UNIT 1 - THE NEWS
Reading: Expressions to use in informal and formal letters, The Shrinking Lake, Future of Historic Air Base and Complete-the-missing-word exercise, Couple Sue TV Station, Mother Fined for Son's Absences and Punctuation-checking exercise, Prisoner Shot at San Luis Obispo Prison, Police Chase, Cocaine Smuggling, World News for Students of English - Identify Topic Sentences: Exercise 1 - Exercise 2 Teacher Resources: Breaking News English - great lessons and materials with news articles adapted to teaching Writing: Guidelines to Write a Nice News Article - Business Writing (Passive and Active Voice) - Rewriting from Passive |
UNIT 3 - SLEEP AND MENTAL HEALTH
Reading: Mental illness - a history (with audio script), Scientists find Gene that Erases Memories, Sleep and Mental Health- Harvard Mental Health Letter |
UNIT 9 - IMMIGRATION
Reading: Charlie Chaplin's Life Story, USA Immigration Problems; The story of U.S. immigrants in their own words |
UNIT 10 - TECHNOLOGY AND THE FUTURE
Reading: What you Didn't Know about Microwaves, Different Articles about Future Technology, 10 Futurist Predictions in the World of Technology, Robot Security Could Help Cut Crime, Damaged Robots Learned to Make Changes to Keep Working,Robots Ready to Work in Restaurants; Speculative Timeline of Future History |