Unit-4: Review Study Records. Check Study Frequency and Study Path. Students should study lessons in both Units 3 and Unit 4. Review Study Score. Provide coaching information to improve Study Score. Check to see that they are recording sentences and monitoring their recording. Warm-up Do rapid Hot Seat exercise with selected students. Review Activity: Troublesome Numbers Focus on difficult-to-pronounce numbers. Remind students to use number practice to really focus on clear pronunciation, especially when comparing their recorded voices with the voices in the program. Main Activity 1: Likes and Abilities Dictation Dictation about Likes and Abilities. Then extend to students. Main Activity 2: Question Game Have students practice making questions. Give an answer, then they ask the question. (Pair/small group work) Main Activity 3: Words beginning with I-L, and Dictation Have the class say and write 5 words beginning with I, J, K, and L. Follow this with a short dictation. Feedback and Homework. Review, drill and practice key expressions from the Unit. Assign Written Exercise A. Warm-up Do rapid Hot Seat exercise with selected students. Focus on what students like to do, and favorite subjects or sports. Review Activity: Troublesome Numbers Focus on difficult-to-pronounce numbers like: 3, 13, 30, 130, 300, 4, 14, 40, 140, 5, 15, 50, 150, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, etc. Remind students to use this unit to really focus on clear pronunciation, especially when comparing their recorded voices with the voices in the program. Main Activity 1: Likes and Abilities Dictation Dictation: (1) Ana likes music. (2) She listens to it every day. (3) She can also play the piano. (4) Her favorite subject in school is English. Have the students check for accuracy and then summarize the dictation. Then ask follow-up questions like: 'What do you like to do?' 'How often do you do it?' 'What is your favorite subject in school?' 'What is your favorite sport?' 'Can you play chess?' etc. Main Activity 2: Question Game Have students practice making questions. Give an answer, then they ask the question. (Pair/small group work). Example: "My favorite sport is basketball" (What's your favorite sport?) "She can sing very well." (How well can she sing?) "Her address is 15 Maple Street." (What's her address?) "My birthday is next month." (When is your birthday?) "My next class is science." (What's your next class?) "He is going to his next class." (Where is he going?) "It's my book." (Whose book is it?) "He's looking at the clock." (What's he doing? What's he looking at?) "He works at a hotel." (Where does he work? What does he do?) "Their son is 5 years old." (How old is their son?) etc. Main Activity 3: Words beginning with I-L, and Dictation Have the class say and write 5 words beginning with I, J, K, and L. Then spell the words aloud. Follow this with a short dictation: (1) India (2) ice (3) Japan (4) a key (5) a library If the dictation is too difficult, then say the word and ask the students to write down the first letter of each word: (1) "a key" k, etc. Use each word in a sentence: "My key is on the desk." "Japan is a country." "A library has many books." Feedback and Homework Review and drill key expressions from the Unit. Assign Written Exercise A. Review Written Exercises from Unit 3. First English: Unit 4 027_EX4_001.PDF Written Exercises A-H First English - Unit 4 027_TG4_001.PDF This unit focuses on likes and dislikes, progressive actions, frequency and schedules, while reviewing and reinforcing the language from previous units. Upon completing this Unit, students should be ready to begin concurrent study of 'English For Success' with the rest of 'First English'. Unit-4: Review Study Records. Check Study Frequency and Study Path. Students should study lessons in both Units 3 and Unit 4. Review Study Score. Provide coaching information to improve Study Score. Check to see that they are recording sentences and monitoring their recording. Warm-up Do rapid Hot Seat exercise with selected students. Review Activity: Clock Times and Dictation Focus on hours, minutes, and fractional hours such as a quarter past 5, a quarter to 10, etc. Main Activity 1: Personal Information Focus on personal information, including phone number, address, mode of transportation, home location, etc. Main Activity 2: Body Parts and Location Focus on this vocabulary: eyes, ears, head, nose, mouth, hands, etc. Give the location: My mouth is below my nose. Main Activity 3: Words beginning with M-P, and Dictation Have the class say and write 5 words beginning with M, N, O, and P. Follow this with a short dictation. Feedback and Homework. Review, drill and practice key expressions from the Unit. Review Exercise A and assign Written Exercises A-H. Warm-up Do rapid Hot Seat exercise with selected students. Focus on what students like to do, and favorite subjects or sports. Review Activity: Clock Times and Dictation Focus on hours, minutes, and fractional hours such as a quarter past 5, a quarter to 10, half past 6, 6 thirty, half an hour, a quarter of an hour, 6 and a half hours, 15 seconds, 60 minutes, etc. Follow this up by dictating this list to the class: (1) a quarter to 4 (2) 5 past 4 (3) 10 minutes to 8 (4) a half past 10 (5) a quarter past 11 (6) 2 and a half hours (7) 35 seconds (8) 3 hours and 15 minutes (9) a quarter of an hour (10) an hour and a half. Then have the students check their answers by clearly reading out their lists to confirm that they have the right answers. Main Activity 1: Personal Information Focus on personal