There is thus a significant body of opinion that for some learners what is needed is the learning and recollection of bits of text exemplifying useful 'sentence patterns' and word or phrase use. Our experience is that such learners are in the majority, certainly among the young. | PRESENTATION OF MODEL TEXT Read out the model text. As you read the last two lines conspicuously cross your fingers. Model text I saw a chicken kick a lamp-post saw a cactus drive a car I heard a penguin eat spaghetti I saw a teacher break a window I heard a policeman how at the moon I saw a tree jump over a fence and I swear it is true John saw it too. TEXT CREATION 1. The students write their own texts in pairs. For John each substitutes their partner s name. 2. Text publication see page 11 . Note Depending on the level of your group you might want to explain when the bare infinitive instead of the - ng form is used after see and hear ie to say that we heard or saw the complete action or event. CHAPTER k Bask okase panerns 91 POSSESSIVE S OF LEVEL Elementary intermediate TIME 40-60 minutes Section A AIMS - to highlight the use of the possessive s - to contrast the structure noun s with the structure noun of noun . DISCOVERY 1. Write up or project the following pairs of film titles and ask learners to select the correct title that is the title of the film in English from each pair The Rings Lord Sophie s Choice The Lambs Silence The Lord of the Rings The Choice of Sophie The Silence of the Lambs Bridget Jones Diary The Living Dead s Night Captain Corelli s Mandolin The Diary of Bridget Jones Night of the Living Dead The Mandolin of Captain Corelli Harry Potter and the Fire s Coblet Harry Potter and the Cob let of Fire Harry Potter and the Sorcerer s Stone Harry Potter and the Stone of the Sorcerer The Worlds War The War of the Worlds Ryan s Daughter The Daughter of Ryan Notre Dame s Hunchback The Hunchback of Notre Dame The French Lieutenant s Woman The Woman of the French Lieutenant 2. Check the task in open class. The correct titles are The Lord of the Rings Sophie s Choice The Silence of the Lambs Bridget Jones Diary Night of the Living Dead Captain Corelli s Mandolin Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Harry Potter and the Sorcerer s Stone The War of the .
