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The EnvironmentStudents learn vocabulary and participate in activities about environmental issues. Topics include global warming, logging, energy conservation, etc.. The Past & PresentStudents review and expand understanding of the Present Perfect. Vocabulary Expansion: Participial AdjectivesStudents are introduced to the form and use of adjectives that stem from verbs. |
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Climate ChangeTwo people discuss how they feel about whether or not they believe that climate change is a real phenomenon. Environmentally-Friendly ChangesListening activity based on recordings of what ten people do in their lives to help the environment. The listening activity contains several words from unit vocabulary and acts as a review of Grammar - Connecting the Past & Present #1 and preview of Grammar - Connecting the Past & Present #2. Saving EnergyListening activity based on one man’s description of his experience growing up conscious of environmental issues. The listening activity contains several words from the unit vocabulary. |
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Unit Introduction DiscussionUnit introduction conversation activity. Vocabulary DiscussionVocabulary discussion activity. Role-PlaysStudents improvise dialogues according to prompts. Speaking PairsStudents practice describing present situations in both the Present and Present Perfect tenses. NewsStudents announce fictional news to their group and further discuss the details in the past tense. Describing PhotosStudents describe what has been happening recently based on what they see in photos. Present Perfect ConversationStudents practice different usages of the Present Perfect in a free discussion. The Laptop's ChargedStudents practice converting sentences that contain verbal phrases to adjectives. Participle DiscussionStudents discuss answers to conversation questions the employ participial adjectives used to describe feelings. |
| Grammar |
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Connecting the Past & Present #1Students expand their understanding of the Present Perfect Simple by learning that it is a way to focus on connecting finished past actions with the present. Connecting the Past & Present #2Students learn that the Present Perfect Continuous can also be used to describe present situations. Participial AdjectivesStudents learn that many adjectives come in the form of present or past participles. |
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Four Green CitiesReading activity about the cities of Reykjavik, San Francisco, Vancouver and Curitiba. The activity also serves as a review of Grammar - Connecting the Past & Present #1 and Connecting the Past & Present #2. |
| Use of English |
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Have You HeardFour short conversations that serve as a lead in to Grammar - Participial Adjectives. |
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SpacingProper spacing rules are introduced and practiced in an exercise. ProofreadingStudents do a proofreading exercise, finding and correcting mistakes in a paragraph. ParagraphStudents write a paragraph describing what their city has done to reduce pollution and deciding whether the city has done enough. |
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acre annoy attention back up ban carbon dioxide charge climate complex depend on destructive disappoint effect embarass environmental evidence exhausted fact fortunate frustrated gasoline get around global global warming hybrid issue justification organic oxygen pay perhaps plant plug in pollute pollution produce protect rainforest resource reusable run #1 run #2 run out of scientist separate shocking solar source strict supply traditional underground unplug use up vegetarian volcano waste |