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Reward Upper-intermediate Resource Pack

  


Author(s):  Susan Kay
Publisher:   Longman
ISBN: 9780435240349

 
Note: The information below shows topics in the book that are also in the database. It does not represent a complete and accurate list of the book contents. Check publishers'resources where available for an accurate table of contents.
1a What have we got in common?
 
1b I know you, don't I?
 
2a Family Matters
 
2b Spot the differences
 
3a & b Lifestyle profiles
 
3c Men and women are from different planets
 
4a Things to do - places to visit
 
4b Whose life is it?
 
1-4a Find someone who
 
1-4b & c Get a line
 
5a Look back
 
5b What have you been up to?
 
6a It made my day
 
6b I was going to but
 
7a Dream destinations
 
7b Landscapes
 
8a Something strange happend on the way to...
 
8b Encounters of a spooky kind
 
5-8a Are you experienced?
 
5-8b Descriptions
 
9a Schooldays
 
9b Life changes
 
10a & b Alphabet game
 
10c What's your verdict?
 
11a & b Useful objects crossword
 
11c & d Don't say it
 
12a Anything's possible
 
12b Conditional dominoes
 
9 - 12a When we were ten
 
9 - 12b Impossible?
 
13a & b What is it?
 
13c Your views on technology
 
14a & b Give me a clue
 
14c A life in the day of...
 
15a Life would have been different
 
15b The grass is always greener
 
16a Snakes and ladders
 
16b Permission to lie
 
13 - 16a My kind of people
 
13 - 16b Brainstorm
 
17a How's your haggling?
 
17b Spend spend spend
 
18a & b Tomorrow's world
 
18c Ten years from now
 
19a Facts and myths
 
19b & c Unsolved mysteries
 
20a Advertising campaign
 
20b Neighbours
 
17 - 20a & b Drawing game
 
17 - 20c Buy a sentence
 

1a What have we got in common?

Page 1

Variation on 'Find someone who'

skills:
personalization - general
 
Page 1
mill-type activity   speaking   

Variation on find someone who

skills:
getting to know you
 
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1b I know you, don't I?

Page 1
individual / pairwork   speaking   

Ss makes a guess about their partner's lifestyle (list of prompts), then check if they are right using a question tag.

grammar:
question tags
 
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2a Family Matters

Page 2
mill-type activity   

Mill drill type activity with yes / no questions relating to family

grammar:
basic question forms
skills:
family
 
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2b Spot the differences

Page 2

Describing position, actions etc. of peope in an airport departure lounge.

functions:
describing
 
Page 2

Describing actions, positions etc. of peope in an airport departure lounge

grammar:
present continuous for actions now
 
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3a & b Lifestyle profiles

Page 3
individual / pairwork   large groups   speaking   writing   

Students invent a profile of a person from a picture and read it out. Others have to guess which picture.

grammar:
present simple - present meanings
 
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3c Men and women are from different planets

Page 3

Ten statements about gender to agree / disagree with.

skills:
gender
functions:
opinions
 
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4a Things to do - places to visit

Page 4

Making arrangements / invitations from picture and word prompts

grammar:
present continuous for future arrangements
 
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4b Whose life is it?

Page 4
speaking   

Talking about plans and making predictions using will, and going to.

grammar:
future
 
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1-4a Find someone who

Page 1 - 4

Various tenses etc

grammar:
basic question forms
skills:
personalization - general
 
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1-4b & c Get a line

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5a Look back

Page 5

Speaking. Board game. Personalization.
All three uses of present perfect + contrast with past simple.

Board squares contain personal topics. Ss throw dice and have to speak about the topic they land on.

grammar:
present perfect tense
 
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5b What have you been up to?

Page 5

Present perfect simple vs continuous for actions with a present relevance. Pictures and prompts.

grammar:
present perfect continuous
 
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6a It made my day

Page 6

Whole class / large group.
Writing an anecdote.

