Key focus: Identifies and critically discusses social values in the text
Learners work individually. Learners should be informed that this activity is for
formal assessment. Encourage them to provide their best possible writing and to make use of the dictionaries in the classroom. Each learner is to provide the answers in his/her exercise book and hand it in to be marked. Encourage learners to be quiet so that everyone has a fair chance of reading and thinking.
Suggested answers
1 No answer needed. 2 a an inactive, lazy, often fat person (in front of the TV) b children (who might be inactive) c stop taking the criticism; proud to be lazy; popular; exercise is for the birds; cool; uncool; let’s be proud to be lazy together
d Opinion; it does not refer to research and seems biased.
e It is time to no longer be passive; be assertive and show that you are proud of your laziness.
f No; he/she refers to the benefits of sports; inadvertently this means that lying on the couch will have the opposite effect.
g No; one will get fatter and lazier; it is important for children to lead balanced lives; any reasonable answer (Be prepared that some learners might get this wrong.)
3 Learners should provide a catchy title; leading questions; persuasive language such as idioms/proverbs; some factual information; appeal to the reader’s sense of belonging to promote the Get Active campaign.
Learn about idioms and proverbs (LB p. 39)
Key focus: Idioms and proverbs Learners work individually.
Suggested answers 1 a someone who is inactive and looks like a potato b inactively/passively c be noticed d not important e very easy
2 a this is not based on enough fact b don’t just believe everything you hear c unhappy people clump together
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d you can’t keep everybody happy e people often don’t want others to have what they can’t have themselves
f when you decide to do something, do it with enthusiasm
Support
Learners work in pairs. Supply each pair with five proverbs or idioms. Ask them to read them to each other and think of their meanings or application. They could also refer to the dictionary to get the meanings of key words. These proverbs or idioms with their meanings next to each can be posted on the classroom notice board for all to see. Check that they have provided correct explanations before it is posted on the notice board. Encourage learners to use the idioms and proverbs in their own writing to enrich their texts.
Get the message? Prepare to read (LB p. 40)
Key focus: Pre-reading: prediction Learners work individually.
Suggested answers 1 a the message tries to promote that children should become more active; for educational purposes b Inactive children
Read a leaflet (LB p. 41)
Key focus: Identifies and critically discusses social values in the text
Learners work individually.
Suggested answers 1 the problem and the solution 2 catchy title - Kids on the move; leading questions – Did you know?; some factual information – 40% of children
3 a hat health and activity are important b learners to supply any reasonable answer: honesty; integrity, respect
4 Children who are inactive will become fat/obese. The solution is to join this campaign.
5 the statistics mentioned are aimed at the parents; it would probably scare them into action
6 Yes; it would be nice to win a prize and to be part of a group (learners’ answers will vary).
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