the video and complete the sentences with the attention to the phrases included in the instructions.
correct words. Remind students that they can use any relevant words
or phrases from the worksheets as well as any others
Mixed ability idea they know.
Ask students to try to complete the sentences before they watch Monitor and offer support while students prepare their
the video. role plays. Encourage as many students as possible to
perform their role plays. Consider asking pairs to perform
for each other. The “audience” pair can monitor language
Answers use and make corrections if necessary. This can also be
1 angry  2 works  3 friend  4 going  5 box  6 Cool  done as a full-class exercise.
7 happened  8 told  9 learned
3 Ask students to read through the sentences before Optional activity
watching the video so they know what they need to Students can research common or unusual phobias online, as well
listen for. Then students watch the video again and as ways to deal with fears, and then share what they find out with
match the sentences with the speakers. the class.

Mixed ability idea


Ask students to try to match the sentences to the speakers before
they listen.

Answers
1 c  2 a  3 e  4 b  5 d

Optional activity
Ask students to think of situations where they can use these
phrases.

American Think Starter  Episode 6 Video Worksheets Teacher’s Notes © Cambridge University Press 2016

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