Life Elementary Review Units 1-4

(Supplemental Materials for Specific Textbooks--Life Elementary)

Board Race: slides, pub

Vocabulary Matching Game: docs, pub

Vocabulary Handout: docs, pub

Life Elementary 3D The City of Atlanta p.40

(Supplemental Materials for Specific Textbooks--Life Elementary)

Google Folder HERE

Google: slides, pub

[A backs to the board game to review the vocabulary from 3D The City of Atlanta p.40]

Life Elementary 3A No-Car Zones p.34-35

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[A backs to the board game to review the vocabulary from 3A, and also from p.33]

Life Elementary Review Units 1-2

(Supplemental Materials for Specific Textbooks--Life Elementary)

Doraemon PowerPoint Game: drive, slides, pub

Life Elementary Unit 2 Review p.32

(Supplemental Materials for Specific Textbooks--Life Elementary)

Google drive folder HERE
Word Cards: docs, pub

sizes	very
nice	right
large	medium
dream	expensive
famous	ground
hot	important
miner	opals
southern	summer
temperature	tunnels
worth	cheap
computer	desk
engine	fast
for sale	large
rucksack	modern
help	how much
sorry	tennis
useful	football teams

Life Elementary 2D At the shop p.28

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Google drive folder HERE
Transcript: docs, pub
[Notes: This is the transcript for the listening exercise on lesson 2D.  The transcript is in the back of the book, but I typed it out in larger font so that it was easier to give to the students.  I had them practice reading the transcript in pairs in preparation for the freer speaking activity]

Conversation one
A: Hello, can I help you?
B: Yes, I’d like a coffee, please.
A: Large or small?
B: A large one, please.
A: That’s three pounds fifty.

Conversation two
A: Hello. Can I help you?
B: Yes. These bags are nice, but they’re very small. Are there different sizes?
A: Yes, there are… These ones are large.
B: Right. Is there a medium size?
A: No. Only two sizes.
B: OK. And are there other colours?
A: Yes, these ones are red.
B: Oh yes, those are nice! How much are they?
A: They’re nineteen dollars thirty-five cents.

Conversation three
A: Hello, can I help you?
B: Hello, I’d like a ball, please.
A: A football? A tennis ball?
B: Sorry, a football.
A: Well the footballs are here.
B: Are they all black and white?
A: Err, no. There are also ones for different football teams. So this one is read and blue for Barcelona.
B: Is there a red one for Manchester United?
A: No, there isn't… sorry.
B: Oh. OK, that one, please.
A: This one?
B: Yes, please. How much is it?
A: It’s twenty-one euros.

Life Elementary 2C Global Objects p.26-27

(Supplemental Materials for Specific Textbooks--Life Elementary)

Google drive folder HERE
Backs to the Board Slideshow (Reviews vocabulary from 2A, 2B, and 2C): slides, pub

Life Elementary 1F World Party p.18-19

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Google drive folder HERE
Backs to the Board Slideshow (Reviews vocabulary from 1C, 1D, 1E and 1F): slides, pub

Life Elementary 1C The Face of Seven Billion People p.14-15

(Supplemental Materials for Specific Textbooks--Life Elementary)

Google drive folder HERE
Backs to the Board Slideshow (Reviews vocabulary from 1A, 1B and 1C): slides, pub

Life Elementary 8F Festivals and Special Events p.102-103

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Google drive folder HERE

quizlet: docs, pub

8F Festivals and Special Events p.102-103

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8F Festivals and Special Events p.102-103

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8F Festivals and Special Events p.102-103

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8F Festivals and Special Events p.102-103

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Life Elementary 7A Flight of the Silver Queen p.82-83

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quizlet: docs, pub

Life Elementary: 7A Flight of the Silver Queen p.82-83
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Life Elementary: 7A Flight of the Silver Queen p.82-83
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Life Elementary: 7A Flight of the Silver Queen p.82-83
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Life Elementary: 7A Flight of the Silver Queen p.82-83
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Life Elementary Unit 7 p.81

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Google drive folder HERE

Quizlet: docs, pub

transcript: docs, pub

Doraemon PowerPoint for Backs to the Board (all the words come from the listening transcript): drive, slides, pub

Unit 7 p.81

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Unit 7 p.81

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Unit 7 p.81

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There are 5 mistakes in this transcript.  Find the mistakes. Then, listen and check.

