Part 2 Cue Card Success
Aims
Goal: fill the full two minutes of Part 2 on any cue card — the PEEP structure, two complete model monologues, and timed practice with real cards.
The lesson, stage by stage
- Warm up5 min
Warm-up: One minute to prepare, two to speak
2 warm-up questions
- Reading10 min
Reading: What Part 2 is really testing
Read a 240-word text about What Part 2 is really testing
- Vocabulary8 min
Vocabulary: Part 2 Vocabulary
6 items
- Framework6 min
Framework: The PEEP Framework
PEEP, 4 steps
- Reading10 min
Reading: Two model monologues
Read a 442-word text about Two model monologues
- Practice7 min
Practice: Match PEEP Steps to Sentences
Matching exercise, 6 items
- Dialogue10 min
Dialogue: Part 2 Practice
Role-play: Practice a Part 2 response using PEEP (4 lines)
- Discussion10 min
Discussion: Your mission: the full two minutes
3 discussion questions
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Target vocabulary
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