English Language Studies: High Intermediate: Book 2

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A Brief Modern History of the United States

English Language Studies

Book 2

High Intermediate

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HIGH INTERMEDIATE BOOK - 2A Brief Modern History of the United StatesEnglish Language StudiesPublished and Edited by Jacaranda Education Inc. S.C.Writen by Michael Andrew BeckwithDesign by Andrea Vargas FernándezMéxico 2012This curriculum is the sole property of Jacaranda Education Inc. S.C.It cannot be reproduced without the prior writen consent from the author.

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In 2011 students from Scotch Plains High School in New

Jersey, USA and Instituto Blaise Pascale, Oaxaca, Mexico took

part in a cultural exchange art project. The goal of the project

was to create giant murals which presented an idea of the

student´s local culture and social history. The murals were

exchanged during a physical visit by students from Oaxaca to

New Jersey. The mural created by the students from Scotch

Plains was subsequently brought to Oaxaca and was hung

in the Museum of Oaxacan Painters. It is this beautiful mural

created by the students of Scotch Plains High School which

is the inspiration and creative source for the following

textbook. The mural now hangs in the work spaces of

Jacaranda Education in Oaxaca @La Calera.

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High Intermediate - Book 2

chapter .

Chapter ONE Cultural History .........................................9

The Diner1/2. In Praise of the Great American

Diner...............................................................11

Writing: Paraphrasing.

Reading: Main Ideas and Details.

Speaking: Sharing an Example.

Grammar: Paraphrasing.

3. Johnny Rockets.....................................15

Speaking: Sharing an Experience.

Reading: The Definitive Article.

Writing: The Definitive Article.

Grammar: The Definitive Article.

4. The American Diner Museum.............18

Grammar: Present Perfect and Present Perfect

Progressive Tenses.

Speaking: Sharing an Opinion.

Listening: Main Ideas and Details: A Video Clip.

Writing: Present Perfect and Present Perfect

Progressive with Adverbs.

5. Creating a Scene: The Diner Goes to

Hollywood..................................................23

Speaking: Comparing and Contrasting

Cultures, Presenting a Scene.

Writing: A Literary and Technical Script.

Listening: Main Ideas and Details: A Scene from

a TV Sit-Com.

MTV6/7. The Globalization of Popular

Culture: MTV...............................................27

Grammar: Paraphrasing, Quoting and

Citing a Source.

Writing: Paraphrasing, Quoting and

Citing a Source.

Speaking: Sharing an Idea.


Other: Synonyms.

8. Celebrity Death Match.........................32

Grammar: Past Perfect and Past Perfect

Progressive Tense.


Writing: Past Perfect and Past Perfect

Progressive Tense.

9. Reality TV: 16 and Pregnant...............36

Speaking: Comparing and Contrasting,

Sharing an Experience.

Listening: Identifying Main Ideas and Details.

10. The Music Video..................................39


Listening: Identifying a Theme.

Reading: Lyrics to a Song.

Writing: Describing a Video.

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INDEX

chapter .

Peace anD LoVe.1/2. The Sixties: The Years That Shaped

a Generation...............................................61

Listening: Main Ideas and Details:

A Documentary Film.

Speaking: Sharing an Experience.

Writing: Key-Word: Note-Taking,

A Descriptive Essay.

3/4. The Vietnam War: The Draft...........71

Grammar: Future Progressive.

Writing: Editing and Correcting a Transcript.

Speaking: Describing Emotions,

Conducting an Interview.

Reading: The Details of a System.

Other: A Role-Play Activity.

5/6. Counter-Culture: The Other............71

Grammar: The Other.

Speaking: Sharing an Opinion,

Conducting an Interview,

Conducting a Presentation.


Writing: Transcribing.

11. Making Media.......................................43

Multi-Disciplines: Making a Media Project.

SuPerheroeS.12/13. Superman........................................45

Grammar: Past Conditional.

Speaking: Describing Super Powers,

Presenting a Character.

Writing: Past Conditional.

14. The Real Super Men and Women...49

Grammar: Antonyms.

Reading: Main Ideas and Details:

A Newspaper Article.

Speaking: Describing a Type of Person.


15. My Hero.................................................53

Reading: Content of a Website.

Speaking: Sharing an Idea, Story.

Writing: Describing Heroes.

Chapter TWO Political History........................................59

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chapter .2

i haVe a DreaM.7. A Divided Nation...................................77

Speaking: Describing a System.

Reading: For Main Ideas and Details.

8/9. The Most Famous Speaker in US

History: Martin Luther King Jnr...............81

Listening: Identifying Attitude, Motivation,

and Point of View.

Writing: Comparative Essay.


