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Culture page 1

H¡! Tm Erin, and

this is my life!

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On the weekends,
hang out at the malí, or
kchool, and l'n. >n stay at home. I'm crazy
about Computer games.

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AIso on the weekends, my friends and I do lots

of different things. We watch movies and listen
to music. It's so much fun!

1. What is the ñame of Erin's school?

¿fter school, I have 2. What grade is Erin in?
basketball practice
3. What is Erin's favorita school
three times a vveek
subject?
í^h/s ,s my coach, '
l^'ss Pebble. 4. Where does Erin work twice a week?
She's great/ 5. What do Erin and her friends do on the
weekends?

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Read the text and answer the questions.

EEíltüres
In the United States there are about 3 0 0 million people. Nearly 40 million Mexican
of those people come from another country. These groups of people bring
their culture to the U.S., food, music, etc. The U.S. is called a "melting pot" Dutch
because different people live together as one. Chínese
Japanese
Cuban, Puerto Rican
French
African-American
Polish
Greek
European mix
Norwegian
Germán

People from Germany mainly live in the central and

northern parts of the U.S. In the southwest, there are many
Mexican people, and in the southeast, there are a lot of
African-Americans. On the northeast coast, there are many
Europeans.

There are a lot of French people in Louisiana. New York

and Illinois have a lot of Greeks. California has a lot of 1. How many people live in the
Chínese people and Hawaii has many Japanese. Michigan United States?
has a Dutch community, and North Dakota and Minnesota
2. Why is the U.S. called "melting pot"?
have Norwegians. Ohio and Pennsylvania have many Polish
people, and Florida has a lot of Cubans and Puerto Ricans. 3. Wtiere do many Mexicans live?

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 Culture page 2

Shopping malls are great for shopping.

There are more than 50,000 in the U.S.A.
Some are huge with stores, movie theaters
and even rollercoasters!
American teenagers love malls. There are
lots of things they can do there, but they
usually go there just to hang out! It's their
favorite place, and for some teenagers it's a
second home. But why is the malí so popular?
Well, kids between 12 and 15 can't drive
yet and they don't work. So, the malí is the
perfect place because It's safe and of course,
they don't need money to hang out. Mainly,
^ teenagers go to the malí because they want
to wear cool clothes, see other kids and let
other kids see them.

1. Do teenagers want to go to the malí with their 3. Can you see a movie at the malí?
parents? 4. Do you need money to hang out at the malí?
2. How many malls are there in the USA? 5. What do teenagers usually do at the malí?
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Cross-Curricular page 2
Listen, read and complete the sentences. economics

money.
money
'money...
The US Dollar $
The dollar is the official currency of the U.S. All
bilis and coins have a president's head on the
front side. For exampie. George Washington's is on
the one dollar bilí, and Abraham Lincoln's head Is
on the one-cent coin. One hundred cents make a
dollar. There are different ñames for all the coins.
The 1-cent coin is a penny, the 5- cent coin is a
nickel, the 10-cent coin is a dime, and the
25-cent coin is a quarter. Bills come in amounts of
one, five, ten. twenty, fifty, and one hundred.

The Euro €
On January 1^', 2002, tweive European countries
started using the euro. There are seven bilis in
valúes of: five, ten, twenty, fifty, one hundred, two
/
hundred, and five hundred. There are eight coins
in valúes of: 1 cent, 2 cents, 5 cents, 10 cents,
20 cents, 50 cents, and aiso one and two euros.
A hundred cents make a euro. The coins in every
country have the same design on the front side: a
map of Europe. On the back side, each country has
a different design. For example, Italy's coins have a
drawing by Leonardo da Vinci and Austria's have a
picture of Wolfgang Mozart.

1. Abraham Lincoln's head is on the .

2. A 10-cent coin is called a .
3. Tweive countries started using the euro in .
4. You can see a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci on the back of euro coins.

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 Listen, read tlie texts and answer
I tlie questions below.
Culture page 3

Decorations are a very important

part of the holiday. People love decorating
their yards and homes with jack-o'-lantems
black cats and witches. They put up various
monsters and other scary things.

There are many fun activitles. The

most popular activity for children
IS "trick-or-treating." Children dress
up in costumes and go around
their neighborhoods with their
parents, or in groups. They carry
pumpkin-shaped buckets or bags
and try to fill them with candy.

some of the most popular costumes

for Halloween are: witches, pirates,
vampires, cats, ghosts, mumm.es,
skeletons, and monsters.

Other Halloween activities, espec.a ly

?or older people are Halloween part.es,
bobbing for apples,watch>ng scary
movies and telling ghost stones.

The kinds of food that are most

1. When do people celébrate Halloween? popular for Halloween are caramel
2. What do they use to decórate their yards? apples, candy corn, "fun-sized" candy bars
3. What do most children do on Halloween? and other candy. People love drinking
4. What do eider peeple usually do on Halloween? fresh apple eider!
5. What de they usually eat on Halloween?
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Cross-Curricular page 3
What do you know about California? geography
Listen, read and complete the sentences below.

