A Hunting Game

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Preparation

What unusual hobbies do you know?

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Think of 5 reasons why people have such strange hobbies.

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Look at these words and make up possible phrases:

     1. treasure                  a) of a plastic box

     2. post                         b) coordinates

     3. location                   c) machine

     4. GPS                        d) hunt

     5. hide                         e) log book

     6. search                     f) and seek

     7. a little                      g) around

You are going to listen to a podcast about geocaching. Have you got any ideas what this is?

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Listen and say which sentence is correct: 

          1. Geocaching is a high-tech treasure hunt when someone hides a plastic box in a park and posts its coordinates on the website and then someone with GPS machine finds the treasure.     

          2. Geocaching is a high-tech treasure hunt when cachers hide a plastic box with a little log book in it in any place, post its coordinates on the website for the others to find it with GPS device and sign in the log book.

          3. Geocaching is a high-tech treasure hunt when cachers hide a plastic box with a little log book in it in a town, post its coordinates on the website for the others to find it with GPS device.

Listen again and say if the sentences are True or False:

1. People can plug in the coordinates into the GPS machine and go and find the treasure.
2. www.geocaching.ru is the official website for geocachers.
3. There are not so many geocachers throughout the world.
4. Caches are often hidden in the places you wouldn't go to otherwise.
5. The funniest thing is hunting for the cache.
6. GPS machines show the exact location of the hidden box.
7. The main thing that all cachers have in common is the log book
8. Geocaching is quite international.

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Would you like to take part in a such game? Why?

Groupwork: think of your own unusual hobby.

Me in a past life...

Have you ever heard of reincarnation which may or may not be real?

Have you ever thought of who you were in your last life?

Nowadays to get the answer just surf the Internet and type in the date when you were born in your present life!

Well, I was male in my previous life ;-)
I was born somewhere in the territory of modern New Zealand around the year 1850.
I was a pirate. I used to sail the vast oceans and seas, drink rum and rob ships for a living! I spent my days basking in the warm sun and shooting cannonballs at passing freighters. I also had a big gun. Moreover, I used to take a lot of riches and play them away.
I died of old age after failing my quest for immortal life...

Who do you think you were before?

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The Perfect Day

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Preparation
1. Think of the ways how or where people could spend their perfect day.




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2. Listen to Richard talking about his perfect day and say if the sentences are TRUE or FALSE:

1. His perfect day is a cold summer’s day.

2. It starts late in the morning.

3. He has sausage, eggs and beans for breakfast.

4. He prefers a cup of tea.

5. On his perfect day he plays golf with his friends.

6. After the round of golf he has dinner at the golf-club.

7. He watches basketball in the afternoon.

8. In the evening there might be a party

3. Use the information above and talk about Richard's perfect day:
Richard starts his perfect day late in the morning...

4. You are going to listen to Jackie's perfect day. What do you think she would do on her ideal day?



5. Listen to Jackie and answer the questions:

1. Where is her perfect day?

2. Is her breakfast healthy?

3. What does she have for breakfast?

4. What is she going to do after breakfast?

5. What is she going to do in the afternoon?

6. What does she like to do on her perfect day?

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6. Do you like their perfect days? Why/Why not? What is your perfect day like?
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The Witch Who Lost Her Spells

Plan of the lesson

http://storynory.com/2009/08/10/the-witch-who-lost-her-spells/

Preparation: There are different kinds of books. What are they? BOOKS - a detective, ... A SPELL is spoken magic words. What are your associations when you hear the phrase “A SPELL BOOK”? to put a spell on somebody to write a spell to cheat with magic to play a trick to do magic to play pranks a witch You are going to listen to a fairytale about the witch who lost her spells. What do you think it can result in? What do you usually do when you lose something important for you?

Online: 4. Listen to the part of the story (from the words “The story is called...” up to “I'll just have to be a detective and discover who took it!”) and say how it happened that she lost her book. What problems do you think she could have after loosing the book? She could... 5. While listening to the 1st part you will hear the following words: to accuse = to say that smb has done smth wrong to steal (stole/stolen) = to take smth that belongs to another person without permission to be kind of hovering around = to remain near smth, to wait in an uncertain manner to be a nosy parker = (infml) a person who shows great interest and curiosity in other people's affairs to be on one's guard = to be prepared for an attack to be cross = to be angry and annoyed 6. Who do you think has stolen the book and what for? Listen (up to the words “and then something serious happened”) and mark the sentences as True or False and be ready to correct the false ones. · The whole class had to do a magic spelling test · Katie thought it was Isis who had stolen the book · Isis left for the fire drill after Katie · Isabelle was a nosy parker · The girls decided to accuse Isabelle right away · Isabelle's father was going to California and wanted to show his family Disney Land · Mrs Hepworth let Isabelle to go on a holiday · Unusual things started to happen around the school · Katie wasn't in trouble when somebody used her spells to play pranks · Katie was really cross · Katie couldn't suspect Paul because he was too nice 7. What would you do if you were Katie? · I would... 8. Who will be the next suspect? Why do you think so? 9. While listening to the 2nd part you will hear the following words: a disaster = a fail or a bad accident to expel from school = to force smb to leave school to be the prime suspect = the first person believed to be guilty to be innocent = to be not guilty Listen (up to the words “Because I shall find the truth”) and answer the questions: · What's happened and where? · Who was suspected and why? · Who decided to help Katie and why? 10. What will happen next? While listening to the 3rd part you will hear the following words: to get to the bottom of the matter = to find out the truth a fault = a mistake to punish = to send smb to prison or to make smb to pay money for smth done wrong to tell fibs (infml) = to tell lies How do you think Mrs Hepworth decided to get to the bottom of the matter? Listen (up to the words “Soon we shall find out”) and take notes under the headings: · A special treat at school · The test instructions · Doing the test · Katie's results 11. “Which is the witch that wished the wicked wish?” - what kind of phrase is it? What do you think it means? What was it used for? 12. Guess what Katie's classmates thought about the situation. 13. Listen and check whether you were right or not. While listening (up to the words “And that's the story of the witch who lost her spells”) fill in the gaps: Isabelle was saying to everyone that it was Katie's ________ and everyone would be ________ because of her. Some people thought she should stop ________ ________. When Mrs Hepworth invited Katie to her study she saw her ________ ________ on the desk. Mrs Hepworth explained that she had conducted a ________ test and one person ________ magic ________ to give the right answers. The one wrote down the same wrong answers that were in the head teacher's file. It was a very clever ________. However no one was punished and ________ from school.

Offline: 1. Group work - Who do you suspect in stealing the book? Why? Give Katie a piece of advice on what she should do next. 2. Continue a story (writing)