<p><b>Reading</b></p>
<p>R: 06-08 / 14-15</p>
<p>Sections: Scanning / Skimming</p>
<p><b>Exam Skill Focus:</b> Scanning/Skimming for Information</p>
<p><b>Lesson Goal: </b>To establish effective tactics of using scanning and skimming to find information in readings</p>
<p><b>Listening</b></p>
<p>LC: 10-13</p>
<p>Activities: 2-5, 2-6</p>
<p><strong>Choose the best answers to fill in the blanks:</strong></p>
<p>People have five senses. We have a sense of sight, hearing, smell, touch, and taste. Believe (1) _____, your sense of smell is very important. Our nose tells us about our environment. When your nose smells something, it sends information to the brain. Smells tell us if there is danger nearby, or if there is something to eat. Of course, these tools were more useful in the past, but they still come (2) _____ today.</p>
<p><b>Listening:</b></p>
<p>MS1: 18</p>
<p>Section 11-13</p>
<p><b>Exam Focus:</b> Multiple Choice Questions</p>
<p><b>Listening Homework Revision</b></p>
<p><b>Lesson Goal:</b> Practice multiple choice listening and being able to justify their answers verbally</p>
<p><b>Reading:</b></p>
<p>MS1: 11</p>
<p>Section 12</p>
<p>People who cause their own illnesses through unhealthy lifestyles and poor diets should have to pay more for health care.</p>
<p>To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion? Write an essay of about 250 words to express your opinions.</p>
<p><b>Reading:</b></p>
<p>MS1: 09-11</p>
<p>Sections 04-11</p>
<p><b>Exam Skill Focus:</b> Basics of Finding Information (Scanning/Skimming)</p>
<p><b>Grammar Focus:</b> Tenses and Adverbs of Frequency</p>
<p><b>Lesson Goal: </b>Introduce the concepts and reasoning behind Scanning and Skimming for reading sections.</p>
<p><b>Listening:</b></p>
<p>LC: 1-4</p>
<p><strong>Give the correct form of tense of the verbs in the brackets:</strong></p>
<p><b>Speaking:</b></p>
<p>MS1: 22-23</p>
<p>Sections: 08-11</p>
<p><b>Exam Skill Focus: </b>Extending answers in Task 1.</p>
<p><b>Pronunciation Focus:</b> /S/Z/IZ/</p>
<p><b>Lesson Goal: </b>Being able to give additional information and more complete answers in Task 1. To improve and identify when to use /S/Z/IZ/</p>
<p>MS1: 23</p>
<p>Sections: 12-13</p>
<p>We are becoming increasingly dependent on computer-based technology.</p>
<p>How do you think it will change in the future?</p>
<p>Is it good for us to rely so much on computers? Write an essay of about 250 words to express your opinions.</p>
<p>MSF: 104, 106</p>
<p>Sections: 03-05, 13-14</p>
<p><b>Speaking Focus: </b>Using Prompts to give a talk about studying</p>
<p>MSF: 114-120</p>
<p>Sections: 01-09, 15-16, 20-22</p>
<p>MSF: 121</p>
<p>Sections: 01-03</p>
<p><b>Vocabulary Focus: </b>Technology, Tech problems, Graphs</p>
<p><b>Speaking Focus: </b>Describing a Gadget</p>
<p><b>Reading:</b></p>
<p>MS1: 08-09</p>
<p>Sections 01-04</p>
<p><b>Vocabulary Focus:</b> Family Relations</p>
<p><b>Exam Skill Focus: </b>Meaning from Context Basics, Basics of Finding Information</p>
<p><b>Lesson Goal:</b> Revise and extend vocabulary related to family relationships. Introducing short answer questions and the basics of finding information along with determining meaning from contextual clues</p>
