Teacher gives the scenario: Ok, everyone imagine, what am I doing? I'm driving a car. And, I'm trying to cross over a busy street. I'm waiting for the cars to stop so I can get across. But, I'm late! I need to get to my job interview!!! The cars keep coming and coming. Finally, you see a small little break in the cars, but not big enough to feel confident. Do I take the risk? Do I go? If I go, they may see me and slow down, OR maybe I'll be able to ZOOM ahead and make it. Or maybe not, maybe I'll get in an accident. Should I take the risk? I'm late!! Would you take the risk? Wrıte "Do you like to take a lot of risks?" on the board. Focus students on initial picture from the book. Elicit what is risky about what she is doing. What other types of risks do you like to take? Tell your partner, compare risks that you take. Did anyone have a really risky thing they do?

Pg30 Ex. 1a Teacher says: You will read the Safety First Quiz, and answer the questions. Then take their answers and check according to the back of the page. Total up the points. Let's look at this together first, are there any words that you don't understand? CCQ's : Teacher walks over to the plug and says, I am taking this out, so what do i do? I UNPLUG it. I am going on holiday. What if I get sick and can't go? What if my flight is cancelled? What if I get hurt on holiday? What do I need to buy to make sure I don't lose my money? Travel Insurance. Who can explain to the class what 'break the speedlimit' means? pg.30 ex.1b When you and your partner next to you are finished,tell them about your score and if you think it is true. Tell your partner about someone you know who takes a lot of risks. What do they do? Check for understanding from students. Elicit from students the instructions. Teacher will monitor while students read and work then make sure they pair up and discuss appropriately.

Why are people accident prone? What makes people accident prone? Teacher will elicit some ideas and then elicit from students the four main ones (upbringing, adolescence, watching TV, being left-handed) they will be searching for in the text. CCQ's: Upbringing: When you are a child, who teaches you? Parents/Guardian. How do you know how to behave? Parents and teachers teach you. Who teaches you how to think? Parents/family/teachers. All these things, the way you are treated, is your upbringing. Adolescence: In adolescence, are you an adult? are you a child? what ages are adolescence? 13-18 (Could draw a timeline here for clarity). Infancy 0-2, childhood 3-8, 9-12 later childhood, 13-18 adolescence, 18+ adulthood. Find out who is left handed in the class and see if they think it could be a cause? Causes will be written on the board. Find out why these could be causes for accidents. Students discuss in pairs how adolescence, etc. could cause clumsiness. Ss will read the article and then compare their answers. Teacher asks the class their answers, how do you think upbringing, adolescence, TV, and left-handedness causes clumsiness/risk taking? Birth order etc. What do we call someone that falls all the time, or trips on things, or drops things often? Clumsy. Can anyone guess what 'accident-prone' means? A person that has many accidents mostly including falling, tripping, dropping things, running into things, etc.

Turn your pages over, Teacher shows the half-sentences on the board from Exercise 3a and students will discuss the answers with a partner. Then Ss re-read article to check their answers individually then compare with a partner and form a sentence for each. Students will one group at a time state their answers then teacher will provide feedback related to their answers.

?s from teacher to elicit a discussion from the students. What statements did you find interesting? What opinions do you have about these statements in specific? Discuss with a fellow student. Example questions if they sit quiet: Do you think its true that strict parents keep children from taking risks? Do you think adolescents are clumsy because their bodies grow before brain? Does watching TV really keep kids from practicing physical activities. What does watching cartoons do to kids related to seeing reality. Is the world designed for right handed people? Left handed people, what is your experience? If time allows, T will ask Ss if they remember a time when they were clumsy or had an accident because they took a risk. Would you like to tell the class? T tells this joke to end the class: Doctor, Doctor! Every time I take a drink of tea, I get this terrible pain in my eye! What do you think could be the problem? Doctor: Try taking the spoon out of the cup!