TEACHERS' NOTES AND ANSWER KEY

TEACHERS' NOTES AND ANSWER KEY

Pre-Reading ActivitiesA: Talking About Ourselves - Notes1. Students read the interview answers and write suitable questions for the answers. They could also do it in pairs. Circulate and help them with their vocabulary and grammar. (Check their questions for coherence and grammatical accuracy. If you wish to make this part of the activity easier, give students the sample questions below (in random order (see A: Talking About Ourselves - Sample Answers) and ask them to match each question with the right answer.)3. Students interview each other using the questions they wrote (and you have checked). Students change their questions if they are no longer teenagers: e.g. a. How often did you and your mother argue? You may have some students who do not wish to talk about themselves because their teenage years or relationships with their mothers were unhappy. Be sensitive to this. The questions look at mother and daughter relationships but could be changed to one of these combinations: father and daughter / father and son / mother and son.In a one-to-one situation the student could interview you and then change roles. A: Talking About Ourselves - Sample Answers1a. How often do you and your father argue?b. What do you usually argue about?c. What do you do when you argue with your father?d. Why do you argue?e. Do you think that arguments with your father are helpful?f. Describe one of your arguments with your father.B: Quick Class Survey - Notes1. Get answers by asking for a show of hands. Students should note down how many of the class answered 'yes' and how many answered 'no'. In a one to one situation you might like to ask the student to ask some of their friends the question for homework. 2. Students write a sentence or two recording the class's answers. Get one or two volunteers to read their answers out.Reading ActivitiesA: Understanding The Main Idea - NotesDiscourage students from using their dictionaries for Reading Activities A - C so they will be able to do the vocabulary in context activity in Reading Activity D. A: Understanding The Main Idea - AnswerYes.B: Reading For Specific Information - Answers1. Psychologist Dr Terri Apter from Cambridge University believes that arguments are good for father-teenage-son relationships.2. Fathers and sons may begin by arguing about nothing important.3. Apter spoke at the British Psychological Society's annual conference.4. Fathers and their teenage sons usually argue for about 15 minutes every two and a half days.5. Fathers and sons usually argue for about six minutes every four days.6. Fathers and sons often argue about homework, and untidy bedrooms.7. Sons don't usually argue with their mothers but instead just ignore them.C: Understanding New Vocabulary - NotesYou may wish to talk about how to deal with new words (for example, using your understanding of a sentence and of the article's ideas to help work out its meaning and thinking about what word form the word is and whether it has a prefix or suffix that you are already familiar with).C: Understanding New Vocabulary - Answers1. a, 2. c, 3. b, 4.c, 5.b, 6.a.D: Finding Key Information - Answers3, 4, 6.Post-Reading ActivitiesA: Information Exchange Game - Notes Students work individually and fill in half of their tables using the information from their worksheets by transferring the answers of the men onto their table. (Each worksheet has the answers of three females interviewed by English-To-Go.com about their relationships with their mothers (or daughters). They then work in pairs and find out information from their partner about the other three women. You might like to help them with their questions:e.g. What is her name? How old is she?Did she argue with her mother or her daughter?How often did she / does she argue with her mother?How often did she / does she argue with her daughter? Does she feel these arguments helped / help their relationship in any way? You may like to finish the activity by 1. discussing students' reactions to some of the answers given in the game and 2. focussing on some of the language used in the answers.Information For Student AFred, 541. How often did you argue with your son when he was a teenager?We usually argued once or twice a fortnight. Most of our arguments were about his contribution to household chores, though he would sometimes complain about things she didn't like, too.2. Do you think these arguments helped your relationship in any way? If you do, how?The arguments often helped to raise issues. This meant that the problem we were arguing about was usually resolved, at least temporarily, so yes, definitely it was helpful. (Glossary: issue - a subject that people are arguing about or discussing; resolve - find a solution to a problem)

David, 601. How often did you argue with your father when you were a teenager?I did not argue with my Father, I accepted his judgments, or ignored them.2. Do you think these arguments helped your relationship in any way? If you do, how?I do not know if arguing helped our relationship: I was very wary of my Mother because I felt she thought I wasn't a very good daughter. I always tried not to argue with her. (Glossary: wary - you are cautious of someone because you do not know much about them and believe they may cause problems)Jim, 171. How often do you argue with your father?I fight with my dad too much...probably about once every few days we have a minor fight. We go through phases of maybe a week or so when we fight a lot more and once every half a year to a year we have a really big fight. (Glossary: fight - have an angry argument with someone)2. Do you think these arguments help your relationship in any way? If you do, how?I guess it does help in some ways--afterwards we try harder not to fight because we know how horrible it is. It can be very hard to cope with at the time if the fight is really serious. I'd rather not fight so much with her though.

Information For Student BChris, 191. How often do you argue with your father?I have had maybe four fights with my dad in my entire life.We just don't fight. (Glossary: fight - have an angry argument with someone)2. Do you think these arguments help your relationship in any way? If you do, how?No. I don't think these fights were beneficial or harmful to our relationship.

John 341. How often did you argue with your father when you were a teenager?Two or three times a week, sometimes more, sometimes less. We usually tried not to argue by talking things over.2. Do you think these arguments helped your relationship in any way? If you do, how?Not really. It was better to talk about something calmly. But sometimes it helped my mother to see what was important to me.

Noah 381. How often do you argue with your son?When he was 14 or 15 years old we'd probably argue on average at least twice a week, sometimes more. Hes 18 now. Now we argue less often.2. Do you think these arguments help your relationship in any way? If you do, how?Not really. The best resolutions come when neither of us were angry. However, finding a 'right time' to talk about things is hard. Often she won't give and take (teenagers can be very determined), so little disagreements can quickly become major ones. (Glossary: give and take - agree to give up something that you wanted because you want something to be successful)

A: Information Exchange Game - AnswersName and age: Louise, 541. How often she argued with her daughter: Once or twice a fortnight.2. Whether or not the arguments help the relationship: Yes, it was helpful. The issue was usually resolved.Name and age: Margie, 601. How often she argued with her mother: Never.2. Whether or not the arguments helped the relationship: She doesn't know.Name and age: Sue, 171. How often she argues with her mother: A minor fight once every few days.2. Whether or not the arguments help the relationship: It does help them to avoid other arguments because they know how horrible fights are.Name and age: Crystal, 111. How often she argues with her mother: Every day.2. Whether or not the arguments helped the relationship: No.Name and age: Linda 191. How often she argues with her mother: She has only had four arguments with her mother in her whole life.2. Whether or not the arguments helped the relationship: They weren't beneficial or harmful.Name and age: Agnes, 341. How often she argued with her mother: Two or three times a week.2. Whether or not the arguments helped the relationship: Usually no. It sometimes helped her mother to see what was important to Agnes.Name and age: Charlotte, 381. How often she argues with her daughter: When her daughter was 14 or 15 years old, on average at least twice a week. Now they argue less.2. Whether or not the arguments help the relationship: No.B: Language - NotesThere are a number of Anna Grammar pages on modals in the Resources section of the English-To-Go Teachers' Room website. Use the 'Search Resources' function and type 'modals' as the keyword. Select 'Anna Grammar' as the Lesson Type and click 'Go'.B: Language - AnswersPart Two: 1. has to, 2. don't have to, 3. have to, 4. doesn't have to, 5. has to, 6. should, 7. doesn't have to 8. has to.