3. Identify specific and relevant information to complete letters about teenagers’ future plans

Speaking

2. Interpret information to obtain a general understanding of the people in a conversation

1. Identify main ideas to obtain information about a friend

5. Use adjectives to describe someone’s physical features and appearance

　 e.g.: Sandy is tall and has long hair.

Language skills

Listening

4. Use ‘as’+ adjective+ ‘as’ to compare people / things

　 e.g.: Millie is as tall as Kitty.

3. Use superlatives to compare three or more people things

　 e.g.: He is the tallest boy in my class.

2. Use comparatives to compare two people /things

　 e.g.: Sandy’s hair is longer than Millie’s hair.

1. Use an adjective before a noun or after a linking verb to describe someone/ something

　 e.g.: She has short hair.

　　　 Her hair is short.

6. For weaker classes, go through the diary entry and check that they understand all the words and phrases. Ask more able students to think of other adjectives or nouns to fit the context of the sentences. Write the appropriate suggestions on the board.

Extension activity

Ask students to write their own diary entries about some of the ‘best friends’ in this unit. Allow students to read the descriptions of Betty, Max and May on page 4, the letters on pages 12 and 13, and the description of Kate on page 16 again.

5. Ask more able students to work in pairs and check each other’s work. Remind them to write the score in the ‘paw’. For less able students, check answers with the whole class. Explain strategies on how to improve if students have problems. Suggest that they try to learn the adjective and the noun as a unit wherever possible.