It's a BIG world out there and today's young learners have BIG goals. Big English engages students with fun topics and activities that motivate them to learn English. Big English aims to make sure that every student has the tools they need to succeed. Balanced development of language skills and CLIL lessons are the core of this course, but it has so much more! Critical thinking about BIG ideas and Culture Connections challenge students to learn and think about the BIG wide world around them, helping them build 21st century skills. Assessment for Learning encourages self-efficacy and develops learner confidence to think BIG.
Students retain geography and history information better when they experience living images of world cultures. These programs about some of the world’s major countries help students understand other peoples’ environments, values, and significant historical contributions.
India is one of the most diverse nations on earth, the result of historical invasions that brought new peoples and cultures. How these influences have impacted modern India, and how it reacts to influences from other modern cultures is discussed.
Moby Dick- Penguin Readers - Level 2 (600 words) Moby Dick is the most dangerous whale in the oceans. Captain Ahab fought him and lost a leg. Now he hates Moby Dick. He wants to kill him. But can Captain Ahab and his men find the great white whale? A young sailor, Ishmael, tells the story of their exciting and dangerous trip.
The teacher's factsheets and answers are added to the end of the file.
YA Jeffers discusses the crippling effects of fear in her personal life and explains how she formulated a course of action for conquering it. Her answers are simple, her course of action difficult only because it requires courage. She explains how fear is based on the uncertainty of change and the lack of positive self image. She avoids psychological lingo, and includes many case studies about careers and changes in personal lifeboth of which are beginning to cause anxiety in many teens.
