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Reading
Work with a classmate. Look at the photos and ask and answer the questions. Then read the e-mails and check. 1 2 3 Who lives in a big city? Which two boys are brothers? What is Adisas favourite sport?
Hi, My names Olivia Sams on. Im ten and Im from Castleton in Engla nd. Our home is in the mountains. Heres a ph oto. This is me and these are my two brothe rs. Theyre six and eight. My favourite spor ts are football and cycling. What about yo u? Bye! Olivia

Hello,

My names Adisa. My ats home is in Nigeria. Th t in Africa! My house isn ng big its small. Swimmi favourite is good, but my t spor t is basketball! Wha s are your favourite thing to do? Adisa (11)

Hello, We are Luke and Alex. Were classmates! Were from Toronto in Canada. Its a big city. Our favourite thing to do is skateboarding! Im eleven and Alex is twelve. His birthday is in May and my birthday is in June. When is your birthday? Write soon! Luke and Alex

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Comprehension
Read the e-mails again. Match the questions with the answers. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Whats Olivias surname? Whos in the photo with Olivia? Wheres Adisa from? How old is he? Is basketball his favourite sport? Whens Lukes birthday? Are Luke and Alex brothers? Is their home in the mountains? a b c d e f g h Yes, it is. Nigeria Samson No, they arent. No, it isnt. eleven June her brothers

Vocabulary
Complete the table with the words in the box. Can you add any more words to the table? Canada eight England football June May Nigeria swimming ten twelve

sports numbers countries months

football,

Speaking and writing

a) Make notes about these things. your age and your birthday your home your family your town your favourite sport/colour/things to do

b) Work with a classmate. Ask and answer questions about the things in Activity 4a.

Whens your birthday? Its in January.

c)

Write an e-mail about yourself to one of the people in Activity 1.

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Aim
In this lesson, students read e-mails written by three children from different parts of the world England, Nigeria

and Canada. They compare their own lives with the lives of these children.

1 Reading
Put the students in pairs. Ask them to look at the photos and discuss the questions. Ask a few students to share their ideas with the class. Next, read the three e-mails with the students and ask them to check if their answers were correct. Luke and Alex the two boys in the photo with Olivia basketball

4 Speaking and writing

Ask the students to make notes about the points in the list. Then put them in pairs and tell them to ask and answer questions about the things in the list. If necessary, elicit the questions students will need to ask before they begin, e.g. How old are you? When is your birthday? Where do you live? How many brothers and sisters do you have? What is your town like? What is your favourite sport/ colour/thing to do? Monitor and help where necessary. Then ask the students to work on their own and write an e-mail about themselves to one of the students in Activity 1. Tell them to use the e-mails in Activity 1 as a model. Remind them to address their e-mail to Olivia, Adisa, or Luke and Alex. Note: The writing stage of this activity could be set as homework.

Answers 1 2 3

2 Comprehension
Ask the students to read the e-mails again and match questions 18 with answers ah. Ask the students to compare answers in pairs before checking them with the class. 3b 4f 5a 6g 7d 8e

Answers 1c 2h

3 Vocabulary
Ask the students to complete the table with the words in the box. Monitor and help where necessary. Check answers with the class.

Answers sports: football, swimming numbers: eight, ten, twelve countries: Nigeria, Canada, England months: May, June
Ask the students to think of more words to write in each category in the table. Draw the table on the board and ask individuals to come up and write their answers in the table.

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