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Learning goalsLearning strategy• Prepare before a presentationPronunciation• Intonation in Yes/No questionsand short answersThe following are additional learning goals in this unit:Skills• Read for specific information• Read a map• Listen for specific information• Talk about favorite places• Make suggestions• Organize information in a chartTEACHER’S NOTESBackground notesMiami is a city located on Biscayne Bay on the AtlanticCoast. This warm and sunny metropolis is very popularwith tourists and retirees. There are several universitiesand many museums. Miami’s tropical climate gives itgreen parks, avenues lined with palm trees, andbeautiful gardens.Coconut Grove is one of the oldest parts of Miami, withelegant shops and restaurants.Warm-up (5 min.)• Bring in some pictures of evening or weekendactivities and tape them on the board. Above thepictures, write What do you usually do on weekends?Have students choose a picture and elicit or givethe vocabulary; for example, go shopping, ride mybike, go to movies. Write the verb phrase undereach picture.• On the board, write Where do you ? ElicitWhere questions using the leisure activityvocabulary on the board—for example, Where doyou go shopping?• Model asking and answering What and Wherequestions about weekend activities with a student.Then have students get in small groups to talkabout their weekends.• Tell students that they will learn how to giveinformation about weekend activities in this unit.Have students open their books. Introduce theunit title.Using the large map (less than 5 min.)• Have students look at the map. Ask previewingand predicting questions such as What do you knowabout Miami? Besides English, what other language domany people speak in Miami? (Spanish) Which oceanis Miami on? What bay is Miami on? What are thenames of some areas in Miami?1 Reading (10 min.)• Read the instructions aloud. Emphasize thatstudents are to underline places (nouns) andactivities (verb phrases).• 28 Play the audio while students read along.Then let them read the article again silently andfinish underlining the places and activities. Tellthem that there will be some vocabulary that theydon’t understand but that they may be able toguess the meanings of some words and phrases.• Ask students if they could guess the meanings ofsome of the new vocabulary. Elicit guesses as tothe meanings of terms such as tourist’s paradise,tropical climate, sandy, immigrants, gateway, thetheater, the arts, fabulous (very good), hang out (tostay somewhere for a while), and people-watch.Teach the meanings of words students were notable to guess.• Elicit the places and activities students underlined.Answer keysandy white beachesthe Metrozoothe Seaquariumthe Planetariumthe Venetian Poolthe Vizcaya Museum and Gardensbeautiful parksCoconut Groveshoppingthe theater and the artsgo to showsvisit museumsshop at expensive storesgo to dance clubseat at fabulous restaurantsgreat beacheshang out and people-watchrelax in the sungo for a swim in the ocean or bayT24:30:06 PMPostcards_splitB_TE1_U03.indd T242/27/07 10:22:29 AM