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Unit 8
List it! Reading

Warmer
Ask: How do you organise your 8 LIST
revision before exams? How do you OBJECTIVES
make sure you don’t forget to do any IT! FUNCTIONS:
saying ‘Yes’ and adding conditions
homework? What can you do to be GRAMMAR:
more organised? Students discuss the conditionals (review); mixed
conditionals
questions in pairs or small groups. VOCABULARY:
Invite students to report back on their phrasal verbs (2); alternatives to if:
suppose, provided, as long as, otherwise,
discussions in open class. 20 Watch the video and think: unless
what kinds of lists do you make?
A C
20 Get ing
Play the video and discuss the
question with your class.

1 Put a copy of the four photos up
on the board. Elicit what the jobs
are (possible answers: A teacher, B D
architect, engineer; B engineer,
pilot; C architect, engineer, builder,
surveyor; D surgeon, nurse) and
do the exercise as a class before
students open their books.

2 Set a two-minute time limit to
encourage students to read REAdING 4 Read the article again and answer the questions.
quickly. 1 SPEAKING Look at the photos. Work in pairs and 1 What surprised the doctor who went into the
SPEAKING
operating theatre?
a checklist think about the things on the list below. Then 2 What was the result of an experiment in an
compare your ideas with other people in the class. important American hospital?
3 8.01 Check/clarify: manifesto, 1 three ways in which the jobs are different 3 What examples does Gawande give of what
2 three things the jobs have in common
procedure, infection, reckon, 3 something that connects all of them could happen if engineers and pilots didn’t follow
checklists?
inquiry. 2 Read the book review quickly. What does Atul 4 How did many of the doctors react to the idea of using
checklists? Why do you think they reacted this way?
Ask them to underline the parts Gawande recommend using to ensure procedures 5 Why does the writer of the review recommend
of the review that helped them are followed? the book?
choose their answers. 3 8.01 Read and listen to the review. Match the 5 SPEAKING Work in pairs and discuss the questions.
SPEAKING
A 2 B 3 D 1 E 4 F 5 paragraphs with the titles. There is one extra title. 1 Can you think of any other jobs where checklists
A Lives can be saved
(extra title: C) B It’s not just for the medical profession should be compulsory?
C Mistakes don’t really matter 2 Have you ever made any checklists for yourself?
What for? Were they useful?
4 Give students time to read the D Holes in the system 3 Do you agree with the last sentence in the review?
questions. Encourage them to E Not everyone agrees Why (not)?
F A book for everyone
underline the key information
in the questions that they will 74
be looking for in the review.
Students then read the review in
more detail to find the answers. 3 a plane could crash, a skyscraper could fall down
Suggest that they underline the 4 A lot of them weren’t very enthusiastic because they thought it would be too
parts of the review that support difficult to use. Students’ own answers.
their answers. 5 Because it’s relevant for everyone to avoid making mistakes.
1 the fact that no one was wearing
a mask 5 Make sure all students are speaking and encourage quieter students to give
2 There were almost no infections their opinions, too. Nominate one or two students to report back to the class.
over 27 months and it was estimated
that around eight lives were saved.

Objectives Resources for this unit

All available online
Functions and speaking Saying ‘Yes’ and adding
conditions Videos Worksheets
Grammar Conditionals (review); mixed conditionals ● Get ing: What kinds of lists do you ● Grammar and vocabulary: Basic, Standard
Vocabulary Phrasal verbs (2); alternatives to if: suppose, make? and Extension Worksheets
provided, as long as, otherwise, unless ● Grammar video!: Mixed conditionals ● Project: Top ten list
Values Lists ● Culture: Wonders of the world ● Communication: Making lists
Culture Wonders of the world Tests ● Literature Worksheets: Poetry
● Unit, extension and skills test 8 ● Get ing and Grammar video! video
Worksheets

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