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Unit 11
Shoot for the stars Culture; Writing

4 During feedback, say the words
for students to repeat. Check SHOOT FOR THE STARS UNIT 11
that they’re placing stress on the 4 VOCABULARY Match the highlighted words in the
correct syllable. Encourage them article with the definitions. 2 ANALYSE Match the paragraphs with their
to notice the schwa /ə/ at the end 1 a partnership/working together main function. There are two extra functions.
2 to leave somewhere in a hurry (usually because
of exterior. of danger) say who is responsible
a brief description of what the report is about
1 collaboration 2 evacuate 3 the force that keeps us on the ground suggestions for changes
3 gravity 4 in operation 5 orbiting 4 working talk about the cost of making changes
5 circling around an object
6 docked 7 exterior 8 assembled 6 attached to an outline of the problem
7 the outside of a building/structure 3 Rewrite the sentences from the report,
5 Monitor and help as necessary, 8 put together replacing the underlined words with the
words in brackets.
encouraging students to express 5 SPEAKING Work in pairs and discuss the questions. The computer had stopped working due to it
SPEAKING
themselves in English and to use 1 Would you like to spend time in a space station if being covered in a thick orange liquid.
it was possible?
any vocabulary they have learned 2 What experiment would you like to conduct most? 1 (as a result of)
2 (because of)
from the article. 3 What do you think would be the most difficult Although the crew were able to run the back-up
aspect of living on the ISS? computer, the incident has raised serious
concerns about dining habits.
3 (however)
1 Set a two-minute time limit to WRITING 4 (despite)
encourage quick scanning. A report 4 PLAN Read through the situation below and
Problem: computer malfunction due 1 INPUT Read the report. What problem does it make notes.
to food spillage Solution: ban all report and what solution does it suggest? Last Friday, there was a school trip to the space
liquid food museum. The coach was supposed to leave at
9 am, but didn’t leave until 10 am because five
1 The aim of this report is to discuss a problem students were late. As a consequence, the group
2 Encourage students to underline recently encountered during the Admiral 9 had an hour less to spend at the museum.
mission to the International Space Station and
the parts of the report that to make suggestions about what can be done Problem:
Solution:
support their answers. to prevent this happening in the future.
PROdUCE Write a report about the problem
1 a brief description of what the 2 On 3 September this year, commander 5 with the school trip (200–250 words).
Captain Jade Logan reported a serious
report is about 2 an outline of the incident of computer malfunction in the Remember to do these things:
problem 3 suggestions for changes dining quarters of the International Space • say what the report is about
Station. On further inspection, it appeared that • outline the problem
the computer had stopped working due to it • suggest a solution
3 Monitor to gauge how well being covered in a thick orange liquid. Logan
students are able to do this and questioned members of her team only to
discover that the problem had occurred when
to make a note of any repeated engineer Ian Coyne’s carrot soup had leaked
problems. During feedback, pay from its container and found its way to the
computing area.
attention to the use of the words 3 Although the crew were able to run the back-
in brackets and elicit/clarify up computer, the incident has raised serious
rules regarding punctuation and concerns about dining habits. Consequently,
while a more detailed report is being prepared,
position in the sentence. we suggest an immediate ban on all liquid
1 The computer had stopped working food aboard the Space Station until safer
procedures can be introduced.
as a result of being covered in a thick
orange liquid.
2 The computer had stopped working
because of being covered in a thick
orange liquid. 109
3 The crew were able to run the back-
up computer. However, the incident
has raised serious concerns about Homework
dining habits. If you are short on time, students can do Writing Exercise 5 for homework. If
4 Despite the crew being able to run you have done this in class, ask students to exchange their reports with another
the back-up computer, the incident student for them to read and give feedback on content and structure. Students
has raised serious concerns about could check if the report uses the same structure as the model. They should also
dining habits.
decide if the solution to the outlined problem is a good one or not.
4–5 The planning for this exercise
can be done in class and the Activity idea Extension
writing set for homework.
Before students begin writing, On completion of the writing task,
encourage them to underline ask pairs to swap reports and read
collocations and expressions in and evaluate each other’s writing on more
the model in Exercise 1 that they the basis of content (How interesting
could use in their report. Remind was the report?), organisation (Did Practice Extra
them that they should also use the report follow the organisation of Unit 11 Master it!
linkers of cause and effect. the model text?) and language (Did Workbook
they use a variety of linking words?).
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Tests
Unit, extension and skills test 11

Unit 11 | Shoot for the stars T109