Speaking
OPINION: Each student must participate and share their opinion.
School lunches:
1.) Do you think school lunches should be free or should students pay for every meal?
2.) What does a typical school lunch look like at your school?
All students participate and give thorough responses.
Listen to a part of a song and identify the genre
The student correctly guesses the genre.
Name the American fast food franchises:
1.) Green and Yellow logo. They make sandwiches
2.) From a southern state. Colonel Sanders is the mascot.
1.) Subway
2.) KFC
What does "cost an arm and a leg" mean?
It means something is very expensive.
OPINION: Each student must participate and share their opinion.
Public Transportation
1.) What are some common problems with public transportation?
2.) How will public transportation look in the future?
All students participate and give thorough responses.
Talk about a school problem and provide a solution. Each student should participate.
Each student participates and provides an appropriate school problem and solution.
Story elements- Define and make a sentence with each word:
1.) Setting
2.) Characters
The setting is the time period and place of the story.
The characters are the people, animals, or objects that have a role in a story.
Guess the American slang words:
1.) Buck
2.) Fed up
1.) A Buck is a U.S. dollar
2.) Fed up means that you are not happy and that you can't tolerate something anymore.
What does "bite the bullet" mean?
It means that you have to accept the consequence which will be unpleasant or painful.
Story elements- Define and make a sentence with each word:
1.) Theme
2.) Parts
The theme is the lesson of the story. Parts are the beginning, middle, and end of the story.
EACH STUDENT MUST PARTICIPATE IN THE GROUP!
Use a phrase of advice to make a suggestion for the following situations:
- A city is constantly getting flooded due to rising sea levels and a failed storm water drainage system
- A singer wants to have a successful music career
- A student is failing math because he isn't paying attention and studying
Any response that includes "should", If I were you, I would..., you could.....
What's the difference between.....
A.) cast and extras?
B.) jazz and rock?
A.) The cast is the group of actors who play main roles in a movie. Extras are people who play unimportant roles usually a person in a crowd or background.
B.) Jazz is a genre of music that contains a lot of brass instruments and is described as calming and relaxing. Rock music contains string and percussion instruments and is described as being more energetic.
Guess the American slang words:
1.) To pull one's leg
2.) Scam
1.) To pull one's leg means to joke with them and say or do something that is funny or not serious.
2.) To scam someone is to do something dishonest. A scam is a trick to get people to do something for you. Someone who does a scam is a scammer.
What does "let's get this show on the road" mean?
It means let's start doing a planned activity and stop getting distracted.
What does "spill the beans" mean?
It means telling a secret or something that should be confidential.
Each student must speak!
What's your favorite sport or game to play?
Explain the rules of the game.
Each student participates and explains the rules to their favorite sport or game.
What's the difference between......
A.) a musical and a soundtrack?
B.) war and action movies?
A.) A musical is a movie genre where actors sing the dialogue. A soundtrack is a list of songs that are featured in a movie.
B.) A war movie is usually about a historical war. An action movie contains fighting and violence but it doesn't have to be about a war.
Guess the American cities by their nickname:
A.) The Big Apple
B.) Sin City
The Big Apple-New York City
Sin City-Las Vegas
What does "it's a piece of cake" mean?
It means that something is easy to do.
Guess the American cities by their nickname:
A.) Beantown
B.) The City of Brotherly Love
A.) Beantown-Boston
B.) The City of Brotherly Love-Philadelphia
Talk about the first time you flew in an airplane. Each student must participate.
1.) How did you feel?
2.) Where were you going to?
3.) What did you do during the flight?
The students answer the questions and provide a thorough response.
Speaking: Each student must talk about their favorite song or movie:
What's the theme of the song or movie?
Can you name the Big 4 professional sports leagues that operate in the U.S. and Canada?
American football (Only in U.S.)
Hockey (U.S. and Canada)
Baseball (U.S. and Canada)
Basketball (U.S. and Canada)
Bonus points (100): Can you name the most recent champion of one of these leagues?
American football (Only in U.S.)- National Football League, Kansas City Chiefs
Hockey (U.S. and Canada)-National Hockey League (NHL), Florida Panthers
Baseball (U.S. and Canada) Major League Baseball (MLB), Texas Rangers
Basketball (U.S. and Canada)- National Basketball Association, Boston Celtics
What does "under the weather" mean?
It means that someone feels ill or sick.
Talk about some of the historical sites a tourist can find in the Boston area. Name each site and discuss how it's important to the city's cultural and historical heritage.
Possible answers include:
The Freedom Trail
The Institute of Contemporary Art
Harvard University
Fenway Park