Cycle Diagrams in Detail

B1 · Intermediate1 hr 14 minIELTS Test PreparationLesson 6 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: describe biological life cycles with precise stage language — metamorphosis, maturity, and the moment the cycle recommences.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Life cycles, precisely

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Life cycles: where precision earns the band

    Read a 208-word text about Life cycles: where precision earns the band

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Advanced Cycle Vocabulary

    6 items

  3. Reading10 min

    Reading: The finished Band 7 description

    Read a 244-word text about The finished Band 7 description

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Cycle Description Language

    Gap-fill exercise, 6 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Fix the Life Cycle Descriptions

    Error-correction exercise, 4 items

  6. Practice7 min

    Practice: Match Life Cycle Stages

    Matching exercise, 5 items

  7. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Describe a Life Cycle

    Role-play: Your IELTS tutor asks you to practise describing the life cycle of a frog. (4 lines)

  8. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: A life cycle of your own

    3 discussion questions

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