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Unit 2 Self and Society: categorising
Objective: to provide further practice of this soft
skill within the area of Self and Society (categorising
features of different holiday destinations).
The three-step strategy for developing this soft skill is:
Step 1 Understand the purpose of categorising.
(Ex. A)
Step 2 Categorise the items using relevant
characteristics. (Ex B, Ex. C)
Step 3 Use the information to make a decision.
(Ex. D)
You may decide to highlight this strategy at the
beginning of the lesson, at the end, or as you go
through the exercises in the section. However, if you
prefer to teach this lesson without discussing the
underlying soft skill, this is also possible. The lesson is
designed to be engaging and successful either way.
For more information about teaching life skills and ideas
for highlighting the soft skill, please refer to pp. 18–19
of the Elementary Teacher’s Book.
Lead-in
To set the context for this lesson, put the students into
pairs and ask them to describe their perfect holiday.
Before they start, write the following prompts on the
board to help them: country, accommodation (hotel,
apartment, tent), weather (hot, cold, warm), activities
(beach, skiing, walking, city). Check they understand all
the prompts and words (use L1 if necessary). If you wish
you can give the following example before they start:
My perfect holiday is in Spain, in a hotel by the beach
with hot weather.
If you wish, ask the students to recall the lesson from
the Elementary Student’s Book, pp. 28–29 and say what
they learnt (e.g.
that items in a category have the same
or similar characteristics; that categorising can help us
organise information and make decisions; that things
can go in more than one category
etc).
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