for Lit & Low 1
Student Book
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by Donna Bowler, successintesl
Vancouver, 2012
Graphics courtesy of iClipart
Student Book Index
1 1 Where are you going? 19 Neighbourhood Map:
2 2 Where? Write the Missing Words
3 3 Neighbourhood Places 18 20 Is there a __ near your
home?
4 4 Words with ē and ĕ.
19 21 Song: Can You Help Me?
5 5 Jazz Chant:
Where's the Bank? 20 22 Don's Neighbourhood
6 Dialog: WhereThe
is thestudent 23 My Neighbourhood
6 book is
supermarket? 24 Direction Match
included in the
7 7 Is there a __ near your 21 25 Hannah Needs Gas
Teacher’s Guide, but
home? 22 26 Words with C
why not save yourself
8 Places 1: Draw a Line 23 27 Where and What
photocopying costs by
8 9-10 Where is the school? 24 28 Listening Exercise
ordering a class set?
9 11 Joe Needs Bread 25 29 New Words
10 12 New Words: A Busy Day 26 At a Community Centre
11 A Busy Day 30 City Map
12 13 Lily's Neighbours 27 31 Asking for Directions
13 14 Jean's Friend 28 32 Song: Where’s the
14 15 More Neighbourhood Community Centre?
Places 33 Draw a Line
15 16 Words with "—ght" 29 34 Dialog: Where is
16 17 Dialog: Is There a Classroom 2?
Supermarket Nearby? 30 35 Where Are They?
17 18 Neighbourhood Map: What Are They Saying?
Listen and Write 36 Answers for Page 35
Where ? 2
he He's
is she She's
Where ------ going? going ____.
------- --------
are you I'm
they They're
1. Where is ______ going ?
1. ____________________________.
home Grammar is presented with lots
of picture and grid support.
The Teacher’s Guide has additional
2.practice
Where exercises
is ______asgoing
well ?as the
2. master for pair cards to increase
____________________________.
to school students’ oral fluency.
3. ________ is ______ _________ ?
_________________ to the washroom.
3.
4. _________________________________?
________________________________
4 to work.
5. ________________ you __________?
5. ______________ to the _________.
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ā er
Neighbourhood (nā-ber-hood) Places
1. Students
2. work with 9 place3.___________
names for several days
before they learn the next
set of place names to
maximize their retention.
4. 5. 6. ______________
Dr. Lee
7. ____________ 8. _________________ 9. _____________
________________ ______________
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Words with E and e: Date: ______________________
Write: ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Listen and Write: h___ sh___ w___
ēa: t____ ____t s_____t r____d
ēe: / f___lThe first
X betw____n
page of a 3-pagefourt____n
(and 3-5 day sequence) on
ĕ: W__d nesdaylong and short ‘e’ that helps
r__staurant m__dicine
students learn to sound out
Write the words: wordsfeels
using adult
read lexis.
tea Wednesday
1. He ____________ sick.
2. See you ___________________.
3. Please _____________ the book.
4. I like ________________.
More words with ĕ.
1. t___n 2. ___l___v___n 3. s___v___n
4. h___llo 5. stud___nt 6. apartm___nt
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Jazz Chant: Where's the Bank ?
1. Where's the bank ?
DRUGSTORE
2. It's next to the drugstore.
3. Where's the drugstore ?
4. It's next to the bank.
Jazz chants review the
vocabulary and give
5. Where's the school ? practice with
students
sentence
6. It's across from the level rhythm and
supermarket.
stress.
7. Where's the supermarket?
8. It's across from the school.
9. Drugs in the drugstore.
10. Money in the bank.
11. Drugs in the drugstore.
12. Money in the bank.
13. People in the school.
14. Food in the supermarket.
15. People in the school.
16. Money in the bank.
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Name____________________ Date_____________________________
The first dialog asking for directions
next to uses abetween
very simplemap across
for from
students
to practice the dialog.
Where is the supermarket?
A. Ex cuse me.
B. Yes ?
A. Where is the su per mar ket ?
B. The su per mar ket ?
It's a cross from the school.
