Activity Book Teaching Notes

Unit 4 – In the city

AB36. ACTIVITY 1 AB38. ACTIVITY 1

Sort and write the words. Read and circle the best answer.
Say Open your Activity Books at page 36, please. Direct Say Open your Activity Books at page 38, please. Focus
them to the activity instruction and the example answer. them on the activity instruction and check understanding.
Check understanding. Pupils work individually. They solve Point out the example. Pupils work individually and circle
the anagrams and write the words in the crossword grid. the correct answer in pencil. They check in pairs. Check
They check in pairs and then as a class. with the class. Elicit other possible ways to complete the
sentences, e.g. 1 cinema.
Key: 2 town, 3 hospital, 4 supermarket, 5 cinema, 6 bus station,
7 building, 8 village, 9 park, 10 hotel, 11 school, 12 library Key: 2 b, 3 c, 4 c, 5 c, 6 a, 7 b, 8 a

AB36. ACTIVITY 2 AB38. ACTIVITY 2

Look at the code. Write the secret message. Read and match.
Focus pupils on Activity 2 and elicit what they can see (a Focus pupils on Activity 2. Elicit what they can see in the
code). Check they know how it works. Pupils work in pairs picture (Suzy’s bedroom) and elicit / teach tidy and untidy.
to work out the code and complete the message. Check Say Suzy’s bedroom is very untidy. She must tidy it. Direct
with the class. Fast finishers draw a picture to illustrate the pupils to the activity instruction and check understanding.
sentence. Pupils work individually. They can ask their partner for
help. They check in groups of three. Monitor and check
Key: There’s a swimming pool next to the cinema.
pupils’ work.

AB37. ACTIVITY 1 AB39. ACTIVITY 1

Look, read and write. Match. Read and tick [✓]. Listen and check.
Say Open your Activity Books at page 37, please. Focus Say Open you Activity Books at page 39, please. Focus
them on Activity 3 and elicit the places they can see in the them on the school rules. Pupils take turns to read them
pictures. Direct pupils to the activity instructions and the aloud, including We must at the beginning of each one.
example answer and check understanding. Pupils work Tell pupils to choose which rules they like. They compare in
individually and write the shop / place in pencil. They pairs (they don’t have to agree).
check in pairs. Remind them to check the Pupil’s Book or
Play the audio. Pupils listen and put a tick of another
their notebooks for the spellings. Check with the class by
colour next to the sentences they hear. Pupils check in
eliciting the word and the spelling for each one.
pairs. Play the audio again. Check with the class by eliciting
Key: 2 hotel – c, 3 sports centre – h, 4 bank – a, 5 cinema – d, the sentences from the audio. Pupils write the sentences in
6 bus station – g, 7 swimming pool – b, 8 market – f their books. They follow the model.

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AB37. ACTIVITY 2
1
Complete the picture. Answer the questions. Boy: We must answer the teacher’s questions.
Focus pupils on Activity 2 and on the activity instruction. 2
Make sure pupils realise the picture is a simple map of part
Girl: We must listen to the teacher.
of a city.
3
Focus pupils on the questions below the map and elicit
the first answer (The market is next to the car park). Pupils Boy: We must come to class with a pencil.
read the rest of the questions, look at the map and write 4
the answers. Note that there is sometimes more than one Girl: We must put our hands up to speak.
possible answer. Monitor and help where necessary. Check
5
by eliciting example answers in open pairs (one pupil asks
a question from Activity 2, and another pupil answers). Boy: We must do our homework.
6
Key: 2 The bus station is next to the library / car park. 3 The
Girl: We must speak English in class.
cinema is next to the sports centre / opposite the market. The
car park is opposite the library / between the market and the bus
station. 5 The sports centre is opposite the market / between
the cinema and the library. 6 The library is opposite the car park /
between the sports centre and the bus station.

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Unit 4 – In the city

AB39. ACTIVITY 2 AB42. ACTIVITY 1

Write. What must/mustn’t you do in these places? Circle the nouns. Use red for people, green for
Focus pupils on Activity 2 and read the instructions aloud. places, and blue for things.
Ask a pupil to read the example sentence. Elicit another Ask What is a noun? (A word for a person, place or thing.)
example sentence using words from the boxes. Pupils Tell pupils they are going to reread the advert for the
write sentences with must and mustn’t using the words Brooklyn Superhero Supply Company.
and phrases in the boxes. Monitor and check use of must.
Pupils take out the colours in the instructions: red, green
They compare their sentences in pairs. More confident
and blue. Ask them to find a noun for a person. Elicit the
pupils can read their sentences to the class.
noun superhero. Pupils circle superhero in red. Elicit an
Extra challenge Encourage pupils to use their own ideas example of a place and a thing. Put pupils into pairs to
to create more sentences about the three places with must complete the activity. Review as a class. Invite volunteers
and mustn’t. to read a sentence each. As you elicit the nouns, write
them in the corresponding colour on the board.
AB40. ACTIVITY 1
Key: (red) superhero, (green) New York City, USA, (blue) Brooklyn
Complete with -ear / -air / -ere and number Superhero Supply Company, shop, costumes, masks, capes, kit,
the pictures. robot, message, ink

