Week 7 - Countries of the World

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First, did you finish the Online Workbook, Unit 2? It's due today!

Today we will do 5 things:

1. Speaking activity - What are you good at? What are you not good at?
2. Talk about countries and their flags; also about nationalities
3. Unit 3 textbook
   
4. 'Be' verbs form
5. Practice for Quiz #1 (the quiz is next week; June 1; 10 pts)

Conversation Topic
What are you good at? What are you not good at?

• I'm good at speaking French. I'm not good at cooking.
• I'm good at reading fast. I'm not good at cleaning my office.

Next, let's talk about some countries and cities and ask "Where are you from?"

Do you know these countries and their flags? (slideshow)

Learning Chocolate:
   a) Major Countries
   b) Countries & Nationalities
   c) The U.S. and Its Neighbors

Textbook, Unit 3 "Where are you from?"

Textbook, p. 16

(2) Conversation - Are you from Rio?
Audio 🔊 / Backup Audio 🔊

B. Listen to Alexis and Felipe talk to Fernando, Nanami, and Sophia. Check (✔) True or False.  Audio 🔊 / Backup Audio 🔊

1. Fernando is from Spain.  True ⃞   False ⃞
2. Nanami is from Japan.    True ⃞   False ⃞
3. Sophia's first language is French.     True ⃞   False ⃞

Do part 3A and 3B questions on page 17 of the textbook. The Grammar Focus above will help you.

Do you know these people?

Where is Taylor Swift from?       Where is Cristiano Ronaldo from?

What nationality are they?

She's from the U.S.A.  She's American.	He's from Portugal.  He's Portuguese.

Where are Chris and Liam Hemsworth from?

They're from Australia. They're Australian.

Where is David Beckham from?         Where are BTS from?

He's from the U.K. (England)	They're from South Korea.

Textbook, p. 20

Do part 8A on page 20 of the textbook. The Grammar Focus above will help you.

Present Tense of Be (Countries and Regions)
3rd Period Form / 4th Period Form
In this form, use only 'am', 'are' or 'is'. You won't use the apostrophe this time.

Quiz #1 is next week, June 1. Kevin will speak with students one-to-one. There will also be a short written quiz. It will cover everything in units 1, 2, 3 (to page 20) of the textbook. ** Quiz order on June 1 will be attendance order. **

Practice for Quiz #1 / Quiz Questions PDF

To Do List

Study for Quiz #1 (June 1)
** Quiz order on June 1 will be attendance order. **

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