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WorkVocabulary and activities centered around work in the automotive industry. Topics include factory life, starting a business, robotics, workers' rights, Direct & Reported Speech. |
Direct & Reported SpeechStudents are introduced to the two main ways used in English to describe what people said or asked. |
Phrasal VerbsUnit 12 reviews and continues the lesson on phrasal verbs started in Unit 11. |
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Comma RulesStudents learn when to use a comma properly. |
ProofreadingThe topic of proofreading and its value when writing is explored. |
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Listening | Speaking | Grammar |
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12-1 On StrikeActivity based on an interview with a workers' rights activist regarding an automotive workers' strike. Activity serves as an introduction to the concept of reported speech. 12-2 Dream JobListening activity that provides practice reporting questions and statements. |
12-1 Unit Introduction DiscussionUnit introduction conversation activity. 12-2 Vocabulary DiscussionVocabulary discussion activity. 12-3 Role-PlaysStudents improvise dialogues according to prompts. 12-4 Speaking DictationStudents dictate sentences for practice in spoken English fluency. 12-5 Partner QuestionnaireStudents interview a partner and report their answers to other students. 12-6 Class Sentences #1Sentences are said out loud to the class and written by the class in reported speech. 12-7 Class Sentences #2Students present sentences to the class and others report them in a document. 12-8 Different Ways of ReportingStudents practice different variations of reporting the same sentence. 12-9 Phrasal Verbs DiscussionStudents ask and answer questions with phrasal verbs studied in Grammar 12-3. |
12-1 Reported Speech #1Students learn and practice the differences between direct and reported speech. 12-2 Reported Speech #2Students expand on what they learned in Grammar 12-1 and practice the ways to report commands or requests in English. 12-3 Phrasal Verbs: In, On, Up & DownLesson resumes from Unit 11 and describes more kinds of phrasal verbs and how they can be used in English. |
Reading | Use of English | Writing |
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12-1 Working ConditionsStudents learn and practice vocabulary and grammar by reading about working conditions and what one laborer did to change the operations of a company. |
12-1 Factory RobotsFour short conversations that serve as a lead in to Grammar 12-3. 12-2 Finding Your Dream JobStudents research careers in the automotive industry using Vocabulary 12-1 to report on jobs of interest. |
12-1 Using CommasStudents expand thier knowledge in comma usage. 12-2 ProofreadingStudents practice finding and correcting errors in an example paragraph. 12-3 ParagraphStudents write a paragraph about working conditions.
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