Unit 3 February 7: Broad Rock

above: road rage could result in a serious accident

1. Homework review: Practical grammar, workbook p.20, exercises 7-9
2. Authentic practice: Aggressive driving and road rage, textbook p.36, exercises A-D
3. Talking with the Police handout on types of law enforcement
4. Daily citizenship question and discussion
5. Laptops for online activities: PBS Learn English and/or Naturalization Self Test
6. Homework: Authentic practice, workbook p.22, exercise 12

Unit 3 December 4: Clay's downtown class

1. Homework review: Authentic practice, workbook p.22-23 exercises 12-13
2. Idiom: "to go ballistic" to very quickly and unexpectedly become very angry example: The driver went ballistic and yelled at the driver in front of him for going too slow.
3. Listen to Authentic Practice - Aggressive driving and road rage, textbook p.36 D Vocabulary, then try exercise E Discussion
4. Homework: Authentic practice, workbook p.23, exercises 14-15
5. Optional: Read the ESL blog post and comments about "Dangerous Teenage Drivers"

Unit 3 December 2: Clay's downtown class

above: Are you an aggressive driver?

1. Homework review: Authentic practice, workbook p.21 exercises 10-11
2. Idiom: "to cut off" to drive a vehicle unexpectedly into the path of another driver. example: The truck cut off the motorcycle in traffic, resulting in a bad case of road rage.
3. Listen to Authentic Practice - Aggressive driving and road rage, textbook p.36, then try exercises A-C
4. Homework: Authentic practice, workbook p.22-23, exercises 12-13
5. Optional: ESL Radio "Thanksgiving and American food culture" podcast