Unit 1 : Home and Away

Agenda

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First week:

Page 6 - Test your grammar (10 min)
- reviewing, identifying, and practising key tenses
- we will get to know each other a bit at the end of this section (10 min)
Pages 6 & 7: Away from home (30 min)
- Tense use ... question formation ... informal language use in tweets and emails
Page 7: Language focus (10 min)
Page 8: Practice (30 min)
- Practising tenses by completing sentences in a personalized way
Homework: See first week homework in the panel on the right or below

Second week:

Page 103: Writing (15 min + homework)
- learn about correction codes
- Optional homework: write an informal letter
Role play: Extra Activity -- Can't get home (25 min)
Page 9: Listening & Speaking (25 min)
- listening for gist and key information in 6 recordings and completing a chart, then understanding referencing
- discussing pros & cons of living abroad
Page 10 & 11: Reading & Speaking (25 min + homework)
- An article about a man who was reunited with his Indian family after 25 years
- discussing his life
Homework: See second week homework in the panel on the right or below

Third week:

Page 12: Vocabulary & Pronunciation (20 min)
Page 13: Everyday English (30 min)
- understanding and practising language used in everyday situations, and focusing on stress and intonation
Take home the test for Unit 1
Homework: See third week homework in the panel on the right or below
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Do only the homework tasks that you feel will help you reach your learning goal.

First week (after we completed pages 6-8):

If you found the language focus section on page 7 too difficult, please review the grammar reference on page 139 and revise the language focus exercise.
Plan to pair up with some outside of class (online or in person). Using the statements you each created in exercise 5 on page 8, practice responding appropriately
- Remember these responses from the audio 1.5 --
  - Me neither!
  - Really?
  - Well, don't ask me.
  - I know.
  - Just Mondays, eh?
  - Who on earth told you that?
If you purchased the workbook, complete unit 1 exercises 1 - 7 (after the practise section is complete)
Visit the publisher's website to practise the grammar here

Second week (after we completed pages 9-11):

write a message (in the discussion forum below) about the most interesting person you met in the airport (during the extra exercise). Pretend that the reader is a good friend.
Informal writing - complete ex. 4 on page 103: I suggest that you type your letter in Word; change the language to English so that Work underlines some of your errors. You can copy and paste your letter into the discussion forum below and/or send it to me at rachel.kuisma@gmail.com
Vocabulary work - complete ex. 4 on page 10. (meet with your partner in person or online or do it individually)

Third week (after completing page 12-13):

Visit the publisher's website for extra vocabulary practice, everyday English, and audio and vidio downloads here
if you purchased the workbook, complete Unit 1 exercises 8 & 9 (after the Vocabulary & Pronunciation section)
pratice speaking with the audio 1.10 and/or arrange to meet (online or in person) with a classmate to act out a few of the conversations from tapescript 1.10
- improvise, make the conversations your own
- record it if you like
make a dialogue using 4-6 of the compound words from exercise 5 on page 12.
- this can be done individually or with a classmate (e.g., online). You can act out your dialogue in class next week or make a video or audio recording for us, or simply add the text to the discussion forum.
if you purchased the workbook, complete Unit 1 exercises 10 - 12 (after the Everyday English section)
complete the unit test (get it from your teacher)
transfer some words from the unit's word list (p. 153) into your vocabulary notebook and add details to help you learn them.
practice speaking with the various recordings from Unit 1.
- You can listen and repeat, trying to emulate the stress.
- Or you could try to speak at the same time as the recording.
- Do not read the tapescript while doing this exercise
- Do it only once. Do not memorize the lines, but simply practice the stress.
- Record yourself if you like.
Watch "A global village" video (8min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9dD8riZDc0

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