Period 4 lesson 4 A2 unit 4A What a decade!

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Our goal today

Listening: about the 2010's time phrases and dates.

Speaking: talk about 

a time in your life.

Writing: about 

a special time in your life.

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Unit 4

Speaking:

Do you enjoy quizzes?

Listening: watch the video. How many people say they are NOT good at quizzes?

Unit 4 unit opener

Recourses unit 4

BBC vlog

Unit 4: lesson 4a What a decade!

Who do you see in this picture?

2010s The twenty-tens

Neymar - Zuckerberg - Adele - Monica Puig.

Ss learn the past simple of be. The context is a listening where Ss listen to part of a podcast about the 2010s. They practise the strong and weak forms of was and were. They also learn vocabulary related to time phrases and dates. Ss then do a speaking activity where they talk about their recent activity in small groups. 

Speaking

What were some important events of the last ten years?

Why were they important, 

do you think?

Think: for yourself.

Pair: Put Ss in pairs or small groups to discuss the questions.

Share: When they have finished, ask a few Ss to share their answers with the class.

Writing

Write in 50-75 words about your ...

first day at school / first holiday /

first driving lesson / first flat/house

1. When was it?

2. Where was it?

3. Who was there?

4. Were you happy?

5. What was one good or bad thing about it?

4A This world

1A Famous people in 2010s (check Ss know the 2010s are the years 2010 to 2019). Work in pairs. 1B quiz about the twenty-tens. Work in pairs. 1C + 1D listen to podcast. Work alone. ANSWERS: 1 Instagram (2010). 2 Mark Zuckerberg (2017). 3 Neymar (2016). 4 Monica Puig (2016). 5 Adele, 21 (2011). 6 a photo of an egg on Instagram (2019).

EXTRA Ss practise saying the following decades: 1980s, 2020s, 1900s, 1840s, 2000s (often called the noughties).

1E Speaking what do you remember from 2010s. EXTRA Ss go online and do some research, famous singers / bands / films / sportspeople / events of the 2010s.

2D show Grammar bank past simple. 2A, 2B, 2C Work alone. 

4A, 4B time phrases. Work alone, check in class.

5A time & date + vocabulary bank 1-5 time & dates.

Speaking

 Discuss the best thing that has happened to you last week (or month).

Work in groups of 3-4.

The lesson ends with a speaking activity, where Ss write a description of a special time for them.

Homework

Speakout 

Unit 4A

Online Practice

Writing bank

Write a description about a special time for you.