Unit Objectives
Travel

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
Packaged Tours vs. Backpacking

Interview activity based on one man’s travel preferences. The listening activity contains several words from the unit vocabulary.

Travel Wish List

Several people describe where in the world they would like to visit next. The activity reinforces student comprehension of unit vocabulary.

Window or Aisle Seat

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

Speaking
Unit Introduction Discussion

Unit Introduction discussion activity.

Vocabulary Discussion

Vocabulary discussion activity.

Role-Plays

Students improvise dialogues according to prompts.

What Could You Say?

Students prompt each other with situations in which one can use a modal verb of probability to explain.

Explaining Photos

Students use modal verbs of probability to describe photos.

Vocabulary & Grammar Discussion

Group speaking activity for students to review unit vocabulary and Grammar - Modals of Certainty #1 and Modals of Certainty #2.

Agreeing

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

Agreeing & Disagreeing

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

What about You?

Students discuss whether they have similarities or differences between them.

Grammar
Modals of Certainty #1

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

Modals of Certainty #2

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

No / Neither Do I

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

Reading
Where's Matt?

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

Use of English
Three Hours

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

Planning a Trip

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

Writing
Cause & Effect Linking Words

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

Articles

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

Paragraph

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

Vocabulary

abroad

absolutely

accident

advantage

advertise

afford

aisle

architecture

baggage

basically

belongings

border

buddy

budget

by chance

check in / out

cruise

customs

depart

description

destination

disadvantage

equator

expertise

flight attendant

footage

gorgeous

government

guide

honeymoon

immigration

inbox

instant

jealous

journey

land

luggage

memory

nearly

overseas

package

planet

probably

proud

provide

resort

response

reverse

route

sightseeing

souvenir

sponsor

suitcase

take off

tour

transport

update

wander

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