Unit1: Interesting Lives

Mr. Rodriguez

Unit 1 Objectives

Pair work: What activities do

you find more interesting?
Explain.

Pair work- Talk about the

following:

What kind of people do you find

interesting? What interesting things do
they do?

Do you know any famous people? What are

they famous for?

What would make your life interesting?

Who, from the pictures, do you think

had the most interesting life? What
do you know about them?

What do you have in common with Melida?

What makes her life interesting in your opinion?
Scan her article on Page 2

Discuss the questions with your partner

How to Have an
Interesting Life

http://www.wikihow.com/Have-an-Interesting-Life

Simple and Continuous Verbs

(Review)

Tell your teacher which of the following

questions is a COMPLETED ACTION and
which one is an ONGOING one

How long have you been

learning English?
Have you ever had your name in
a newspaper?

Have you ever had your

name in a newspaper?
(completed action)

How long have you

been learning English?
(ongoing action)

LMS Review

Simple forms: used to describe

events situations that are
completed, factual, permanent or
repeated.
Continuous forms: used to
describe events and situations
that are in progress or temporary.

Turn to page 2 , read the questions and

number them with the following:
1. Completed Actions
2. Permanent Situations
3. Ongoing Actions
4. Temporary Situations

Example:
Have you ever lived in
another country? 1

1. Completed actions:
Have you ever lived in another country?
When did you last buy yourself a treat?
What did you do for your last birthday?
What is the nicest thing anyone has ever
done for you?

2. Permanent Situations:
What is your favorite way of spending an
evening?
What do you do?
Who or what is the greatest love of your
life?

3. Ongoing actions:
How long have you been living here?
What kind of music are you listening to
currently?

4.Temporary Situations:
What were you doing at this time
yesterday?

Individually, write complete answers

for the following questions:

Check (correct) your partners

answers

INTERVIEWING
A CELEBRITY
Choose a person that you really know
from the slides.
You will represent this person

Go around the classroom and

interview some celebrities using the
following questions:
When your teacher says: switch find another
person

 What is your name? How old are you?

How long have you been living here?
Have you ever lived in another country?
What kind of music are you listening to currently?
What is your favorite way of spending an
evening? What do you do?

 What is your name? How old are you?

When did you last buy yourself a treat?
What did you do for your last birthday?
What is the nicest thing anyone has ever
done for you?
Who or what is the greatest love of your
life?
What were you doing at this time

Reductions in questions
Read the questions for your classmate reducing the
sounds
of the auxiliary verbs and pronoun you.

Turn to page 3, and complete

the questions and answers on
Exercise 2: A

The End

Lesson B: Its a Long Story

Mr. Rodriguez

Talk about the following:

Have you ever lived abroad?
If you won a scholarship to move away ,would you
easily go for it?
Would you like to move away from Honduras? Where?
What are three things you would take with you if you
moved away from your country?
What is an interesting place in the world to live
nowadays?
Where would you like to travel on your next vacation?
Are you interested in Asian culture?
What do you know about South Korean culture?

For Fun:

Seoul

Watch this short video about Seoul: Ten things you can do there
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNxxpc80
_s0

Listen to Dans story.

Write the missing verbs

(A worksheet will be provided by your teacher)

Discuss with your partner what Dan talks

about

Talk about the following:

hat gets your attention about Dans story?

hy did he want to move to South Korea?

Dan a successful man in your opinion?

ould you move to Seoul, too?

Turn to page 4, and work

on Exercise 1:B

VERBS WITH DIFFERENT

MEANING REVIEW
Read aloud the following sentences

stop
stop+ verb + -ing
(not do the activity again)
I stopped talking to her.
stop+ to +verb (stop an activity and begin
another)
I stopped to talk to her and texted my ex.

try
try+ verb+ -ing (experiment with something)
I tried taking a nap, and I felt better.
try + to + verb
something)

(make an attempt at

I tried to cheat on the test, but the teacher was

checking me out all the time.

remember
remember + verb + -ing (think of something
that happened before now.)
I remember going to the party.
remember + to + verb (not forget to
perform an action)
Remember to do the LMS before the quiz.

