SUPER MINDS 2 – UNIT 1 5.

School
MY DAY - Is this a house or a school?
- What’s this?
PRESENTATION (With Slides) - What is Language Hub?
1. Wake up - What’s the name of your school?
- Is this a boy or a girl? - Do you like your school?
- Is the boy at school or in his house?
- Is he sleeping or getting up? Go to school
- Is he playing video game or is he getting up? - Are they boys or girls?
- Are they teachers or students?
Morning - And are they having breakfast or are they going to school?
- Is it morning or is it night? - Are they going to the park or are they going to school?
- Do you go to school at night or in the morning? - Do you go to school at night or in the morning?
2. Get dressed - Do you go to school by car or by bus? (act out)
- Is this a boy or a girl? - What are the boys doing?
- Is the boy getting up or is he getting dressed? 6. Have lunch (it’s important to tell the students that lunch is different from
- Is he sleeping or is he getting dressed? sandwich)
- Do you get dressed in the morning? - Are they getting dressed or are they having lunch?
3. Brush teeth - Are they having breakfast or are they having lunch?
- Is she a boy or a girl? Afternoon
- Is she getting dressed or brushing the teeth? - Breakfast is in the morning. Lunch is in the afternoon.
- Is she getting up or brushing the teeth? - Do you study English in the morning or in the afternoon?
- Do you brush your teeth in the morning? - Do you have lunch at night or in the afternoon?
- S1, ask S2 if he/she brushes the teeth in the morning. - My favorite lunch is…
-What’s the girl doing? - What’s your favorite lunch?
4. Have breakfast -S1, ask S2 what his/her favorite lunch is
- Is this girl brushing the teeth or having breakfast? 7. Park
- Is she getting up or having breakfast? - Is this a school or a park?
(asses students’ previous knowledge by asking them if they know the names of - Is this a park or a house?
the food in the picture). - What is Edmundo Zanoni?
- My favorite breakfast is… - Is Edmundo Zanoni a good park?
- What is your favorite breakfast?
- S1, ask S2 his/her favorite breakfast. Play in the park
- Is breakfast in the morning or at night? - Are the kids having lunch or are they playing?
- Are they playing at home (act out) or are they playing in the park?
- Do you like to play in the park? - What time do you have lunch?
- Do you play in your school? What do you play? - What time do you have dinner?
- What time do you go to bed?
8. Have dinner
- S1, ask S2 what time he/ she brushes the teeth;
- And now, are they in the park or in the house?
- S2, ask S3 what time he/she gets dressed.
- Are they having breakfast or dinner?
- S3, ask S4 what time he/she plays in the park at school.
Night -S4, ask S5 what time he/she studies English at Language Hub.
- Breakfast is in the morning, lunch is in the afternoon. And dinner? Is dinner in
HANGMAN GAME
the afternoon or at night?
- Do you watch TV (act out) at night? Play the game on the board, making use of a sentence practiced in class (eg.: I go
- What do you do at night? to school in the morning; I have breakfast at eight o’clock)
- In the picture, is it morning or night?
COMPUTER GAME – SPINNING and CATCHING CLOUDS
- And are they having lunch or having dinner?
STORY TELLING (on the computer)
9. Go to bed
- Is the girl in the park or in the house? Script:
- Is it morning or night?
- So, is she getting up or is she going to bed? (act out) What a day
- Is she brushing her teeth or going to bed?
Thunder: Oh no!
- Do you go to bed in the afternoon or at night?
Not again.
ON THE BOARD – WHAT TIME IS IT?
…
Draw a clock on the board. As you change the time, ask the students “What time
is it?”, for what they have to give you a complete answer. Do not work with Misty: Careful, Thunder!
minutes for now. Students’ answers should be “It’s (time) o’clock”. Thunder: Oops!

Afterwards, each student goes to the board, and changes the hour hand, in order …
to ask one of his/her classmates “What time is it?”. All students should
Thunder: What’s the problem, mum?
participate, and each student should play the teacher’s role three times.
Thunder’s mom: Can you see my keys? They’re under the car.
STUDENTS’ BOOK Careful, Thunder!
Page 10. Thunder: Sorry, mum!
1. Listen and repeat.
Ask the students the following questions: …
- What time do you get up?
Thunder: Mmm! I love chicken! It’s not such a bad day after all.
- What time do you have breakfast?
- What time do you go to school? …
Thunder: Bedtime. Hurray! What do you say to your mom?
- What is Misty saying to Thunder?
… - What happened? (Students might answer to this question in Portuguese.)
