Level III: Intermediate II

Many of the objectives in this unit will have been approached during Level II: Intermediate I. In this unit, grammar points are developed through language use and are refined through grammar explanations. As a rule, language development is largely intuitive and therefore students should have an opportunity to develop intuitive knowledge prior to grammar explanations. Preliminary and follow-up assessments are provided.

These lesson plans are not necessarily sequential and therefore do not have to be used in the order presented here. It is more important that lesson plans be used many times until students have mastered objectives. New content may be substituted each time a plan is used.

Objectives
Students will:
    - comprehend and ask tag questions
    - form English past tenses, regular and irregular
    - use the progressive tenses appropriately
    - understand the difference between the English passive and active voice verbs
    - use the English perfect tenses
    - use indefinite pronouns and adjectives
    - use coordinating conjunctions in writing and speaking
    - use the first conditional in speaking and in writing
    - use English idioms
    - use interjections
    - understand and apply meanings for everyday root words, suffixes and prefixes
    - use cause and effect as a writing strategy to develop paragraphs
    - use exemplification as a writing strategy to develop paragraphs
    - use process analysis as a writing strategy to develop paragraphs
    - develop literal and inferential listening and reading comprehension

I. Comprehending and Using Tag Questions
Objective: Students will understand and respond appropriately to tag questions.

II. Forming Regular and Irregular Past Tenses
Objective: students will form and appropriately use past tense verbs.

III. Using the Progressive Tenses
Azar's Fundamentals of English Grammar, Chapter 1, can be useful in helping students understand the present progressive tense; chapter 2, the past progressive and chapter 3, the future progressive.
Objective: Students will learn to use the progressive tenses appropriately.

IV. Differences between Active and Passive Voice Verbs
Objective: Students will understand the difference between the English passive and active voice verbs.

V. Use of the Perfect Tenses
Azar's Fundamentals of English Grammar, chapter 7, can be used to teach the progressive tenses.
Objective: Students will use the English perfect tenses.

VI. Indefinite Pronouns and Indefinite Adjectives
Objective: Students will learn to use indefinite pronouns and adjectives.

VII. Coordinating Conjunctions
Objective: Students will learn to use coordinating conjunctions in writing and speaking.

VIII. Using the Conditional
Objective: Students will learn to use the conditional tense in speaking and in writing.

IX. Idioms
Objective: Students will understand the meaning of common English idioms and will use them in daily reading and writing.

X. Interjections
Objective: Student will use and appropriately punctuate interjections.

XI. Common Root Words
Objective: Students will apply knowledge of common root words to improve vocabulary and reading comprehension skills.

XII. Using and Understanding Affixes
Objective: Students will be able to apply prefixes to develop vocabulary and reading comprehension skill.

XIII. Using Cause and Effect
Objective: Students will develop the skill of using cause and effect as a paragraph development strategy. They will identify causes and effects in reading, as well as results and reasons. They will identify key words which indicate a cause-and-effect development pattern.

XIV. Using Exemplification
Objectives: Students will develop skill in using exemplification as a paragraph development strategy. They will comprehend the relationship between the main point and examples in written texts. They will identify transition words which indicate the paragraph development strategy of exemplification.

XV. Process Analysis
Objective: Student will use process analogy as a strategy for developing paragraphs.

XVI. Reading Comprehension and Fluency
Objective: Students will develop reading comprehension skills as well as fluency while reading.

XVII. Listening Comprehension
Objective: Student will be able to understand and respond to spoken English in a variety of contexts.