This document provides an overview of the objectives and lessons in a language learning unit about growing up. The unit contains 4 lessons that aim to teach students how to talk about childhood, favorite classes, correcting themselves, and their teenage years using time expressions and vocabulary like all, most, a few. Lesson A focuses on childhood memories and grammar. Lesson B builds language and vocabulary around favorite subjects in school. Lesson C teaches conversation strategies for correcting statements. Lesson D involves reading, listening and writing about experiences as a teenager.

1. SECOND UNIT
(UNIT 5)
GROWING UP
Objectives
In thisunit, youlearnhowto…
 Use the simple past in statements and questions (review)
 Use time expressionstotalkaboutthepast.
 Use all, most, a lot of, a few, etc.
 Talkaboutmemories of childhood, school, and yourteenageyears.
 Correctyourselfwithexpressionslikewait, actually, and I mean.
Beforeyoubegin
Do youhavememorieslikethese?
 Sleepoverswithyourfriends?
 A time yougotintotrouble?
 Learningtoswim?
 Yourfirstclosefriend?
LESSON A
Childhood
1. GettingStarted
2. Grammar. Be born; simple past (review); time expressions.
3. Speakingnaturally. Didyou.

2. LESSON B
Favoriteclasses
1. Buildinglanguage.
2. Grammar. Determiners.
3. Buildingvocabulary.
4. Survey. Whatwereyourbestsubjects.
5. Vocabulary notebook. I hatedmath!
LESSON C
Well, actually,…
1. ConversationStrategy. Correctingthingsyousay.
2. Strategy plus. I mean.
3. Listening and speaking. I don’trememberexactly....
4. Free talk. In thepast.
LESSON D
Teenageyears
1. Reading. An interview with…Jennifer Wilkin.
2. Listening. A long time ago.
3. Writing. An interview.