Unit 11 | Session 3
I have no idea.
LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Talk about movies and actors
                             Unit 11 | Session 3
                                   I have no idea.
           LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Talk about movies and actors
Lesson overview
1 GET STARTED: I’m not sure...
2 FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE: Expressing
  uncertainty and taking time to think
3 SPEAKING: Trivia game
4 PROGRESS CHECK
GET STARTED
I’m not sure...
Put the phrases in the correct category.
        I don’t know.       I have no idea.
    I’m not sure.     I think.       Maybe.
     Very unsure              A little unsure
FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE
Expressing uncertainty
Erica and Chris are not sure about the people at a party.
Can you complete their conversation?
Then listen and check your answers.
Erica   Who’s that man over there?
Chris   _______________.
        1
Erica   OK. Who’s that woman next to him?
Chris   Oh, that’s Jamie’s wife. Her name is
        Mischa, 2__________.
Erica   Right. Where’s Alma? It’s her birthday
        party, and I can’t find her!
Chris   Good question! 3_______________!
Erica   There’s Jamie. 4__________ Jamie can
        tell us.
FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE
Taking time to think
Listen to the conversation.
What expression does Erica use while she takes time to think?
What’s the name of that song?
                                                                ______________________...
                                                                I think it’s “Never Say Never.”
FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE
Expressing uncertainty and taking time to think
Listen to the conversation again. Then practice it with a partner.
Change the information in bold to ask about a different song or a movie.
Erica   I like that song.
Chris   Yeah. What is the name of that song?
Erica   Let me think. I think it’s “Never Say Never.”
Chris   Oh, that’s right. Who is the singer?
Erica   Um, I’m not sure.
Chris   Maybe it’s Justin Bieber...
                                                                    USEFUL LANGUAGE
Erica   Oh, that’s right. I think he’s American.                    I like this/that movie.
Chris   Uh, I don’t know. I think he’s Canadian.
                                                                    Who is the singer?
                                                                    Who is the band?
                                                                    Who is the actor/actress?
                                                                    Who is the director?
SPEAKING
Trivia game
Play a trivia game. Ask your partner questions from your worksheet.
Then answer their questions. Use phrases to take time to think and to express
uncertainty.
USEFUL LANGUAGE
Let me think...              What was Kate Winslet’s
Uh...                          name in “Titanic”?
Um...
I think ...                            Uh, I think it was ... . /
Maybe ...                               Um, I have no idea.
I don’t know.
I have no idea.                It was ... .
I’m not sure.
SPEAKING
Trivia game
Now write four new trivia questions about movies, songs, actors, directors, bands, singers.
Then play the game with the new questions with other students.
 Where is the band BTS from?
                                                                      USEFUL LANGUAGE
       Let me think... I’m not sure, but I                            Let me think...
       think they are from South Korea.                               Uh...
                                                                      Um...
                                                                      I think ...
                                                                      Maybe ...
     That’s right!
                                                                      I don’t know.
                                                                      I have no idea.
                                                                      I’m not sure.
PROGRESS CHECK
Now I can …
❑ express uncertainty.
❑ use expressions to take time to think.
           Unit 11 | Session 3
                I have no idea.
LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Talk about movies and actors
                  Thank you!