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Teacher’s Resource
Book Special
Edition

Diana Anyakwo
With Caroline Nixon and Michael Tomlinson
 Contents
0 Introduction Page 4

1 My kind of thing Page 6

2 Big wide world Page 15

3 Shopping around Page 24

4 Getting about Page 33

5 Study smarter Page 42

6 Good job! Page 51

7 This is the news Page 60

8 Fantastic flavours Page 69

9 It’s raining buckets! Page 78

 Introduction
This Teacher’s Resource Bank is designed to help you and The Listening and speaking worksheets exploit situations
your learners make the most of Power Up Level 6. There which are relevant to the age group, such as listening
are seven photocopiable worksheets for each unit, as well to students talking about a school trip, or talking about
as teaching notes. clothes and sports. The listening activities are to be used
with the whole class. There are a variety of listening
What do the photocopiable worksheets activities, all of which are practised in the Pupil’s Book
and Activity Book, and which echo the Cambridge Key or
provide? Preliminary exam tasks. Speaking activities usually have
The worksheets have been carefully designed to reinforce
some kind of guessing or describing element and require
and provide extra practice of the language and skills
learners to work in pairs or groups to share information
taught through the Pupil’s Book and Activity Book.
and voice their own opinions. The teaching notes support
Each worksheet has accompanying teaching notes with you in setting up these tasks.
suggestions for exploitation in the classroom, along with
The Reading and writing worksheets can be used
answer keys and audioscripts. The teaching notes also
individually or as a whole class. Reading tasks are varied
include optional follow-up tasks, which are suitable for
and are designed to be similar to the task types in the
providing either extra support or extra challenge.
Cambridge Key or Preliminary exams. The reading tasks
Vocabulary practice worksheets also provide an opportunity to look at traditions and
There are two Vocabulary worksheets per unit. These practices from other countries in some detail, while still
worksheets reinforce each of the two new lexical sets being linked to the unit topic. The writing tasks encourage
taught in the unit. The activities in these worksheets focus the learners to write a short text of their own, which is
on both the recognition of the new words, as well as the usually in the form of a personal reaction to the cultural
ability to write the new words with minimal support. information in the reading text, or asks the learners to
Activities in the Vocabulary worksheets are varied and fun make comparisons between the new culture and their
and using them also helps learners to develop other skills, own. This writing output is always supported in the form
such as fine motor skills, categorising, sequencing and of first asking learners to work in a group to discuss and
drawing. make notes on the topic, prompted by the questions on
the worksheet.
Grammar practice worksheets
There are two worksheets per unit which focus on the two Mission worksheets
main grammar points presented in each unit. In these There are nine worksheets for the Mission sections, so one
worksheets, activities use known vocabulary with the new per unit. Each Mission, or project, has been broken down
grammar point and provide practice in the context of the into three different stages, occurring at different points in
unit topic. Activities include writing answers, reordering the unit. The Mission worksheets support one or more of
sentences and describing differences. You can use the these stages, depending on what is needed. They provide
worksheets with learners who finish classwork quickly. some kind of output task which contributes to the whole
Alternatively, you can use them with learners who need project. Generally these activities have a communicative
further reinforcement of a particular grammar point. focus and work will be carried out in either pairs or groups,
and will require some teacher input. See the Teacher’s
Skills worksheets Book Introduction for further information on the Missions.
There are also two Skills worksheets per unit. These
are a Listening and speaking worksheet and a Reading
and writing worksheet. In this way, there is a balance
between productive and receptive skills in each unit. The
worksheets focus on language from that particular unit,
but they also recycle language from earlier units. The
pairs of worksheets in each unit are linked by their topic,
which helps increase learner confidence and motivation.

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How can the worksheets be used? Learner portfolios
You can use the Vocabulary and Grammar worksheets The worksheets also lend themselves to being compiled
with individuals who complete their work in class quickly. and stored so that learners have a record of their work
Alternatively, you can set these worksheets for homework, for the year and they can see the progress they have
or use them with learners who would benefit from some made and reflect on the work they have done. Compiling
extra practice. However, the Listening and speaking and a portfolio can develop learner autonomy and is a good
Reading and writing worksheets need to be used in small way to increase parent involvement, since it can be shared
groups and pairs, and can be used when additional practice with family and friends. Portfolios are also useful for you
is necessary. Or, they can provide you with an alternative as a teacher because they are something tangible to show
when there is a change or gap in your usual routine. parents at the end of a term or year.
Learners can either stick the worksheets into a scrapbook
or notebook, or keep them in a file or ring binder. A useful
alternative is an electronic copy of the worksheets, where
learners scan their worksheets and store them on a hard
drive or cloud. Not only do learners have something that
they are more likely to keep, but also they can develop IT
skills at the same time.