Session 1 Review Study Records. Check Study Path and warm-up: "How are you today?" Stress importance of review. Review Study Score. Provide coaching information. Improve Study Score. Practice recording key sentences to improve fluency and pronunciation. Review Activity: Today's activities Discuss today's activities/schedule. Main Activity 1: Historical Dates and Time Reference Discuss dates and historical events. Main Activity 2: Places, Change and Movement Discuss personal history or job history timeline. Optional Activity: Unforgettable Dates What's one date or event you'll never forget? Review Activity: Today's activities What are three things you did earlier today? What were they and what time did you do them? How long did it take you to get to work? What were you doing just before you left for the airport? What did you do after you arrived at the office? (What did you do after you ate breakfast? etc. Tell me what you were doing at 6:00 a.m.? Tell me what you did after you woke up? How did you... (How did you get to work? I took a bus?) How long did it take? What are you going to do later today? Main Activity 1: Historical Dates and Time Reference Focus on a group of dates, such as 1860, 1900, 1910, 2005, and 1999. Practice describing them. For example, which year is the earliest? Which years were more than 100 years ago? Which year came just before the end of the 20th century? Then practice and discuss terms such as: a century, a decade, a 10-year period, B.C., A.D., annual, anniversary, infancy, early years, last years of one's life, etc. Main Activity 2: Places, Change and Movement in life or job Where were you born? What other places have you lived or worked? When did you move? Why did you move? Where do you live now? Are you going to stay? Where would you like to live? When do you think you might move? Why do people move from one place to another? Would you like to live or work in another country? Why or Why not? Where were you five years ago? What were you doing? Optional Activity: Unforgettable Dates What's one date or event you'll never forget? Example: Princess Diana died. Where were you when it happened? What were you doing when it happened? What are some of your strongest memories? Good things, or bad things? Do you trust your memory? Biography 010_EX4_003.PDF Practice Exercises A through F Review Unit: Daily Activities 010_TG3_001.PDF The focus is on events in the immediate past, the ongoing present, and the assumed future. Within this framework, students use the past tense, the present progressive, and 'be going to'. These include, means (how things are done), duration (how long it takes), and frequency (how often). By the end of this Unit, students should be able to give a complete account of and answer questions about today's activities, from what they did this morning through what they are going to do later. Biography 010_TG4_003.PDF This Unit develops the past tense, time sequence and time expressions in the context of the life history of Albert Einstein. Dates, periods of time, and changes, both active and passive, are also a major focus. Once the language of this Unit is introduced, students should be encouraged talk about their own life histories and find out about the life histories of others. For example, students can choose to research and report about a famous person from their own country, or a popular athlete or singer. In Questions and Focus Exercises, students test both their comprehension and their ability to use the target vocabulary and structures to reconstruct sentences from the lessons. Goals: (1) To be able to present and find out about a person's life history. (2) To be able to sequence and organize a group of sentences by events, dates, and periods in time. (3) To be able to use prepositions to express both time and spatial relationships. (4) To be able to use past time expressions and the past tense, with both regular and irregular verbs. Session 2 Review Study Records. Check Study Path and warm-up: "How are you today?" Stress importance of voice recording and monitoring. Review Study Score. Provide coaching information. Improve Study Score. Give feedback and encouragement. Review Activity: Dictation and Discussion Whenever I have time... Main Activity 1: Education/Job Timeline Discuss dates, age range, and descriptions of school or company. Main Activity 2: Personal Interests What are you interested in? Optional Activity: Prices and Necessary Math How many can you buy for X dollars? Review Activity: Whenever I have time (Dictation) Dictation: (1) Whenever I have time, which isn't often, I like to go to a bookstore. (2) I usually go to Borders, which is about 15 minutes away from my house. (3) They have a fairly good selection of books, and they also have music CDs. (4) Generally I read science books, particularly books about physics or biology. (5) I read these kinds of books because they're interesting, but also because I learn new things. Check for accuracy and then have student summarize the dictation. Then ask follow-up questions like: What kind of books does he/she read? Why does he/she read science books? What kind of store is Borders? What else does Borders have besides books? What kind of books do you read? Why? What was the last book you read? Oral Presentation: Tell me about the last book you read. Would you recommend it? Main Activity 1: Education/Job Timeline Have student give the dates, age range, and descriptions of schools attended (or jobs they have had): For example: I started to go to school when I was 5 years old. That was in 1975. It was an elementary school. I studied there for 4 years. When I was 10, I started high school. In 1990, I went to University, where