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A New Brand of PoliticsStudents engage in a discussion, practice vocabulary, and do a listening activity on a series of issues from the economy and distribution of wealth to voting and politics. Students watch a video interview with British comedian, Russell Brand. How to Start a MovementDiscussion and listening. Students talk about and watch a video on the origin and success of social movements. The HippiesA documentary about the hippies has been cut into three parts. Students should look up listed vocabulary before viewing each part. |
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How Fair Trade WordsStudents research vocabulary and then paste paragraphs into gaps of an article about fair trade. Who Were the Hippies?Students must complete an article about the hippie movement with appropriate forms of vocabulary words. Feminist MovementStudents research and answer comprehension questions related to Wikipedia’s article on the movement. BrandalismDiscussion and reading. Students learn and read about a new social movement called "brandalism", a concept that merges the last unit's examination of graffiti and civility with this unit's focus on social change. |
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Social MovementsA unit introduction discussion activity about the unit theme. ‘Wh’ ClausesStudents practice noun clauses that contain question words as relative pronouns. Open Cloze: How Pencils Are MadeAn open cloze activity about the topic of how pencils are made. Phrasal VerbsStudents learn and practice several phrasal verbs. Oral PresentationStudents prepare 5-10 minute presentations describing a production process of their choice, for example, how coffee is made, how jeans are produced. |
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ProcessStudents practice describing process by watching a video about making paper and then describing the process of making pencils. Punctuation: Semicolons, colons, dashes, and parenthesesA continuation of Unit - Bright Lights punctuation focus, in this exercise, students learn how to properly punctuate their writing with semicolons, colons, dashes and parentheses. |