To lead the group into the topic, the teacher begins with the '20 questions' game. The teacher says that he's got something in his pocket (or envelope) and tells the students to guess what it is by asking Yes/No questions, eg Is it a mobile phone? Is it made of metal? Since the aim of this activity is to engage the students' interest, the teacher should not worry much about accurate language as long as the questions are understood. At the end the teacher shows the calendar as our topic for the lesson.

The teacher writes on the board the words, which he/she assumes students do not know, but will need in the next reading task, checks with the students if they are familiar to them by asking 'What is it?' and receiving and open class feedback. If an unknown word is met, explains the meaning to students. The teachers drills the pronunciation of the words with class and individually, if needed. Those words are calendar, Western countries, South Asia, Islamic countries, month, year, earth, sun, moon, festival.

Reading ex. 1 p. 24. The teacher gives Ss the text face down.shows students the four world regions mentioned in the exercise and text "When is New Year's Day?". The teacher shows Ss the question and the text and gives instruction to find the answer to the question and tells them they will have 1 minute for it. The students have to check their answers in pairs. After that students do WC FB.

Reading ex. 2 p. 24 The teacher gives instruction to read and listen to the text again and answer the questions in the exercise. The teacher shows the questions to students and demonstrates the first two. After completing, students check their answers in pairs. Open class feedback.

The teacher asks students to read the sentences in the grammar box (p. 25). To reinforce, the teacher writes the following on the board: I / you / we / they _________ + verb He / she / it _________ + verb The teacher asks students to complete the form with the correct word.

The teacher shows students the sentences in the handout and asks to circle the correct option in each one. WC FB

The teacher tells students to look at the sentences in exersice 3. The teacher demonstrates on the first two sentences how this activity should be completed and then tells the instruction to complete them so they are true for students.

The teacher tells students to share their sentences with each other in pairs and see if they have anything in common, later the students can swap the pairs and do the same with a new partner