Embedded Files
Reference Rules & Charts can be found in student book pages 136-143
grammar charts pages 136-139
useful lists pages 140-142
map of North America pages 143
Self-study AUDIO SCRIPTS pages 144-152
Ventures 1 Supplements
Ventures 1 Supplements
Student Workbook
Animated grammar presentations available via QR code within the student text
Ventures Basic Workbook (supplement)
Ventures Basic Workbook (supplement)
Life Skills: Understanding classroom directions
Vocab Focus: Classroom directions, the alphabet with capital and lowercase letters, numbers
Functions (what will students be doing):
Identifying the letters of the alphabet
Spelling names
Identifying classroom directions
Identifying numbers
Topic: Describing people
Life Skills: Reading an ID card
Vocab Focus: Personal information, countries, months of the year
Grammar Focus: Possessive adjectives (my, your, his, her)
Functions (what will students be doing):
Identifying names
Identifying area codes and phone numbers
Identifying countries of origin
Exchanging personal information
Topic: The classroom
Life Skills: Reading a class schedule (TIP: reference an ALP schedule)
Vocab Focus: Classroom furniture, classroom objects, days of the week
Grammar Focus: Prepositions of location (in, on, under)
Functions (what will students be doing):
Identifying classroom objects
Describing location
Finding out location
Topic: Family
Life Skills: Reading a housing application
Vocab Focus: Family relationships, family members, people
Grammar Focus: Yes/No questions with have
Functions (what will students be doing):
Identifying family relationships
Describing a family picture
Topic: Health problems
Life Skills: Reading a label on a box of medicine (TIP: ALP has realia for this!)
Vocab Focus: The doctor's office, body parts, health problems
Grammar Focus: Singular and plural nouns
Functions (what will students be doing):
Describing health problems
Role playing a visit to the doctor's office
Topic: Places and locations
Life Skills: Reading a map
Vocab Focus: Buildings and places, transportation
Grammar Focus: Prepositions of location (on, next to, across from, between) / Where questions
Functions (what will students be doing):
Identifying buildings and places
Describing location
Topic: Daily activities and time
Life Skills: Reading an invitation
Vocab Focus: Clock time, activities and events, times of the day
Grammar Focus: Yes/No questions with be
Functions (what will students be doing):
Asking the time
Asking for and giving information about the days and times of events
Topic: Clothes and prices
Life Skills: Reading a store receipt
Vocab Focus: Clothing, prices, colors
Grammar Focus: How much is...? / How much are...?
Functions (what will students be doing):
Identifying clothing items
Reading prices
Identifying colors
Topic: Jobs and skills
Life Skills: Reading help-wanted ads
Vocab Focus: Names of jobs, job duties
Grammar Focus: Yes/No questions with simple present / Short answers with does and doesn't
Functions (what will students be doing):
Identifying jobs
Identifying job duties
Topic: Home responsibilities
Life Skills: Reading a work order
Vocab Focus: Chores, rooms of a house
Grammar Focus: What questions with the present continuous
Functions (what will students be doing):
Identifying family chores
Topic: Free time
Life Skills: Reading a course description
Vocab Focus: Free-time activities, hobbies
Grammar Focus: Like to + verb / what questions with like to + verb
Functions (what will students be doing):
Identifying free-time activities
Describing what people like to do
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