WEEK

Week 1

DAY Wednesda y Friday

MATERIAL
Handout (provided by teacher) Activity (provided by teacher). Pre-Unit in textbook Unit 1: Making Connections Lessons 1,2,3,4 Unit 1: Making Connections Lessons 5,7,8,9 QUIZ #1 Unit 2: All in the Family Lessons 1,2,3 Unit 2: All in the Family Lessons 6,7 Unit 4: Small Talk Lesson 4 Van or other transportation. Unit 5: At Home Lessons 1,2,3,4 QUIZ #2

FOCUS OF ACTIVITIES
Review of alphabet, spelling and phonology. Practicing pronunciation. Complete In-class Dual-purpose activity Speaking: Introduce yourself Grammar: Simple Present to be Listening/Speaking Life Skills: filling out applications Grammar: simple present Listening/Speaking: describing people you know. Reading: listen and read a short article Grammar: yes/no and information questions Speaking/Listening: talk about family or people you know. Grammar: simple present affirmative/negative Grammar: Additions with too/and not; either Life Skills: Understanding the post office mailing service. Talk about scheduling events Fill out a library card ***FIELD TRIP TO THE LIBRARY*** Listening/Speaking: home and home repairs Grammar: present continuous; affirmative and negative statements. Life Skills: read apartment ads, finding roommates, talk about housing and ways to search for housing,

HOMEWORK
Complete needs assessment survey

LEARNING OUTCOMES
P1, C1, P1, C2, A1

Week 2

Wednesda y Friday

P1, P2, C2, C3

Pg. 274 Collect information from classmates during class and complete exercise at home.

P2, A2

Week 3

Wednesda y

P3, P5, C3

Friday

Write a short passage about What you like to read

P3, P4

Week 4

Wednesda y Friday

P6 Write a short passage about What characteristics would describe your perfect roommate. C3, T1

Week 5

Wednesda y Friday

Unit 5: At Home Lessons 6, 8 Unit 3: Lots to Do Lessons 1, 2,3,6,7 Unit 3: Lots to Do Lesson 4 Unit 6: In the Past Lessons 1,2,3,6 QUIZ #3 Unit 6: In the Past Lessons 3,6,9 reviewed Unit 7: Health Watch Lessons 1,3,4,6,9 Unit 7 grammar review. Additional content provided by teacher Van or other transportation. Unit 8: Job Hunting Lessons

Week 6

Wednesda y Friday

Grammar: there is/there are Listening/Speaking/Life Skills: give traffic directions Listening/Speaking: talk about clothes and shopping Grammar: simple present want/need+infinitive and be going to + verb Life Skills: calculate change, learn about payment methods, Read store ads, Read receipts. Listening/Speaking: Events with family/friends, activities Grammar: Simple Past (regular/irregular verbs); questions with simple past Grammar: simple past review Speaking: talk to a partner about how the item from your past has significance to you. Your classmate will then report to the class. Listening/Speaking: aches, pains, medicine Grammar: prepositions of time:at/by/in/on/from..to Reading: article about stress Grammar: review Reading/Speaking/Life Skills: Learn about ways to access healthcare and insurance; discuss the hardships immigrants face and options they have in this domain **FIELDTRIP TO A COMMUNITY CENTER*** Listening/Speaking: job descriptions and duties; fields of work and work history

Pg. 276: Talk to someone outside of class and complete task.

P7, C5, T2

C6, C7 1. Pg 122, 123 (all exercises) 2. Bring an item that has meaning to you: (photograph; souvenir from your country; something from your childhood) C4, T3

Week 7

Wednesda y

C4

Friday

1. Read the article on Pg. 138 and complete A and B on Pg 139. 2. Complete pg. 143.

Week 8

Wednesda y

Friday
Week 9

Handout provided by teacher during field trip

P8, T4 C6

Wednesda y

1,2,3,6,9

Friday

Unit 8: Job Hunting Lessons 4,7 TEST ON UNITS 1,2,3,5,6,7,8 Unit 9: Parents and Children Lessons 1,2,3,6 Unit 9: Parents and Children Lessons 4,8,9

Week 10

Wednesda y Friday

Grammar: Expressing ability (can and cannot) Expressions with: ago/last/in/later Grammar: Expressing alternatives (or, and) Reading: article about hot jobs Life Skills: Looking for a job Review for exam TEST ON UNITS 1,2,3,5,6,7,8 Listening/Speaking: schools; parentteacher conferences Grammar: Future with will; possessive s or s ending; Adverbs of manner Listening/Speaking: progress and behavior in school Grammar: possessive nouns Life Skills: completing forms associated with school; leave and take a telephone message Listening/Speaking: buying food in a store and ordering food in a restaurant. Grammar: count/non-count nouns; quantifiers with plural and non-count nouns; comparative adjectives with than ***A RESTAURANT OUTING*** Listening/Speaking: medical emergencies; dangerous situations Grammar: Present Continuous (statements and questions) Listening/Speaking/Life Skills: dealing with traffic accidents and the police

Pg. 163 (all exercises)

P9, C8

Pg. 282 (Writing)

Week 11

Wednesda y

Friday

Unit 10: Lets Eat Lessons 1,2,3,6,9 QUIZ #4 Van or other transportation. Unit 11: Call 911! Lessons 1,2,3,5

1. Read the article on pg. 198 and complete 3A and 3B. 2. Pg. 203 (all exercises)

A3, T5

Week 12

Wednesda y Friday

A3, T5 1. Read the article on pg 218 and complete 3A and 3B by yourself. 2. Write a short story about an emergency situation from your past experience. C8

Week 13

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Unit 11: Call 911!

C8

Lessons 4,6,8,9

Friday

Unit 12: The World of Work Lessons 1,2,3,6 QUIZ #5 Unit 12: The World of Work Lessons 5,8,9 Unit 12: The World of Work Lesson 4 REVIEW FOR COMPREHENSIV E EXAM COMPREHENSI VE EXAM ***get your test scores ad take part in a potluck in our regular classroom***

Week 14

Wednesda y Friday

Week 15

Wednesda y Friday

Life Skills: identify hazards, learn of ways to ask help and simulate a 911 call with a medical (or other) emergency Grammar: there was/there were; compound imperatives Listening/Speaking: job responsibilities; the work environment Grammar: expressions of necessity and prohibition; information questions with who Listening/Speaking: work shifts; reasons for changing the workplace Grammar: Can/Could to ask permission Life Skills: Look for work; understand your rights as a worker; understand payroll, payroll deductions and overtime hours; understand the Social Security program. REVIEW FOR COMPREHENSIVE EXAM COMPREHENSIVE EXAM ***get your test scores ad take part in a potluck in our regular classroom***

Read the article on pg. 238 and answer 3A by yourself.

C8

C6, C8 Handout with review for the final exam provided by teacher in class

Week 16

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