yatcb overview of you are the course book activities

Overview of You Are The Course Book Activities

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Skill Area

Title

WARMER
WARMER
WARMER
WARMER
WARMER
WARMER
WARMER

Check homework
Discuss any language questions
Review the previous lesson
Short vocabulary/grammar/pronunciation test
Do a quick free practice activity based on the lesson topic
Play a quick game based on the lesson topic (from p.96)
State some facts based on the topic: SS have to say whether they are true or false

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VOCABULARY
VOCABULARY
VOCABULARY
VOCABULARY
VOCABULARY
VOCABULARY
VOCABULARY
VOCABULARY
VOCABULARY
VOCABULARY
CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT

Mode 1 Vocabulary Session
Discussion Words – Standard Lesson
Discussion Words – with Quick Questions
Discussion Words – Spelling and Sounds Focus
Discussion Words – Word Stress Focus
Discussion Words – with Clear Alphabet
Discussion Words – Focus on Idioms
Discussion Words – Focus on Phrasal Verbs
Discussion Words – with Bingo
Discussion Words – with the Big Word Game
Vocabulary Test

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TEXT
TEXT
TEXT
TEXT
TEXT
TEXT
TEXT
TEXT
TEXT
TEXT
TEXT

Make a Group Text
Text Reduction – 20, 10, 5, 1
Dictation
Reading Comprehension Questions
True, False, or Unknown?
Cut Up Text
Gap-Fill
Reading Race

Listening Practice – 20 Different Words
Using an Audio Text
Using a Video Text

GRAMMAR POINT
GRAMMAR POINT
GRAMMAR POINT
CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT

Discuss one or more of the grammar points that have arisen
Pre-prepared PPP grammar presentation – SS produce examples (written or oral)
PPP linked to a syllabus – SS produce examples (written or oral)
Grammar Test

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VERB FORMS REVISION
VERB FORMS REVISION
VERB FORMS REVISION
VERB FORMS REVISION
VERB FORMS REVISION
CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT

Make Questions from a Text
Sentence Blocks
Sentence Blocks – without Function Words

Q&A
Beginner Level Verb Forms Revision
Verb Forms Revision Test (p.120) or other verb forms test

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PRONUNCIATION
PRONUNCIATION
CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT

Stress, Reduce, Merge Part 1 – Sentence Stress
Stress, Reduce, Merge Part 2 – Connected Speech
Pronunciation Test

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FREE PRACTICE
FREE PRACTICE
FREE PRACTICE
FREE PRACTICE
FREE PRACTICE

Discussion Questions
Agree or Disagree?
Debate

What Would You Do?
Class Survey

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FREE PRACTICE
FREE PRACTICE
FREE PRACTICE
FREE PRACTICE
FREE PRACTICE

PPRR – Role Play
PPRR – Gossip (Monologue)
Role Play
Video Commentary
Obviousness

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FREE PRACTICE
FREE PRACTICE
FREE PRACTICE

FREE PRACTICE
FREE PRACTICE

Pair or Small Group Project
Design Your Own…
A Day in the Life of...
Topic Template
Picture Story

Project

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FREE PRACTICE
FREE PRACTICE

Improvisation Games
Team Building Games

Games

PERSONAL STUDY
PERSONAL STUDY
PERSONAL STUDY
PERSONAL STUDY
PERSONAL STUDY
PERSONAL STUDY
PERSONAL STUDY
PERSONAL STUDY

Mode 1 Writing: produce a 4th and Final Draft of the text (p.142)
Writing: produce a written version of your Free Practice activity, e.g. write up a role play (p.142)
Auto Mode 3 (p.110)
Personal Study: books, CD-ROMs, worksheets, websites, comprehension tests, reading, listening, etc.
Ongoing project work in groups outside of class
Prepare for a test
Prepare for an exam
Other homework set by T or SS

You Are The Course Book – Lesson Plans

Discussion

Imagination

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