GRADE9 UNIT8 L1

Warm-up :

- What's your most treasured possession ?

- Why is it special to you ?

● Look at the photos. Why do you think these items might be special to someone?

Reading and speaking

1 - In pairs, ask and answer the questions in the article.

I can’t live without it!

We all have something very special that somebody gave us or that we bought in a special place or on a special occasion. It could be a stuffed toy that you’ve had since you were a baby and that’s probably ready to fall apart. Or a T-shirt you bought while you were on holiday, which you don’t want to take off. But why are things so important to us? After all, they’re just things.

Here are some questions to get you thinking:

1. Have you ever saved up to buy something? What was it?

2. How do you look after your favourite items?

3. Where do you put away things when you’re not using them?

4. Have you ever thrown away something that you once treasured? Why did it stop being important to you?

2 The writer expresses one of these opinions in the article above. Which one is it? Underline the

relevant sentence in the article.

a We ought to look after old things more.

b We worry about things too much.

c Everybody should have a treasured possession

These phrasal verbs may be useful

when you’re talking about personal possessions:

fall apart, look after,

save up, put away, take off, throw away

3 * Look at the six phrasal verbs in bold in the questionnaire.

What do they mean?