A. Thank you.
Main Street
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Neighbourhood Places : Mixer Date: __________________________
Is there a ____ near your home ?
Yes, there is. No, there isn't.
Name
What is your name ?
How do you spell it ?
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1. bakery
Lots of level-
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2. bank appropriate mixers
with picture support to
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3. supermarket help your weaker
students.
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4. library
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5. drugstore
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6. dental clinic
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7. school
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8. doctor's office
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9. mall
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Draw a Line
Where is
the bakery?
su per mar ket
The bank is
on Main Street.
bake ry
The supermarket
is next to
Give out onebankpaper per pair the school.
folded with only the pictures
on the left showing. Have Ss I go to
Then give out the library
drug store
say the word.
the remaining handouts and on Saturday.
have Ss do. As upper Ss This is a good
li brar
finish, have y move to
them drugstore.
help a lower student, or read
aloud the sentences on the Does this bus
malla partner.
right with go to the mall?
I’m going to
school a walk-in clinic.
I take the bus
to school.
clin ic
The dental
clinic is across
den tal clin ic from the bank.
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Joe Needs Bread
Joe doesn't know where to go. Help Joe.
1. Joe needs bread.
Go to the bakery.
2. He needs food.
__________________________________________
A focus on using new
words in full sentences
3. He needs books.
right away.
__________________________________________
4. He needs clothes.
__________________________________________
5. He needs money.
__________________________________________
6. He needs a dental check-up.
__________________________________________
7. He needs a check-up.
__________________________________________
8. He needs a coffee.
__________________________________________
9. He needs medicine.
__________________________________________
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Lily's Neighbours
A. Hello, Lily.
B. Hello.
A. Where are you going?
B. I'm going to the school.
I need to drop off my son.
A. Have a nice day.
B. You too.
A. Practice the dialog.
Substitution dialogs
help students gain
fluency with speaking.
1. 2. 3.
to clean some money some medicine
4. 5. 6.
some books a check-up to pick up my son
B. It's your day off. Where are you going? Why?
1. _________________________________________
2. _________________________________________
3. _________________________________________
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Date___________________________________
Words with e: Jean's Friend
Jean and Jenny are friends.
Today they are getting together for coffee.
A. Hello Jenny.
This is handout 3 of
B. Hi, Jean.How are you ?
the phonics sequence
A. Come in. Please have
for along
seat.
and short ‘e’.
B. Thanks.
A. Would you like coffee or green tea ?
B. Coffee, please.
A. What would you like to eat ? A cookie ?
B. Nothing, thanks. I'm fine.
Write the Words with ĕ. ____________ _____________
_______________ __________________ _____________
Write the Words with ē. ____________ ______________
_______________ ________________ ______________
_______________ ________________ ______________
_______________ ________________ ______________
More Words with ē and ĕ ____________ _____________
______________ ______________ _________________
______________ ______________ _________________
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NEIGHBOURHOOD MAP: Listen and Write
Listening Exercise.
community centre
Note the big print with
lots of room for students
to write.
police station
fire
station
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Song: Can You Help Me?
Tune: “This Old Man”
ght ght
light right straight
1 Excuse me. Fraser
2 Can you help me?
3 I’m looking for the library.
4 Go straight three blocks.
5 Turn left on Fraser Street.
6 It’s next to a big bakery.
7 Excuse me.
Songs reinforce the lexis and give
8 Can you help me?
f Main
students practice with sentence-
9 I’m looking for the pharmacy.
level stress and intonation.
10 Go to the corner.
(And they’re fun!)
11 Then turn right.
The songs, performed by
12 It’s on Main Street, past the lights.
BC artist Antonia Robertson,
13 Excuse me.are on both the Teacher’s
14 Can you help me?
and student’s CDs.
15 I’m looking for Pacific Mall.
16 I’m so sorry.
17 Did you say the mall?
18 I don’t know this place at all.
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City Map My address is __________________________________
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Pine St. r
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By the end of the d
book, students can
give multi-block
directions.
James Rd.
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Maple St.
N = north E = east
S = south W = west
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