Prepare the blank cards (see Stage 5). Practice telling the story (see Stage 3). An outline of main events is given in the Lesson materials appendix on page 157, which you can use to help you tell the story, putting in some details of your own. Below the outline is an example of what an expanded version might sound like, told as naturally as possible for Intermediate/Upper intermediate learners.
TIME GUIDE 40 minutes
Language focus
1 Do a brainstorm with your learners. In the middle of the board put up this mind map.
Things that live in the sea
The Sea Things that you do in the sea
Things that you do in the sea Get learners to provide you with any words they know, for example, fish, octopus, swim, sail. Write these up in appropriate places on the mind map. If a learner provides a word that the others may not know, ask him/her to explain. Miming or drawing is the easiest way to explain this vocabulary. Introduce some words of your own, making sure the words dolphin, shark, seal, and surfing are introduced at some point (though don't tell them they will come in the listening!)
Comment The story involves suspense and drama telling the learners vocabulary from the text would give the story away. However, shark, dolphin, and keywords which they need to know. This brainstorm is way of introducing this vocabulary, without giving away any secrets It also provides useful language for the lead in discussion.
Lead-in Look at the list of things you can do in the sea. Get learners to discuss in pairs what they would like to do and what they would not like to do and why. Ask some learners for their opinions, for example,
TEACHER: Would you like to go diving, Antoine?
ANTOINE: No!
TEACHER: Why not?
ANTOINE: It's dangerous!
YUMIKo: But you can see some beautiful fish!
ANTOINE: Yes… and horrible sharks!