Unit Objectives
On The Road

Practice vocabulary and participate in activities centered around the theme of travel.

Speculating

Modal Verbs of Certainty are introduced as a common way to speculate past and present situations.

Agreement & Disagreement

Learn phrases and structures used to show agreement or disagreement.

Listening Speaking Grammar
10-1 Rental Cars

Conversation activity based on one woman's business travel plans and a car rental agency. Listening activity contains several words from unit vocabulary.

10-2 What's Your Seat Number?

Four short conversations about the subject of travel. Activity reinforces student comprehension of unit grammar and vocabulary.

10-1 Unit Introduction

Unit Introduction discussion activity.

10-2 Vocabulary Discussion

Vocabulary discussion activity.

10-3 Role-Plays

Students improvise dialogues according to prompts.

10-4 Speaking Dictation

Students dictate sentences for practice in spoken English fluency.

10-5 Explaining Photos

Students use modal verbs of probability to describe photos.

10-6 Vocabulary & Grammar Discussion

Group speaking activity for students to review unit vocabulary and Grammar 10-1 and 10-2.

10-7 Agreeing

Students present sentences to each other in order to practice structure used for agreement.

10-8 Agreeing & Disagreeing

Students read sentences decide if they can make a sentence in agreement or disagreement.

10-9 What about You?

Students discuss whether they have similarities or differences between them.

10-1 Modals of Certainty #1

Students practice the usage of modals to describe the probability of present and future events.

10-2 Modals of Certainty #2

Students practice how to speculate about the past using modal verbs.

10-3 So / Neither Do I

Students learn common structures used to agree and disagree with others.

Reading Use of English Writing
Reading 10-1 Where the Hell Is Matt?

Reading activity based on a man who travels the world making videos of himself dancing with locals.

Reading 10-2 Wide Open Road Trips

Reading activity based on 8 different road trips across the US. Activity reinforces student ability to locate pertinent information within a written source.

10-1 Had to Wait

Students work with a partner and complete the missing information in four short dialogues about travel. 

10-2 Planning a Trip

Students plan a trip with a partner using external English websites.

10-1 Cause & Effect Linking Words

Students learn common linking devices that can be used to show a cause and effect relationship between ideas.

10-2 Articles

Students learn more rules for proper use of articles and then apply these rules in an exercise

10-3 Paragraph

Students write a paragraph about what type of travel experience they would prefer to have.

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