Unit 4 February 19: Downtown

idiom: this car is "packed to the gills"

1. Homework review: Federal Trade Commission tips, workbook p.32 exercises 15 & 16
2. Pair work: Textbook p.54, each pair creates dialogue for one picture. Refer to textbook p.44 for help and ideas.
3. Video: Crossroads Cafe "Opening Day" watch part one and answer the following questions: What job do Katherine and Rosa want?
   Where is Rosa from?
   What happens in the kitchen?
   Does Mr. Brashov like Rosa’s cooking?
   Does Katherine get the job?
4. Homework: available rooms at Skyview Suites, workbook p.31 exercise 13, and idioms in exercise 14

Unit 4 February 17: Downtown

above: a phone call offering a cruise or other type of vacation could really be a rip-off or a scam

1. Travel fraud from the Federal Trade Commission website - textbook p.53, exercises C &D and Do it yourself A & B
2. Idiom - "fly by night" = a dishonest business without credentials or well known history. example: "The fly by night company sold vacation packages to students, cashed their checks, then went out of business without arranging the trips."
3. Homework: Federal Trade Commission tips, workbook p.32 exercises 15 & 16
4. Optional: visit the Federal Trade Commission's website and read the alert about sweepstakes offers.