Pupils look at the sentences in Activity 1 and complete

them using one of the three spelling options. AB42. ACTIVITY 2

Pupils then match the sentences with the correct picture Reread the advert on Pupil’s Book page 43.
and write the number in the box. Complete the chart.
Key: 1 hair – a, 2 Where, chair, bear – b, 3 pears – d, 4 There, Tell pupils they are going to reread the advert for Garden
bear, chair – c Bookshop on page 43 in the Pupil’s Book. Read through
the headings in the chart as a class. Give pupils enough
AB40. ACTIVITY 2 time to reread the text and complete the activity. Pupils
check their answers in pairs.
Look and write. Then review as a class, inviting different volunteers to
Tell pupils to complete the table above the picture by come to the front of the class and complete the chart on
writing the words for things they can see in the picture the whiteboard. Point out the second column in the chart.
with one of the three spelling patterns. Remind pupils of the shop they imagined. They complete
Pupils use the picture and the words in the boxes to the table about their shop.
complete the sentences below the picture.
AB42. ACTIVITY 3
Key:
Make a sign and write an advert for your
-ere -air -ear
own shop.
where hair pear
Read out the instructions and draw the pupils’ attention to
there chair bear the Writing Tips box. Read the tips aloud.
1 bear, chair, pear; 2 bear, chair; 3 There, pears, chair; 4 pear, hair, Pupils use cardboard and markers to make a sign for their
pear, hair; 5 Where, bear; 6 There, chair, bear shop. Encourage them to use big, colourful letters. Hand
out the materials and allow pupils time to make their sign.
AB41. ACTIVITY 1 When they have finished their shop signs, pupils write
their own advert. Their description should include the
Read the story. Choose a word from the box. information from Activity 2. They should also refer to the
Write the correct word next to numbers 1–5. adverts in the Pupil’s Book to help them with their writing.
There is one example. Display pupils’ signs and adverts. Encourage pupils to
Say Open you Activity Books at page 41, please. Focus mingle and look at each other’s work. Congratulate
them on the activity instruction and check understanding. all efforts.
Make sure they read the instruction for number 6 at the
bottom of the page. Check comprehension of the words AB42. ACTIVITY 1
below the pictures. Pupils complete the text individually.
They compare answers in pairs. Check with the class. Did you …
Pupils read the questions, review their writing and tick the
Key: 1 park, 2 dog, 3 walk, 4 supermarket, 5 book, 6 Jack’s week
boxes accordingly.

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AB43. ACTIVITY 1 AB44. ACTIVITY 2

Put the words in groups. Find the words.

Focus pupils on Activity 10. Check they understand the Focus pupils on Activity 2 and on the activity instruction.
instructions (groups = word families) and the group Point out the example answer. Elicit the next word. Make
headings. Point out the example answers. Pupils work in sure pupils know that the first letters of the words overlap
pairs and write the words in pencil in the correct list. Pairs (the last letter of one word is used as the first letter of the
check with pairs. Check with the class. next word). Pupils work individually. They find the words
and circle them in pencil. They check in pairs.
Key: Actions: have lunch, get up, catch, play, wash; Places: cinema,
shop, hospital, library, café; Home: basement, floor, balcony, lift, Key: always, swim, market, town, never, read, daughter, robot,
downstairs; Family: uncle, daughter, parent, grandson, aunt tell, library, yes, station, need, dinner

AB43. ACTIVITY 2 Now answer the questions.

Write the answers. Pupils answer the two questions in their pairs. Check with
the class.
Focus pupils on Activity 2. In pairs, they read the questions
together and talk about the answers from memory, Key: There are five town words: cinema, market, town, library,
without looking back at their Pupil’s Book. When they’ve station.
answered as many questions as they can, allow them to
look back at the story in their Pupil’s Book to check. They
can then write their answers to the questions. AB45. ACTIVITY 3

Key: 1 They’re looking for work. 2 He thinks the woman is Lottie Circle the odd one out.
Cash, the bank robber. 3 Because it’s a lovely day for shopping Say Open you Activity Books at page 45, please. Read the
in the city. 4 They’re going to go to the bank to stop the bank instruction aloud and ask a pupil to read out the example.
robber. 5 Key shouts at Mrs Potts’ friend. Mrs Potts hits him with
Pupils work in pairs to complete the activity. They circle
her bag. 6 Because her friend is not Lottie Cash.
the odd word out in each set and say why that word is
different. Check with the class.
AB44. ACTIVITY 1
Key: 2 shower, 3 afternoon, 4 bedtime, 5 funfair, 6 stairs,
Read and order the words. Make sentences. 7 teacher, 8 children, 9 Tuesday, 10 never
Say Open your Activity Books at page 41, please. Direct
pupils to the activity instructions. Check understanding AB45. ACTIVITY 4
by writing the first jumbled sentence (play tennis / on /
I sometimes / Wednesdays.) on the board and showing Complete the crossword using the words from
pupils how it becomes the example. Pupils work in pairs. Activity 3. Use the code to write the message.
They unjumble each sentence and write it on a line in Focus pupils on Activity 4. Pupils work in pairs and
pencil. Pairs check with pairs. Check with the class. complete the crossword, using word lengths and the
Discuss with pupils what the different parts of the letters given to help them. Display the large copy of the
sentences are and how they know what the order is. completed crossword so pupils can check their answers.
Pupils write the message using the shaded letters
Key: 2 Tom never wakes up before 7 o’clock. 3 Mary never rides (Correct!).
her bike at the weekend. 4 We always wash our hands before
dinner. 5 Jim and Peter never do their homework in the evening. 6 Key: 2 shower, 3 afternoon, 4 bedtime, 5 funfair, 6 stairs,
They always read on Sunday mornings. 7 teacher, 8 children, 9 Tuesday, 10 never

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