English Firsthand 1 home-study plans

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English Firsthand is primarily a listening/speaking course with grammar/reading/writing activities to support those listening/speaking goals. Naturally, the best was to practice conversation is with a partner. For that reason, many teachers try to be strict about attendance requirements. However, the current H1N1 (Swine flu) situation has created a problem for some classes. Students who have or may have the flu really need to stay away from class, both so they can recover and so they dont contaminate other students. The English Firsthand authors are all full-time teachers. They created these plans initially for their own students. Although they have class attendance requirements, student who have to be absent can do the home-study plan to make up for missed days. The plans are written in a simple, consistent format to make it easier for students to do them on their own, without particular teacher explanation or support. Two of the steps, Conversation and Language Check suggest using the website www.efcafe.com. If that isnt practical, those items can be done in the textbook. The plans are available in two forms: As a .pdf file that can be copied and given to the students who need it. As a .doc file that can be modified as the teacher desires. We hope these plans help your students keep up and make progress, even when they cant be in class. The English Firsthand Team December, 2009

Unit 1 English Firsthand 1 plan

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This is a plan to make up for the class(es) you had to miss.

Listening Do the listening tasks on page 13.

First Listening, Second Listening & About You. Do this Extra listening practice task:

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Conversation.Go to www.efcafe.com. WatchConversation Coach for

this unit. Practice. Try to match the actors voices. Duet (pairwork) page 15. Study the pronunciation box at the top of the page. Look at the green box. Write 4 questions and 4 answers about yourself. Use the in ideas from the green box. Language Check Do this in your book or at www.efcafe.com. Click on On your own. Ensemble (Groupwork) page 18. Draw 3-4 simple pictures about things in your life. Write at least 8 sentences explaining them. Solo (be sure to do both part one and part two). Note: If you do not have Internet at home, do the Conversation with the CD in your book. Do Language Check in your book.

Unit 2 English Firsthand 1 plan

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This is a plan to make up for the class(es) you had to miss.

Listening Do the listening tasks on page 19.

First Listening, Second Listening & About You. Do this Extra listening practice task:

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Conversation.Go to www.efcafe.com. WatchConversation Coach for

this unit. Practice. Try to match the actors voices. Duet (pairwork) pages 22-23. It isnt possible to do this activity alone. Instead, look at page 20. Choose 3 people. Write at least 3 sentences describing each person. . Language Check Do this in your book or at www.efcafe.com. Click on On your own. Ensemble (Groupwork) page 26. Study the pronunciation box at the top of the page. Draw a picture of your family. Look at the Idea Box. Write 3-4 sentences about each person. Solo (be sure to do both part one and part two). Note: If you do not have Internet at home, do the Conversation with the CD in your

book. Do Language Check in your book.

Unit 3 English Firsthand 1 plan

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This is a plan to make up for the class(es) you had to miss.

Listening Do the listening tasks on page 29.

First Listening, Second Listening & About You. Do this Extra listening practice task:

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Conversation.Go to www.efcafe.com. WatchConversation Coach for

this unit. Practice. Try to match the actors voices. Duet (pairwork) pages 31-32. Study the pronunciation box at the top of the page. Look at the examples on pages 31-32. Write at least 8 sentences about yourself. Each sentence has always, almost always, often, sometime, hardly ever or never. Language Check Do this in your book or at www.efcafe.com. Click on On your own. Ensemble (Groupwork) page34. Study the pronunciation box at the top of the page. Read the questions. Choose 3 that are interesting. Write your answers. Each answer must have 3 or more sentences. Solo (be sure to do both part one and part two). Note: If you do not have Internet at home, do the Conversation with the CD in your book. Do Language Check in your book.

Unit 4 English Firsthand 1 plan

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This is a plan to make up for the class(es) you had to miss.

Listening Do the listening tasks on page 37.

