TAPESTRY 3 (textbook) [week 5, 2008 - Thor May]
Theme 5 - Choosing Between Personal and Public Interest - "My Slice of the Pie"
- expressing needs ⁄ suggestions ⁄ choices
Extra material by Thor :
1. Listening Tests 4a & 4b based on "Truce"
2. Student performance of their out-of-class prepared presentations about coutries on the border of China : geographical and historical information.
3. Dialogue (Thor May) - "It Isn't Fair" + supporting expressions
4. Vocabulary for "It Isn't Fair"
5. Out-of-class assignment for next week : Make up a discussion between a student and his⁄her parents about problems in choosing a college and a major for study. Show what the student will gain and lose by each choice.
6. Course feedback questionnaire (36 questions)
Tapestry 3, Chapter 5 Exercises
7. Tapestry 3, page 102 : values questionnaire => base for discussion
8. page 104 : vocabulary for Tapestry listening exercise
9. page 105 : listen to a recorded interview and write down key information missing in the text.
10. page 106 : answer comprehension questions from the recorded interview
11. page 107 : vocabulary for the "homeless family" transcript
12. page 108-109 : "homeless family" reading⁄listening exercise
13. pages 112-113 : three short social problem scenarios : describe the problem
14. page 114 : discussion on the cost of college education
15. page 115: listen to a recorded interview about the cost of education
16. page 116: Intonation: listen to the recording and circle the stressed (= important) words in the text transcript.
17. page 118: social problem scenarios to use for "giving advice" practice
18. page 121: write a summary of the ideas in Tapestry 3, chapter 5