Unit 1 Lesson Objectives:

By the end of the unit you will be able to :

1. discuss current trends, and why they are popular.
2. identify the main idea of a paragraph.
3. recall parts of speech and verb tenses (present progressive).
4. identify noun vs verb.
5. identify topic and supporting sentences.
6. write a descriptive paragraph
Unit 1 Lesson Activities:
1. Greeting
13. Present progressive
2. Class procedures
14. Topic and Supporting Sentences
3. Grammar review
15. Descriptive paragraph (group activity)
4. Unit Question (group activity)
16. Writing log 2
5. Vocabulary 1
17. Midterm Topic
6. Reading 1
7. Advertisement discussion (group activity)
8. Main idea
9. Word families
10. Vocab 2
11. Reading 2
12. Writing log 1

Class Procedures
1.Online access to class material
Blog: michaelwoosong.blogspot.kr

Grammar Review
Parts of Speech (types of words)
Noun ( )
- person, place, or thing
Verb ( )
- action word / state of being (be verbs)
Adjective ( )
- tells about (describes) a noun
Adverb ( )
- tells how or when action happens
Pronoun ( )
- takes the place of a noun
Preposition ( ) -expresses relationship to another word or element
Sentence structure
typical sentence : SUBJECT + VERB + (OBJECT)
Subject noun/pronoun doing the action
verb action
object noun/pronoun receiving the action
Hyunjoo softly hit Michael.
S
adv. V O

Identify the parts of speech in the following sentences:

Hyunjoo hit the round ball.
(n v art. adj. n )
S
V
O
The cat slowly crawled up the wall.
(art. N adv. V prep. art. N)
Yesterday, Michael wrote an essay.
(adv. N V art. N)
S
V
O
Subject Verb Agreement (if subject singular, the verb must be singular)
A person runs.

People run.

Annie and her brothers (is, are) at school.

S

The man with all the birds (live, lives) on my street.

s

The movie, including all the previews, (take, takes) about two hours to watch.
s

The players, as well as the captain, (want, wants) to win.

s

Popularity/Trends

o you like the same things as your friend?

hat does it mean for something to be popular?

e things that are popular in one place necessarily popular in another?

Currently popular

Popular in the future

iphone
commercial space flights

Brad Pitt
texting

virtual reality

Popular in the past

disco

Things that are becoming popular again

record player

video tape

Names: Person 1, Person 2

POPULAR
PAST

PRESENT

FUTURE

disco

iphone

virtual reality

VHS

Brad Pitt

private space flight

texting

WHY THINGS/PEOPLE ARE POPULAR?

1. Reason 1

2. Reason 2

3. Reason 3

Vocabulary 1

express
trend
spread
connected to
find out
clear
contribute
Please turn to page 5 in your book and complete exercise A

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Reading 1 page 6
Please do exercise B and D on page 7&8

4. Main Idea
What is a paragraph?
- a group of sentences about one topic/idea
- this topic is called the main idea
Cats are great pets. They are easy to take care of because they do not
have to be walked. Cats are also very playful. Everyone should have a
cat.
- what is the main idea?
The main idea is the most important point about the topic and is usually the
first or second sentence in the paragraph. This sentence is called the topic
sentence.
Other sentences usually support the main idea.
- what is the topic sentence in the above paragraph?

What is the main idea?

Work in pairs to complete exercise B pg 9&10

Exercise A-D pg 18
Present Progressive

Writing Log 2
Correct the sentence in your first log. Write 1 or 2 sentences using a
vocabulary word from page 5 and a present progressive verb.

Writing Log 1
Describe a popular trend that interests you and tell me why?