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Unit 8: On The Move

Unit Description
This unit deals with travel and transportation. In it learners will watch a video clip of a man
enquiring about the price of a bus ticket and where the bus stop is. They will listen to and take
part in a dialogue between a couple at a bus stop, and will read a story about a woman on a train
trip to Washington, D.C. The grammar section deals with pronouns: subject, object, and
possessive. The vocabulary section provides learners with exposure to and practice of words and
phrases on the topic of transport.

Lesson Summary Objectives

The Bus to A video clip of a man
Trenton Street enquiring about the price
of a bus ticket and where
the bus stop is.
Learners will:
 understand the general meaning and
significant details of a video.
 draw inferences based on the information
in a video.
 comprehend vocabulary used in context.

Susan's Train A story about Susan who Learners will:

is on her way by train to
Ride
a meeting in Washington,
D.C. She falls asleep on
the train, misses her stop
and is late for her
appointment.
Bus Stop A couple is saying
goodbye at a bus stop.
 understand the main ideas and
supporting details of a story.
 apply knowledge of time markers to
follow the sequence of events in a story.
Learners will:
 identify the speaker in a conversation.
 understand the general meaning and
significant details of a conversation.
 orally respond to statements from a
conversation.
 take part in a short dialogue in which they
say goodbye to someone.

Pronouns: Presentation and practice Learners will:

Subject of subject pronouns.  use pronouns to refer to the subject of a
sentence instead of proper names and
nouns.

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28 English Discoveries Scope and Sequence
Pronouns: Presentation and practice
Object of object pronouns.
Pronouns: Presentation and practice
Possessive of possessive pronouns.
Transport Presentation and practice
of vocabulary associated
with the topic of
transport.
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Learners will:
 use pronouns to refer to the object of a
sentence instead of proper names and
nouns.
Learners will:
 use possessive pronouns to replace the
name of the owner of an object in a
sentence.
Learners will:
 recognize vocabulary in audio and written
form.
 discriminate between different words and
phrases.
 match vocabulary to definitions and
complete cloze sentences.