Unit 1 Forms/Banking
Completing Forms (reading an I.D. Card and resident card; completing a registration form)
Vocabulary Check (matching columns; classifying)
Getting to Know You (completing sentences; reviewing basic grammar and sentence structure)
What Do You Like? (present tense; asking/answering questions)
What Do You Want to Do? (present tense; asking/answering questions)
Describing People (using a chart to write short paragraphs)
The Rile Family(using have/has; reading about places to live)
Banking Vocabulary (completing sentences with banking vocabulary)
A Savings Account (learning about savings accounts; understanding entries in a passbook)
Conversations in a Bank (asking/answering questions about opening an account; building vocabulary)
Using Checks (reading and completing a check)
Deposit Slip and Balance Records (filling out a deposit slip and balancing a checkbook)
Unit 2 Occupations
What Do They Do? (reviewing simple present tense; building vocabulary)
They Have to (using have/has to + infinitive)
What to, Have to, Like to (reviewing simple present tense using a questionnaire)
Occupations (reviewing present tense; building vocabulary)
How Much Do They Make? (using a chart to discuss salaries)
Charlie Miller (third person singular present tense; telling a story from picture cues; circling true/false)
How Often? (using adverbs of frequency)
Jennifer's Story (distinguishing between fact and opinion)
Unit 3 Post Office/Library/Housing
The Post Office (learning about the U.S. Postal Service; reading for details)
Conversations in a Post Office (asking/answering questions about registered mail, parcel post, and change of address forms)
Customs Declarations and Money Orders (filling our forms)
In the Library (getting a library card; learning about different library services)
Public Schools (interpreting report cards and grades; building vocabulary)
Different Places to Live (reading for detail; answering true/false)
Looking for a Place to Live (reading newspaper ads; using abbreviations)
What Are You Going to Do? (making predictions; creative problem solving)
You Figure It Out (solving math problems)
Now/Everyday/Tomorrow (contrasting tenses)
Unit 4 Job Hunting
Are You Qualified? (drawing conclusions; building vocabulary)
Vocabulary for Job Search (matching columns; completing sentences)
Help Wanted (understanding newspaper ads)
An Application Form (filling out a job application form)
Preparing for an Interview (asking and answering questions; possessives)
Vocabulary for Interviews (multiple-choice review quiz)
Interview Tips (using pictures; sequencing)
Answering Ads with a Partner (preparing for an interview)
A Practice Interview (asking and answering questions; role playing)
Applying for Social Security (reading for detail; answering true/false/?)
Social Security Application (filling out a form)
Understanding Pay Slips (reading for details; understanding deductions)
Income Tax (understanding federal and state taxes; answering true/false)
Making a Budget (learning about budgets; preparing a budget)
How Americans Spend Their Money (interpreting a bar graph)
Unit 5 Travel
Where? When? How? What? (using be going to; reading a chart; writing a paragraph)
Parts of a Car (labeling a diagram; building vocabulary)
Buying a New Car (drawing conclusions; answering questions)
Owning a Car (learning proper car maintenance)
Understanding Road Signs (interpreting road signs)
Getting Your Driver's License (sequencing; reading for detail; completing sentences)
Officer Williams (suing pictures to discuss traffic violations; sequencing)
A Parking Ticket (understanding parking violations and fines)
The Hudson Bus Route 10 (following a bus route, reading a map)
Unit 6 Past Tense/U.S. Presidents
The Simple Past Tense (forming past tense of regular verbs; writing sentences)
Adding and Pronouncing -ed (forming simple past tense; observing spelling changes)
Irregular past Tense (using irregular past tense verbs; writing sentences)
Find the Opposites (recognizing opposites; learning test-taking skills)
Present and Past Forms of to be (comparing uses of present and past tenses)
George Washington (using past tense to learn about a U.S. president)
Eight Presidents (reading a chart; answering true/false/?)
Unit 7 Health
Parts of the Body (labeling; calling the doctor)
A Visit to the Doctor's Office (regular check up; describing problems to a doctor)
Illnesses Some People Have (learning about communicable diseases, illnesses, and emergencies)
Immunization Information (reading for detail; building vocabulary)
Going to the Drugstore (reading a prescription; asking a pharmacist questions)
Going to the Hospital (reading for detail; completing a form)
What Were They Doing? (using pictures and word clues to write sentences with past progressive tense)
Unit 8 American History and Government
Ordinal Numbers (reading a calendar; pronouncing ordinals; reviewing prepositions)
America's Early Years (using a time line to understand American history)
Christopher Columbus (reading for detail)
The Early Settlers (reading comprehension; answering true/false/?)
Thanksgiving (reading about an American holiday; matching columns; writing a paragraph; reviewing special days)
Fact or Opinion? (distinguishing between fact and opinion)
Asking and Answering Questions (reviewing present, past and future tenses)
Trouble with England (reading for detail; answering true/false/?)
The Revolutionary War (reading comprehension; sequencing)
The Declaration of Independence (reading comprehension)
The First Government (reading comprehension; test-taking skills)
The Constitution (reading for comprehension; completing sentences)
The Branches of Government (reading for detail; matching columns)
The Civil War (reading for detail; test-taking skills)
Unit 9 Food/Shopping
At a Restaurant (interpreting a menu; solving math word problems)
What Is the Custom? (discussing appropriate etiquette)
Going Shopping (classifying food and products)
Staying Healthy (planning nutritious meals from four food groups)
Cooking Measurements (following a recipe)
Comparing Prices (reading newspaper ads)
Choose the Verb Form (comparing uses of verb tenses)
Unit 10 Air Travel/Weather/Vacations
Nonstop Flights (reading a chart)
Air Fares (reading a chart; answering true/false/?)
Time Zones (interpreting a map; computing time zone differences)
What's the Weather? (reading a weather map; using Fahrenheit temperatures; reviewing weather vocabulary)
Vacationing (using a map to determine routes)
City Map (following directions)
Community Services and Departments (using the yellow pages)
A Trip to New York (role playing; writing sentences)
Whose Is It? Whose Are They? (reviewing possessives; questions)
Vocabulary Review (categorizing; reviewing vocabulary)
It's Customary (test-taking skills; reviewing Americana)
United States Holidays and Special Days (reviewing what people do on holidays)