First Listening, Second Listening & About You. Do this Extra listening practice task:

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Conversation.Go to www.efcafe.com. WatchConversation Coach for

this unit. Practice. Try to match the actors voices. Duet (pairwork) pages 39-40. Look at the pictures on pages 39-40. Find at least 8 differences. Write at least 8 sentences about them Example: Theres a white cup in one picture but it is yellow in the other picture. Language Check Do this in your book or at www.efcafe.com. Click on On your own. Ensemble (Groupwork) page42. Study the pronunciation box at the top of the page. Draw a place that is special for you. Write at least 8 sentences about it. Solo (be sure to do both part one and part two). Note: If you do not have Internet at home, do the Conversation with the CD in your book. Do Language Check in your book.

Unit 5 English Firsthand 1 plan

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This is a plan to make up for the class(es) you had to miss. Listening Do the listening tasks on page 45. First Listening, Second Listening & About You. Do this Extra listening practice task:

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Conversation.Go to www.efcafe.com. WatchConversation Coach for

this unit. Practice. Try to match the actors voices. Duet (pairwork) pages 47-48. Study the Language Map at the top of the page. Look at page 47. Write the directions to each to these places: From you are here TBS building a coffeeshop a computer store Unos Pizza an electric appliance store a bakery Language Check Do this in your book or at www.efcafe.com. Click on On your own. Ensemble (Groupwork) page50. Study the pronunciation box at the top of the page. Answer all 8 questions. Write a sentence about why you suggest each one. Solo (be sure to do both part one and part two).

Note: If you do not have Internet at home, do the Conversation with the CD in your book. Do Language Check in your book.

Unit 6 English Firsthand 1 plan

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This is a plan to make up for the class(es) you had to miss.

Listening Do the listening tasks on page 53.

First Listening, Second Listening & About You. Do this Extra listening practice task:

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Conversation.Go to www.efcafe.com. WatchConversation Coach for

this unit. Practice. Try to match the actors voices. Duet (pairwork) pages 55-56. Look at the Pronunciation box. Think about a trip you took. Write at least 8 sentences about it. Language Check Do this in your book or at www.efcafe.com. Click on On your own. Ensemble (Groupwork) page58. Look at the Pronunciation box. Think about a trip you took. Write at least 8 sentences about it. Solo (be sure to do both part one and part two). Note: If you do not have Internet at home, do the Conversation with the CD in your book. Do Language Check in your book.

Unit 7 English Firsthand 1 plan

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Listening Do the listening tasks on page 67.

First Listening, Second Listening & About You. Do this Extra listening practice task:

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Conversation.Go to www.efcafe.com. WatchConversation Coach for

this unit. Practice. Try to match the actors voices. Duet (pairwork) pages 69-70. Copy the missing information from page 70 to page 69 (the Yes/No information in the circles. Answer the questions for yourself, too. Look at the jobs at the bottom of the page. Who is best for each job? Write 2 or more sentences explaining why. (at least 6 sentences) Language Check Do this in your book or at www.efcafe.com. Click on On your own. Ensemble (Groupwork) page 72. Study the pronunciation box at the top of the page. Look at the green box. Write a sentence for each word (so at least 8 sentences). Example: A police officer wears a uniform. Solo (be sure to do both part one and part two). Note: If you do not have Internet at home, do the Conversation with the CD in your book. Do Language Check in your book.

Unit 8 English Firsthand 1 plan

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Listening Do the listening tasks on page 75.

First Listening, Second Listening & About You. Do this Extra listening practice task:

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Conversation.Go to www.efcafe.com. WatchConversation Coach for

this unit. Practice. Try to match the actors voices. Duet (pairwork) pages 77-78. Read the Language map. Look at the entertainment advertisements. Read Role 1 on both page 77 and page 78. Write a conversation between the two people. (You can use p. 76 as a model). Your conversation must be at least 8 lines long. Language Check Do this in your book or at www.efcafe.com. Click on On your own. Ensemble (Groupwork) page 80. Study the pronunciation box at the top of the page. Choose 5 of the activities you would like to do. Where and when would you do them? Write one or more sentence for each. (so at least five sentences). Solo (be sure to do both part one and part two). Note: If you do not have Internet at home, do the Conversation with the CD in your book. Do Language Check in your book.

