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Students will learn accurate and useful descriptions for objects. b. Ex: Its blue. It is long. Numbers. Quantities. a. Students will learn common sentence patterns for quantities. b. Ex: There are two balloons. There are many balloons. Prepositions . a. Students will learn to describe the placement of objects in relation to each other. b. Ex: The pen is on the table. The pencil is next to the pen. Spot Check A (Review and Mock Event A) a. Students will review the content from lessons I, II, and III. Students will participate in a mock Event A. Using Filler. a. Students will learn how to effectively fill pauses in speech. b. Ex: I think it is big and red. My teacher says it is blue. Segues. a. Students will learn to connect utterances. b. Ex: So then I ate a banana! Compound. Complex. a. Students will learn to construct longer and more involved answers. b. Ex: I like dogs and eat pigs. I see a cat dont you? Spot Check B (Review and Mock Event B) a. Students will review the content from lessons V, VI, and VII. Students will participate in a mock Event B. Response Rates. a. Students will practice producing answers within time limits. Creative Constraints. a. Students will practice producing answers with creative constraints.

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Note: This is what our teachers will attempt to cover. Depending on student effort and prior knowledge, students may or may not master the use of these skills. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hi, parents. EF Zhengzhou has hosted the Star of Outlook English Talent Competition in Zhengzhou City for three years now. Each year, weve provided training solutions to students participating in the competition. Weve produced some stars in the past and I feel confident that this year will be no different. This years training focus is Learning Life Skills. We want every student attending our training to learn skills that will serve them well not just for this competition, but for their entire lives. To that end, weve made some radical changes to our training and to the competition events themselves. I hope our parents and students will be pleased by all of the changes they were made with you in mind. We are determined to provide the best possible Outlook experience for all of our participants. If your child puts their heart into this competition we will match them every step of the way.

Renato Ganoza, Director of Studies, English First Zhengzhou

Contact me at renato.ganoza@ef.com