Level 1. Unit 4 - What are you doing?

Level 1 World Link unit 4

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Things to do and say

Things we are doing:
Listening to music
studying
eating
exercising
sleeping
cooking
watching tv
singing
reading
playing the guitar

Telling what you are doing right now

Pio is drawing a kitten

A: What is Pionia doing?
B: She's drawing a kitten.

Pio is reading a book.

What's Pionia doing?
She's reading a book.

She is sitting down and relaxing on a chair.

What's Pionia doing?
.........................................................................


Greetings
How are you doing?
A. Hi, Mary. How are you doing?
B. Great. How about you?
A: I'm okay.

Pronunciation: Question intonation
Are you cooking?
What are you doing?

Taking about school subjects

A: what school do you go to?
B: I go to Engineering school in URBE.
A. What are your favorite subjects?
B. English and math. What about you?.
A: what classes are you taking this trimester?
B: I’m taking a six classes… a math class, an English class, ….
A: How are you doing in your classes?
B: I’m dong well in English but I’m not doing so well in math.

School Subjects
writing
math
science
music
literature
English
art
business
cooking
history
Physical Edu.


Grammar Points to Practice

The present continuous

A: What are you doing?
B: I’m listening to music.

	affirmative	negative	question
I	I am playing.	I am not playing.	Am I playing?
he, she, it	He is playing.	He is not playing.	Is he playing?
you, we, they	You are playing.	You are not playing.	Are you playing?

Spelling Rules
Cook  - cooking
Study - studying
Come - coming
Swim - Swimming

Extended time

Actions happening right now
I’m studying for a test right now.
Craig is talking on the phone

Actions happening these days
I’m taking six classes this trimester
Maria is studying at engineering school

Practice

1. Exercise 1 - Form
2. Exercise 2 - Affirmative Sentences
3. Exercise 3 - Negative Sentences
4. Exercise 4 - Yes/No questions
5. Exercise 5 - Information Questions


Homework

1. Make a photo story with photos of people doing things. Write sentences. Use animoto. http://www.animoto.com

2. Look for a photo with lots of people doing different things. Write sentences describing what they are doing. Use positive and negative sentences. Look at the following example:

The birds are singing.
The cat is climbing the tree to catch the poor little birds.
Paul is watering the flowers..... Paul isn't reading a book.
The ducks are swimming. They're not flying.


3. Interview yourself and two friends about your school life. Record your conversation or make a video. Use the following questions:

How are you doing?
What's your name?
Where are you from?
what school do you go to?
What trimester are you in?
Are you a freshman, sophomore, junior or senior?
What are your favorite subjects?
what classes are you taking this trimester?
How are you doing in your classes?

Write three paragraghs, reporting your interview