3a This activity provides reading and writing practice using the target language.
Read the directions. Point out the headings When and What in the chart.
Ask students to point to the phrases in the chart.
Ask different students to read these phrases to the class. Discuss what each phrase means.
Ask students to read the article on their own. Ask thee students to circle any words or phrases they don't understand.
Ask students to read to you any words or phrases They circled. Write these items on the board and ask other students to explain what they mean. They can use the word in a different sentence, point to a picture in the book, or draw a simple picture on the board, for example.
Then ask students to read the article again and fill in the information in the chart.
Correct the answers.
3b This activity provides guided writing practice Using the target language.
Read the instructions and ask students to look at the examples. Ask the students to use these sentences to start their articles. Remind the students to look back at activity 2b for the information they need.
Ask students to use the article about Midori as an example.
3c This activity provides writing practice using the target language.
Read the instructions and ask students -who they might write about. Make a list of these names on the board. Ask students to make some statements they can use in their articles and write these on the board.
Ask students to work on their own. When they finish, ask the students to read the article to a partner and to talk about the person in the article.
[See Follow-up activity 2.]
4 This activity provides listening, speaking, reading, and writing practice using the target language.
Ask students to work in groups of four. Help students make groups.
Read the instructions to the class. Say, Three students in the group will ask questions. The fourth student will answer the questions about the person in his or her article.
Point out the sample conversation .Ask three students to read it to the class.
Then ask students to work with their groups. As they work, move around the room monitoring progress.

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