Write about your life

story.
Example: Write in your
daily log a story
pertaining to your life.
Pick writing piece with
most progression
Example: Personality
Reading Passage
Example: Daily Life
writing log
Read about someone's
life story.
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Pick a reading passage
with greatest impact
Example: Read the passage
"French Without Tears" by
Luc Sante
Example: Passive Voice
in Life Story
Pick grammar with
most difficulty
Adj. ending with -ed
What defines you best?
reported speech
simple future
simple past
future perfect
Example: Cultural
Identity Presentation
Pick speaking activty
with most self-
reflection
Draw a life timeline and
share with your
classmates
Tell your own life
experiences
Example: Chimamanda
Ngozi Adichie: The
danger of a single story.
(ted talk)
Pick listening with
greatest impression
Example: Favorite foods
Listening
Listen to someone's
life story.
Example: Read a personality
test http://personality-
testing.info/print/big-five-
personality-test.pdf
Read about different
personalities.
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Read about someone's
favorite food.
Read an online blog
aritcle about favorite
food "What's Your
Favourite Food?"
Goals
Content Overview: Unit 3 Personal Life
simple present
Example: Read the Cuba
folktale from "Tales
From Many Cultures"
Reading
Express personal opinions and preferences
Read about daily life.
Established Goals
Diversity can being people together by focusing on common goals
Read about cultural
identity.
Read an example of the
teacher's daily routine. D
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How would you distinguish yourself from others?
What events shape you?
Grammar Listening Writing
Write about daily life.
Acknowledge individual differences
Share life experiences
Essential Questions
Listen to audio about
someone's daily life.
Speaking
Talk about daily
activities
Listen to someone's
speech about his
Cultural Identity
Wrtie about cultural
identity.
Example: Write a short
dialgue conversation
about you and a partner's
favorite foods.
What do you do on the
weekend? (Free time,
after school, etc.)
Write a journal entry
about your daily routine
for the weekend.
must, have to
can, should
Tell your classmates
about your favorite
food
Share favorite food with a
partner and decide which
restaurant you want to go
together in NY
Example: Healthy Or Not: 5
Surprising Health Foods
You Shouldn't Eat!
(youtube)
Listen to a
conversation about
food.
superlatives
Express your own
cultural identity
Example: Create a Family
tree of your immediate
family and describe their
personalities
Example: http://www.esl-
lab.com/schedule/schedr
d1.htm
simple past
prepositions of place
Example: World's
Quickest Personality test
(youtube)
Talk about Personality
Describe personality:
You, your friends,
celebrity, etc.
past perfect
Bring one thing that can
represent your culture and
introduce it in front of
class
Example: Write a journal
entry about your culture
Write about
personality.
Write about your
favorite food.
Example: TEDxAjman -
Ali Al Saloom - Cultural
Identity (youtube)
Listen to a personality
test
subject relative clause
comparatives
verb to be-
Adj. ending with -ing
Adjectives