Session 1 Review Study Records and warm-up conversation. Check Study Path: Study from more than one unit in each session. Their study should include some lessons from Module 3. Review Study Score. Provide coaching information. Stress the importance of frequent practice. Review Activity: Business Activities Jobs and typical activities for each Main Activity 1: Explanation and Travel Vocabulary Explain and discuss travel terms such as 'non-stop flight'. Main Activity 2: Making Choices Making choices and giving reasons. Optional Activity: Dictation Schedule Changes Review Task: Business Activities Make a list of jobs and have student describe the typical day for each. Example: Sales people: make appointments, answer the telephone, check e mails, meet with clients, make presentations, submit proposals, provide training, have lunch with clients, attend meetings with his/her manager, etc. Ask student to give activities for yesterday, today, and tomorrow: "Yesterday I met with three clients." "I met the first client at 10:00." "We met until 11:30." etc. "Tomorrow I'm going to make an important sales presentation." Etc. Main Activity 1: Explanation and Travel Vocabulary Explain and discuss the following travel terms: a non-stop flight, direct flight, ticket, travel agent, trip, reserved seats, passport, round-trip, one-way, shuttle bus, rental cars, flight delay, etc. Main Activity 2: Making Choices and Giving Reasons When you travel, what mode of transportation do you usually use? Why? Where do you get your tickets? Why? What airline is your favorite? Why? How do you get to the airport? How do you pay for a rental car? How do you get to work or school? What alternatives are there? How do they compare? Optional Activity: Schedule Changes Dictation: (1) This morning I wanted to get up early, but I overslept. (2) I didn't get up until 8:15, so I was 30 minutes late. (3) After showering and getting dressed, I ran to the train station. (4) Luckily, I caught an express train, so I was only 10 minutes late to work. (5) One of my friends at work is sick, so I am taking her place until she gets back. Check for accuracy and then have student summarize the dictation. Then ask follow-up questions like: What happened this morning? Why did she get up late? How did she get to work? What kind of train did she take? Why did she go to work earlier than usual? What happened to her friend? Planning Ahead 010_EX4_001.PDF Practice Exercises A through H Review Unit: Daily Activities 010_TG3_001.PDF The focus is on the immediate past, the ongoing present, and the assumed future. Students use the past tense, the present progressive, and 'be going to'. Planning Ahead 010_TG4_001.PDF This Unit extends and follows up Module 3, Unit 1, Daily Activities. In that Unit the focus was on time relations, past, present and future. The emphasis here is on the future, with degrees of certainty and how modals are used to express the uncertain future. In the first lesson, Departure, Max prepares to go on a business trip. The narrative shifts from planning about the future to talking about the past and making comments about the habitual present. The main focus is on time phrases and contrasting tenses. In Choices, the focus is on conditionality, degrees of certainty, and giving reasons. This lays the groundwork for more advanced work in later Modules. In Meeting a Friend, we see examples of how to use clauses and relative pronouns to link ideas, such as: "He wrote a story that appeared on television." In Questions and Focus Exercises, students test their ability to use the target vocabulary and structures to reconstruct sentences from the lessons. Goals: (1) To be able to understand and talk about plans and future alternatives. (2) To be able to understand and express different degrees of certainty about the future. (3) To be able to shift back and forth, from past to present to future, in a simple narrative. (4) To begin to understand longer sentences where several ideas are linked together in one sentence. Session 2 Review Study Records and warm-up conversation. Check Study Path: Study from more than one unit in each session. Their study should include some lessons from Module 3. Review Study Score. Provide coaching information. Stress the importance of frequent practice. Review Activity: Dictation and Summary. Yesterday's activities Main Activity 1: Future/Modals Future, Modals, and expressing Degrees of Certainty Main Activity 2: Predictions and Certainty Have student make predictions about the future. Optional Activity: Today and tomorrow's weather Ask the student about the weather, today and tomorrow. Review Task: Yesterday's Activities Dictation: (1) Yesterday I met with my boss right after I got to work. (2) She asked me to interview someone so that she could finish a report. (3) However, the person failed to appear for the interview. (4) After that, my boss asked me to help her with the report. (5) We didn't finish it until late in the afternoon. Check for accuracy and then have student summarize the dictation. Then ask follow-up questions like: Who did she/he meet right after he/she got to work? What was his/her boss working on? What happened to the interview? What did they do until late in the afternoon? Until when did they work on the report? Main Activity 1: Future/Modals/Degrees of Certainty Focus on the differences in meaning? 