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LiteratureStudents practice vocabulary related to the topic including types of literature, genres, formats, styles, etc.. Modal Auxiliary VerbsStudents review structure common to all modal verbs and explore the multiple meanings of several of them. Necessity & AdviceStudents practice the language used to ask for and give advice as well as to express obligations. RequestsStudents learn how to use certain modal verbs and phrases to make requests or offers. |
| Listening |
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HomeworkFour people describe what they have for homework. The activity serves as a preview for Grammar - Expressing Necessity. Online ReadingListening activity based on different people’s experiences with reading online. The activity reinforces student comprehension of unit vocabulary. Just a NovelListening activity based on a discussion about two people's interest in literature. |
| Speaking |
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Unit Introduction DiscussionUnit introduction conversation activity. Vocabulary DiscussionVocabulary discussion activity. Role-PlaysStudents improvise dialogues according to prompts. What’s the Job?Students guess jobs by asking each other about the job’s responsibilities. Speaking PairsStudents present sentences to each other so that their partners create a sentence with the same meaning using modal verbs of obligation. ProblemsStudents act out situations in an effort to elicit sentences of advice from fellow group members. Giving AdviceStudents are presented with fictitious problems they are having in life. Other group members offer advice. Had BetterStudents discuss situations in which they can say the given sentences containing "had better." RequestsStudents are presented with prompts that they use with a partner to elicit requests in different grammatical forms. |
| Grammar |
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Expressing NecessityStudents review the basic form and structure of modal auxiliary verbs as well as focus on the different modal verbs and phrases used to describe obligation and necessity. Advice & SuggestionsStudents practice modals and other popular phrases used to give and ask for advice as well as suggestions. Making RequestsStudents learn the modal verbs and phrases commonly used when making requests and offers. |
| Reading |
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William ShakespeareA reading activity about the biography of William Shakespeare. |
| Use of English |
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Can I Ask You a Favour?Four short conversations that serve as a lead into Grammar - Making Requests. Famous English AuthorsStudents research and present their findings of different English authors of popular fiction. |
| Writing |
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Capitalization & End PunctuationStudents learn when to use capital letters and how to punctuate the end of their sentences. ProofreadingStudents do a proofreading exercise, finding and correcting mistakes in a paragraph. ParagraphStudents write an opinion-based paragraph on whether it is important for children to read. |
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advice amount author category century chapter character communicate completely concerned contact describe drama draw drawing education ending enjoyable environment exact express favour impact line literature magazine mayor nap necessary novel novelist occasionally pattern perform performance play poetry population process publish rarely request slightly spare stage suggestion technology terrible theatre trouble work |