Unit
1	Please call me Chuck!   Group activity: Write a conversation. a. Imagine, it's your first day of class in URBE and you're meeting new friends. Introduce yourself, say your name and last name. Exchange personal information. ask where your new friends are from. Individual activity: Write a short paragraph a. talk about you and say how you greet people. b. Read page. 7 on your book and work on activities A and B. Post your introduction at the community www.groups.yahoo.com/group/eflcenterworkshop , read your partners’ introduction and replay to one of them. * Remember! After you finish your composition and before you post it to the community, show it to someone (tutor, friend, relative, etc) to read it and help you check your mistakes. (download your hand out from the EFL Center Workshop) or go to Aula Habilitada Building F, second floor and get it from the folder: English Program Doris de Martins/level 3/unit 1	Vocabulary & Expressions     Grammar Focus   possessive adjectives The verb to be: affirmative statements and contractions.   Topical links: a. Tips on Conducting Business Around the World  - brief country profiles with cultural etiquette tips for the business traveler including people, meeting and greeting, body language, corporate culture, dining and entertainment, dress, gifts, and hints for women b. Traditional Manners and Changing Manners International students reflect on traditional good manners for varied situations and discuss how manners are changing.
2	How do you spend your day?   Write a composition about how you spend your day. Say what you do in the morning, afternoon and evening. Use time expressions and talk about what you do. Draw pictures to illustrate your daily activities. Read page 13 on your book and work on activities A and B. Post your composition at the community www.groups.yahoo.com/group/eflcenterworkshop , read your partners’ introduction and replay to one of them. * Remember! After you finish your composition and before you post it to the community, show it to someone (tutor, friend, relative, etc) to read it and help you check your mistakes.	Vocabulary & Expressions   Grammar Focus   Simple present Wh-questions and statements time expressions: at, in, on, around, until, before, after, early, and late.   (download your hand out from the EFL Center Workshop) or go to Aula Habilitada Building F, second floor and get it from the folder: English Program Doris de Martins/level 3/unit 2
3	How much is it?   Group activity: Write a conversation about going shopping: Select what kind of store you have: cell phone store, music store, clothing, store, bookstore, etc. Select a name for your store and design your store image (bring bags, write down prices for your products). You need a salesperson and costumers to dramatize your conversation. Be ready to go shopping ask how much things are and compare prices, colors, quality, etc. Individual activity: Read page. 19 on your book and work on activities A and B. Write a short paragraph about shopping. ay how often you like to go shopping, what kind of things you like to buy, where you go shopping. Compare prices and places. Post your composition at the community www.groups.yahoo.com/group/eflcenterworkshop , read your partners’ compositions and replay to one of them. Scan your picture and upload it to the community. * Remember! After you finish your composition and before you post it to the community, show it to someone (tutor, friend, relative, etc) to read it and help you check your mistakes.	Vocabulary & Expressions   Grammar Focus   Demonstratives: this, that, these, those one and ones How much and which comparisons with adjectives   (download your hand out from the EFL Center Workshop) or go to Aula Habilitada Building F, second floor and get it from the folder: English Program Doris de Martins/level 3/unit 3
4	Do you like jazz?   In group activity: Groups select one of the topics a. Select your favorite song, Bring copies of the lyrics and the CD or Tape to listen to it in class. Say what the song is about ,who sings it and why you selected that song. Click here for links to music: Let's Sing it, azlyrics, Yahoo Music b. Select your favorite movie. Say what the movie is about and who is in it. Make a brochure with information about it and give copies to your partners. Click here for links to movies: Screenit.com, YahooMovies, The internet Movie Data Base c. Select your favorite TV program. Say what the TV program is about , who is in it and why you like it so much. Make a brochure with information about it and give copies to your partners. Click here to links to your favorite TV programs: TVYahoo Individual activity: Write a short composition about what kind of music , movies or TV program you like. Post your composition at the community www.groups.yahoo.com/group/eflcenterworkshop , read your partners’ compositions and replay to one of them. Scan your picture and upload it to the community. * Remember! After you finish your composition and before you post it to the community, show it to someone (tutor, friend, relative, etc) to read it and help you check your mistakes.	Vocabulary & Expressions     Grammar Focus   Simple present yes/no questions and Wh-questions with do; What kind; object pronouns; modal verb would; verb + to + verb (download your hand out from the EFL Center Workshop) or go to Aula Habilitada Building F, second floor and get it from the folder: English Program Doris de Martins/level 3/unit 4
