Jaxtina - TC - Activity Book - Lesson 20

Jaxtina - TC - Activity Book - Lesson 20

​Review 5

by Ngọc Minh Nguyễn

​Lesson Overview

​Content Objectives

​Students will be able to

• review what they’ve learned in previous lessons.

​Language Objectives

​Students will

• practice listening for gist.

  practice reading and locating supporting ideas.

  have a Mini test to test what they have learned.

LISTENING 1​

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Poll

Practice 1. Mark the scale with how active you are. Compare with a partner and explain.

• 1

• 3

• 5

• 7

• 9

Multiple Select

Practice 2. LISTENING SKILL – Listen for gist. Check (✔) all the ideas that are mentioned.

• This program is for people who run a lot.

• You need to eat well to get in shape.

• With Couch to 5K, you start slowly and then get faster.

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​LISTENING 2

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​TAKE NOTES

​When we take notes, we write down important pieces of information that we hear. The information is the main ideas of the talk as well as other small, important details. We don’t use full sentences when we take notes.

​READING 1

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Poll

Practice 7. WORK INDIVIDUALLY. Think about people in a neighborhood you know. Check all the ideas that are important to your neighbors.

• cheaper places to live

• more job opportunities

• more public transportation

Poll

Practice 7. WORK INDIVIDUALLY. Think about people in a neighborhood you know. Check all the ideas that are important to your neighbors.

• more green spaces

• more stores

• better quality housing

Open Ended

Practice 7. WORK INDIVIDUALLY. Think about people in a neighborhood you know. Which do you think are the most important to your neighbors? Write at least 3 ideas

​READING 2

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​PREDICT

​When we predict, we read part of a text and guess what will come next.

Multiple Choice

Practice 8. Read the first sentence of each paragraph and choose what you think it will be about.Then read the text and check.

Paragraph 1:

• a. fixing a problem in the home

• b. change of living situation

Multiple Choice

Practice 8. Read the first sentence of each paragraph and choose what you think it will be about.Then read the text and check.

Paragraph 2:

• a. a description of a neighborhood

• b. a description of the home

Multiple Choice

Practice 8. Read the first sentence of each paragraph and choose what you think it will be about.Then read the text and check.

Paragraph 3:

• a. the problems with buying a low-cost home

• b. details about how the owner paid for it

Multiple Choice

Practice 9. Read the text again and choose the correct answers.

1. The writer describes where he was living as amazing / terrible.

• amazing

• terrible

Multiple Choice

Practice 9. Read the text again and choose the correct answers.

2. The writer believed he would never own his own home / have his own home one day.

• never own his own home

• have his own home one day

Multiple Choice

Practice 9. Read the text again and choose the correct answers.

3. The home has three / two rooms in it if you count the bathroom.

• three

• two

Multiple Choice

Practice 9. Read the text again and choose the correct answers.

4. There is / isn’t an area for sitting outside the home.

• is

• isn’t

Multiple Choice

Practice 9. Read the text again and choose the correct answers.

5. The writer’s home is low-cost because his parents bought it for him / he built it.

• his parents bought it for him

• he built it

Multiple Choice

Practice 9. Read the text again and choose the correct answers.

6. The writer will probably cook dinner for his friends / ask his friends how to use the stove.

• cook dinner for his friends

• ask his friends how to use the stove

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Multiple Choice

Practice 11. Read these sentences and choose the phrase that does NOT have the same meaning as the underlined words.

1. There are many ways to save money on electricity. For example, solar panels are cheaper to use than regular power.

• a. However

• b. For instance

• c. For one thing

Multiple Choice

Practice 11. Read these sentences and choose the phrase that does NOT have the same meaning as the underlined words.

2. The kind of things we use around the house make a difference in how much electricity we use. Take lights, for instance. Some lights use less electricity than others.

• a. One example is lights

• b. The reason for that is lights

• c. Let’s consider lights.

Multiple Choice

Practice 11. Read these sentences and choose the phrase that does NOT have the same meaning as the underlined words.

3. First, check that you’re not using too many lights around the house. Then, make sure you’re not using the air conditioner when you don’t need it. Finally, consider buying devices that use less electricity.

• a. For example

• b. Next

• c. After that

Multiple Choice

Practice 11. Read these sentences and choose the phrase that does NOT have the same meaning as the underlined words.

4. Using less electricity is important. That’s because we can save money and we can help save the planet.

• a. The reason for that is

• b. This is so

• c. I don’t think