C unit 9 reading and writing

English


Revision

Write tense verbs that you’ve learnt


I: Warm up

-Look at the picture!
-What happened to
the boy?


Unit 9: Survivors

Reading and writing
Chairlift terror


II: While reading
1. Look at the picture and find these things. Use a dictionary
to help you.
Helicopter

Chair
Chairlift
Operator
Helicopter
Coat

The ground

operator

chair
Chairlift
The ground

coat


II: While reading

2. Look quickly at the paragraphs
1. Who are the woman and the boy?
2. Where did the accident happen?
3. Did the boy fall?
Answers:
1. They are Fran Mansen and her son Luke.
2. In Dreamland theme park in Wellington, New Zealand.
3. No, he didn’t


II: While reading
3. Read the paragraphs. Number them in the correct order.
Answer:
1. It was a normal...
2. The chair moved out...
3. Then suddenly the chairlift...
4. People look...

5. Everybody watched and waited...
6. But Luke didn’t fall...


III: Vocabulary file: Prepositions of movement
a. Look at the diagrams
b. Use the table. Make a
sentence with each
preposition.
c. Draw pictures of three of
your sentences. Show them
to your partner. Your partner
says the sentences


IV: Post reading
4. A TV reporter interviewed Fran
a. Look at the questions and write Fran’s answers.
Answers:
1. He slipped from the chair because the chairlift stopped.
2. I grabbed his hand.
3. I tried to pull him back, but he was too heavy.
4. We were 20 metres above the ground.
5. Some people screamed. Someone telephoned for a
helicopter, and some people hurried to put coats on the
ground under Luke.
6. Yes, he did.
7. He climbed up to the chair and helped me hold Luke.
8. The helicopter lifted Luke onto the chair.
b. Work with a partner. Roleplay the interview.

V: Language focus: Past simple tense spelling
a. Find the past tense of these verbs in the story.
Slip: Slipped
Try: tried
Grab: grabbed
Hurry: hurried
b. What do you notice about the spelling?
Slipped
Grabbed

tried
hurried


VI: Consolidation

Can you retell the story?


HOMEWORK

 Learn

by heart new words
 Do exercise 8 work book unit 9