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Grade 9-12
13m

Your Community: Talking About Your Community

by Jordan V. | English and Writing

5 Lessons 13:38
  1. 1. How do we talk about different communities? How do we describe them? 1:24
  2. 2. Classifying information: types of communities: rural, suburban, urban 3:17
  3. 3. Climate: hot, cold, humid, rainy, dry 3:39
  4. 4. Population: crowded/busy/fast pace, quiet/relaxed/slow pace 2:53
  5. 5. Special Features 2:25

Grade 9-12

13m

NGSS Standards


About the course

"Master basic vocabulary to describe various kinds of communities. This new vocabulary will help you build fluency to better participate in daily conversations. Become confident in your everyday interactions!

Get to know someone new with these community-focused icebreaker questions and answers."

Project

Talking About Your Community Icebreaker

Course overview

1

How do we talk about different communities? How do we describe them?

Introduce students to three ways of describing communities: 1. Basic living environments 2. pace of the community 3. climate of the community

2

Classifying information: types of communities: rural, suburban, urban

students will learn these words and the characteristics of each of these environments

3

Climate: hot, cold, humid, rainy, dry

Every community has a climate. students will learn new words that describe the climate

4

Population: crowded/busy/fast pace, quiet/relaxed/slow pace

How else can we describe communities?

5

Special Features

Students will describe other special features of their communities, including famous human-made landmarks (museums, markets, parks, bridges, buildings

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Tags:

  • Conversation
  • English
  • ESL
  • Grammar
  • language
  • Transition
  • Vocabulary

Recommended Materials

Worksheet for icebreaker project


Instructor

Jordan has been teaching English as a Second Language for over ten years and has taught students from over 60 countries around the world. She loves teaching English and uses creative activities and everyday examples to help students communicate both effectively and accurately. Jordan's warmth, patience, and individualized approach with students creates a positive learning environment that motivates them to succeed. When tutoring, Jordan carefully integrates students' interests and goals into her lessons so that each session is unique and targeted. She believes that a good teacher can change students' lives and dedicates herself to helping students achieve their full potential. Jordan has helped students achieve a variety of goals, including going to college or graduate school, improving

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