• Klasse 8: unit 1 - part 2: skills training (M)
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Train your skills - Speaking

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In the following exercises you are going to train your English skills.
At the end you are going to check yourself.
page 24/ number 1: On the street
a) What could the people talk about?
b) Do the task as in the book. Take notes.
c) Listen carefully and takes notes.
On page 114 you can see the missing phrases, if you don't understand them.
d) Speak quietly, so that you don't disturb (stören) the others.
e) Fill in the table.
Lösung
page 24/ number 1: On the street
a) What could the people talk about?
b) Do the task as in the book. Take notes.
c) Listen carefully and takes notes.
On page 114 you can see the missing phrases, if you don't understand them.
d) Speak quietly, so that you don't disturb (stören) the others.
e) Fill in the table.

a) In the foreground I can see...
In the background there's are...
The boy and the girl look like tourists because...
b) dialogue 1: short and impatient, quite loud, the boy sounds fed up, the woman is surprised, unfriendly tourists
dialogue 2: longer and friendlier, the tourists are nice and relaxed, more polite
c) 1 - Excuse me
2 - help. us 3 - problem 4 - please 5 - problem 6 - thanks 7 - could 8 - of course 9 - your help 10 - nice 11 - welcome
e)
asking for help: Excuse me, please...
I wonder if you could help us? Thanks for your help Great, thanks Could you please Can you tell us where... is, please?
giving help: Sure No problem What's the problem? Yes, of course. You're very welcome.
other polite phrases: Great Have a nice day you too

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You have already praticed how to be polite.

You can, of course, use your notes from the first skills training in unit 1.

book page 114/ More practice 4: In the subway
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Choose a partner and do a role play.
--> page 24/2a)
Look at number 1 and at the speech bubbles for help.
Perform the dialogue in front of your teacher.

or

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Practice in your workbook:page 9, number 19 a), b) and c)
Choose a partner for c) and perform your dialogue in front of your teacher.

Train your skills - Listening

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Do some listening in your workbook.

page 10/ number 20

Train your skills - Mediation

a diner
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A day in New Yok can be very exhausting. Now you are getting hungry.

So you decide to go to an American diner. This is a kind of restaurant.

Work with a partner:

page 25/ 1a)

Es kommt nicht darauf an, die Sätze genau zu übersetzen. Du sollst nur grob wiedergeben, was sie bedeuten.

Schau auch auf S. 175 (SF 11) nach, was Mediation bedeutet.

b) Now listen to check your answers.

c) Now mediate yourself. Listen to check your answers.
Lösung5
A day in New Yok can be very exhausting. Now you are getting hungry.

So you decide to go to an American diner. This is a kind of restaurant.

Work with a partner:

page 25/ 1a)

Es kommt nicht darauf an, die Sätze genau zu übersetzen. Du sollst nur grob wiedergeben, was sie bedeuten.

Schau auch auf S. 175 (SF 11) nach, was Mediation bedeutet.

b) Now listen to check your answers.

c) Now mediate yourself. Listen to check your answers.
Lösungen zu ex. 1a) 1. Ein Tisch für 2. Wo möchte man sitzen (Fenster oder Nische) 3. Bitte folgen. 4. Gleich wieder da für Bestellung. 5. Wollen Sie jetzt bestellen? 6. We'd like two pieces of cheesecake, please. 7. Could we have some water, please - not mineral water. 8. Can we pay, please. 9. It was great, but now I'm completely full. / 10. Where are the restrooms, please?

Train your skills - Listening

Die Hörtexte im workbook findest du im Internet. Auf der letzten Umschlagseite findest du einen Link und einen Code. Gib beides an. So kommst du zu den Texten.

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3) Do some listening in your workbook.
page 10/ number 20
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Practice mediation in your workbook.

page 10/ number 21 a) and b)

page 11/ 22 a) and b)
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Mediation: Show that you are a master of mediation. book page 25/2

The solutions are part of the listening texts.
If you are not sure about your answers ask your teacher.

Train your skills - Reading

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Improve (verbessern) your reading skills.
book page 26/1: Before reading look at the pictures.
They tell you what the text is about.
1a) Take notes in your folder: Don't read the whole texts.
Only look for the information that is needed and write it down.
Lösung9
Improve (verbessern) your reading skills.
book page 26/1: Before reading look at the pictures.
They tell you what the text is about.
1a) Take notes in your folder: Don't read the whole texts.
Only look for the information that is needed and write it down.
a) baseball, American football, soccer, ice hockey, basketball, streetball, American handball, stickball
b) streetball, American handball, stickball
Lösung10
p.26 / 2 - Read the whole text to answer the questions.
1 l. 56
2 l. 6
7
3 l. 8910
4 l. 15
5 l. 22/23
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p.26 / 2 - Read the whole text to answer the questions.
Lösung11
Not more than 5 words!
1 baseball
2 court
3 a small rubber ball
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Not more than 5 words!
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Practice some more reading: workbook page 12, number 23 a) and b)

Train your skills - Viewing

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Chillin' in New York City
Watch the film and do ex. 2 on p.27
Lösung13
Chillin' in New York City
Watch the film and do ex. 2 on p.27
2a) 3
2b) 1 - on basketball courts near where they live
2 - streetball - like basketball, pick up game, games are fast, long and hard, everyone needs to play the whole time, when you get fouled you have to call it yourself:foul
3 - 4 players
4 - 2 (the best players): the captain pick the team
c) 1-easy 2 - busy 3 - ride / 4 hot dogs
d) 3+4

Stop! Check! go!

