New Inside Out

Listening

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  Listen and make notes on people’s answers about games.
  
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  Listen to people talking about the senses and answer some questions.
  
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  Listen to a recording about verbs of the senses.
  
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  Listen to a conversation between three people and answer some questions about their relationship.
  
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  Listen and pay attention to the pronunciation of collocations with mind.
  
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  Listen and match some requests to the most appropriate responses.
  
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  Listen to some conversations containing useful phrases for making appropriate requests.
  

Speaking

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  Discus what they know about the human brain and answer to a quiz.
  
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  Order the games in some photos from the oldest to the most recent and talk about them.
  
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  Discuss an article about brain training.
  
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  Check their brain power by answering some questions and compare their scores with a partner.
  
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  Look at a book review by Oliver Sacks and answer some questions.
  
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  Discuss some questions about the senses with a partner.
  
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  Discuss questions about pets with a partner.
  
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  Discuss all the collocations they know with the word mind.
  
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  Discuss some questions taking care of the pronunciation of collocations with mind.
  
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  Look at some pictures and act out one of the situations including useful phrases for making appropriate requests.
  
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  Discuss with a partner some questions about making requests.
  

Reading

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  Look at some words and decide which ones have negative connotation.
  
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  Read some extracts from a book and answer some questions.
  
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  Look at some sentences and match the verbs to the appropriate meanings.
  
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  Read and notice the differences in meaning of the words observe, recognise and see.
  
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  Look at some verbs and decide which ones can only be used with stative meanings.
  
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  Look at some pairs of sentences and discuss the difference in meaning of the verbs of the senses.
  
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  Read the Grammar Extra explanations about the verbs of the senses on page 138 of the SB.
  
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  Match some problems to the appropriate definitions.
  
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  Read a pet case history and discuss the meaning of certain expressions.
  
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  Look at some participle clauses and answer some questions.
  
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  Look at a sentence containing participle clauses and add the missing word in the correct place.
  
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  Look at some sentences and add not where necessary.
  
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  Read the Grammar Extra explanations about participle clauses on page 138 of the SB.
  
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  Look at some sentences and notice the different collocations with mind.
  
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  Match some collocations with mind with the appropriate definitions.
  
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  Look at some requests and order them from the most polite to the most informal.
  

Writing

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  Complete an article about brain training with the appropriate words.
  
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  Complete a glossary from an extract of a book with the appropriate words.
  
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  Complete some extracts from a listening text with the appropriate verbs to do with the senses.
  
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  Write down everything the can feel using verbs of the senses.
  
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  Write a short factual account of a story about a dog.
  
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  Make sentences using the participle clauses given.
  
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  Rewrite sentences using participle clauses.
  
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  Rephrase their answers without using participle clauses.
  
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  Write phrases containing collocations with mind.
  
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  Complete sentences from a listening extract with the appropriate collocations with mind.
  
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  Write down a request following some guidelines and discuss with the rest of the class.
  
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  Review how to write e-mails making and declining requests by completing the exercises of the Writing Extra section.
  
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  Revise all the grammar and vocabulary contents of the unit by completing the Review B exercises for Units 4-6.