'Write, fold and pass' activity to construct a funny anecdote.

grammar:
narrative tenses
 
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6b I was going to but

Page 6

Speaking, Card game. Small groups.

Ss turn over two picture cards and use their imagination to make a sentence following the patterns such as,
I was going to but (something happened) so I (did something else).

grammar:
future in the past
functions:
plans - changing plans
grammar:
was going to
 
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7a Dream destinations

Page 7
individual / pairwork   mill-type activity   speaking   writing   

(1) Speaking : mill-type activity. Picture cards.
Ss have half of a picture and find their partner who has the other half of a picture.
(2) Writing : write description of picture in pairs.
(3) Pictures and descriptions are then shuffled and re-matched.

functions:
describing places
 
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7b Landscapes

Page 7
individual / pairwork   small groups   speaking   listening   writing   information gap   

Ss write descriptions of pictures; then read out
descriptions and others draw.

functions:
describing pictures
functions:
describing places
vocabulary:
landscape
 
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8a Something strange happend on the way to...

Page 8
small groups   writing   correction exercise   

Ss write a supernatural story using question prompts. Exchange and correct.

grammar:
narrative tenses
skills:
paranormal
 
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8b Encounters of a spooky kind

Page 8
individual / pairwork   speaking   listening   writing   reading   jig-saw activity   

Ss in pairs dictate their half of a spooky story to make a complete text.

skills:
paranormal
grammar:
participle clause
 
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5-8a Are you experienced?

Page 5 - 8
individual / pairwork   reading   

Ss read and answer questionnaire on their life experience.

grammar:
present perfect for unfinished time periods
 
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5-8b Descriptions

Page 5 - 8
individual / pairwork   writing   reading   

Ss write descriptions using words taken from two texts. Then compare with original texts.

functions:
describing people - appearance
functions:
describing places
 
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9a Schooldays

Page 9
mill-type activity   speaking   

Find someone who on the topic of school.

skills:
education
 
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9b Life changes

Page 9
small groups   speaking   guessing game   

Ss complete and read out sentences relating to a situation (e.g. 'You've got married')
I used to...
I didn't use to...
I'm getting used to...
Other Ss must guess the situation.

grammar:
used to / get used to
 
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10a & b Alphabet game

Page 10
large groups   speaking   card game   

Ss must take a card and say a word according to the instructions on the card.

functions:
obligation
functions:
permission / prohibition
 
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10c What's your verdict?

Page 10
small groups   speaking   listening   discussion   

Ss read court cases and give their verdicts.

grammar:
should have (done)
 
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11a & b Useful objects crossword

Page 11
small groups   writing   reading   crossword   

Ss prepare definitions for everyday objects using clausees of purpose.

grammar:
infinitive of purpose
 
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11c & d Don't say it

Page 11
small groups   speaking   card game   guessing game   

Ss must communicate a noun to their teams using clauses of purpose but without using four obvious words which are printed below.

grammar:
infinitive of purpose
 
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12a Anything's possible

Page 12
individual / pairwork   speaking   writing   

Ss complete 2nd conditional sentences about their partner.

grammar:
second conditional
 
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12b Conditional dominoes

Page 12
individual / pairwork   small groups   writing   matching   card game   

Ss in pairs complete condtional sentences from prompts and then play a dominoes matching game in a group.

grammar:
conditionals
 
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9 - 12a When we were ten

Page 9 - 12
mill-type activity   speaking   

Find out how many people...
(had to wear school uniform etc.)

functions:
obligation
functions:
permission / prohibition
 
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9 - 12b Impossible?

Page 9 - 12
small groups   matching   

Dominoes game with prefixes.

grammar:
prefixes and suffixes
 
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13a & b What is it?