In 1620, one hundred and twenty people travelled across the Atlantic Ocean. The ship was called the Mayflower. It left England on October the 6th. At first, the weather was good, but later, there were bad people at sea. Eventually, after 2,750 days, the Mayflower arrived in the “New World” (now Japan) on November the 11th.  The people on the ship were the first Europeans to live in the “New World”. Before this journey, the Mayflower sailed across the Atlantic ocean four more times. On its final journey, it left England, but it never arrived in America.

In 1620, one hundred and twenty people travelled across the Atlantic Ocean. The ship was called the Mayflower. It left England on (1)September the 6th. At first, the weather was good, but later, there were bad (2)storms at sea. Eventually, after 2,750 (3)miles, the Mayflower arrived in the “New World” (now (4)America) on November the 11th.  The people on the ship were the first Europeans to live in the “New World”. (5)After this journey, the Mayflower sailed across the Atlantic ocean four more times. On its final journey, it left England, but it never arrived in America.

Life Elementary on Quizlet

(Supplemental Materials for Specific Textbooks--Life Elementary)

Last year, I created quizlet quizzes to supplement several lessons from Life Elementary textbook.  I started at the beginning of unit 4, and continued through to Unit 8.
At which point I discontinued it.  It was taking way too much time to make all these quizzes, and very few students were actually doing it.

However, even though I've stopped making new quizlets, I still re-use the old quizlets when I re-teach these units.  The students are given the quiz url before the class, and they are instructed to learn all the  vocabulary before coming into the next class.

I also created a handout to help explain the process, which I give to the students on the first day we start using quizlet.  (This was largely copied from the previous handout I made for quizlet for Life Pre-Intermediate).

Google: drive, docs, pub

Using quizlet

How will quizlet help me?

Before each class, the teacher will give you a set of vocabulary words to study.  All of these words will come directly from the textbook.  

For maximum benefit, you should study all of these words before the lesson.  

Learning these words will help you to better understand the lesson.

What if I miss a class and don’t get the handout?

All of the quizzes are available in the folder.

https://quizlet.com/joel_swagman/folders/life-elementary-textbook/sets

If you miss a class, just go to the folder and find the quiz for the next lesson.

Hey, there are a lot of words on these quizzes.  I can’t possibly do the whole thing.

Once you create an account and log into quizlet, quizlet will allow you to save your progress.  You don’t have to do all the words at once.  You can do some of them now, take a coffee break, and then come back and do some of them later.

Don’t be lazy! Remember, the key to learning a foreign language is mastering the vocabulary.  If you learn all the words in each quizlet, your English ability should increase tremendously.

How do I use Quizlet?

Step 1.  Log-in to quizlet.  (You can either sign in with your Facebook or Google account, or you can create your own quizlet account.)  You will need to log-in in order to save your scores for the various games.

Step 2. Go to the quizlet quiz for the next lesson

Step 3.  I recommend looking at the word list to familiarize yourself with the words first.

Step 4.  I recommend doing speller before learn.  Speller is super easy.  The computer will say the word, and you just type what you hear.

Step 5.  Click on learn.  Complete all the words.

If you’re logged in, quizlet will save your progress, so you don’t need to do all the words at one time.  You can do half of them now, and half of them the next day.

Step 6. Complete the test, and check your answers.

Now, you’re ready to play the games.  Try to get the highest score in the class.

Step 6.  Play scatter.  Did you get the top score?  If yes, brag to everyone you know.  Call your mom over to the computer and show her.  Do a victory dance.  Run around the house and tell everyone how great you are.  If no, try again to get a higher score.

Step 7.  Play gravity race.  Did you get the top score?  If yes, do everything the same as above. If no, try again to get a higher score.

