Introduction to the Course
Features
Unit Overview At the beginning of each unit, you will find a Unit Overview with useful information for the teacher: the social practices of the language, the environment, and the expected achievements. It also suggests what resources you need and the language that is covered in the unit. Finally, it contains references to the Reader story and the Evaluation Tool you can use in each unit.
Unit Question Each Unit Opener includes a question that arises students’ interest and curiosity toward the theme of the unit. You will return to this question at the end of the unit, as a part of the self-evaluation process. Always try to make your students reflect upon the way their answers to this question had changed after working on the activities of the unit. Lesson Questions Each lesson will start with a question that is focused on the skills and abilities that students will develop while working on the activities of each specific lesson. You will ask this question at the beginning of the lesson; at this moment, you may accept inferences, opinions, answers expressed through body language and gestures, or even Spanish in case it involves vocabulary. Leave the answer opened until the end of the lesson when you will have the opportunity to ask the question again; this time, your students will surely surprise you with the expected answer.
Can We Support Each Other?
Unit Overview
Family and Community Environment Communicative Activity Exchanges associated with specific purposes
Reader “Don’t Worry. Count on Me!” pp. 5-16, Track 34
Social Practice of the Language To exchange concerns within a dialogue
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Achievements • Explore dialogues that express concerns. • Examine ways to express concerns within dialogues. • Express concerns and respond to them within short dialogues.
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Written by James Andrew
Audio Tracks 2-4
Vocabulary • all right • at ease • concerned • count on • feeling blue • worried
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Learning to Learn Body language
Product Box of Concerns
Learning to Know Models to express concerns and respond showing solidarity
Evaluation tool Observation Guide
Photocopy the observation guide provided on page T15A and use it to evaluate each student individually throughout each lesson. Use it at the end of each week to provide students with feedback that may help them attain the achievements. Worksheet As an extra activity, you can use the Worksheet on page T116.
Learning to Do Volume, rhythm, and tone
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