Unit 1 : Home and Away
Agenda
First week:
Second week:
Third 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
- Start the Next Unit