Classic English Junior

Classic English Junior Level 9 - Unit 4 - Lesson 2

We are going to learn about a popular statue in the United States.

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Warm-up 2 min

Museum of
Grand Canyon Modern Art

Disneyland Central Park

Do you know any of these landmarks? Which of these

landmarks do you know?

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Reading 3 min
Read with the teacher and then answer the question below.

The United States has many monuments. One of the most

famous is the Statue of Liberty which is located on Liberty
Island in the Upper New York Bay.

What are some famous monuments in your country?

To be continued...

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Reading 4 min
Read with the teacher and then answer the question below.

The Statue of Liberty was designed by Frédéric Auguste

Bartholdi and was a gift to the United States from France.
The statue is of the Roman goddess Libertas wearing a
robe and holding a tablet and torch.

Why do you think France gave the United States a statue?

To be continued...

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Reading 3 min
Read with the teacher and then move to the Word Focus.

The Statue of Liberty is a symbol of freedom and independence.

France built the Statue of Liberty to celebrate the 100 years the
United States had spent as an independent country.

Word Focus

The United States became independent from

the British government on July 4, 1776.

To be continued...

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Reading 4 min
Read with the teacher and then move to the Grammar Focus.

On Liberty Island, people can visit a museum

or take a tour inside the statue. After the
statue was remodeled in 2012, more people
were able to go inside the statue due to an
improved air system and building access.

Grammar Focus
• The time expressions before/after introduce
adverb clauses. They are used to indicate whether
something happens in the past, present, or future.
• E.g., I went inside the Statue of Liberty after I visited
the museum.

Let's practice.

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Task 4 min
Fill in the blanks by using the words from the Word Bank.

The _____ of Liberty was a gift from Word Bank

tour
France. It was made to _______ the monuments
statue
United States as an ________ country. designed
celebrate
It was _______ by the artist Frédéric independent
Auguste Bartholdi. It’s one of the

most famous _________ in the United

States. People visit and ____________

the inside of the statue.

More challenges!

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Leadership 4 min
Discuss with the teacher.

Q1. Why do you think the Q2. What makes the Statue Q3. Are there any
Statue of Liberty is one of Liberty different from monuments in your
of the most famous other monuments that country that are similar
monuments in the you know? to the Statue of Liberty?
United States? What are they?

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Wrap-up 1 min
In this lesson, we...
learned about a popular statue in
learned new words.
the United States.
monument statue

design celebrate

independent tour