Unit 9 English Firsthand 1 plan

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This is a plan to make up for the class(es) you had to miss.

Listening Do the listening tasks on page 83.

First Listening, Second Listening & About You. Do this Extra listening practice task:

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Conversation.Go to www.efcafe.com. WatchConversation Coach for

this unit. Practice. Try to match the actors voices. Duet (pairwork) pages 85-86. Copy the missing information from page 85 to page 86. Look at your own hand. What is your future? Write at least five sentences. Language Check Do this in your book or at www.efcafe.com. Click on On your own. Ensemble (Groupwork) page88. Study the pronunciation box at the top of the page. Look at the words in the middle of the page (the list). Look at the time words in the circles. Write eight sentences. Each sentences says what you think will happen in the future. Each has time words and a word from the list. Solo (be sure to do both part one and part two). Note: If you do not have Internet at home, do the Conversation with the CD in your book. Do Language Check in your book.

Unit 10 English Firsthand 1 plan

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Listening Do the listening tasks on page 91.

First Listening, Second Listening & About You. Do this Extra listening practice task:

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Conversation.Go to www.efcafe.com. WatchConversation Coach for

this unit. Practice. Try to match the actors voices. Duet (pairwork) page 93. Study the pronunciation box at the top of the page. Look at the shopping lists on page 93. Write two shopping conversations. The pronunciation box is the model. Language Check Do this in your book or at www.efcafe.com. Click on On your own. Ensemble (Groupwork) page96. Study the Language map at the top of the page. Choose 4 of the questions on the shopping bags. Write answers. Each answer has at least 3 sentences (so 12 sentences total) Solo (be sure to do both part one and part two).

Note: If you do not have Internet at home, do the Conversation with the CD in your book. Do Language Check in your book.

Unit 11 English Firsthand 1 plan

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Listening Do the listening tasks on page 99.

First Listening, Second Listening & About You. Do this Extra listening practice task:

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Conversation.Go to www.efcafe.com. WatchConversation Coach for

this unit. Practice. Try to match the actors voices. Duet (pairwork) page 101. Study the pronunciation box at the top of the page. Study the origami instructions. Think of something you know how to do. Write the instructions. The instruction must have at least 5 steps. Use some of these words: First, Next, Then, After that, Finally. Language Check Do this in your book or at www.efcafe.com. Click on On your own. Ensemble (Groupwork) page104. Choose 3 of the ideas on the page. Write instructions. Each must have at least 3 steps. Use some of these words: First, Next, Then, After that, Finally.

Solo (be sure to do both part one and part two).

Note: If you do not have Internet at home, do the Conversation with the CD in your book. Do Language Check in your book.

Unit 12 English Firsthand 1 plan

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This is a plan to make up for the class(es) you had to miss.

Listening Do the listening tasks on page 107.

1.First listening the way it is in the book. 2. Second listening Choose one of the pieces of music. Imagine it is music for a TV commercial. Write about the commercial. At least five sentences. 3. About You. Do this Extra listening practice task:

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Conversation.Go to www.efcafe.com. WatchConversation Coach for

this unit. Practice. Try to match the actors voices. Duet (pairwork) page 109. Choose 5 questions. Write your answers. Each answer must have at least 3 sentences. Language Check Do this in your book or at www.efcafe.com. Click on On your own. Ensemble (Groupwork) page112. Read the instructions Draw pictures in all five boxes. Write about each picture. 3 sentences each. Solo (be sure to do both part one and part two). Note: If you do not have Internet at home, do the Conversation with the CD in your book. Do Language Check in your book.