'be going to', will, will probably, may, and can. Show how the meaning changes when you substitute one word for another: "We _____ attend the meeting." Main Activity 2: Predictions and Certainty Focus on the future: What is something you are going to do next week? What is something you may do next week? What is something you can do and probably will do in the future? What is something you want to do but probably won't ever do? What are your long-term goals? Are you confident? Why, why not? What do you need to do to reach your goals? Optional Activity: Today and tomorrow's weather "What's the weather like today?" "What about tomorrow?" What about weather forecasts? How good are they? How do you get weather information? Planning Ahead 010_EX4_001.PDF Practice Exercises A through H Review Unit: Daily Activities 010_TG3_001.PDF The focus is on the immediate past, the ongoing present, and the assumed future. Students use the past tense, the present progressive, and 'be going to'. Planning Ahead 010_TG4_001.PDF This Unit extends and follows up Module 3, Unit 1, Daily Activities. In that Unit the focus was on time relations, past, present and future. The emphasis here is on the future, with degrees of certainty and how modals are used to express the uncertain future. In the first lesson, Departure, Max prepares to go on a business trip. The narrative shifts from planning about the future to talking about the past and making comments about the habitual present. The main focus is on time phrases and contrasting tenses. In Choices, the focus is on conditionality, degrees of certainty, and giving reasons. This lays the groundwork for more advanced work in later Modules. In Meeting a Friend, we see examples of how to use clauses and relative pronouns to link ideas, such as: "He wrote a story that appeared on television." In Questions and Focus Exercises, students test their ability to use the target vocabulary and structures to reconstruct sentences from the lessons. Goals: (1) To be able to understand and talk about plans and future alternatives. (2) To be able to understand and express different degrees of certainty about the future. (3) To be able to shift back and forth, from past to present to future, in a simple narrative. (4) To begin to understand longer sentences where several ideas are linked together in one sentence. Session 3 Review Study Records and warm-up conversation. Check Study Path: Study from more than one unit in each session. Review Study Score. Provide coaching information. Stress the importance of voice record. Review Activity: Dictation: What if? (Our World) Speculation about temperature and distance from the sun. Main Activity 1: Planning a Trip What do you need to do when planning a trip? Main Activity 2: Planning for the Worst What happens if things go wrong? Optional Activity: Questions about Time and Future Time differences due to time zones. Review Task: What if? Speculations Dictation: (1) The average temperature of a planet depends on its distance from the sun. (2) If our planet were closer to the sun, it would be too hot for us. (3) The length of a day depends on how fast a planet rotates. (4) If our planet rotated faster, a day would be shorter. (5) In that case, a day would be shorter than 24 hours. Check for accuracy and then have the student summarize the dictation. Then speculate about how things would be different: if we didn't have enough fresh water; if it didn't rain enough; if it rained too much; if you had a better job; if you had a worse job; if you were much taller; if you didn't have a car; if you had a car; if you were a better student; if you had your own company; if you were better looking; if you couldn't walk; if you lost your job; if you were a great singer; if you could date a famous movie star, if you were/weren't married; etc. Main Activity 1: Planning a Trip What questions do you need to ask when planning a trip? Examples: When do you need to be there? How long do you want to stay? Will you go to any other cities on this trip? Questions to the travel agent: How long is the flight? How can I get from the airport to the hotel? How long does it take to get to Brighton? How far is the hotel from the airport? What about hotel locations? What about local transportation and airport shuttles? What kind of things do you want to do? Main Activity 2: Planning for the Worst What if all the wrong things happen on your trip? What if the ticket doesn't arrive in the mail? What if your luggage is lost? What if your flight is delayed or cancelled? What if the bus drivers are on strike? What if you get sick? The point is to identify alternatives and create new choices. Optional Activity: Questions about Time and Future How many hours ahead is Paris? If it's X o'clock in London, what time is it in Tokyo? Time zones. What is a time zone. Jet-lag. If you have a meeting in Paris at 9:00 a.m., what time is it in San Francisco? If you came from San Francisco, how do you feel at 9:00 a.m.? Planning Ahead 010_EX4_001.PDF Practice Exercises A through H Review Unit: Daily Activities 010_TG3_001.PDF The focus is on the immediate past, the ongoing present, and the assumed future. Students use the past tense, the present progressive, and 'be going to'. Planning Ahead 010_TG4_001.PDF This Unit extends and follows up Module 3, Unit 1, Daily Activities. In that Unit the focus was on time relations, past, present and future. The emphasis here is on the future, with degrees of certainty and how modals are used to express the uncertain future. In the first lesson, Departure, Max prepares to go on a business trip. The narrative shifts from planning about the future to talking about the past and making comments about the habitual present. The main focus is on time phrases and contrasting tenses. In Choices, the focus is on conditionality, degrees of certainty, and giving reasons. This lays the groundwork for more advanced work in later Modules. In Meeting a Friend, we see examples of how to use clauses and relative pronouns to link ideas, such as: "He wrote a story that appeared on television." In Questions and Focus Exercises, students test their ability to use the target vocabulary and structures to reconstruct sentences from the lessons. Goals: (1) To be able to understand and talk about plans and future alternatives. (2) To be able to understand and express different degrees of certainty about the future. (3) To be able to shift back and forth, from past to present to future, in a simple narrative. (4) To begin to understand longer sentences where several ideas are linked together in one sentence.