Page 13
large groups   information gap   quiz   

Ss in teams have to guess inventions from descriptions of them that use the passive voice.

skills:
inventions / discoveries
grammar:
passive voice
 
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13c Your views on technology

Page 13
small groups   speaking   discussion   

Ss discuss statements about technology.

skills:
information technology
functions:
opinions
 
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14a & b Give me a clue

Page 14
small groups   writing   crossword   

Ss make crossword definitions for half a crossword, then swap with another group.

Subjects : people, places, objects

grammar:
defining relative clauses
 
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14c A life in the day of...

Page 14
individual / pairwork   reading   matching   

Ss match pictues of people with statements about their lives and telephone messages that have been left for them.

grammar:
present simple - present meanings
 
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15a Life would have been different

Page 15
mill-type activity   speaking   

Ss read statements expressing regrets about the past, find ones they agree with and then mill to find other Ss with the same regrets.
Then explain regrets using third conditional.

functions:
regrets
grammar:
third conditional
grammar:
wish - past
 
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15b The grass is always greener

Page 15
mill-type activity   speaking   

Ss complete sentences beginning 'I wish...' . These are redistributed and Ss then mill to find who wrote the sentence.

grammar:
wish - present
 
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16a Snakes and ladders

Page 16
small groups   board game   

Snakes and ladders game with gapped sentences on some squares.

Phrasal verbs include both simple and idiomatic examples.

vocabulary:
phrasal verbs
 
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16b Permission to lie

Page 16

Call-my-bluff-type team game focused on idioms containing music words: Blow your own trumpet; Change your tune; Face the music etc.

vocabulary:
idioms - music
 
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13 - 16a My kind of people

Page 13 - 16
mill-type activity   speaking   

Ss complete sentences from prompts (I am attracted to people who... etc.)
Sentences are redistributed and Ss mill to find who wrote the sentence.

grammar:
defining relative clauses
 
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13 - 16b Brainstorm

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17a How's your haggling?

Page 17
individual / pairwork   

Ss interview each other to complete a questionnaire on haggling skills.

grammar:
countable and uncountable nouns
grammar:
quantifiers
skills:
shopping
 
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17b Spend spend spend

Page 17
small groups   board game   

skills:
money
vocabulary:
money expressions
 
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18a & b Tomorrow's world

Page 18
small groups   speaking   reading   quiz   

(18a) Multiple-choice quiz about life in the future.
(18b) Six short texts in which the answers can be found.

grammar:
future continuous
grammar:
future perfect
grammar:
will - future uses
 
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18c Ten years from now

Page 18
small groups   mill-type activity   speaking   pairwork   

Students complete sentences making predictions about each other and read them out.

Marked as pair work but could be done in small groups or even as a whole class if they know each other sufficiently well.

grammar:
future continuous
grammar:
future perfect
 
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19a Facts and myths

Page 19
small groups   information gap   pairwork   

Students exchange information about common myths. (drinking sea water will drive you insane etc.)
'It is believed that...', 'It is said that...' etc.

skills:
facts and myths
grammar:
passive - report structures
 
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19b & c Unsolved mysteries

Page 19
small groups   speaking   reading   matching   

(19b) Students read out short texts about five unsolved mysteries and speculate about possible explanations.
(19c) Read and match explanations with mysteries.

functions:
deductions / guesses
 
Page 19
small groups   speaking   listening   

(19b) Students read out short texts about five unsolved mysteries and speculate about possible explanations.
(19c) Read and match explanations with mysteries.

grammar:
modals of deduction
 
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20a Advertising campaign

Page 20
small groups   speaking   guessing game   

Ss produce a radio advertisement based on a picture.
Other students have to guess the picture.

skills:
advertising
 
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20b Neighbours

Page 20
jig-saw activity   pairwork   dictation   

Jig saw story containing reporting verbs. Students dictate to each other in pairs.

grammar:
reported speech
grammar:
reporting verbs
 
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17 - 20a & b Drawing game

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17 - 20c Buy a sentence

Page 17 - 20
pairwork   grammar   

Grammar auction

grammar:
errors - grammar
 
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