It’s week 11 of the English conversation class. Time to think about the future.
Weekly Plan
- conversation questions
- pair work summary activity
- textbook
Hour 1
- attendance (5)
- schedule
- last chance to name your book
What did we did last week? (5)
- pair work discussion with some questions
- watched and summarized two videos
- completed anagram puzzles
- started to collect names of titles for book report
- gave reading and listening homework
Next Class (10)
- reading and listening homework.
- be ready to make a summary
- explain the big connections
This reading and speaking activity is similar to what we did before the midterm exam, but the content, and purpose, are different.
- Read and listen to a short story.
- Summarize the story.
- The key point is to understand and describe the connections between major events in the story. Describe the linked actions that happened in order for the invention to be made. Also describe how the invention lead to big changes.
Here are the 4 stories. You will get one of the stories.
Discussion Questions (30)
In order make a logical answer that sounds persuasive, you need to make answers that identify and justify a criterion (or criteria).
Criterion: the rule or standard that is used to judge or decide.
For example:
What’s the best midsize car to buy for a young family?
It depends on what is important to you.
Do you care about 1) the amount of space inside the car, 2) safety, 3) purchase price, 4) resale value, 5) warranty, or 5) fuel economy.
These are the criteria that most people think about when buying a new car.
If all of these things are important, the Honda Civic is probably the best choice.
Student A
Answer the questions with criteria (or one criterion).
- Who is a hero for you?
- What is the best Smartphone?
- Who is the best actor today or in the past?
- What is the best pizza topping?
- Does technology make us more alone?
- Can money buy happiness?
- Does Dokdo belong to Korea?
Student B
Agree or disagree with these statements. No hedging. Don’t forget to state your criterion (or criteria).
- Video games are too violent.
- We are not free.
- The future looks bright.
- Killing is moral.
- It’s time to forget about the past.
- One is better than zero.
- Zoos should be banned.
Hours 2-3
Pair Work Summary (20)
- make a group with 3 to 4 people
- summarize you story’listening to others
- ask questions
- be sure to understand the connections of events
Textbook sound files
- Touchstone online listening files
Page 108 #2 (10)
- read the short story
- listen
- read and listen
Page 110 #1 (10)
- read the short story
- listen
- read and listen
Page 111 #2 Adjectives with ED and ING (15)
- review grammar box
- ED talk about ME (or a person)
- ING to talk about a thing
- 2A read and find right word in sentence
Page 111 #3 Quick Pair Work Questions (10)
- make answers with partner
- pay attention to ED and ING
Pair Work Vocabulary – Hint Game (20)
You will have a one vocabulary page sheet with 40 boxes. But, you paper has only 10 words.
Make a group and find partners with the boxes A, B, C and D.
You make hints for your words. Your partners guess the words. In the end, you have a list of 40 words and phrases.