Thunder: No! Oops!
- Is Thunder saying “Not again” or “Oops”?
Drop an object and bump into something, eliciting students to respond to that by using the
Questions related to the story:
interjection “Oops”.
1. Oh no!
- Who’s that? 4. What’s the problem, mom?
- And is he okay? - What time is it?
- Is he saying “Good morning” or “Oh no”? - Is it morning, afternoon or night?
- Imagine you woke up in the morning and when you got up you hit your pinky toe on - What’s this? (car)
the corner of the bed. What do you say? - What color is the car?
- Now imagine you’re on your way to school when your backpack tears. What do you - Who is she? (Thunder’s mom)
say? - Is she okay?
- Thunder doesn’t understand the situation (act out). So, he is asking “What’s the
2. Not again.
problem?”
- What time is it?
Pretend to be limping/having a stomachache and elicit the students to ask you “What’s
- What is he doing?
the problem?”
- What time do you brush your teeth?
- Imagine you arrive home and your mother is crying. What’s your question?
- And what time does Thunder brush his teeth?
- Imagine your father is late. Your mother calls him. What’s her question?
- Is everything okay or is there a problem?
- What’s Thunder’s question to his mom?
- What is the problem? (students might answer in Portuguese, for what you are going to
translate to English) Can you see my keys? They’re under the car.
- Thunder had two problems. He hit his head and, after that, he broke his toothbrush. keys; they are
So, is he saying “Oh no” or is he saying “Not again”? Bring some keys to the class: - Are these books or keys?
- Remember the situation of hitting your pinkie toe on the corner of the bed? Imagine - Are they my keys or your keys?
that after that you go to the kitchen and spill some milk on your pijamas. Do you say “Oh under; on; in
no” or “Not again”? - Are the keys in the car or under the car?
- Now imagine your backpack tore when you were going to school and besides that, it Place objects in different places, in order to practice the prepositions of place in, on,
started raining. What do you say? under. Ask several questions.
- What is Thunder saying? - Where are the mom’s keys?
3. Careful, Thunder! Can you see…?
- Is it morning, afternoon or night? - The keys are under the car. It’s difficult to see them (act out). So, the mother is asking
- What are they doing? “Can you see my keys?”
- What time is it?
- Is Misty saying “Hey Thunder” or “Careful, Thunder!”? Place an object under the students’ table, far from you: – Oh, my (object) is under the
- Imagine you are on a plane and your friend is going to go parachuting. You are afraid table. S1, can you see my (object)?
of that. What do you say to your friend? Place another object very far from you and pretend you are looking for it: – And now,
- Imagine your mom will change a light bulb and you don’t know if the power is on. guys, do I ask “Can you see my keys?” or “Can you see my (object)?”
 - Is the mother asking “Can you see my cellphone?” or “Can you see my keys?” this math class is different. The teacher decided to play some games, and these games
- What’s the mother asking? are very nice. In this case, do you say “It’s not such a bad test after all” or “it’s not such a
bad class after all”?
5. Careful, Thunder!
- And what is Thunder saying?
- What’s he doing? (pushing the car)
Push a chair/ the TV rack/cellphone: - Am I pushing a car or pushing a chair? 7. Bedtime. Hooray!
- What am I doing? Bedtime
What is Thunder doing? - What time is it?
- What is behind his mother’s car? (Another car) - Is it morning, afternoon or night?
- What is the mother saying? - Is Thunder getting up or going to bed?
- Thunder goes to bed at 8 o’clock. 8 o’clock is bedtime for Thunder; I go to bed at 11
Sorry, mum!
o’clock. My bedtime is 11 o’clock.
- Thunder crashed his mom’s car. So, is he saying “Oh no” or “Sorry, mum”?
- What is your bedtime?
- Imagine you drop my cellphone (act out). What do you say to me?
- For Thunder, lunchtime or bedtime?
- Iamgine you are having breakfast and you spill all the milk on the table. What do you
say to your mum? Hooray!
- What’s Thunder saying to his mum? - Is Thunder happy? Does he like bedtime?
- Is he saying “oh no” or “hooray!”
6. Mmm! I love chicken! It’s not such a bad day after all.
- Imagine you are playing soccer and your team wins. Do you say “oh no” or “hooray!”?
chicken
- After school your mother takes you to your favorite restaurant to have lunch. What do
- What time is it?
you say?
- Are they having breakfast or are they having dinner?
- What is Thunder saying?
- Is this fish or chicken?
- What’s he eating? 8. No!
