Laser B1 Lesson Plans
LASER B1 LESSON PLANS
WEEK / Student’s Book / Methodology Tips / Workbook / Grammar Book1 / Laser Quiz [SB p. 6 & 7]
Unit 1
All activities pages 8 – 13 / Allow time in class for the quiz as it enables ss to familiarise themselves with the book.
Before doing Grammar 1, remind ss to refer to the ‘Grammar database’ at the end of the book [applies to every Grammar section] / Reading – p. 4
Dic. corner – p. 5 all activities
Grammar1 –p. 5 & 6 all activities
Dic.Corner – p. 7 all activities
Grammar2–p.7 & 8 all activities
Listening – p. 9 / Grammar1- p. 4 & 5 all activities
Grammar2 – p.6 all activities
2 / Unit 1
All activities pages 14 - 15
Unit 2
All activities pages 16 - 19 / Spend plenty of time on the Writing tasks.
Use ‘Composition Planner’ at the end of the book, and have ss do their plans in class and check them.
The letter could be set as homework.
Check how ss are recording their vocabulary; encourage use of notebooks for new words. / Writing –p. 9 all activities
Reading– p. 10
Dic. corner –p.11 all activities
Grammar1 –p. 11& 12 all activities
Dic. Corner –p.13Ex. 1
Listening – p. 15 / Develop Your English – p. 7 all activities
Grammar1 – p. 8 & 9 all activities
3 / Unit 2
All activities pages 20 –23 / Allow plenty of time for the Soundstation Game and for the Speaking task.
Consider doing the Use your English ex. in class – give tips on how to work out the missing words.
Do writing plans in class. / Grammar 2 – p. 13 & 14 all activities
Writing – p.14 & 15 all activities / Grammar 2 – p. 10 all activities
Develop Your English – p. 11 all activities
4 / Units 1-2 Revision
All activities pages 24 – 25
Unit 3
All activities pages 26 - 27 / Have ss complete the revision exercises in class. Take the opportunity to assess any areas of difficulty and deal with them.
Spend time on the ‘Get warmed up!’ section; extend speaking to a class activity. / Check your Progress Units 1-2
All activities
Reading – p. 17
Dic. corner– p. 18 all activities / Review your English Units 1 & 2 all activities
5 / Unit 3
All activities pages 28 – 33 / Spend adequate time on Grammar 1 to make sure ss understand countable/uncountable nouns.
Allow enough class time for the Speaking role-play.
Do Writing exercise on p. 32 as a class.
Ss can write the final version of their compositions as homework. / Grammar 1 – p. 18 & 19 all activities
Dic. Corner – p. 20 all activities
Grammar 2 – p. 20 & 21 all activities
Writing – p. 22 all activities
Listening – p. 22 / Grammar 1 – p.14 & 15 all activities
Grammar 2 – p. 16 all activities
Develop your English p. 17 all activities
6 / Unit 4
All activities pages 34- 37 / Encourage ss to find the justification in the text for their answers in the Reading exercise.
Allow enough time for the Grammar section. / Reading– p. 23
Dic. Corner – p. 24 all activities
Grammar 1 – p. 24 25 all activities
Dic. Corner – p. 26 all activities
Listening – p. 28 / Grammar 1 – p. 18 all activities
7 / Unit 4
All activities pages 38 – 41 / If time is short, the Use your English exercise could be set as homework.
Allow plenty of time for the Speaking task.
Check the draft letters, then set the final writing task as homework. / Grammar 2 – p. 26 & 27 all activities
Writing – p. 28 all activities / Grammar 2 – p. 20 all activities
Develop your English – p. 21 all activities
8 / Units 3-4 Revision
All activities pages 42 – 43
Unit 5
All activities pages 44 - 47 / Have ss complete the revision exercises in class. Take the opportunity to assess any areas of difficulty and deal with them.
Spend time discussing the reasons for the answer choices ss made in Ex. 2. / Check your Progress Units 3-4 All activities
Reading – p. 30
Dic. Corner – p. 31 all activities
Grammar 1 – p. 31 & 32 all activities
Dic. Corner – p. 33 all activities
Listening – p. 35 / Review your English – Units 3 & 4 all activities
Grammar 1 – p. 24 & 25 all activities
9 / Unit 5
All activities pages 48 – 51
Unit 6
All activities pages 52 - 53 / Check that ss are using the expressions given on page 49 when doing the Speaking exercises.
If time allows, spend some time discussing the draft letters in class. Set the final writing task as homework.
Allow enough time for the ‘Get warmed up!’ exercise; encourage use of a wide range of vocabulary. / Grammar 2 – p. 33 & 34 all activities
Writing – p. 35 all activities
Reading– p. 36
Dic. Corner – p. 37 all activities / Grammar 2 – p. 25 & 26 all activities
Develop your English – p. 27 all activities
10 / Unit 6
All activities pages 54 – 59 / Check ss have understood Modals before moving on to the exercises in both Grammar 1 and Grammar 2.
Do the ‘Dictionary Corner’ exercise in class and check it carefully.
