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Unit 9
It’s a mystery! Reading; Train to
Warmer
Do an internet image search for 9 IT’S A
unexplained mysteries and show OBJECTIVES
a variety of strange images on the FUNCTIONS:
making deductions
board. Ask students to work in pairs MYSTERY! GRAMMAR:
to describe the images and discuss modals of deduction (present);
should(n’t) have; modals of deduction
what they have in common. (past)
Watch the video and think: VOCABULARY:
23 are there any unexplained mysteries mysteries; expressions with go
23 Get ing from your country?
Play the video and discuss the
question with your class.
1 You may like to put a copy of
the four photos up on the board A C
before students open their books.
A 2 B 1 C 3 D 4
2 You may like to give your own
example to get students started.
B D
3 Give students 30 seconds to scan
the text under the title and find
the answer. Encourage them not READING
to focus on every word for now. 1 Look at the photos and match them with the mysteries.
They aren’t the author’s favourite 1 Stonehenge | 2 the Loch Ness Monster Fact or opinion?
A fact is something that can be proven to be true.
unexplained mysteries. 3 the yeti | 4 UFOs An opinion is a personal belief. It’s important to be able
to see the difference.
SPEAKING Work in pairs. Compare your answers.
SPEAKING
4 9.01 Check/clarify: rock pool, 2 What do you know about these mysteries? 5 Read about the octopuses again. According to
senses, population, diameter, what is written in the text, mark the sentences
F (fact) or O (opinion).
extraterrestrial, camera flash, 3 Read the article on the next page quickly. Why isn’t the 1 The population of the octopuses is bigger
author writing about any of the mysteries in Exercise 1?
manuscript, code, code breakers. 9.01 Read and listen to the article. Write B (balls), now than before.
1 S 2 B 3 V 4 O 5 B 6 V 4 O (octopuses), S (spaceman) or V (Voynich) in the 2 The octopuses needed to travel to find food.
3 There were storms not long before they
7 O 8 S boxes to answer the questions. were seen walking on the beach.
Which mystery … 4 The octopuses had a disease.
1 is about the appearance of a mysterious character?
2 is about things that were difficult to make? 6 Complete the table with two facts and two
5 Encourage students to 3 is a challenge to language experts? opinions for each mystery according to the article.
underline the parts of the article 4 is about the unusual behaviour of some creatures? Facts Opinions
that helped them decide. 5 involves huge stone objects? 1 Giant stone balls
1 F 2 O 3 F 4 O 6 involves a book written centuries ago? 2 Solway spaceman
7 can perhaps be explained by the weather?
8 is about a family and a photograph? 3 Voynich manuscript
6 Do the first one as an example,
making sure students understand 84
the difference between fact and
opinion.
Students’ own answers
Critical ing
Evaluating ideas, arguments and options
Distinguishes between fact and opinion.
Objectives Resources for this unit
All available online
Functions and speaking Making deductions
Grammar Modals of deduction (present); should(n’t) Videos Worksheets
have; modals of deduction (past) ● Get ing: Are there any unexplained ● Grammar and vocabulary: Basic, Standard
Vocabulary Mysteries; expressions with go mysteries from your country? and Extension Worksheets
Fiction Wild Country ● Grammar rap!: Modals of deduction ● Project: Mysterious events
Train to Fact or opinion? (present) ● Communication: What happened?
Values Thinking carefully before you act Tests ● Literature Worksheets: The Hound of the
● Unit, extension and skills test 9 Baskervilles; Yukki-Onna
● End of term test 3 ● Get ing and Grammar rap! video
Worksheets
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