- What’s he saying about the chicken? - What happened? (the lamp fell down and broke on his head)
- Do you love chicken? - What’s he saying?
- S1, ask S2 if he/she likes chicken?
- Is Thunder saying “I like chicken” or “Mmm! I love chicken”?
STORY’S GAME (CD room)
Not such a bad (day) after all
- Was his day good or bad? (act out) READING (Book)
- Well, his day was bad, but at night there was chicken for dinner. And Thunder loves STUDENT’S BOOK ACTIVITIES
chicken. So, the day was not terrible (act out). It’s not such a bad day after all.
- Imagine the situation: You get up in the morning with a stomachache. Then you go to COMPUTER GAMES
school and all the classes are boring. When you go home you have a lot of homework to
WORKBOOK
do. It’s not a good day, right? But, at night, your father orders pizza! Mmm! So, is it a
terrible day or it’s not such a bad day after all?
- Now let’s imagine adifferent situation. There is a very important test in your school. It’s
very difficult and you are nervous about it. You study a lot and on the day of the test,
you look at it and you see it’s not so difficult, and you know the answers. Is it a terrible SUPER MINDS 2 – UNIT 2
test, or it’s not such a bad test after all? THE ZOO
- Imagine you are in school and the next class is Math. You hate math, it’s so boring. But,
 - S1, ask S2 if he/she likes peas?
- Do you prefer peas or carrots?
PRESENTATION (with games)
- Do you prefer carrots or apples?
In this unit, students will be introduced to vocabulary and structures, by playing the
computer games. In order to reinforce their learning, the teacher must ask follow up
questions by the end of each game.
COMPUTER GAME – POPPING BALLOONS
Does…like…?
COMPUTER GAME – SPINNING
Follow – up questions:
Bear – Monkey – Crocodile – Zebra – Hippo – Tiger – Parrot
- Guys, tell me one question from the game? (Write the question down on the
Follow – up questions:
board)
- What animals are in the game? (write down the words, as they speak. Help students - Does your mom like apples? Yes, she does or No, she doesn’t?
remember the names of all the animals from the game) - Does your father like carrots?
- Do you prefer the bear or the monkey? - Ask me if my mother likes bananas.
- Do you prefer the crocodile of the hippo? - Ask me if my father likes peas.
- S1, ask S2 if he/she prefers the zebra or the tiger. - Ask me if my brother likes chicken.
- S2, ask S3 if he/she prefers the parrot or the monkey. - Ask me if my mother likes apples.
to eat
COMPUTER GAME – CATCHING CLOUDS (While the students are playing the game on he - My mother likes apples! She eats (act out) apples in the morning, for breakfast. I
computer, write down on the board the following names: Tom; Ben; Monica; Tim and prefer bananas. I eat bananas for breakfast.
Bill) - What do you eat for breakfast?
Apples – Bananas – Carrots – Peas - S1, ask S2 what he/she eats for breakfast.
to drink
Follow – up questions: - And what do you drink (act out) for breakfast?
- S1, ask S2 what he/she drinks for breakfast.
- Do you remember the animals’ names? (As students name the animals, match the
names with the animals on the board)
STUDENT’S BOOK
- Who is Tom? (the tiger)
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- Who’s Ben? (the bear)
Ask the following questions:
- Who’s Monica? (the monkey)
- Who’s Tim? (the other tiger)
Zoo
- Who’ Bill? (the other bear)
- Is this a park or a zoo?
- Does Tom like apples or chicken? (He likes chicken) - Is there a zoo in Atibaia?
- Does Ben like bananas or apples? (He likes apples) - Where is there a zoo in Brazil?
- Does Monica like chicken or bananas? (She likes bananas) - Do you like to go to the zoo?
- Does Tim like carrots? (No, he doesn’t) - S1, ask S2 if he/she likes to go to the zoo.
- What is the food Tim doesn’t like? (He doesn’t like carrots)

- What is the food Bill doesn’t like? Carrots or peas? ( He doesn’t like peas)
- And you? Do you like peas?
Zookeeper …
- This man works at the zoo. He cares for the animals, giving food, water…(act out). He is a Misty: Here you are.
zookeeper. Zookeeper: Thank you all so much!
- Is the zookeeper in the park or in the zoo?
- Is this man a teacher or a zookeeper?
- What’s his profession? Questions related to the story:
Snake 1. Thunder: Look at the monkey!
- What animal that was not in the computer game is here in this picture? - Are the kids in a park or at the zoo?
