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Lesson 1 -- Week 1, Tuesday, 9:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m.

Outcomes/ Objectives

Activities
1. Opening discussion: Since last time
This is a regular introductory activity done every Tuesday
morning this unit. Students describe what they did (past
tense) over the weekend, providing an opportunity for
informal reminders about grammatical form and
pronunciation of final consonants. Anticipates late arrivers.

Class

2. Overview of class schedule and learning outcomes 1 min.

Class

3. Introduce Unit Theme: 2 min.


Money and Consumer Issues

Class

4. Warm-up Task: Where does the money go? 20 min.


Students categorize how they spend money by object/item
and by purpose, compare, and develop a class profile of
where their money goes; students identify issues related to
finances. Collect new vocabulary.
Car Talk
5. Focus on form: present progressive 5 min.
Review form (worksheet); examples

Recycling and automatization of past


tense form
Pronunciation practice of final
consonants
Fluency
Accuracy (informal)

Speaking/
Listening

Class
Ind.
Group
Class

Activation of schemata
Identification of money matters of interest
to the students
Fluency

Speaking/
Listening/

Class

Recycling: explicit review of present


progressive form (learned in past unit)

Focus on
form

Group
Class

Activation of schemata
Automatization of present progressive
Accuracy plus Fluency

Four skills

10 min.

6. Activity: Game - Individuals in groups of three use the


AS photo spread of car dealership to generate and write on
white board what people are doing in a competition to
identify the most (using correctly the present progressive
form.) Class talk: infer why they are doing what theyre
doing. 10 min.
7. Exercise: Based on elated reading (with visual input)
10 min.

8. Activity/Discussion: Buy New or Buy Used? 10 min.

Language
Skills

Ind.
Pair
Group
Class

Strengthen reading comprehension


Build understanding of vocabulary

Reading

Use new vocabulary


Fluency

Speaking/
Listening

Learning
Strategies

Critical
Thinking

Analyze

Materials
AS = All-Star 3
HO = Handout
(in appendix)

HO #1
(Task)

HO #2
(Grammar)
Use context
to discover
meaning

Make
Inferences

AS pp.58-59, #2

Reasons
for opinion

A-S, p. 60 #1

Break (free time!)

15 min.

Understanding Warranties
9. Warm-up: read definition of warranty, identify products
in picture, students discuss which items they think a
warranty is needed for and why 5 min.

Pairs
Class

Activation of schemata
Vocabulary building
Fluency

Speaking/
Listening

10. Exercise: Vocabulary in context (commonly used


words related to warranty rights, with visuals) 10 min.

Ind.
Class

Learn vocabulary words/collocations

Reading/
Writing

11. Focus on Form: Word Families. Side-bar focus on


suffixes 5 min.

Class

Vocabulary extension through


understanding of word families; noticing

Focus on
form

12. Activity: Dialogues on returning purchases with


substitution: listen to dialogue on CD, repeat dialogue,
replace content, role play. Expanded from text to also
include another purchase of students own choosing, time
permitting. 10 min.

Class
Pairs
Class

Use vocabulary words


Replacements/transformation of patterns
that can be used in real life situations

Listening/
Speaking

Group

Fluency
Creative and authentic language use
Outcome/product focused language use

Four skills

13. Project work 30 min.


a. Listen to and discuss a Storycorps story
b. Continuation of project work
(Whats in an interview?)

Use context
to discover
meaning

Analyze
Reasons
for opinion

A-S, p. 60, #1,2

HO #3
(Grammar)

Adapated from: AS
p. 60, p. 71, #2

A-S, p. 60, #3

Plan
Problemsolve

Storycorps
Project
description is in
Appendix B
http://storycorps.org/
animation/to-r-psalazar-with-love/

14. Wrap-up; Homework; Preview of Next Class 5 min.

HOMEWORK:
(1) Write paragraph in Language Journal. (See Appendix B.)
(2) What is a major purchase they plan to make (or would like to make)? What
do you need to think about it to make a smart purchase? (Think about
things like price range, new/used, where you want to buy it.) Bring in any
ads or other material from newspapers, magazines, fliers, internet, etc.

Realia
(examples of
ads for cars and
appliances to
illustrate
homework
assignment)

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