Check what you have learned in unit 1.

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page 28/ number 1
Describe the picture using the phrases from the green box. Read all sentences before you start.
Write the complete text into your folder.
Lösung14
page 28/ number 1
Describe the picture using the phrases from the green box. Read all sentences before you start.
Write the complete text into your folder.
1 in the foreground
2 next to
3 Behind
4 In the background/ on the left
5 on top
6 In front of
7 In the middle
8 under
9 Between
10 In the background
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page 28/2 Write the full text into your folder.
Lösung15
page 28/2 Write the full text into your folder.
1 spent
2 took
3 told
4 were
5 found out
6 did not have
7 arrived
8 were
9 played
10 talked
11 gave
12 invited
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book page 28/2 b)

You can use the letter from 2a) for inspiration.

Show your text to your teacher.
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Do you remember the differences between British and American English?
Go to page 29 in your book. Do number 3a)
Lösung17
Do you remember the differences between British and American English?
Go to page 29 in your book. Do number 3a)
1 restroom
2 subway
3 cell phone
4 pants
5 garbage
6 sneakers
7 flashlight
8 candy
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Conditional sentences

page 29/ number 4a)
Write the complete sentences into your folder.
Lösung18
Conditional sentences

page 29/ number 4a)
Write the complete sentences into your folder.
1B, 2D, 3F, 4A, 5G, 6C, 7E
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Can you form conditional sentences? Sure you can!
Do number 4 b) on page 29
Lösung19
Can you form conditional sentences? Sure you can!
Do number 4 b) on page 29
1 moved, 2 'd need/ would need
3 had, 4 would open
5 had, 6 would be
7 were, 8 would call
9 cooked, 10 wouldn't have
11 did, 12 would be
13 worked, 14 would serve
15 would find, 16 were
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Show that you can form conditional sentences.
Use the phrases and pictures in your book.

--> page 29/ 4 c)

Show your sentences to your teacher.
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Reading: Check if you are a good readerage. page 30/ number 5a) and b)
Lösung21
Reading: Check if you are a good readerage. page 30/ number 5a) and b)
b) 1 - 69 - half price)
2 - Tour 1, Tour 2B
3 - at Pier 83
4 - Tour 1, Tour 3
5 - Tour 3
6 - Tour 2B, Tour 3
7 - Tour 2A (half price 4-hour tour= $24)
Lösung zur p.30 / 5a
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Listening page 31/ number 6a), b)
Lösung22
Listening page 31/ number 6a), b)
a) 1C, 2A, 3 D

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Mediation:
page 31/ number 7
You can use page 175 (Skills file 11) for help.
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Do some more mediation: page 116/ More challenge 4
Lösung24
Do some more mediation: page 116/ More challenge 4
1) My father would like to have a bagel with cucumber and egg.
2) ...Frischkäse oder Butter auf dem Bagel?
3)He'd like cream cheese and some tomatoes, please.
4)Tell us what is on the Bagel Deluxe?
5) Frischkäse, Tomaten, Salat, Putenfleisch und Zwiebeln
6) My mother would like to have a Bagel Deluxe but without onion
7) etwas trinken?
8) 2 glasses of orange juice+ a cup of coffee for my father
9) My father would like to have a regular cup of coffee and a small orange juice. My mother - a large orange juice
10) noch einen Schokomuffin?
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Start a learner log for grade 8. Use page 31/ number 8 as an example or in your WB p.13



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And now the last tasks for unit 2 and revision in your WB on p.14-16.

More challenge 1

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Different sides of New York City

Open your book at page 32 and do tasks 1a) and b). Look at skills file 6 on page 166 for support.
Lösung27
Different sides of New York City

Open your book at page 32 and do tasks 1a) and b). Look at skills file 6 on page 166 for support.
a) e. g. Manhattan is an island with many famous skyscrapers. Central Park is in Manhattan. Brooklyn Bridge connects Brooklyn and Manhattan.
b) -Manhattan and the other boroughs, e. g. Brownsville in Brooklyn.
-stop and frisk: the police can stop people in the street anytime and check if they have a gun.
Policeman
2a) Take notes about the authors point of view.
b) Write full sentences.
Lösung
2a) Take notes about the authors point of view.
b) Write full sentences.
a) 1: lines 7- 8
line 9
lines 11 ff
lines 14 ff
lines 31 ff
line 40
2: lines 14 ff
lines 29 ff
3: pro: lines 23 ff, lines 25 ff
con: lines 26 ff, lines 46/47
4: individual answers

b) 1 - People get angry because the police mostly stop African-Americans or Hispanics and most to these people are innocent.
2 - Yes, they are.
3 - individuelle Lösungen

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Revision: the present perfect

3a) Find the information and write complete sentences.
Lösung28
Revision: the present perfect

3a) Find the information and write complete sentences.
a) 1 has been raining (l.7)
2 has been ignoring (l.12)
3 have been stopping and frisking (l.19)
4 has been falling (l.24)
b) Make a coloured box around the rules.
Lösung
b) Make a coloured box around the rules.
-noch andauert
-since und for
-been , ing-Form

c) Scan the text for more examples. Write the sentences into your folder.

d) Be careful to use the present progressive in your sentences.
Lösung
d) Be careful to use the present progressive in your sentences.
e. g. I have been living in this town for 14 years.
I have been learning English for 4 years.
I have been doing this exercise for ten minutes.

You did a good job.

This was the last material for unit 1.

Now go to the teacher and do the test.

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