BigQuestions Level 3 TeacherGuide PDF
BigQuestions Level 3 TeacherGuide PDF
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Language Language
New: Musical instruments vocabulary: guitar, drums, New: What does he / she play? When does he / she practise?
keyboard, recorder, cymbals, violin, trumpet, cello, flute, Where does he / she perform?
saxophone Review: Present simple 3rd person singular affirmative
Review: Do you play (the guitar)? Yes, I do. / No, I don’t. sentences
Warm up Warm up
Play Activity! from the Games Bank on page XXX. Review the musical instruments vocabulary from the previous
lesson. Play the Unit 1 Lesson 2 flashcards game on the iPack
Class Book page 10 or play Vocab activity! from the Games Bank on page 000.
ANSWERS When you have played an iPack game with the students
Students’ own answers once, you can ask individual students to take your role as
teacher to lead the same game on subsequent occasions
2 Listen, point and repeat. e 1•09 Compare your in order to help them develop confident use of digital
list with Ania’s. technology.
ANSWERS
Students’ own answers Class Book page 11
3 Listen and say the instrument. e 1•10 1 Listen, read and look at the picture. e 1•13
ANSWERS How are Ania and her sister different?
1 flute 2 guitar 3 violin 4 cymbals 5 drums ANSWER
6 saxophone 7 cello 8 recorder 9 keyboard Ania plays the violin and her sister plays the trumpet.
10 trumpet Ania practises every day and her sister practises on
Tuesdays and Thursdays.
4 Listen and sing. e 1•11
Ania performs at school and her sister performs at concerts.
• Play the song for students to listen and sing.
TIP Mixed Ability Teaching
5 Ask and answer. 9 e 1•12
• Support lower level students by displaying the
• Put students in pairs to practise the dialogue. grammar table via the iPack on the Class Book on
screen and highlighting or pointing out the questions
Activity Book page 7 and answers as they are spoken in the recording. Use
the grammar table and the chat box dialogue for extra
1 Write the instruments. 8 visual support in the second part of the activity, too.
ANSWERS • Stretch higher level students by asking them to do the
Wind instruments: flute, recorder, saxophone second part of Activity 2 independently in pairs (while
String instruments: guitar, violin, cello you work with other students), then by asking them to
Percussion instruments: drums, cymbals ask and answer personalized questions about somebody
they know, or hone their creative skills by asking and
2 Follow and write.
answering questions about an imaginary person.
ANSWERS
1 Auntie Sally plays the recorder. 2 Listen and follow. e 1•14 Ask and answer about
2 Dad plays the guitar.
Ania’s sister.
3 Grandma plays the flute.
4 Uncle Frank plays the saxophone. Audio transcript
5 Betty and Hetty play the keyboard. A What does he play?
6 Pat and Matt play the cymbals. B He plays the violin.
A When does she practise?
B She practises every day.
A Where does he perform?
B He performs at school.
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1 Complete the labels. Explain to students that the child posting in this unit isn’t
one of the Big Questions main characters, but a child from
ANSWERS the wider international community. Ask students if they
1 shaker 2 trumpet 3 flute 4 guitar 5 recorder know where this child is from. Explain that Theo is British
6 drum and lives in England, but that his family are originally from
the Caribbean.
2 How do you make a watermelon drum? Number
the pictures in order. 8
2 Ask a question about the carnival. 8
ANSWERS
Students’ own answers • To help students think of possible questions, you can
give them a few ideas to get them started, e.g. Where is
3 Listen and check. e 1•22 the carnival? When is the carnival? etc. Write these and the
students’ own questions on the board.
Audio transcript
• After students have listened and read the text, refer back
1 You need a knife. Use the knife to cut off the top of the
to their questions and encourage them to tell you which
watermelon. Remember! Ask an adult to help you.
ones the leaflet answered. Tick the questions that were
2 Now you need a spoon. Empty the watermelon with the
answered by the text.
spoon. You can eat the watermelon!
3 Turn the watermelon over. Hit the drum with your hands. 3 Read and listen. e 1•23 Does the leaflet answer
4 You can make a water drum, too. Put some water into a your question?
big bowl.
5 Put the watermelon drum into the bowl. Now you need ANSWERS
the carrots. Hit the drum, with the carrots. Students’ own answers
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Warm up
Play Activity! from the Games Bank on page 000.
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