Week 3: "Food" (Chapter 9)
Task 1: In BORs, do this exercise with some and any.
Task 2: Watch this video about Count and Noncount Nouns.
Task 3: Sort these foods into count and noncount nouns.
Task 4: If you really want to expand your food vocabulary, watch this video.
Class Presentation on Chapter 9: Food and the Use of Count and Noncount Nouns
Let's make a collaborative document with important notes from the three chapters, which should include both vocabulary and grammar. Go HERE to do it.
Week 6: "Right to Know" (Chapter 12)
Task 1: Let's review all the vocabulary!
1.1 Spin the wheel and make a sentence with the word you get.
1.2 Unscramble the sentences; they each use one of the "linguistic chunks" in this chapter that you'll be evaluated on in the final test.
1.3 Spin the wheel and make questions using the word you get. Your partners must answer the question.
Task 2: I'll study a lot to get a good grade on the final test!
2.1 Watch this video to learn about infinitives of purpose.
2.2 Go HERE to do some exercises on infinitives of purpose.
Presentation of the summary for the final tests:
Week 5: "Free Therapy" (Ch. 1, Book 4)
Let's watch this video on the power of smiling:
Task 1: "We study and practice so that we understand."
1.1 Watch this video to understand adverb clauses of purpose better.
1.2 Go HERE to do some exercises with adverb clauses of purpose.
Task 2: Let's review the first part of the vocabulary for this chapter!
Spin the wheel and use the word you get in a meaningful way to ask your partner a question that uses a gerund. He or she should answer that question!
Task 3: Doing this exercise will help you understand gerund phrases!
3.1 If you want an overview of what gerunds are, watch this video.
3.2 Here's another video on gerund phrases specifically.
3.3 Do the exercises you'll find HERE, HERE and HERE, and check your answers when you're done.
Task 4: More Vocabulary!
4.1 Unscramble these sentences to get meaningful uses of the phrases in the section "Expand Your Vocabulary" on page 16.
4.2 Spin the wheel and make a sentence with the word you get. Make sure that it has either a gerund phrase or an adverbial phrase of purpose in it.
Week 4: "DIY: Do It Yourself" (Chapter 8)
Task 1: I can do this!
Look at the four pictures above. Discuss with your partners what materials are necessary and how much time you would need to make each project. Decide which two projects you would really like to do.
Task 2: Practice the new vocabulary!
Take turns to spin the wheel and ask your partner a question that uses whatever word you get in a meaningful way. Your partner must answer your question!
Presentation for this chapter:
Week 3: "Live and Learn" (Chapter 7)
Look at these pictures. Describe each learning setting. How has learning evolved over the years?
Task 1: Let's review the first conditional, which will come in handy in our class discussion.
1.1 First Conditional Video: Watch this video to help you review the future real conditional, also known as first conditional:
1.2 Let's put this in order!
Unscramble the words to get real conditional sentences (sentences that indicate a condition and its possible outcome). Do as many as you can; the rest you can do for homework.
Task 2: Let's review the new vocabulary (page 125)
Take turns with your partner to spin the wheel and make a meaningful sentence using the word you get. Use the first conditional structure reviewed in the previous task.
Example: If students don't read about what happens in the world, their knowledge will always be outdated.
Task 3: Video "How to Read When You Hate Reading."
Watch the video and take notes on the tip you were assigned and include them in THIS collaborative document. Get ready to make a short presentation to the rest of the class on your tip and your ideas around it.
Task 4: Embedded Questions
4.1 Watch this video about embedded questions.
4.2 What is Paragliding?
4.2.1 Watch this short video to learn what paragliding is. Take notes about the different forces that help keep a paraglider in the air despite gravity pulling him or her down. Talk with your partner about paragliding. Do you think you could learn to paraglide on your own?
4.2.2 Make ten statements about the video that include embedded questions.
Task 5: Class discussion
How the internet is affecting our reading skills and proficiency based on the information provided in the book, and how you think this will affect learning in the future. Two teams will hold and defend opposing positions on this topic.
Week 2: "Treasured Places" (Chapter 6)
Video: Coral Reef Restoration Project in Costa Rica
Task 1: First part of vocabulary (page 105)
Take turns to spin the wheel. Make a meaningful sentence with the word you get.
Task 2: More vocabulary from page 115
Take turns to spin the wheel. Make a meaningful question with the word you get. Your partner should answer it!
Task 3: Unscramble the words to form sentences with the phrases in the section "Expand your vocabulary" on page 117 of the book.
Task 4: Let's find solutions to protect our coral reefs!
Once again, look at this infographic:
Choose one of the ways suggested for protecting coral reefs in this infographic and do more research on it. Go HERE and upload three slides or publications on the topic your group chose, under an appropriate title. Each group should upload their findings in a different column or "section". Afterwards, the final product can be viewed as a collaborative presentation using the "presentation" option of Padlet.
Presentation for today's class:
Link to this presentation on Treasured Places (Chapter 6): https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1URibsBDMNKKQh1WE3NKSeEUFwaGQbdY1/edit#slide=id.p1
Let's watch a video about stress
Practice 
Spin the wheel and use the word you get in a question related to the topic of "embracing stress". Ask your classmate that question; the answer should reflect the topic of the unit.
Choose a role to answer:
How Different People Manage Their Stress
This class is putting up a virtual support group to help each other out and share testimonies on how each of us handles stress.
Prepare a 2-minute speech where you share a testimony of a high-peak stress moment you had. Talk about the best ways in which you fight your stress (either work place stress or personal life stress). Be ready to share. - INCLUDE VOCABULARY WORDS -