- Do you like snakes? - Who’s this? (Thunder)
- S1, ask S2 if he/she likes snakes. - And what animal is this? (The monkey)
- Is Thunder saying “Look at the bear!” or “Look at the monkey!”?
- Which of the animals in this picture is your favorite, guys?
- Imagine you are walking on the street (act out) and you see a parrot. What do you say?
Playing the song of this page is optional. - Imagine you go to Canada and you visit a mountain. And then you see a bear. What do
you say?
- And what is Thunder saying?
STORYTELLING (on the computer) - What is in the monkey’s hands? (A key)
- What is it doing? (Opening the gate)
Script:
2. Zookeeper: Help!
THE ZOOKEEPER Flash: The zookeeper doesn’t know what to do.
Thunder: Let’s help him.
Thunder: Look at the monkey!
… Help
Zookeeper: Help! - Is this man a teacher or a zookeeper?
Flash: The zookeeper doesn’t know what to do. - Is the zookeeper okay?
Thunder: Let’s help him. - What’s the problem?
… - What is the zookeeper saying?
Flash: Got you!
… Flash: The zookeeper doesn’t know what to do.
Zookeeper: Wow! - There is a problem here. And the zookeeper is confused(act out)! He doesn’t know (act
… out) what to do.
Zookeeper: How does he do that? - I have a video game, but I never play Minecraft. If you say: “Teacher, let’s play
… Minecraft?”, I can play, but I don’t know what to do.
Whisper: Come here, snake. - I am not good at mathematics, it’s difficult for me. If I have a mathematics test I don’t
Snake: Yes, Whisper. know what to do.
… - If I tell you: “S1, you are the teacher today!”, is it okay for you or you don’t know what to
Zookeeper: My keys! Don’t throw them! do?
Misty: I can help. - If I ask you: “S1,
… - Is the zookeeper okay or is he confused? Is he saying “Let’s go!” or “I don’t know what to
Whisper: Great, Misty! do!”?
Thunder: Let’s help him. - Is Whisper saying “Let’s go!” or “Come here”?
him/her Point to a student and say: “Come here.” After the student joins you, tell him/her to call
- Are the kids going to help the zookeeper? one of the students by saying “Come here”.
- They are going to help the zookeeper. They are going to help him. - Is Whisper saying “Come here, monkey” or “Come here, snake”?
- Imagine S1(male) has a problem with the lesson. What do you say to me? - And what is the snake saying?
- Now if S2(female) has a problem, you say: “Let’s help her!”
6. Zookeeper: My keys! Don’t throw them!
- So, imagine S3(female) is doing the lesson and it’s very difficult. What do you say to me?
Misty: I can help.
- Is Thunder saying “Let’s help the zookeeper” or “Let’s help him”?
throw; them
3. Flash: Got you!
- What animal is this?
Zookeeper: Wow!
- What’s in his hands?
Got you - Are these the monkey’s keys or the zookeeper’s keys?
- Who’s this? - The monkey is going to throw (act out) the keys.
- What animal is this? (Throw some objects around and ask the students: “What am I doing?”)
- Flash got (act out) the parrot. She is saying: “got you!” - Is the monkey going to throw the keys?
- Imagine we’re playing tag and you get S1. What do you say? - Is the zookeeper saying: “Please, throw my keys!” or “Don’t throw them!”
- Imagine your dog runs to the street. You run after it and get it. What do you say? - Is he saying: “ Don’t throw it!” or “Don’t throw them?”
- What is Flash saying? - What is the zookeeper saying?

Wow! Misty: I can help.

- What animal did Flash get? - Is Misty going to help?
- The parrot is very fast (act out), but Flash is very fast too. - Is she saying “Sorry, I can’t help” or “I can help”
- Is it normal for a girl to be super fast? - Imagine your friend is studying for an English test. The test is okay for you, because you
- Is the zookeeper surprised? study English here, but for your friend it’s very difficult. Can you help your friend? So, what
- What is he saying? do you say?
- What is Misty saying?
4. Zookeeper: How does he do that?
- What did Thunder get? 7. Whisper: Great, Misty!
- Is a hippo small or very big? - Did Misty get the keys?
- Is it normal for a boy to get a hippo like this? - Whisper is saying: “Very good, Misty..great, Misty!”
- Is the zookeeper surprised? - Imagine you take a test at school and you get a 10. Is it just good or great?
- He is surprised AND confused. He doesn’t understand (act out) how it is possible for a - I love sports. My favorite sport is (sport). So, (favorite sport) is very good. It is great!
boy to get a hippo. So he is asking: “How does he do that?” - What sport is great, in your opinion?
