Grade 8 Week 2

Using Present Simple and Present Continuous Tenses

Lesson Objectives:

To learn how to use present simple and present continuous tenses

To learn new vocabulary related to exploration

Exploring

The act of exploring a place (present continuous)

Historical

Of or concerning history from past events

Bored

Not interested

Excited

Very happy about something

New Places

Places you have not traveled to yet

Country

individual territories with borders

City

An area with a high population and many buildings

Listening

Track #29

Multiple Choice

Azad doesn't like traveling.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Azad enjoys exploring historical cities.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Azad doesn't enjoy taking photographs.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

When Azad goes home, he feels excited.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Azad likes reading books about science.

• True

• False

-Ing Forms

To learn how and when to use -ing forms.

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Open Ended

Complete the sentence with your own ideas.

I enjoy ________________________.

Open Ended

Complete the sentence with your own ideas.

Traveling is _____________.

Open Ended

Complete the sentence with your own ideas.

I go __________.

Open Ended

________________ is my favorite activity.

Lesson 4:

Pages 7 & 8

Lesson Objectives

To learn new vocabulary related to exploration.

To learn about the travels of Ibn Jubayr.

To learn about sequencing words.

Lesson 4:

The Travels of Ibyn Jubayr

Do you know about any famous journeys?

Would you like to go on a long journey?

Poll

Have you ever been on a long journey?

• Yes

• No

To arrive

To get to a place, especially at the end of a journey

Map

A representation of an area of land

Journey

The act of traveling from one place to another

To sail

to travel in a boat with sails

River

Natural stream of water that flows through land and empties into a lake or ocean.

Transport

Methods to bring people or goods from one place to another

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Listening

Track 30

Open Ended

Write 3 things you learned in today's lesson.

Lesson 5 : Travels in Africa, Pages 9 & 10

Lesson Objectives:

To learn new vocabulary related to travels in Africa.

To learn how and when to use the past simple and past continuous tense

Poll

Would you like to visit Africa?

• Yes

• No

Open Ended

What African countries can you name?

Africa

A continent south of Europe in between the Indian and Atlantic oceans.

European

continent in the northern hemisphere

European

To collect

to gather together

Canoe

a narrow boat with pointed ends

boat

to continue

to prepare for the public

plan

an outline of what you will do in the future

port

an area where ships load and unload

coast

A part of land that joins the sea or ocean.

Open Ended

What did Mary Kingsley, do, see and feel?

Open Ended

Write a travel diary of a place you went or want to go. Include, I arrived, I saw...., I felt....

publish

To collect