Unit Objectives
History of the Car

Students use and are exposed to vocabulary and grammar that is used to describe the past. The history of car companies is explored through reading and media. 
Describing Past Events & Stories

Students study the Past Simple, Past Continuous, and Past Perfect Simple tenses in the context of narrating both simple past events and longer, detailed stories.
Compound Sentences

Students are introduced to the basic mechanics of writing compound sentences.
Listening Speaking Grammar
3-1 Tesla Motors

Activity based on a recording of the history of Tesla Motors.  Activity reinforces student understanding of unit vocabulary and grammar 3-1.

3-2 Learning to Drive

Grammar-based listening activity serving as a comprehension check of the past tenses. Activity is based on a woman's experience of learning how to drive. 

 
3-1 Unit Introduction Discussion

Unit introduction conversation activity.

3-2 Vocabulary Discussion

Vocabulary discussion activity.

3-3 Role-Plays

Students improvise dialogues according to prompts.

3-4 Story Creation

Students work in groups and prompt each other in an effort to orally recite stories in the past simple and continuous tenses.

3-5 Discussion

Students discuss answers to questions using the Past Simple and/or the Past Continuous.

3-6 Explain Why

Students work with a partner and give fictional reasons for doing things in the past. Activity targets the use of the Past Perfect Simple.

3-7 In What Order?

Students work with a partner and use the Past Perfect Simple to figure out the order in which their partner did activities listed on their page.

3-8 Recalling Details

Students read short stories to their partner and then quiz them on their comprehension targeting responses in the passive voice.

3-9 What Happened?

Students present situations to each other in order to prompt sentences in the passive voice.
3-1 The Past Simple & Continuous

Students review and reinforce their comprehension of the past simple and continuous tenses. The lesson also covers the rules along with several audio examples of the three ways to pronounce “...ed” in past forms of regular verbs.

3-2 Past Perfect Simple

Students learn the meaning, form, and usage of the past perfect simple tense and its role in narration.

3-3 Past Passive

Students practice using the three tenses studied in Unit 3 in the passive voice.
Reading Use of English Writing
Reading 3-1 Three Stories about Car Companies

Reading comprehension activity containing examples of unit grammar and vocabulary.

 
3-1 We'd Been There Before

Four short conversations that serve as a lead in to Grammar 3-2.

3-2 Car Manufacturers

Students use Simple Wikipedia to research and prepare a presentation about a different car manufacturer to the class. 
3-1 Compound Sentences

Students learn how to write compound sentences.

3-2 Transition Words & Phrases

This lesson focuses on linking devices used to connect ideas between sentences or within compound sentences. Students practice using these transitions.

3-3 Paragraph

Students write a paragraph describing their favorite car company.

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