Unit 1 - Relationships (18 hours)
Overall Expectations:
Listening and Speaking:
1. Demonstrate the ability to understand, interpret and evaluate spoken English for a variety of purposes.
2. Use speaking skills and strategies to communicate English for a variety of classroom and social purposes.
3. Use correctly the language structures appropriate for this level to communicate orally in English.
Reading:
1. Read and demonstrate understanding of a variety of texts for different purposes.
2. Use a variety of reading strategies throughout the reading process to extract meaning from texts.
3. Use a variety of strategies to build vocabulary.
4. Locate and extract relevant information from written and graphic texts for a variety of purposes.
Writing:
1. Write in a variety of forms for different purposes and audiences.
2. Organize ideas coherently in writing.
3. Use correctly the conventions of written English appropriate for this level, including grammar, usage, spelling and punctuation.
4. Use the stages of the writing process.
Topic: What friends do
Group Size: 4
Time Limit: 2 – 4 minutes per group
Instructions:
Prepare a short presentation about what friends do for each other. Use what we learned in class about feelings, favors, and dating. Examples:
· Friends help each other feel happy by…
· Friends help each other when sad by…
· Friends have lots of fun activities together such as…
Each person needs to speak.
You do not need a PPT.
Do this survey after assignment 1 to reflect on how this unit went for you.