(Show videos of a boy/man, a girl/woman and an animal doing something impressive on YouTube - And for you, what movie/game/series is great?
and make students ask: “how does he/she/it do that?” - Is Whisper saying: “Good, Misty!” or “Great, Misty!”?
5. Whisper: Come here, snake. 8. Misty: Here you are.
Snake: Yes, Whisper. Zookeeper: Thank you all so much!
Come here Here you are
- Who is this? - What are these, in Misty’s hand?
- What animal is this?
- Misty is giving (act out) they keys to the zookeeper. She is saying: “Here you are” - Which of these animals is your favorite?
(Ask the students to hand you some objects that are in the classroom, encouraging them to say - Which one you don’t like?
“Here you are”.) 2. Hair
- What is Misty saying? - What animals are these?
- Do they have scales or hair?
Zookeeper: Thank you all so much!
- What color is the mouse’s hair?
so much - What is the plural of mouse? (mice)
- Was all this situation a small problem or a big problem? - Do you have a dog/cat? What color is its hair?
- Did the kids help the zookeeper? - What other animals have hair?
- This help was very important. So, is the zookeeper just saying “Thanks” or “Thank you so 3. feathers
much”? - What animals are these?
- If your father/mother gives you a present, you say “thanks”, right? But, what if your - Do they have hair or feathers?
father gives you an Iphone 11? Do you say just “thanks” or do you say “thank you so - What color are the owl’s feathers?
much!”? - What other animals have feathers?
- What is a perfect present for you? If your father/mother give you this present, what do - Which of these animals do you prefer?
you say to him/her? 4. mammals; drinking milk
- What animals are these?
all - What are they drinking here (act out)?
- Is the zookeeper saying “Thank you so much, Misty” or “Thank you all(act out) so much”? - The animals that drink milk from their mother are mammals.
- Imagine it’s your birthday and your present is an Iphone 11. But this present is very - Is the dog a mammal?
expensive(act out), so it’s a present from your mother, your father, your sister/ brother, - And the zebra?
your grandmother/grandfather…in this case, do you say “Thank you so much, mom” or - What other animals are mammals?
“Thank you all so much”? 5. reptiles
- Is the zookeeper saying “Thank you, guys” or “Thank you all so much”? - What animals are these?
-What is the zookeeper saying? - Do these animals drink milk?
STORY’S GAME (CD room) - Are they mammals or reptiles?
- Do reptiles have hair or scales?
READING (Book) - Do you prefer mammals or reptiles?
- S1, ask S2 if he/she prefers mammals or reptiles
STUDENT’S BOOK ACTIVITIES
6. insects; to fly
LEARN AND THINK – ANIMAL FAMILIES - What animals are these?
- Are they mammals or insects?
- POWERPOINT PRESENTATION: - Are they reptiles or insects?
1. scales - Do these animals here walk (act out) or fly (act out)?
- What animals are these? - What other animals fly?
- Do these animals have hair or scales? - What other animals are insects?
- Does this fish have blue scales or orange scales? - S1, ask S2 if he/she likes insects
- What is the plural of fish? (fish)
- What color are the snake’s scales? 7. birds
- What animals are these?
 - Are these reptiles or birds? SUPER MINDS 2 – UNIT 3
- Are they insects or birds? WHERE WE LIVE
- Which of these birds is your favorite?
8. laying eggs PRESENTATION (With STUDENTS BOOK – Page 34)
- (point to the fish eggs) What are these?
- Are these bird eggs or fish eggs?
- And what are the other animals here?
- Look at the butterfly. Is It flying or laying eggs?
- What is the turtle doing?
- What other animals lay eggs?
9. cold blood; warm blood
- (point to the blood tubes) What is this?
- Is the blood blue or red?
- Some animals have cold (act out) blood and some other animals have warm (act out)
blood. Let’s look at the animals here.
cold blood
- Does the crocodile have warm blood or cold blood?
- Is the crocodile a mammal?
- What is this other reptile here?
- Is this a bird or a mosquito?
- Does the mosquito have warm blood or cold blood?
- Is the mosquito a reptile or an insect?
warm blood
- Is this a chicken or a penguin?
- Is the penguin an insect?
- Does it have cold blood or warm blood?
- What about the monkey? Is it a bird or a mammal?
- Does it have cold or warm blood?
- So, what animals have cold blood? (insects and reptiles)
- What animals have warm blood? (mammals and birds)

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