B2.1 VOCABULARY: 7 BEST ADVENTURE SPORTS

Visit this link on extreme sports and prepare a card with the following questions:

Why do it?
How to start?
What to buy?
Expert's idea
Complete the card with the main ideas, key phrases about the sport you've been given.
Share your results in class.

VOCABULARY LESSON: EXTREME SPORTS.

Then write a for and against essay on the following topic:
HOW TO WRITE A FOR AND AGAINST ESSAY.

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B2 ( Speaking): speaking practice: types of holiday (comparing and contrasting)

Download the speaking card here.
VOCABULARY: TYPES OF HOLIDAY

I CAN EXPLAIN SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES- UNIT 60 OXFORD WORD SKILLS
Remember to use the vocabulary
X and Y are (almost) identical except that/ exactly the same
X and Y are similar except for
The similarity between X and Y is that they both ....
They are alike.
Compared with X and Y, Z is very lazy.
To be completely different from the other two
apart from the fact that s/he's
The main difference is that ...is rather +adj in comparison with ...

WAYS OF COMPARING- Face2Face upper-intermediate- unit 5A

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BEST DANCING SCENES IN FILMS

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WHAT IS DST?
SPRING FORWARD- FALL BACK
CONVERSATION QUESTIONS ' TIME'

B2 ( film-based lesson): Home exchange and holidays

Topic: holidays, leisure, home exchange holidays.

1. What is a home exchange holiday? 
2. Would you be willing to do one? 
3. State briefly the pros and cons of home exchanges and submit your answers on the blog. 

 Download the worksheet below, based on the film 'The Holiday' starring Kate Winslet and Cameron Díaz and follow the instructions to do the activities.

WORKSHEETS

•  The Holiday worksheet A1 , B2. Download lesson plan, worksheet and keys here.
• Home exchange advert sample. Download here. The Holiday 'Home exchange email activity'

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