Write on the board: 1) a cold place___ 2) a heavy thing___ 3) a big mountain___ Encourage SS to call out ideas for "a cold place". Write the first answer they give. Erase "a" and their answer and write "a very" so the board reads: "a very cold place____". Elicit a colder place. Repeat the procedure, but write "an extremely cold place" - and mime being extremely cold. Ask: "How long can you be in (extremely cold place) wearing a coat and boots?" Use gestures to help SS to understand your meaning. Take different answers.

Write on the board: "It's difficult for me to...". Use the pictures (and mime) to teach "be cold for a long time", "swim underwater and pull or carry big objects". In pairs or small groups. ask SS to discuss which of the three things are difficult for them and why in ex 1A, p 90. Take feedback as a class.

Point to the text and ask: "Do you think superhumans exist in real life?". Encourage SS who say yes to share as much information about people who can do amazing things as they can. Check understanding of "amazing'" (very, very good in a surprising way) in ex 1B, p 90.

Give SS two minutes to read the text again in more detail and answer the questions in ex 1C, p 90. Check answers as a class. Check that SS to understand the word "teeth" by pointing to your own.

Check that SS to understand the word "useful" (helping you to do something). Give them time to think about the question, then put them in pairs to discuss in ex 1D, p 90. Take feedback as a class.

Write on the board: "The Iceman can/can't make ice", "The fishmen can/can't swim underwater". Ask SS to choose the correct answers (can't, can). Write - next to the first sentence and + next to the second sentence. Have SS to underline the correct answer in the table in 2a in ex 2A, p 90. Give SS one minute to underline more examples of "can" and "can't" in the text. Tell them to underline the words that come after "can or can't", too. Have SS to compare answers in pairs in ex 2B, p 90. Check answers as a class.

Ask SS to read the information in Grammar Focus 11B Part 1 on SB p.134. Play the recording where indicated and ask SS to listen and repeat in ex 2C, p 90.

Have SS to complete Exercise a on SB p.135. Check answers as a class. Tell SS to go back to SB p.90 in ex 2C.

Ask SS to match the words with the pictures, as individually in ex 3A, p 91. Check answers as a class. Have SS to complete the exercises in Vocabulary Focus 11B on SB p.155. In Exercise a, play the recording for SS to listen and repeat the verbs. Ask SS to look at the pictures in b and complete the phrases with verbs from a. Play the recording for them to listen and check their answers. In Exercise c, give SS one minute to write four sentences about what they did. Monitor and make sure they're using the verbs from Exercise a in the past simple correctly, e.g., drove (NOT drived). Ask SS to tell a partner their sentences. "Are any of their sentences the same?" Take feedback as a class. Tell SS to go back to SB p.91 in ex 3B. Give SS time to think about people they know and how well they can and can't do things. Put SS into pairs or small groups to talk for two or three minutes. Monitor and check that SS are using can/can't correctly as well as "very well, quite well", etc in ex 3C, p 91. Take feedback as a class, asking SS to report back on some things their partner told them.

Give SS 30 seconds to read the job advertisement and answer the question in ex 4a, p 91. Check the answer as a class.

Before play the recording, elicit or teach "head teacher" (a person who is in charge pf a school). Play the recording in ex 4B, p 91 for SS to listen for the general meaning and answer the question. Check the answer as a class, establishing the fact that Andy isn't a teacher.

Play the recording again in ex 4C, p 91 for SS to listen in more detail and complete the task. Have SS to compare answers in pairs. Check answers as a class.

Have SS to complete the conversations. Play the recording in ex 5A, p 91 for SS to listen and check their answers. Check answers as a class by asking two pairs of SS to read out the conversations.

Ask SS to read the information in Grammar Focus 11B Part 2 on SB p.134. Play the recording as indicated and ask SS to listen and repeat.

Have SS to complete Exercise a in Part 2 on SB p.135. Check answers as a class. Point out the use of "well" at the end of question 2 and the questions about two abilities (3,5, and 6). Drill the questions. Tell SS to go back to SB p.91 in ex 5B. Have SS to complete the conversation. Play the recording in ex 5E, p 91 for SS to listen and check their answers. Check answers as a class by asking a pair of students to read out the conversation. Drill the questions in the conversation, then drill other questions with "Can you...?" (for example, "Can you swim?", "Can you ride a bike?"

Tell SS that they can now to practice using all the language from the lesson. Ask SS to write a question with "can" for each topic in ex 6A, p 91. Monitor and help as necessary. Put SS into new pairs to ask and and answer the questions. Tell them to look at the speech bubble and remind them to use "well, very well, quite well or (not) at all" in ex 6B, p 91. Monitor and make notes on any errors with the target language to correct at the feedback stage.