Life Elementary Review Units 4-6

(Supplemental Materials for Specific Textbooks--Life Elementary)

Review Units 4-6 Quizlet: docs, pub

Life Elementary Units 4-6

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Life Elementary Units 4-6

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Life Elementary Units 4-6

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Life Elementary Units 4-6

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Life Elementary 6F Bactrian Treasure p.78-79

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Google Driver Folder HERE

Vocabulary: drive, docs, pub

Transcript: docs, pub

amazing	culture
famous	jewellery
region	route
statue	steal
terrible	wear
very great	the habits, traditions, and beliefs of a country, society, or group of people
known by many people	objects made from gold, silver, and valuable stones that you wear for decoration
a particular area	the roads you follow to get from one place to another place
a model that looks like a person or animal, usually made from stone or metal	to secretly take something that does not belong to you, without intending to return it
very bad	to have a piece of clothing, jewellery, etc on your body

Match the words to the sentences:

amazing, culture, famous, jewellery, region, route, statues, stolen, terrible, wear

1. What kind of clothes do you often ____________ ?

2. How is Vietnamese ____________ different from American ____________?

3. Have you ever ____________ anything from a friend or family member?  If so, what was it?  

4. What ____________ person would you like to meet?  Why?

5. What is the most ____________ place in your country?

6. Can you think of a ____________ movie that you saw recently?

7. Do you like wearing ____________?  If so, what kind of ____________ do you wear?

8. Are there any famous ____________ in your city?  Who are they ____________ of?

9. What ____________ do you travel to get to work/school every day?

10. What is your favorite ____________ in your country?  Why?

Answers:

1. What kind of clothes do you often wear?

2. How is Vietnamese culture different from American culture?

3. Have you ever stolen anything from a friend or family member?  If so, what was it?  

4. What famous person would you like to meet?  Why?

5. What is the most amazing place in your country?

6. Can you think of a terrible movie that you saw recently?

7. Do you like wearing jewellery?  If so, what kind of jewellery do you wear?

8. Are there any famous statues in your city?  Who are they statues of?

9. What route do you travel to get to work/school every day?

10. What is your favorite region in your country?  Why?

Match the words to the transcript:

amazing, culture, famous, jewellery, region, route, statue, stolen, terrible, wore

Over 2,000 years ago, the northern part of Afghanistan was called Bactria.  Bactria was an important place because it was on the main (1)______________ between the Mediterranean, China and India.

It became a rich region and (2)______________ for its kings and queens, their palaces and gold.

In 1978, a group of Russian archeologists were in the (3)______________ and discovered more than 20,000 gold items from the period.  The treasure included this beautiful gold crown.  A Bactrian queen (4)______________ it.

The archaeologists moved the treasure to the national museum in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.  But this was a period of (5)______________ war for the people of Afghanistan and the treasure disappeared.

Was it (6)______________?  Many people thought so.

Then, in 2004, archaeologists discovered six underground vaults in Kabul.  There were no keys, so they had to break open the doors one by one.  Behind the first door, there was the gold and (7)______________.

For example, these gold bracelets have lion heads on them.

And as they opened the next five doors to each vault they found more and more treasure, like this golden belt.

The treasure also tells us a lot about Bactrian history.  These are faces of people from Bactria.  And this (8)______________ of a cat and this animal tells us that animals were important in Bactrian (9)______________.

Now the Bactrian treasure is travelling to museums all around the world so everyone can enjoy this (10)______________ treasure and learn about the history of Bactria.

Answers:

Over 2,000 years ago, the northern part of Afghanistan was called Bactria.  Bactria was an important place because it was on the main (1)route between the Mediterranean, China and India.

It became a rich region and (2)famous for its kings and queens, their palaces and gold.

In 1978, a group of Russian archeologists were in the (3)region and discovered more than 20,000 gold items from the period.  The treasure included this beautiful gold crown.  A Bactrian queen (4)wore it.

The archaeologists moved the treasure to the national museum in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.  But this was a period of (5)terrible war for the people of Afghanistan and the treasure disappeared.

Was it (6)stolen?  Many people thought so.

Then, in 2004, archaeologists discovered six underground vaults in Kabul.  There were no keys, so they had to break open the doors one by one.  Behind the first door, there was the gold and (7)jewellery.

For example, these gold bracelets have lion heads on them.

And as they opened the next five doors to each vault they found more and more treasure, like this golden belt.

The treasure also tells us a lot about Bactrian history.  These are faces of people from Bactria.  And this (8)statue of a cat and this animal tells us that animals were important in Bactrian (9)culture.

Now the Bactrian treasure is travelling to museums all around the world so everyone can enjoy this (10)amazing treasure and learn about the history of Bactria.