Allow plenty of time for the Writing section. / Grammar 1 – p. 37 & 38 all activities
Dic. Corner – p. 39 all activities
Grammar 2 – p 39 & 40 all activities
Writing – p. 41 all activities
Listening – p. 41 / Grammar 1 – p. 28 all activities
Grammar 2 – p. 29 – 30 all activities
Develop your English – p. 31 all activities
11 / Units 5-6 Revision
All activities
Unit 7
All activities pages 62 - 64 / Have ss complete the revision exercises in class. Take the opportunity to assess any areas of difficulty and deal with them.
Do the Reading tasks as a class and spend time discussing the differences between the different types of texts.
If time is short, the grammar exercise could be set as homework. / Check your Progress Units 5-6 All activities
Reading – p. 43
Dic. Corner – p. 44 all activities
Grammar 1 – p. 45 all activities / Review your English Units 5 & 6 all activities
Grammar 1 – p. 34 – 35 all activities
12 / Unit 7
All activities p. 65 - 69 / Spend time talking about the answers to the Listening tasks; have ss justify their choices of answer.
If time is short, the Use your English exercise can be set as homework.
Do Writing Ex. 1 and 2 as a class and discuss the answers. / Dic. Corner – p. 46 all activities
Grammar 2 – p. 46 & 47
Writing – p. 48 all activities
Listening – p. 48 / Grammar 2 – p. 35 – 36 all activities
Develop your English – p. 37 all activities
13 / Unit 8
All activities pages 70 – 73 / Have ss read the letters and the responses out loud in class before they do the exercise.
Allow enough time for Grammar 1. / Reading– p. 49
Dic. Corner – p. 50 all activities
Grammar 1 – p. 50 & 51 all activities
Dic. Corner – p. 52 all activities
Listening – p. 54 / Grammar 1 – p. 38 – 39 all activities
14 / Unit 8
All activities pages 74 –77 / Allow enough time for the Soundstation game.
Spend plenty of time on the Speaking exercises and role-play activity.
In the Writing section, discuss all the suggestions in class. Check draft plans and set final writing as homework. / Grammar 2 – p. 53 all activities
Writing – p. 54 all activities / Grammar 2 – p. 39 –n 40 all activities
Develop your English – p. 41 all activities
15 / Units 7-8 Revision
All activities pages 78-79 / Have ss complete the revision exercises in class. Take the opportunity to assess any areas of difficulty and deal with them.
Use this week to complete the mid-year checks in the WB and Grammar book, and to review any areas of difficulty ss may have. Do as many of the review exercises in class as you can, to get an accurate assessment of ss ability.
Ask ss to have a joke ready for next week. / Check your Progress Units 1-8 – All activities / Review your English Units 7 & 8 all activities
Practise your English Units 1 – 8 p. 44 – 47 all activities
16 / Unit 9
All activities pages 80 – 85 / Allow plenty of time for the ‘Get warmed up!’ exercise.
Ensure ss fully understand the third conditional and relative clauses.
Set the Use your English task as a timed exercise in class. / Reading– p. 57
Dic. Corner – p. 58 all activities
Grammar 1 – p. 58 & 59 all activities
Dic. Corner – p. 60 all activities
Grammar 2 – p. 60 & 61 all activities
Listening – p. 62 / Grammar 1 – p. 48 – 49 all activities
Grammar 2 – p. 49- 50 all activities
17 / Unit 9
All activities pages 86 – 87
Unit 10
All activities pages 88 – 90 / Spend adequate preparation time on the Writing section. You can set the final writing task as homework.
Allow time for discussion of ss answers for Reading Ex. 2 and 3.
Make sure ss are clear about the words in ‘Dictionary Corner’. / Writing – p. 62 all activities
Reading– p. 63
Dic. Corner – p. 64 all activities
Grammar 1 – p. 64 & 65 all activities
Dic. Corner – p. 66 / Develop your English- p. 51 all activities
Grammar 1 – p. 52 – 53 all activities
18 / Unit 10
All activities pages 91 - 95 / Make sure there is enough time for the Speaking exercises to be done thoroughly.
Allow plenty of time for Writing task on page 94 and discuss the answers fully in class, making sure ss understand the different types of writing. / Listening – p. 68
Grammar 2 – p. 66 & 67 all activities
Writing – p. 68 all activities / Grammar 2 – p. 54 all activities
Develop your English - p. 55 all activities
19 / Units 9-10 Revision
All activities pages 96 – 97
Unit 11
All activities pages 98 - 99 / Have ss complete the revision exercises in class. Take the opportunity to assess any areas of difficulty and deal with them.
Go through the answers to Reading Ex. 2 in class and ask ss for justification for their answer choices. / Check your Progress Units 9-10 All activities
Reading– p. 70
Dic. Corner – p. 71 all activities / Review your English Units 9 & 10 all activities
20 / Unit 11
All activities pages 100 – 105 / Spend time on Grammar 1 and 2 to ensure clear understanding of the passive and the causative.
Do the quiz exercise in class and discuss ss answers.
