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Unit 2
A hard life Reading

Warmer
Draw a horizontal line on the board 2 A HARD OBJECTIVES
and write today at the far end of
the line. Divide the line into four LIFE FUNCTIONS:
talking about the past
sections and write from right to GRAMMAR:
left: 21st century; 20th century; narrative tenses (review); would and
used to
19th century; 18th century. VOCABULARY:
Check students are clear that the descriptive verbs; time periods
20th century refers to 1900–1999, 04 Watch the video and think:
and so on. Divide the class into would you like a demanding job
when you leave school?
small groups and ask them to think
of at least two historical events that
occurred in their country (or abroad)
for each century. You could set this
up as a competition. The first group
to write down two events for all four
centuries wins.

04 Get ing
Play the video and discuss the
question with your class.

1 Before students do the task,
get them to cover the article
on page 21 and just look at the
title and pictures and answer the
questions. Write their ideas on
the board. When they read to
check, set a three-minute time
limit to encourage them to skim
the article quickly and not to
2.01 Read and listen to the article. Write
focus on every word. READING 3 R (Ramsay) or P (Prince) after each statement.
Suggested answers: 1 People being 1 Look at the pictures and answer the questions. 1 Showed no discrimination
held as slaves, slaves being treated 1 What do the pictures illustrate? 2 Tried to escape their life
2 Where were the people from?
cruelly on a ship, slaves being sold at 3 What happened to them? 3 Was separated from their parents when only a child

4 Came from a family of slaves
auction 2 Africa 3 They were sold 2 Read the article quickly. What is the big 5 Was not popular with the local slave owners
as slaves. difference between James Ramsay and 6 An event on a ship changed their life
Mary Prince? 7 Their life became the subject of a book
8 Helped slaves with their medical problems
2 Set a time limit of two minutes
to encourage quick scanning.
Encourage students not to focus 20
on every word for now but just to
find the answer to the question.
Suggested answer: James Ramsay 3 2.01 Check/clarify: abolitionists, enraged, insisted, influence, captured,
was a free man from a slave-owning blisters, was struck.
society, while Mary Prince was a slave. 1 R 2 P 3 P 4 P 5 R 6 R 7 P 8 R

Objectives Resources for this unit

All available online
Functions and speaking Talking about the past
Grammar Narrative tenses (review); would and used to Videos Worksheets
Vocabulary Descriptive verbs; time periods ● Get ing: Would you like a ● Grammar and vocabulary: Basic, Standard
Culture Creative climate solutions demanding job when you leave school? and Extension Worksheets
Train to Following an idea through a paragraph ● Grammar rap!: Narrative tenses (review) ● Project: Hard times in history
Values Animal rights ● Culture: Living in different climates ● Communication: Hard times
Tests ● Literature Worksheets: David Copperfield
● Unit, extension and skills test 2 ● Get ing and Grammar rap! video
Worksheets

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