Speaking: Discussing an Idea.

10. A Great Leader Assassinated...........88

Grammar: Future In the Past:

About to, Going To.

Reading: Comprehension.


Writing: Summarizing an Event.

obaMa naTion.11. Fact or Fiction: Will the Real Obama

Please Stand-Up........................................93

Listening: For Details.

Writing: A Short Biography.


12/13. Understanding the Policy,

Predicting the Outcome..........................97

Grammar: Future Perfect,

Future Perfect Progressive.

Writing: Short Sentences, Future Perfect,

Future Perfect Progressive.

Reading: Main Ideas and Supporting Sentences.

Speaking: Sharing an Opinion,

A Comparative Presentation.

14. Insulation Is Sexy...............................102

Writing: Supporting Sentences.

Listening: Voice and Opinion, Main Ideas and

Supporting Sentences.


Note-Taking: Key-Word Technique.

15. Malia Obama Visits Oaxaca.............106


Writing: Perfect Un-Real Conditional.

Grammar: Perfect Un-Real Conditional.

Reading: A newspaper Article.

Vocabulary: Synonyms.

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INDEX

chapter .

Chapter THREEEconomic History ...................................111

The STory of coca coLa.1. The History of Coca Cola....................113


Listening: Main Ideas and Details.

Speaking: Debating an Idea.

Note-Taking: Key-Word Method.

2. The Secret Ingredient 7X....................117

Grammar: Modal Phrases.



3/4. Mexican Coke vs.

American Coke.........................................122

Grammar: Transition Words: Comparatives and

Cause and Effect.

Reading: Main Ideas and Details, Pronunciation.


Writing: Creating Sentences Using Comparative

Transition Words.

5. The Taste Test......................................126

Speaking: Conducting an Experiment.

Writing: Results and Conclusions of

An Experiment.

Grammar: Comparative Transition Words.

aMerica runS on oiL.6. Understanding America´s

Dependency on Oil.................................129

Grammar: Transition Words: Cause and Effect.

Reading: Comprehension.

Writing: Transition Words: Cause and Effect.


7. Oil Products..........................................133

Special Vocabulary: Objects in Our Daily Life.

Writing: Describing Activities, Transition Words:

Cause and Effect.

Speaking: Describing Activities.

8/9. Alternative Fuels.............................138

Grammar: Present Participles as Adjectives.

Listening: Comprehension.


Speaking: Offering an Example.

10/11. The Price of Gasoline...................143

Speaking: Discussing a Problem.


Grammar: Progressive Forms of Modals.

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chapter .3

DoT.coM.12/13. The Dot.Com Bubble...................143


Writing: The Passive Voice.

Speaking: Summarizing a Reading,

Sharing An Idea.

Grammar: The Passive Voice.

14. Going Bust In The Bubble................156

Grammar: Passive Voice with Modals.


Writing: Presenting an Opinion,

Passive Voice with Perfect Modals.

Speaking: Sharing Examples.

15. The King of the Dot-Com´s..............161

Grammar: Passive Voice: It and That.

Writing: Passive Voice: It and That:

Statements to Passive Voice.

Speaking: Sharing a Point of View.


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Daily Curriculum and Lesson Plans - Chapter ONE

Cultural History

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Chapter ONE - Daily Curriculum and Lesson Plans

The Diner

1-5 One to Five.

[Discipline]

Grammar:Present Perfect and and Present Perfect

Progressive Tense, The Definitive article.

WriTinG:Paraphrasing, Writing a Technical and

Literary Script, Present Perfect and

Present Perfect Progressive with adverbs,

The Definitive article.

SPeakinG:Presenting a Scene from a film, Sharing

an example, an experience, Opinion,

Comparing Contrasting Cultures.

LiSTeninG:main ideas and Details: a Video Clip, a

Scene from a TV Sit-Com.

reaDinG:main ideas and Details, The Definitive

article.

[Objective]Build communicative reading, writing,

listening, and speaking skills through a

multi-disciplinary approach, which looks

at the cultural and social significance and

influence of the american diner.

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Cultural History

1/2. In Praise of the Great American Diner.Writing: Paraphrasing.reading: main ideas and Details.Speaking: Sharing an example.Grammar: Paraphrasing.

VOCaBuLary:

TO aPPear TO PLaGiarize TO COVer

TO OrienTaTe WiDeSPreaD TO exPeL

BaCkGrOunD BaCkDrOP

introduction: The Diner: a Cultural icon.

[instructions]

Discuss the opening question with your

classmates.

Can you think of any books, or movies,

or tv shows set in the United States in

which the American diner appears?

