In-Class 5 Materials

Unit1&2 Review / Checking for Understanding

*B2.1 Unit RV1-3A*

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 Activity 10.01: How’s Your History?
Directions:

Step 1. Using the annotation tools, match the following events with their respective corresponding
year.

1. Apollo 11 Moon Landing A. 1440

2. World Trade Center Terrorist Attacks B. 1914

3. Invention of the Printing Press C. 2001

4. Bombing of Hiroshima D. 1989

5. The Berlin Wall Falls E. 1986

6. End of Apartheid F. 1969

7. Assassination of Archduke Franz G. 1492

Ferdinand

8. Chernobyl Disaster H. 1994

9. Christopher Columbus lands in America I. 1945

Step 2. With a partner, select one of the events on the list and prepare a short presentation to
describe what happened.

Activity 10.02: Colorful-Stories

Directions: With your group, select a photo below and create a story to explain the story behind it.
Use adjectives, adverbs, and sensory descriptions in your story.

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 Activity 11.01: Check for Understanding
Who Said It?
Speaker Listener 1. Are you trying to say that….?
Speaker Listener 2. Are you following me?
Speaker Listener 3. If I understood you correctly ….
Speaker Listener 4. Let me know if you have any questions.
Speaker Listener 5. Does that make sense?
Speaker Listener 6. Am I right in assuming…
Speaker Listener 7. Did I explain that well?
Speaker Listener 8. Do you mean…
Speaker Listener 9. Let me see whether I’ve understood you correctly.
Speaker Listener 10. So, what you‘re saying is…

Activity 11.02: Cab Driver

Directions: With your partner read the story below. While reading the story pause (in the indicated
areas) to check for understanding (either as a listener and speaker). Switch roles!

As a a. Are you following me? c. Does that make sense?

Speaker: b. Let me know if you have any questions. d. Did I explain that well?
As a Listener: e. If I understood you correctly,… h. So what you‘re saying is…
f. Do you mean… i. Am I right in assuming…?
g. Let me see whether I’ve understood you correctly. j. Are you trying to say…?

The Cab Driver (see below)

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 A cab driver taught me a lesson in customer satisfaction and expectation. � I had flown into Dallas for
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the sole purpose of calling on a client. Time was of the essence and my plan included a quick
turnaround trip from and back to the airport. A spotless cab pulled up. �
The driver rushed to open the passenger door for me and made sure I was comfortably seated before
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he closed the door. As he got in the driver’s seat, he mentioned that the neatly folded Wall Street
Journal next to me for my use. � He then showed me several tapes and asked me what type of music I
would enjoy. �
I could not believe the service I was receiving! I took the opportunity to say, “Obviously you take great
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pride in your work. You must have a story to tell.” �
“You bet,” he replied, “I used to be in Corporate America. � But I got tired of thinking my best would
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never be good enough. I decided to find my niche in life where I could feel proud of being the best I
could be. � I knew I would never be a rocket scientist, but I love driving cars, being of service and
feeling like I have done a full day’s work and done it well. I evaluate my personal assets and… wham! I
became a cab driver. �
“One thing I know for sure, to be good in my business I could simply just meet the expectations of my
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passengers. But to be great in my business, I have to exceed the customer’s expectations! I like both the
sound and the return of being ‘great’ better than just getting by on ‘average’” �