Set the final writing task as homework. / Grammar 1 – p. 71 & 72 all activities
Dic. Corner – p. 73 all activities
Grammar 2 – p. 73 & 74 all activities
Writing – p. 75 all activities
Listening – p. 75 / Grammar 1–p. 58 – 59 all activities
Grammar 2 – p. 60 all activities
Develop your English – p. 61 all activities
21 / Unit 12
All activities pages 106 - 109 / Allow enough time for ‘Get warmed up!’ as ss will have plenty to say on this topic.
Ensure ss are clear about the tenses in Grammar 1. / Reading– p. 76
Dic. Corner – p. 77 all activities
Grammar 1 – p. 77 & 78 all activities
Listening – p. 81
Dic. Corner – p. 79 all activities / Grammar 1 – p. 62 – 63 all activities
22 / Unit 12
All activities pages 110 - 113 / Allow enough time for the Speaking exercise and ‘Keep Talking’ game.
Discuss answers to Writing Ex. 1 fully.
Set final writing task as homework. / Grammar 2 – p. 79 & 80 all activities
Writing – p. 81 all activities / Grammar 2 – p. 63 - 64 all activities
Develop your English- p. 65 all activities
23 / Units 11-12 Revision
All activities pages 114 – 115
Unit 13
All activities pages 116 - 118 / Have ss complete the revision exercises in class. Take the opportunity to assess any areas of difficulty and deal with them.
Allow time to discuss ss reasons for their answer choices to Reading Ex. 2. / Check your Progress Units 11-12 all activities
Reading– p. 83
Dic. Corner – p. 84 all activities
Grammar 1 – p. 84 & 85 all activities / Review your English Units 11 & 12 all activities
Grammar 1 – p. 68 – 69 all activities
24 / Unit 13
All activities pages 119 – 123
Unit 14
All activities pages 124 - 125 / Allow plenty of time for Speaking and the role-play activity.
Set the final writing task as a timed exercise in class if possible, to start getting ss used to writing within time limits.
Allow enough time for ‘Get warmed up!’ and to discuss ss answers to the reading tasks. / Listening – p. 88
Dic. Corner – p. 86 all activities
Grammar 2 – p. 86 & 87 all activities
Writing – p. 88 all activities
Reading– p. 89
Dic. Corner – p. 76 all activities / Grammar 2 – p. 69 – 70 all activities
Develop your English – p. 71 all activities
25 / Unit 14
All activities pages 126 - 131 / Make sure ss clearly understand the tenses in Grammar 1.
Allow time to discuss the answers to the Listening tasks and to talk about how the incorrect answer options are misleading.
Make sure ss spend adequate time on Speaking and they use the expressions given on page 129. / Grammar 1 – p. 90 & 91 all activities
Dic. Corner – p. 92 all activities
Listening – p. 94
Grammar 2 – p. 92 & 93 all activities
Writing – p. 94 all activities / Grammar 1 – p. 72 – 73 all activities
Grammar 2 – p. 73 – 74 all activities
Develop your English- p. 75 all activities
26 / Units 13-14 Revision
All activities pages 132 – 133
Unit 15
All activities pages 134 - 136 / Have ss complete the revision exercises in class. Take the opportunity to assess any areas of difficulty and deal with them.
Broaden the ‘Get warmed up!’ task out into a class discussion.
Allow time to discuss the justification for the answer choices ss made in Reading Ex. 3. / Check your Progress Units 13-14 all activities
Reading– p. 96
Dic. Corner – p. 97 all activities
Grammar 1 – p. 97 & 98 all activities / Review your English – Units 13 & 14 all activities
Grammar 1 – p. 78 – 79 all activities
27 / Unit 15
All activities pages 137 – 141 / Allow plenty of time for the Writing tasks and set the final task as homework. / Listening – p. 101
Dic. Corner – p. 99 all activities
Grammar 2 – p. 99 & 100 all activities
Writing – p. 101 all activities / Grammar 2 – p. 79 – 80 all activities
Develop your English – p. 81 all activities
28 / Unit 16
All activities pages 142 – 145 / Allow time for discussion of the quiz answers once ss have completed the Reading tasks.
Make sure ss have adequate time for the Dictionary Corner exercise. / Reading– p. 102
Dic. Corner – p. 103 all activities
Grammar 1 – p. 104 all activities
Listening – p. 107
Dic. Corner – p. 105 all activities / Grammar 1 – p. 82 – 83 all exercises
29 / Unit 16
All activities pages 146 - 149 / Make sure there is plenty of time for Speaking as it is on a popular topic.
Check the Writing tasks on punctuation carefully in class. / Grammar 2 – p. 105 & 106 all activities
Writing – p. 107 all activities / Grammar 2 – p. 83 – 84 all activities
Develop your English p. 85 all activities
30 / Units 15-16 Revision
All activities pages 150 – 151 / Have ss complete the revision exercises in class. Take the opportunity to assess any areas of difficulty and deal with them.
Use this week to complete the end of year checks in the WB and Grammar book, and to review any areas of difficulty ss may have. Do as many of the review exercises in class as you can, so as to be able to accurately assess ss progress this year. / Check your progress Units 9 – 16 all activities
End of Year Fun! p. 110 & 111 all activities / Practise your English Units 9 – 16 p. 88 – 91 all activities