Share your answers

Source: warnerchannel.com - 2 broke girls

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Chapter ONE - High Intermediate Book 2

activity 1: understanding Paraphrasing.

[instructions]

you are going to discuss with the teacher the main points and issues surrounding plagiarism.

The main points are given below to help you.

main Points: What is a paraphrase?

When we paraphrase we re-write or restate an idea in our own words. •

Whereas a summary can be more general a paraphrase is generally more detail orientated and covers •

each of the main points put forward.

main Points: Why do we need to paraphrase?

Paraphrasing is a skill used widespread and daily in North American Universities and universities •

around the world.

As a student one is constantly asked to explain in written or spoken exercises and activities information, •

ideas, and opinions that have been heard or read through courses of study.

Most English speaking universities take plagiarism very seriously indeed. So seriously in fact that •

failure to paraphrase correctly can result in expulsion from the institution.

main Points: What skills do we need to paraphrase?

Having as large a vocabulary as possible is key to being able to re-state or re-write ideas into one’s •

own words. This is why synonym activities are very important skill builders.

One also has to have an ability to restructure sentences or to change the tense of a particular sentence •

without losing the overall meaning therein.

Example:

Original Text:

Of the more than 1, 000 bicycling deaths each year, three-fourths are caused by head injuries.

Half of those killed are school-age-children. One study concluded that wearing a bike helmet can

reduce the risk of head injury by 85 percent. In an accident, a bike helmet absorbs the shock and

cushions the head. (53 words).

Paraphrased Text:

The use of a helmet is the key to reducing bicycling fatalities, which are due to head injuries 75%

of the time. By cushioning the head, a helmet can reduce accidental injury by as much as 85%,

saving hundreds of lives annually, half of whom are school children. (48 words).

This example is taken from: Source: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_paraphr.html

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Cultural History

activity 2: in Praise of the Great american Diner.

[instructions]

read the following text. read first aloud for pronunciation and then in silence for

comprehension.

in PraiSe OF The GreaT ameriCan Diner

This is a text about a great American institution, The American diner, where you can order such

classic cuisine as a club sandwich, ice cream sundaes, and a huge stack of pancakes.

Diners in film

The Diner serves as the backdrop or scenery for a wide range of cultural entertainment, such as in

movies, TV shows, art, and music. For example, much of Tarantino´s famous cult movie classic Pulp

Fiction takes place in a diner, singer Suzanne Vega´s chart topping hit Tom´s Diner was inspired by her

visits to the famous diner in upper Manhattan, and Edward Hopper´s picture Nighthawks is a classic

and iconic piece of modern American art.

Reality bites

One might say that the diner is to the present-day US what the old saloon was to the Old West. It is

a place where people from all backgrounds and classes come together to eat and to hang-out. One

can see the wild-west in the structure of the diner, an aluminum railroad dining car.

Everyone’s diner

Some people say that the diner is popular with Hollywood

movie makers and writers because it is a place where

everyone goes and so it is an obvious place to position a

character and to build a scene. For example, it is said that

even Donald Trump goes to the diner to eat and hang out.

Politics

Famous people are frequent visitors to the diner, which

has helped the diner stay in business as long as it has.

As a student at Columbia University Barack Obama would

often spend time in Tom´s Diner. Bill Clinton was also often

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pictured in a diner when he was President. Many people say, the iconic image and cultural

significance of the diner in American culture is the reason why politicians love to be pictured

taking a coffee there.

It’s as American as the apple pie cooling on its counter.

activity 3: Putting it in your own words.

[instructions]

Paraphrase the text that you have read above.

Paraphrased Text:

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Share your results.

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Cultural History

3. Johnny Rockets.reading: The Definitive article.Writing: The Definitive article.Speaking: Sharing an experience.Grammar: The Definitive article.

VOCaBuLary:

Chain TO inVenT rOuTe

introduction: Johnny rockets.

[instructions]

Discuss the question with the class.

How many of you have eaten at Johnny Rockets in Mexico? What was it like?

Share your word.

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activity 1: The Definitive article.

[instructions]

Listen to the explanation from the teacher on the form and function of the definitive article.

The main points are given below to help you.

main Points

We use The

When we are talking about a specific count or non-count noun or one that is already known to those communicating

Can you bring the book to school tomorrow. Can you tell the driver where to go please.

When there is only one of something.

The world is a big place.

With countries that include a count noun or a plural.

The Falklands The United Arab Emirates

With the names of musical instruments and scientific inventions.

He can play the drums very well. Marconi invented the radio.

With adjectives and adverbs in the superlative form.

He took the longest route to Mexico City. The rich should finance the program.

We do not use The

In relation to plural count nouns and non-count nouns when we are talking

about something in general.