information, including phone number, address, mode of transportation, home location, etc. Have students draw a sketch of where they live and describe the location. What is the name of the street? Which side of the street do they live on? What is their house near? Is it near a park, hospital, school, bus stop, etc. How do you get to school? Main Activity 2: Body Parts and Location Focus on this vocabulary: eyes, ears, head, nose, mouth, hands, feet, legs, arms, face, hair, fingers, toes. Now give the relative location or function of each. Examples: My hands are at the end of my arms. My nose is just above my mouth and between my eyes. I have ears on the side of my head. I see with my eyes. I hear with my ears. I eat with my mouth. I hold things with my hands. I have hair on the top of my head. My face is on the front of my head. Main Activity 3: Words beginning with M-P, and Dictation Have the class say and write 5 words beginning with M, N, O, and P. Then spell the words aloud. Follow this with a short dictation: (1) mouth (2) nose (3) north (4) open (5) a piano If the dictation is too difficult, then say the word and ask the students to write down the first letter of each word: (1) "a piano" p, etc. Use each word in a sentence: "We don't have a piano in my house." "Please close your mouth." "Please open the door." "I have a big nose." Feedback and Homework Review and drill key expressions from the Unit. Review Exercise A. Assign Exercises B-H. First English: Unit 4 027_EX4_001.PDF Written Exercises A-H First English - Unit 4 027_TG4_001.PDF This unit focuses on likes and dislikes, progressive actions, frequency and schedules, while reviewing and reinforcing the language from previous units. Upon completing this Unit, students should be ready to begin concurrent study of 'English For Success' with the rest of 'First English'. Unit-4: Review Study Records. Check Study Frequency and Study Path. Students should study lessons in Units 3 through 5. Review Study Score. Provide coaching information to improve Study Score. Warm-up Do rapid Hot Seat exercise with selected students. Review Activity: Fractions and Dictation Focus on fractions: 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 3/5, etc. Dictate 10 fractions. Main Activity 1: Personal Description Focus on physical descriptions. Use pictures of famous people or have the students describe themselves: height, hair and eye color, clothes, etc. Main Activity 2: Expressions and Emotions Focus on this vocabulary: happy, sad, angry, afraid, scared, tired, surprised, smile, cry, laugh, shout, sleep, etc. Main Activity 3: Words beginning with Q-U, and Dictation Have the class say and write 5 words beginning with Q, R, S, T, and U. Follow this with a short dictation. Feedback and Homework. Review, drill and practice key expressions from the Unit. Review Exercise A and assign Written Exercises A-H. Warm-up Do Hot Seat exercise with selected students. Focus on where the student lives, its address and location (what's nearby), and who the student lives with. Review Activity: Fractions and Dictation Focus on fractions: 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/6 etc. and 2/3, 3/4, 3/5 etc. Dictate 10 fractions: (1) one fourth (2) two thirds (3) five eighths (4) seven tenths (5) one tenth (6) three fourths (7) three fifths (8) nine tenths (9) five sevenths (10) one quarter. Then have the students check their answers by clearly reading out their lists to confirm that they have the right answers. Main Activity 1: Personal Description Focus on physical descriptions. Use pictures of famous people or have the students describe themselves and their possessions: height, hair and eye color, hair length, clothes, book bag, jacket, location, etc. "How tall are you?" "What color eyes does he/she have?" "What color is her skirt?" "Where is he sitting/standing?" (near the door, in the last row, next to the piano, etc.) Main Activity 2: Expressions and Emotions Focus on this vocabulary: happy, sad, angry, afraid, scared, tired, surprised, hungry, thirsty, smile, cry, laugh, shout, sleep, etc. Use pictures or have students act. Match a sentence to a feeling or expression: (1) "It's good news! (2) "It's bad news!" (3) "Run, it's a lion!" (4) "I'm sorry, but I can't go with you." (5) "It's very dark and I hear strange sounds!" (6) "Hey, it's my turn! I'm next in line." (7) "Great! My team is winning!" (8) "Our team is losing." (9) "You have the best score on the test!" (10) "Your friend is very sick." (11) "I want to eat something!" (12) "I want to drink something!" Main Activity 3: Words beginning with Q-U, and Dictation Have the class say and write 5 words beginning with Q, R, S, T, and U. Then spell the words aloud. Follow this with a short dictation: (1) question (2) right (3) seven (4) twenty (5) under. If the dictation is too difficult, then say the word and ask the students to write down the first letter of each word: (1) "seven" s, etc. Use each word in a sentence: "What is your question?" "Turn right, not left." "There are seven days in a week." "It's twenty minutes past five." "His feet are under the table." Feedback and Homework Review and drill key expressions from the Unit. Review Exercises B-H. First English: Unit 4 027_EX4_001.PDF Written Exercises A-H First English - Unit 4 027_TG4_001.PDF This unit focuses on likes and dislikes, progressive actions, frequency and schedules, while reviewing and reinforcing the language from previous units. Upon completing this Unit, students should be ready to begin concurrent study of 'English For Success' with the rest of 'First English'.