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FUNCTIONS AND SAMPLE LANGUAGE
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| 1.
Given visuals of analog and digital clocks, ask and answer questions about
time. |
Seek/report information:
time
What time is it?
It's quarter past twelve. |
Oxford Picture Dictionary
(OPD), p. 16-17
Standout 1, p. 15
Realia- clocks
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Structures:
Simple present
Wh-questions
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| 2. Write times
from visuals of analog clocks and from dictation. |
Write times:
The time is 3:15
The time is three fifteen. |
English Extra, p. 18 and cassette
Lifeskills 1, p. 31-32
Going Places 1, p. 69-70 and cassette
Survival English 1, p. 55-59
Take Charge 1, p. 49-51 and cassette
Realia- clocks
Teacher generated dictation. |
Cross-culture: Compare
different ways to tell time in different
countries.
Time zones
http://www.timeanddate.
com/worldclock/
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| 3. Ask and answer
questions about daily routines. |
Report information: chronological
I get up at 7:30
I go to sleep at 10:30
I arrive at school at 9:00
Seek information:
What time do you go to work?
What time do you finish work?
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Level 100:
Collaborations Literacy, p. 58-63
Level 100/150:
Collaborations 1, p. 50-53
English Extra, p. 13-17
Going Places 1, p. 71-73, 99-101
OPD, p. 26-27
OPD Classic Classroom Activities,
p. 36
Take Charge 1, p. 55-57
Software:
Live Action English, "Good morning."
REEP
Daily routine activity
http://www.esl-lab.com/schedule
/schedrd1.htm |
Structures:
Simple present
Prepositions: time/place
Subject pronouns
Cross-culture: being punctual |
| 4. Read and
write dates using ordinal numbers and abbreviated forms. |
The date is 10/15/02
Today is October fifteenth.
Tomorrow is October sixteenth. |
Lifeskills 1, p. 34
OPD, p. 14, 18
Survival English 1, p. 48-52
Take Charge 1, p. 31-32 |
Cross-culture: Compare how dates
are written in different countries. |
| 5. Given visuals,
ask and answer questions about the weather and seasons. |
Seek/report information:
How's the weather?
What is your favorite season?
It's warm today.
It's snowing today.
Winter is cold in Virginia.
Summer is hot in my country. |
Basic Grammar in Action, p. 169
English Extra, p. 78-79
Expressways 1, p. 134-135
OPD, p. 10,19
OPD Classic Classroom Activities,
p. 19
Survival English 1, p. 53-54
Take Charge 1, p. 33 and cassette.
Software:
OPD, "Describing the weather." |
Structures:
Simple present
Present continuous
Wh-questions
Cross-culture:
Compare climate to native country. |
| 6. Interpret
information from a basic weather report or map. |
Report info:
It's going to snow tomorrow.
The weekend is going to be sunny. |
Basic Grammar in Action, p. 173
Weather maps- USA Today
http://www.washingtonpost.com
/wp-srv/weather/ |
Structures:
Future- going to |
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