Coca Cola tastes sweet. Fruit is good for you.

With names of days, months, drinks, meals, and languages.

I go to school on Mondays and stay home on Saturdays. I always eat Chinese food on Tuesdays.

With most countries.

Mexico New Zealand

With names of hotels or restaurants named after the people who founded them.

McDonald’s Macy’s

With names of illnesses.

They have flu. She has measles

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Cultural History

activity 2: understanding the Context.

[instructions]

Look at the following example sentences. The first doesn’t use the definitive article, the

second does. Discuss what you think the use or absence of the definitive article does to the

sentences.

i. The student goes to school in Oaxaca.

The student goes to the school near the city center.

ii. The student goes to church.

The student goes to the church.

Share your ideas.

activity 3: Johnny rockets

[instructions]

instructions: Complete the following paragraph using a,

an, or the definite article. if no article is needed use x.

JOhnny rOCkeTS.

Johnny Rockets is ________ chain of diner-style restaurants. Johnny Rockets restaurants can be found

in _________ United States and in _________ Mexico. Most people in Mexico like to go to Johnny

Rockets in _________ evenings, after work, but by far the most popular day is _________ Saturday.

__________ McDonald´s chain of restaurants is also based on the American diner, but Johnny Rockets

is more authentic and, as a result, a little more expensive. McDonald´s, however, is _________ most

famous of all chain restaurants. _______ Johnny Rockets in _________ Del Valle in _________Mexico

is very popular with _______ students as it is close to lots of universities. __________ hamburgers,

of course, are on the menu, but _________ best hamburger is the one with _________ special Johnny

Rockets sauce.

Share your answers.

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4. The American Diner Museum.Grammar: Present Perfect and Present Perfect Progressive.Speaking: Sharing an Opinion.Listening: main ideas and Details: a Video Clip.Writing: Present Perfect and Present Perfect Progressive Tense with adverbs.

VOCaBuLary:

TO Pay TriBuTe (TO) ameriCana TO PreSerVe

TO aPPreCiaTe TO yearn PrOaCTiVe

TO SaVe TO reSCue DemOLiTiOn

TO reSTOre TO renOVaTe STaTiC

STOOL COunTer BOOTh

introduction: Preserving the Past.

[instructions]

Discuss and answer the question with your class.

Do you think that it is important to preserve cultural places of significance from our past?

Share your answers.

activity 1: The american Diner museum.

[instructions]

you are going to watch a short five minute video clip about the american

Diner museum and its activities. Comprehension

activities will follow.

Source: http://www.americandinermuseum.org/site/

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Cultural History

Questions:

1. What does the American Diner Museum do?

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2. Why does the American Diner Museum do what it does?

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3. What does the American Diner Museum want to do?

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Share your answers.

activity 2: Present Perfect or Present Perfect Progressive.

[instructions]

Listen to the explanation from the teacher. The main points are given below to help you.

main Points: Function

Present Perfect

i. An action that started in the past and continues into the present.

Example:

Since the forties the American diner has been an important part of US culture.

Present Perfect Progressive

An action that is in continuation from the past into the present.

In recent times, many Hollywood movies and TV shows have been portraying

the American diner in scenes.

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Present Perfect

ii. If an action Is very important and has been completed.

Example:

The American Diner Museum has just finished renovating a diner from the 1920´s.

To express how much has been done in a certain period of time.

Example:

The American Diner Museum has saved tens of abandoned diners.

A permanent action that continues into the present.

Example:

The work of the American Diner Museum has always played an important role

in preserving American culture.

Present Perfect Progressive

An action that may or may not have been completed.

The American Diner Museum has been renovating diners.

To express the duration of an action.

The American Diner Museum has

been operating since 2001.

A temporary action that continues into the present.

Since last week workers from the

American Diner Museum have been renovating an old diner in Boston.

Express present action with an action in the recent past.

Why is the diner so important?

It has been providing cheap food to Americans for more than eighty years.

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Cultural History

activity 3: adverbs.

[instructions]

Complete the chart by filling in the meaning of each adverb in Spanish.

activity 4: adverbs and the Present Perfect and Perfect Progressive Tense.

[instructions]

Write one sentence using each one of the adverbs with the present perfect or present

perfect progressive tense. The first one is done for you.

1. So far, American diners have remained an important part of American culture. However, in recent years this has been changing rapidly due to changing ideas and trends.

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Adverb

So far

Still

Ever

Never

Already

Just

Yet

Spanish

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4. _____________________________________________________________________________________

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Share your answers.

Go Further: The american Diner museum.

[instructions]

you can learn more about the work of The american Diner museum at

http://www.americandinermuseum.org/site/

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