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Pilot / Air Traffic Controller & Aircraft ComponentsVocabulary and activities centered around being a pilot, an air traffic controller, etc. |
Asking QuestionsStudents learn the difference between direct and indirect questions, as well as how to form question tags. |
Phrasal VerbsStudents learn the most common phrasal verbs that use the particles in, out, away, and back. |
Listening | Speaking | Grammar |
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11-1 Chief PilotActivity based on a fictional interview with a Chief Pilot. Activity serves as a preview to Grammar 11-1. 11-2 Careers in AviationActivity based on short recordings of people describing what aviation career they would prefer. 11-3 Air Traffic ControllerActivity that reviews the use of question tags in a conversation about one person's desire to become an Air Traffic Controller. |
11-1 Unit Introduction DiscussionUnit introduction conversation activity. 11-2 Vocabulary DiscussionVocabulary discussion activity. 11-3 Role-PlaysStudents improvise dialogues according to prompts. 11-4 Speaking Pairs #1Students convert direct questions to indirect ones. 11-5 Speaking Pairs #2Students practice using noun clauses in sentences that begin with "I don't know". 11-6 Bag of ItemsStudents practice question tags in making assumptions about others in the class. 11-7 You Think Maybe...Students practice using question tags in checking for information. 11-8 AssumptionsStudents make assumptions about their partners using question tags. 11-9 Phrasal Verbs DiscussionStudents discuss answers to questions that incorporate phrasal verbs studied in Grammar 11-3. |
11-1 Indirect QuestionsStudents learn and practice the differences between direct and indirect questions. 11-2 Question TagsStudents learn the two kinds of questions tags and how they are formed. 11-3 Phrasal VerbsThe most common phrasal verbs (in, out, away and back) as well as the basic rules for using phrasal verbs are described. |
Reading | Use of English | Writing |
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Reading 11-1 Three Aviation InterviewsReading activity based on three aviation interviews. Activity previews the topic of question tags. |
11-1 Air Traffic ControllersFour short conversations that serve as a lead in to Grammar 11-3. 11-2 Famous AviatorsStudents research Wikipedia entries about different aviators and then give a presentation about what they learned. |
11-1 Subject Verb AgreementStudents review subject verb agreement and learn about collective nouns. 11-2 Contrast Linking WordsStudents learn different ways of expressing contrasting ideas in their sentences. 11-3 ParagraphStudents write a paragraph on life as a celebrity. |
Vocabulary | |||
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airline pilot airworthiness autopilot aviation GPS barnstorming bush pilot captain chief pilot civil pilot clearance delivery cockpit constant-speed propeller control tower simulator |
domestic pilot emergency locator transmitter flight management system flight progress strips float forecast general aviation Greenwich Mean Time ground control headset helicopter high performance aircraft |
International Civil Aviation Organization phraseology Instrument Flight Rules Controller international pilot juggle landing gear listen military pilot multi engine On the Job Instructor opportunity propeller radar sector |
Red Bull remote location rescue helicopter retractable landing gear safety senior pilot ski unique aircraft Very High Frequency radios weather briefing weather radar working |