All resources in BETT@TU Summer 2019

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Lesson Plan - Giving and Following Directions + Imperative Tense

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Students are introduced to the topics above with a Warm-Up session to discuss about places in Philadelphia, how to get to those places, etc. Then, using a real Philadelphia map, the students will learn how to give and follow directions, and also learn some useful expressions related to directions. The next part of the class is about the explanations of a grammar topic which is used to give and follow directions: the Imperative Tense. The closing activity will talk about the cardinal directions, which are another way to talk about directions. As an assessment, the students will write and perform, in pairs, a dialogue about directions using the Imperative Tense. The total time to complete this lesson is 150 minutes (2 hours and a half).

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Authors: Ana Clara de Lena Costa Andrade, LUCIANE MONTEIRO

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Describing People Through Heroes

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The present lesson plan aims to work on describing people by using physical adjetives through a "Heroes" theme. It was made for 9th grade or above. It has a STOP GAME warm-up to review general vocabulary. Then it follows an explanation about related adjectives plus worksheet as classwork and homework. After that, a game called "Descrive the suspect" as a pair-work activity aims to practice drawing and use the subject. The lesson plan ends with a culminant game called "Guess the hero", which two or more groups have to choose a representative to guess standing back to the whiteboard (which has several heros sticked on it) and give descriptions of one hero chosen by the teacher.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Authors: Helder Sande, caio suzarte

Writing Commons

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Writing Commons aspires to be a community for writers, a creative learning space for students in courses that require college-level writing, a creative, interactive space for teachers to share resources and pedagogy. Our primary goal is to provide the resources and community students need to improve their writing, particularly students enrolled in courses that require college-level writing. As mentioned in 'About Us', we believe learning materials should be free for all students and teachers‰ part of the cultural commons. Hence, we provide free access to an award-winning, college textbook that was published by a major publisher and awarded the Distinguished Book Award by Computers and Composition: an International Journal.

Material Type: Reading, Textbook

Communication Beginnings: An Introductory Listening and Speaking Text for English Language Learners

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This textbook is designed for beginning-intermediate English language learners. It is composed of 7 chapters, each of which covers specific speaking and listening learning objectives and includes dialogues, interviews, discussions and conversation activities. Each chapter includes listening and speaking components such as dialogues, interviews, discussions and conversation activities. Each chapter also focuses on 10 target words from the New General Service List of English vocabulary. The textbook includes an audio component that consists of recorded conversations of native and non-native English speakers, as well as links to additional listening resources on the web.

Material Type: Textbook

Author: Della Jean Abrams

Introduction to Google Slides

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Students learn how to use Google Slides to make a simple presentation about a career they have researched on www.mynextmove.org. Lesson designed for use in a one-room schoolhouse ABE/GED program, where volunteer tutors and instructors work with students one-to-one.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Homework/Assignment, Lesson Plan

Author: Elizabeth Bennett