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| 1. Set
class learning goals, i.e.lifeskills objectives to be covered in this unit. |
Express Need: I need to study/learn.. |
See Needs Assessment and Unit
Planning under Instructional Planning on the side bar.
Class brainstorm of where students shop
for food and clothing. Teacher elicts what students need to say/read/write/understand
when shopping for food and clothing. |
Structures:
Simple present |
| 2. Identify
coins and bills, orally and in writing. |
Report information:
This is a quarter.
That is a five dollar bill.
This is 35 cents.
That is 15 dollars. |
The Oxford Picture Dictionary
(ODP), p. 20
Stand Out 1, p. 24
English Extra, p. 32-33
Survival English 1, p. 62-66.
Foundations, p. 120, 122
Coins
Realia (real and/or play money) |
Structures:
simple present
demonstratives
singular/plural
Extension:
Idenity faces on coins and bills.
Cross-culture: Students bring in coins
and bills from their countries and talk about them. |
| 3.
Describe what someone is wearing, including size and color. |
Report info: descriptive
She's wearing a pink sweater.
He is wearing a new coat.
She is wearing black shoes.
He isn't wearing a tie.
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OPD, p. 64-71
OPD cassette, ex.#23
English Extra, p. 51-53
Going Places 1, p. 23-24.
English for Adult Competency 1, p.
104-105
Side by Side 1, Unit 8
Side by Side 1, video- segments
11 and 12
A
shopping trip
Realia: Student and teacher clothing
Listening Activity: Teacher describes what
a student is wearing; students guess who the teacher is describing. |
Structures:
Negatives
Present continuous
Adjective + noun
Singular/plural
Contractions
Extension:
Traditional clothing
Appropriate clothing for different situations.
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| 4.
Identify food items, orally and in writing. |
Report info: objects:
This is a tomato.
Those are apples. |
OPD,
p. 50-55
OPD cassette, exercise #18
Basic Grammar in Action,
p. 118-121
Take Charge 2, p.
74-75
Survival English 1, p. 142-149
A
shopping trip
Food
Project |
Structures:
Simple present
Demonstratives
Singular/plural
Cross-culture: Students bring
in pictures of different foods from their countries
and discuss. Write simple recipes. Survival English 1, p.
158, 161.
Students bring in clothing items
from their countries and discuss. |
| 5.
Read price tags and receipts. |
Report info:
The coat costs $50.00.
The sweater is $20.00. |
English Extra,
p. 69-71
Survival English 2, p. 63, 65, 66.
Stand Out 1, p. 23
Lifelines 1, p. 51
LifePrints 1, p. 79-81
Realia: actual price tags and receipts |
Structures:
Simple present
Extension:
Returning/exchanging items. |
| 6.
Ask/answer questions about food/clothing, including price and location. |
Seek/report info: price
and location:
How much is the dress? It's $36.00
How much are the apples? They are $2.25
a pound.
Where is the shoe department?
Where is the bread? |
Lifelines 1, p. 38-40
Going Places 1, p. 21, 26
Going Places 1 cassette
Expressways 1, p. 68, 112
REEP
Consumerism activity
REEP
Consumerism activity worksheet
Listening:
Prices
Activity:
Guess the Price |
Structures:
Simple present
Wh-questions
Count/non count nouns
Extension:
Sales, discounts, coupons
Cross-culture:
Compare prices in
different countries. |
| 7. Given
incorrect change, indicate error. |
Express complaint:
I think there is a mistake.
I gave you a twenty.
Express needs:
I need $1.00 more. |
Survival English 1,
p. 244-245
First Words, p. 52-54
Student generated dialogues
Realia (cash or play money) |
Structures:
Simple present |
| 8.
Express/inquire about likes and dislikes. |
Express/inquire about likes
and dislikes:
I like this shirt.
This is a good sandwich.
Do you like watermelon?
I don't like.... |
Lifelines 1, p. 50-52
Survival English 1, p. 148
Collaborations 1, p. 68-69
English Extra, p. 31 |
Structures:
Negatives
Yes/no questions
Demonstratives |
| 9.
Identify and request basic bank services. |
Express/inquire about needs/wants:
I want to cash this check, please.
I'd like it in 20's.
I need a money order for $150.00
How much is a money order? |
Going Places 1, p. 90
&
cassette
English for Adult Competency 1, p.
140-147
English Extra, p. 146-148 |
Structures:
Simple present
Wh questions: How much
I'd (would)
Extension:
Types of identification |
| 10.
Complete bank forms including checks, deposit slips and money orders. |
Sample vocabulary:
Pay to the order of____
______dollars |
Survival English 1, p.
240-242.
Foundations, p. 126-129
Write
a check
Checks and deposit slips from local banks. |
Cross-culture: Identify
and compare methods of payments in other countries and sending money
internationally. |
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