Unit Objectives
Space

Vocabulary and activities centered around space include topics such as astronomy, science fiction, and technology.

Comma Rules

Students learn when to use a comma properly.

Direct & Reported Speech

Students are introduced to the two main ways used in English to describe what people said or asked.

Proofreading

The topic of proofreading and its value when writing is explored.

Phrasal Verbs

This unit reviews and continues the lesson on phrasal verbs started in the previous unit.

Listening
Astronomy Class

Activity-based on a dialogue about one student's class at university. The activity serves as an introduction to the concept of reported speech.

What Did They Say?

Listening activity that provides practice reporting questions and statements.

Investing in Space Travel

Listening activity based on different people’s opinions on the worthiness of investing in space travel. The listening activity contains several words from the unit vocabulary.

Speaking
Unit Introduction Discussion

Unit introduction conversation activity.

Vocabulary Discussion

Vocabulary discussion activity.

Role-Plays

Students improvise dialogues according to prompts.

Speaking Pairs

Students present prompts to their partner eliciting reported speech.

Partner Questionnaire

Students interview a partner and report their answers to other students.

Class Sentences #1

Sentences are said out loud to the class and written by the class in reported speech.

Class Sentences #2

Students present sentences to the class and others report them in a document.

Different Ways of Reporting

Students practice different variations of reporting the same sentence.

Phrasal Verbs Discussion

Students ask and answer questions with phrasal verbs studied in Grammar - Phrasal Verbs: On, Off, Up & Down.

Grammar
Reported Speech #1

Students learn and practice the differences between direct and reported speech.

Reported Speech #2

Students expand on what they learned in Grammar 12-1 and practice the ways to report commands or requests in English.

Phrasal Verbs: In, On, Up & Down

Lesson resumes from Unit 11 and describes more kinds of phrasal verbs and how they can be used in English.

Reading
The Space Elevator

Reading activity about a possible elevator that could be constructed to connect Earth to Space. The activity reinforces student comprehension of Grammar - Reported Speech #1.

Use of English
Space Suits

Four short conversations that serve as a lead into Grammar - Phrasal Verbs: On, Off, Up & Down.

Space Trivia

Students research answers to trivia questions and then ask and answer them with other students in the class.

Writing
Using Commas

A continuation of the comma lesson from Unit 7, this lesson focuses on four more rules for proper comma usage.

Proofreading

Students practice finding and correcting mistakes in a paragraph.

Paragraph

Students write an opinion-based paragraph on the importance of space travel.

Vocabulary

advantage

aliens

astronaut

astronomer

atmosphere

beast

bizarre

cable

celebrity

come up with

comet

commercial

confused

consider

discuss

distance

explore

feature

figure out

freezing

fuel

galaxy

gravity

immediately

inspire

invest

lift

limited

liquid

material

novel

planet

pollution

poverty

priority

professor

reduce

science

science fiction

shooting star

solar system

solid

spaceship

support

surely

telescope

topic

towards

tower

UFO (unidentified flying object)

universe

weigh

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