Unit+2+Scheme+of+Work


 *  Unit 2 Scheme of Work **
 * __UNIT 2: Taboos and Traditions, 6 weeks __**
 * **Unit Objectives **

- understand the cultural importance of taboos and traditions

- explain the dangers of both ethnocentrism and blindly following traditions

- develop and express opinions about whether or not traditions should be upheld at the expense of human/animal rights and the environment

- accurately use different quantifiers depending on their respective nouns

- write a persuasive essay with all appropriate elements (title, hook, introduction, thesis, conclusion)

- write a proposal with all appropriate elements (title, introduction, headings, conclusion) ||||||||  ||
 * **Intro Taboos and Traditions **
 * 1) Write PARSNIPS on board. Tell students it’s an acronym that textbook publishers use to refer to taboo topics in language education. Students brainstorm which taboos each letter could refer to.
 * 2) Students discuss which taboo(s) they think are most scandalous and why (They will probably say “sex.”
 * 3) Pairs write a dialogue about conversation they might have with parents about sex. (Optional: At some point, class can watch movie Juno, which relates to this topic.)

 **Clinton Sex Scandal**
 * 1) Show pictures of Bill and Hillary Clinton and Monica Lewinsky. Students do warm-up task to prepare them about learning for Clinton scandal.
 * 2) Pre-teach vocab in video.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Watch video about Clinton scandal and answer questions.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Review info as class. Discuss whether men receive preferential treatment in terms of what they can and can’t do with regards to sex.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> **Euphemisms**
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Discuss euphemisms used in Clinton sex scandal. (“sexual relations” for oral sex)
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Show list of euphemisms, students brainstorm what they mean, then do matching activity with definition.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Students write paragraphs on a given topic using as many euphemisms as they possibly can.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Class review.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> **Oral Presentations on Taboo Topics**
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Give info about oral presentations on taboo topics related to sex. Groups choose a topic, such as gay adoptions, prostitution, gay marriage, gay adoption, etc.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Groups prepare presentations and on another day, deliver them. They can also plan a class activity in which class expresses opinion on these topics. They should use the idioms below in their presentations and explanations of opinion.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> **Idioms for Giving Opinions**
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Learn and practice idioms for giving opinions (In my book, my two cents, etc.). They should use these in their oral presentations.

__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> **Short Stories** __

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> **The Lottery (small short story unit)**
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Discuss traditions that their city or local neighborhood has.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Preview how The Lottery highlights a town’s tradition.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Show video of The Lottery and students guess what the tradition is.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Students begin reading story and answer questions about it.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">For homework, they finish reading story and answer questions embedded in text.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> **The Lottery Literature Circles**
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Students discuss The Lottery and analysis questions in groups.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Review questions as class.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Students discuss the advantages and disadvantages of traditions like the one in the lottery?
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Can they think of any today that are both good and bad? Any scapegoats? (Osama Bin Laden, Mexican immigrants, etc.)


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Halloween-Related Lesson—//not related to theme of Taboos and Traditions// (Tell Tale Heart) **
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Read Tell-Tale Heart and discuss vocabulary and meaning.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> **Traditions at Churchill College/Formal Letters**
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Students individually brainstorm traditions at Churchill College.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Students form groups and categorize traditions into ones they like and don’t like. Then they identify the one that they dislike the most.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Introduce the idea of a formal complaint letter (one of the IB writing forms). Give example and highlight form and message.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Students write a formal complaint letter to Charlotte.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Collect and give to Charlotte. If she has time, she can give feedback to students. ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||