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Books  > New Cutting Edge Upper Intermediate students' book  > Module 2 Life's ups and downs
 
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18 19 Reading and vocabulary
individual / pairwork
reading
speaking
written exercise
reading
Discussion: things that are phsically and psychologically good and bad for you.
Reading : So you know what's good for you. Pysical and psychological effects of various lifestyle factors including food, exercise, stress etc.

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skills topics:   health - mental / psychological
skills topics:   health - physical
20 21 Forming nouns and gerunds
 
(20) Noun - verb pairs: research and researh etc.
(20) Passage with mulitple choice words: noun /verb/adjective etc,
(21) Word completion

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grammar:   nouns
vocabulary:   prefixes and suffixes
pronunciation:   stress - syllable
vocabulary:   word families
22   Forming adjectives
written exercise
Common adjectival endings: ive, ic, able etc
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grammar:   adjectives
vocabulary:   prefixes and suffixes
23   Responding sympathetically
individual / pairwork
listening
Listening: 3 short conversations (A: problem -> B: response - sympathetic / unsympathetic).
Grading of phrases (What a shame! etc.) for degree of sympathy.

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functions:   sympathy
23   prefixes
 
Common prefixes: over, under, pre, post etc
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vocabulary:   prefixes and suffixes
24 25 Things that make you feel...
individual / pairwork
small groups
speaking
listening
(1) Listening: 10 people talk about situations that make them feel stressed, happy etc.
(2) Ss speak on the same topics.

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skills topics:   feelings / emotions
26   wordspot: life
vocabulary
Various phrases with, collocations of 'life'.
Students add the word 'life' to sentences, then gap fill

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vocabulary:   life - different uses of
27   Practise
 
End-of-unit extra practice section
vocabulary:   life - different uses of
vocabulary:   prefixes and suffixes
functions:   sympathy
vocabulary:   word families
 
Unit-specific materials
The following materials relate specifically to this unit. See above for materials relating to general language points

   

Vocabulary revision  From: anonymous
Vocab revision strips for unit 2 - 'Life's ups and downs'
Statements with gerunds  From: anonymous
Ss arrange cards to make sentences such as 'Walking in the moutains is my idea of happiness'.
comprehension questions - So you think you know what's good for you  From: anonymous
Can be used for a reading race.
nouns & gerunds follow-up   From: anonymous
Follow up mulitple-choice and speaking exercise to Language Focus 1, page 20
 
 
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