Unit Objective Topic Aims Test

I Introduction Text 1: The Study of Economics.  Familiarize Pre-test (reading)

vocabulary/syllabus.
 Proficiency/level of
students.
 Prior knowledge.
II Reading comprehension Text 2: Oil Market – price  Work with prior Text comprehension
-Group reading. 1. Pre reading. knowledge. Questions
-Collaborative questions/activity.  Familiarize with
learning. 2. Skimming and scanning. skimming and
-Discussion 3. Vocabulary. scanning.
(questioning 4. Glossary.  Identify familiar
session). 5. Questions. words.
-Scaffolding.  Text comprehension
(main idea).
 Use of dictionary (if
needed, if not use
glossary).
III Reading comprehension. Text 3: Carbon Tax  Students use their Text comprehension
Word Study: 1. Pre reading prior knowledge. Word study
- Synonyms. questions/activity.  Comprehend text.
- Definitions 2. Skimming and scanning.  Economic terms and
3. Vocabulary. search synonyms of
4. Glossary. them.
5. Questions.
- Word study: Search
Synonyms/meaning behind
a word.
IV Listening comprehension