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e-lesson Week starting: 11th August 2008

1. Man’s best friend

This week’s lesson is about the world’s most popular pet, the dog.
Level
Pre-intermediate and above (equivalent to CEF level A2-B1 and above)
How to use the lesson
1. Ask your students if they like dogs, and why. Which breeds of dog are most
popular in their country? Ask those students who have a pet dog to tell the rest of the
class something about it.
2. Give your students five to ten minutes to read through Worksheet A, encouraging
them to look up new vocabulary. (Note that a few of the words that might be new are
not in the glossary because they form part of Exercise 1.) Tell them they are going to
answer a series of questions on the text, but that they shouldn’t write anything down
at this stage.
3. Divide the students into pairs and hand out Worksheet B. Ask the students to work
together to complete Exercise 1, in which they have to find the words to match the
definitions. To make the exercise easier you could provide some of the missing
letters.
4. Check answers in open class.
5. Keeping the students in their pairs, ask them to move on to Exercise 2, in which
they have to answer true/false/doesn’t say questions.
6. Check answers in open class.
7. Hand out Worksheet C and ask the students to work together to complete the three
crosswords.
8. Check answers in open class.
Answers:
Exercise 1
1. wolves 2. own 3. lonely 4. affection 5. nature 6. domestic 7. adventure
8. rescue
Exercise 2
1. T 2. F 3. F 4. D 5. F 6. T 7. T 8. F 9. F 10. D
Exercise 3
1. humans 2. cats 3. exercise 4. mixture 5. greyhounds 6. social
7. Labradors 8. loyalty 9. ancestors 10. Lassie 11. Simpsons
If the sentences have been completed correctly, Max, Molly and Sam will read from
top to bottom.

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2. Related Websites
Send your students to these websites, or just take a look yourself.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/wild/pets/dog.shtml
A section of the CBBC (Children’s BBC) site on dogs as pets, including a link to an
‘A-Z’ of different breeds. Challenging for pre-intermediate level.

http://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/
The website of The Kennel Club, whose objective is to offer dog owners an
‘unparalleled source of information, experience and advice’. Intermediate level
and above.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/topics/dogs
A page on the BBC website with links to numerous dog-related news stories.
Intermediate level and above.

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