2-0 Objectives and Sequence

Science and Technology

Students explore vocabulary and topics related to science and technology within the field of medicine.

Future Aspect

Students explore the different aspects English speakers convey when describing future events.

Prediction

Students review the two ways English speakers describe future predictions.

Decisions, Plans, and Timetables

Students review and practice the most common ways to describe future events that can be determined by one’s decisions and plans.

Simple, Continuous, and Perfect

Students learn about the tendency in the English language for speakers to add a focus of completion or progress to verbs in sentences about the future.

2-1 Prediction

Students explore the use of will and be going to in making sentences that describe future predictions.

2-2 Deciding the Future

Students practice the use of will, be going to, the present continuous, and the present simple to describe decided, planned, or timetabled events.

2-3 Future Continuous and Perfect

Students explore subtle differences in focus between the simple, continuous, and perfect aspects of future sentences.

2-1 Health In The News - Battling Malaria

Vocabulary and reading comprehension activity about the topic of combatting the malaria virus.

2-2 Laser Tumor Removal

Vocabulary and reading comprehension activity about the topic of a sophisticated surgical procedure.

2-1 Sentences - Simple and Compound

Students examine the structure of both simple and compound sentences, then practice combining and expanding simple sentences to create compound sentences

2-2 Sentences - Complex and Compound-Complex

Students examine the structure of complex sentences, then practice converting compound sentences into complex sentences and writing their own example sentences.

2-3 Commas

Students learn the rules for comma usage, then do an exercise to put these rules into practice.

2-4 Agree/Disagree Paragraph

Students examine agree/disagree paragraph structure and then write a paragraph on the topic of work.

2-1 Have a seat?

Video-listening activity based on a TED Ed talk about why sitting is bad for you.

2-2 The Mad Scientist

Listening activity based on a recording of a doctor who believes that a head transplant is possible.

2-1 Unit Introduction

Unit introduction conversation activity. (group work)

2-2: Vocabulary Roleplay

Groups discuss and roleplay a medical scenario in a variety of jobs.

2-3 Photo Discussion

Students generate photos to match unit vocabulary and discuss with the class.

2-4 Questions and Review

Students reflect on their understanding of the unit with a whole class Q&A.

2-5 Applied Learning

Students work together to master a certain grammatical aspect of the unit and teach to the rest of the class.