I studied psychology. Main Activity 2: Personal Interests Interview the student about his or her interests: Are you interested in science? What are you interested in? When did you first become interested in it? What subjects are you NOT interested in? Why not? Do you enjoy studying English? Why/Why not? Optional Activity: Prices and Necessary Math Find out the prices for 5 items, such as: a haircut, a 10 minute taxi ride, a subway ticket, a liter of gasoline, a bottle of water, a cup of coffee. Work on questions such as: How many X can I buy for Y dollars? If I only have Y dollars, can I buy X? How much more money do I need if I want to buy 3 quarts of Y? Discuss terms such as: budget, quantity pricing, discounts, bargaining, credit cards, interest (credit), food-costs for a week, cost of living, inflation, borrowing from friends, giving loans to friends or relatives, etc. Biography 010_EX4_003.PDF Practice Exercises A through F Review Unit: Matrix Vocabulary 010_TG4_002.PDF This Unit focuses on: Things to Eat, Things to Drink, Things to Read, Things to Listen to, and Colors. Biography 010_TG4_003.PDF This Unit develops the past tense, time sequence and time expressions in the context of the life history of Albert Einstein. Dates, periods of time, and changes, both active and passive, are also a major focus. Once the language of this Unit is introduced, students should be encouraged talk about their own life histories and find out about the life histories of others. For example, students can choose to research and report about a famous person from their own country, or a popular athlete or singer. In Questions and Focus Exercises, students test both their comprehension and their ability to use the target vocabulary and structures to reconstruct sentences from the lessons. Goals: (1) To be able to present and find out about a person's life history. (2) To be able to sequence and organize a group of sentences by events, dates, and periods in time. (3) To be able to use prepositions to express both time and spatial relationships. (4) To be able to use past time expressions and the past tense, with both regular and irregular verbs. Session 3 Review Study Records. Check Study Path and warm-up: "How are you today?" Stress importance of voice recording and monitoring. Review Study Score. Provide coaching information. Improve Study Score. Give feedback and encouragement. Review Activity: Future Plans discussion What's the next time you think you will... Main Activity 1: Dictation about Einstein Einstein's life: he was born in 1879, etc. Main Activity 2: Periods of life or career Focus on 5-10 year periods of life. Optional Activity: Business Telephone Go over telephone expressions for making and confirming an appointment. Review Activity: Future Plans discussion Discussion starter: When is the next time you think you will ____ (take a business trip or vacation/write a paper/give a talk/buy a car/go to a sports event, etc.)? If you don't know, when is the next time you'd like to, or might have to? Follow-up questions: After you X, what will you do? (e.g., After you arrive, what will you do then?) What if / What will you do if it ...(e.g., What if the flight's cancelled?) Are you sure/certain? Really? Are you kidding? Sure ...(sarcastic) Main Activity 1: Einstein's life Dictation: (1)Albert Einstein was born in Germany on March 14, 1879. (2) He didn't talk until the age of three. (3) During his childhood, he went to schools in Germany and Switzerland. (4) Between the ages of six and thirteen, he also studied the violin. (5) He graduated from high school at the age of 17. (6) He eventually became the most famous scientist of the 20th century. Check for accuracy and have student summarize the dictation. Have student summarize his/her own life history. Main Activity 2: Periods of life or career Have student divide his/her life or career into 5 or 10-year periods. Have student describe two or three of these periods -- the major event(s) in each. "Which period(s) of your life do you think were the most important, and why?" "How did they change or influence your life?" "Who were the most important people in you life during that period?" Optional Activity: Business Telephone Go over these expressions: (1) Can you come to the meeting? (2) I think I'm free, but I'm not sure. (3) Let me check my schedule and get back to you. (4) I'll call you back in an hour and let you know, okay? (5) Thanks. I'll be waiting for you call. (6) You've got my number, right? (7) Yes, but why don't you give it to me again? Focus on clear pronunciation. Biography 010_EX4_003.PDF Practice Exercises A through F Biography 010_TG4_003.PDF This Unit develops the past tense, time sequence and time expressions in the context of the life history of Albert Einstein. Dates, periods of time, and changes, both active and passive, are also a major focus. Once the language of this Unit is introduced, students should be encouraged talk about their own life histories and find out about the life histories of others. For example, students can choose to research and report about a famous person from their own country, or a popular athlete or singer. In Questions and Focus Exercises, students test both their comprehension and their ability to use the target vocabulary and structures to reconstruct sentences from the lessons. Goals: (1) To be able to present and find out about a person's life history. (2) To be able to sequence and organize a group of sentences by events, dates, and periods in time. (3) To be able to use prepositions to express both time and spatial relationships. (4) To be able to use past time expressions and the past tense, with both regular and irregular verbs.