Course Objectives:

At the end of this unit, you will be able to say. . .

•I can write an informative essay incorporating research.

•I can create sentences using gerunds and infinitives.

•I can make inferences from information presented in a text.

•I can listen to directions and put them in the correct order.

•I can use and guess the meaning of vocabulary words in context.

•I can take notes from and rewrite oral instructions.

•I can identify the main idea of an article.

•I can write a well-organized, timed response to a reading passage.

•I can listen to a radio broadcast on mountain biking and answer comprehension questions.

•I can read an article about rappelling and write questions about the main ideas.

•I can read an article on extreme sports and identify the underlying

assumptions and opinions.

•I can answer questions about my opinions through speaking.

•I can make a recommendation using information from an interview.

•I can respond to a reading passage with a personal experience and my opinion.

•I can write complete paragraph responses to short answer questions.