California is the third largest state in I Califot Ir-

the U.S. and it's aiso the state with
the most people. Northern California
is full of trees and snowy mountains.
The south and east are a very dry
Sacramento, the state capital
It's one of the
desert and the central part is one of
best cities to
the most fertile lands in the worid.
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There are lots
Sacramento of colleges and
.efsities in Sacramento.
"San The most ^eü Known is the California
Fran" State University.
A beautiful San Francisco
City with
lots of hills, Yosemite •
interesting National Park
architecture Deoth Valley
and history.
The Golden
Sequoia • 1^
Gate Bridge and Chinatown
National Park Death Valley
are two of the most popular
It is
sights of the City. A ride on
in the
a cable car is really popular Los Angeles
IVIojave
among visitors.
Desert,
in the
"-east of California
: s about 300 feet
.V sea level.
S e e the natural landmarks:

Yosemite Los Angeles

Falls is in The second largest city in the U.S. in
the Yosemite fact, it's so big that it has more aínxxts
National
than any other city in the workL There
Park in the
Sierra Nevada are many famous places in L-A_ such
mountains. as Hollywood - the birthplace of the
^ It's the sixth movie industry.
™ highest
"• waterfall in
the worid.

The Giant 1. California is the third largest state iv.

Sequoia
trees, the 2. The Death Valley National ParK is in
largest 3. is the capital of Caifomia.
trees in the
4. One of the most popular sights in San Ranctsco, is
worid, are in
the Sequoia National Park. The 5. Hollywood is in .
famous General Sherman tree is
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weekend, I do lots of
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I go to school, I (3) walk
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play the (4) saxophone /
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phone.
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my friends.
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Come on, get ready!
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here.
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(4) now.
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grooving,
We're singing and we're
moving.
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words in the box. Then, listen
songs
and check your answers.
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the box. Then, listen
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British

2c Lism
Listen to two dialogues. Who are the people taIking about?

Brad Pitt Justin Timberiake Gise e

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3tl LISTEN
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 i EXTRA LISTENING ACTIVITIES

4C LISTEN K
Listen to the dialogues and complete the sentences.

, -thirty.
to two.
3. John's birthday is in _
4. The date tomorrow is

6C LISTEN
Listen to a repórter describing a festival and write T for True or F for False.

1. They celébrate the Spring Festival on March 23rd.

2. Oniy children take part in this festival.
3. The people are singing at the festival.
4. The food is not very tasty.

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 Learning TIPS

^ In class I Outside the class

How to learn better outside the class
How to learn better in class
Read the dialogues and texts from your book and listen
• Look at your teacher and the board and take notes.
to yourCD.
• Listen carefully to your teacher and the CD.
Read the dialogues and texts aloud and sometimos
• Ask your teacher when you don't understand.
record yourself.
• Speak in English as much as possible.
Study the vocabulary and grammar and then do your
• Take part in pairwork activities.
homework.
Read selected texts from magazines and newspapers
in English.
Read websites ¡n English.
Listen to songs in English.
Watch TV shows and DVDs in English.

Vocabulary
How to learn vocabulary better

• Write down new words in a notebook. With the Grammar

English word: - write the translation In your language, Howto learn grammar better
- write an example sentence,
Refer to the Grammar Reference.
- draw or stick a picture.
Use grammar tables.
• Put words in groups or use diagrams.
Have a grammar notebook.
• Referto the Word List.
In it write: - tips and or rules in your language,
• Practice the spelling and pronunciation of new words.
- exampie sentences,
• Look up unknown words in a dictionary.
- important grammatical points
• Regularly revise words you have learned.
e.g. irregular verbs.
• Try to use words you have recently learned when you
Make a note of grammatical errors that you often make.
speaker write.

Read
How to do better when doing reading tasks
^ Listen
Before you read the text, look at the pictures. They can How to do better when doing listening tasks
help you understand.
Before you listen, read the questions carefully.
Look for key words in the text to understand the main
While listening, try to understand the general idea, not
ideas.
every single word.
Try to guess the meaning of unknown words.
Listen for key words to understand the main ideas.
Guess the meaning of cognates (English words which
First listen and then write the answers to the questions.
are similar in your language).

(M Write
How to do better when doing writing tasks
• Plan your writing and make notes before you write. » Speak
• Join your ideas with ani/and but. How to do better when doing speaking tasks
• Use pronouns [he, she, It, them, etc.) to avoid repeating
the same words. Look at the example given.
• Write neatiy. Use the prompts given.
• Afteryou finish, check your writing. Check punctuation Use the vocabulary you have learned.
and capital letters, word order, spelling, grammar Don't be afraid to make mistakes when you speak.
and vocabulary. Speak oniy in English.

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