All articles by Jackie McAvoy – Page 3

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Writing skills: advertising

To raise awareness of the type of language used in advertising.

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Reading lesson plans: Alcohol

Students complete a series of activities based on a text about alcohol.

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Reading lesson plans: Bamboo

Students complete a series of activities based on a text about bamboo.

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Reading lesson plans: Bridges

Students complete a series of activities based on a text about bridges.

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Reading lesson plans: Cats

Students complete a series of activities based on a text about cats.

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Reading lesson plans: Coffee

Students complete a series of activities based on a text about coffee.

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Writing skills: Letter of complaint

To encourage the use of phrases which express attitude and emotion in a factual letter.

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Reading lesson plans: Dogs

Students complete a series of activities based on a text about dogs.

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Writing skills: Fables

An enjoyable one-/two-hour lesson as a basis for writing a fable. Students produce an original fable, using narrative target language.

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Reading lesson plans: Football

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Writing skills: formal and informal writing

To enable students to break down the different features of formal and informal English by working through a step-by-step text transformation at their own pace.

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Reading lesson plans: Genius

Students complete a series of activities based on a text about a genius.

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Reading lesson plans: Hair

Students complete a series of activities based on a text about hair.

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Lesson Share: Speaking: SuDoku lesson

To provide fun and meaningful practice for modals of prediction using a SuDoku puzzle.

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Reading lesson plans: Tattoo

Students complete a series of activities based on a text about tattoos.

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Reading lesson plans: Mobile phones

Students complete a series of activities based on a text about mobile phones.

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Reading lesson plans: Taxi

Students complete a series of activities based on a text about taxis.

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Reading lesson plans: Waste

Students complete a series of activities based on a text about waste.

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Reading lesson plans: Smell

Students complete a series of activities based on a text about smell.

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Writing skills: news story

To help students produce writing with a higher occurrence of lexical variation, complex sentences and appropriate use of passive structures.