5	Tell me about your family.   Make a collage with pictures and write a composition about your family. Tell about what kind of family it is, how many people there are, how your family life is, describe how Venezuelan families are. Draw your family tree. Read page 33 on your book and work on activities A and B. Post your composition at the community www.groups.yahoo.com/group/eflcenterworkshop , read your partners’ compositions and replay to one of them. Scan your picture and upload it to the community. * Remember! After you finish your composition and before you post it to the community, show it to someone (tutor, friend, relative, etc) to read it and help you check your mistakes.	Vocabulary & Expressions     Grammar Focus   Present continuous yes/no and wh-questions, statements, and short answers determiners: all, nearly all, most, many, a lot of, some, not many, a few, and few   (download your hand out from the EFL Center Workshop) or go to Aula Habilitada Building F, second floor and get it from the folder: English Program Doris de Martins/level 3/unit 5
6	How often do you exercise?   Write a composition about you and your opinion about sports. If you don't practice any sport. Talk about your favorite free time activity. Tell about how often and how much time you spend on your favorite activity. Also, tell how good you are at it or how well you can do it. Read page 39 on your book and work on activities A and B. Post your composition at the community www.groups.yahoo.com/group/eflcenterworkshop , read your partners’ compositions and replay to one of them. Scan your picture and upload it to the community. * Remember! After you finish your composition and before you post it to the community, show it to someone (tutor, friend, relative, etc) to read it and help you check your mistakes.	Vocabulary & Expressions     Grammar Focus   Adverbs of frequency: always, almost always, usually, often, sometimes, seldom, hardly ever, almost never, never questions with how: how often, how much time, how long, how well, how good short answers   (download your hand out from the EFL Center Workshop) or go to Aula Habilitada Building F, second floor and get it from the folder: English Program Doris de Martins/level 3/unit 6
7	We had a great time!   Write a composition about your last vacations. Say where you went, how long you stayed there, who you went with, what you did, where you stayed. Read page 45 and work on activities A and B. Post your composition at the community www.groups.yahoo.com/group/eflcenterworkshop , read your partners’ compositions and replay to one of them. Scan your picture and upload it to the community. * Remember! After you finish your composition and before you post it to the community, show it to someone (tutor, friend, relative, etc) to read it and help you check your mistakes.	Vocabulary & Expressions     Grammar Focus   Past tense: yes/no and wh-questions, statements, and short answers Regular and irregular verbs past tense of be   (download your hand out from the EFL Center Workshop) or go to Aula Habilitada Building F, second floor and get it from the folder: English Program Doris de Martins/level 3/unit 7
8	How do you like the neighborhood?   Write a composition about where you live: which city? crime? unemployment? good schools and universities? house or apartment? How much noise? good restaurants? clubs/theaters/gyms? public transportation? how do you like it? Draw a map of your neighborhood. Read page 51 on your book and work on activities A and b. Post your composition at the community www.groups.yahoo.com/group/eflcenterworkshop , read your partners’ compositions and replay to one of them. Scan your picture and upload it to the community. * Remember! After you finish your composition and before you post it to the community, show it to someone (tutor, friend, relative, etc) to read it and help you check your mistakes.	Vocabulary & Expressions     Grammar Focus   There is/ there are one, any, some prepositions of place questions How much and how many countable and uncountable nouns   (download your hand out from the EFL Center Workshop) or go to Aula Habilitada Building F, second floor and get it from the folder: English Program Doris de Martins/level 3/unit 8

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