Lets play a game

Gerunds and Infinitives

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/struc
tures/gerund_infinitive.htm

Difference in meaning
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/gerund
_infinitive_difference.htm

Use 6 verbs from Dans story, and

write 6 TRUE sentences about you.
Example:

verb: end up

I always end up going out somewhere on the

weekend.

MOTTOES
Never stop doing the things that you
enjoy doing.
Never stop working on the LMS.
(Or you will not enjoy passing this class.)
Asentence,phrase,orwordexpressingthespiritorpurpose ofaperson,
organization,city,etc.,andofteninscribedona badge,banner,etc. (Dictionary.com)

Creating your own

Motto

Get in groups of four and create an

original motto

The best motto gets one extra point

Lesson C: Conversation Strategy

Mr. Rodriguez

Talk about the following:

Do you like to tell stories?

What stories have you heard about recently?

Are you good at telling stories? Are you good at getting peoples
attention?

How dramatic are you when telling a story?

How do you start a story?

How do you end a story?

Using the questions talk about

the picture
Who are these people?
Where are they?
What are they doing in
that place?
What do you think they
are talking about?
Does their conversation
seem interesting?
Who seems to be more
interested in the
conversation?

Turn to page 6

Underline the verbs in the

conversation on page 6

Now, listen to it and notice how Juan

uses present tense at key moments
in his story
Role play the conversation

xample:

Now work on Exercise 1: B (same

page)
Change the underlined verbs to the simple
present or present continuous to make the story
more dramatic.

danced: simple past

dance: present simple

Check your answers

STRATEGY

This These That Those

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcPQO8_qxI
M

Example: We were on this trail, and there were all

these trees.

Check exercise 2:A, page 7

and

hoose a story you will rewrite. Replace a, an, and some with
this or these

Example:

(Do not choose the same story of your partner)

Now read the story to your classmate highlighting the

important people, things, and events.

Writing a Story
Chain
Form groups of 4 people
Your teacher will give each member of the group a story
Each member of the group will have 30 seconds to add
one sentence to the story. (Use the conversation
strategies)

Here are the stories titles

for groups
You should meet my cousin. She is into crazy people.
Weird things always happen to my friend.
My uncle is the luckiest person in the world.
My brother married a crazy jealous woman
My sister got robbed yesterday

Lets start!

Now, each original story teller read the

story for his group members

What is the best story in you group? Did you use the
conversation strategies?
Where can you include them?

Listen to Aaron telling a

story; then orally answer the
questions with your partner

Chatter Bug-Talk about the following:

Lesson D_Against the odds

Mr. Rodriguez

Read the definition of the following phrase

and tell your partner about a experience
like this you have gone through

Give your partner a definition or an example of how to

use the following:

Read about the company where Pat works for. What do you
think about it?

http://pegasus-global.com/

Discuss the questions

What kind of activities was Pat into when she was in
high school?
When did Pat start getting interested in civilengineering?
What is Pats mom motto? And what does it mean?
What was Pats counselor opinion when she told him
that she wanted to be an engineer and not a lawyer or
an interior decorator?

 How many people told Pat it was a bad idea to

become an engineer?
Where did Pat get her degree as a civil engineer
and what was her average?
What do you think made Pat prove everyone
wrong?
What are some different definitions of success?

 How do you define success?

What kind of people do you usually think of as being
successful?
What is a challenge you want to face but are avoiding
or are afraid of?
How do you think facing the challenge would change
you?

Actor Christopher Reeve: what do you

know about him?

Read the following article from Time

Magazine about actor Christopher Reeve.
Write down important details about him.
Prepare to answer some questions

Talk about the article

What movies did Christopher Reeve star in?
What was Reeve doing when he hurt his neck?
Who did Reeve have to relay on for help?
What does the Christopher Revee Paralysis Foundation
do?

Now with your partner join another team and talk

about the most challenging thing you have ever done

Writing Activity

Write about something interesting that happened to you

one time. Use and highlight gerunds and infinitives
from page 4. (Use at least five)
Example:
One day I went to Utila and I remember thinking about
not going because...