Lifeskills 2

Unit 1 Forms/Banking



Completing Forms (reading an I.D. Card and resident card; completing a registration form)

Vocabulary Check (matching columns; classifying)

Getting to Know You (completing sentences; reviewing basic grammar and sentence structure)

What Do You Like? (present tense; asking/answering questions)

What Do You Want to Do? (present tense; asking/answering questions)

Describing People (using a chart to write short paragraphs)

The Rile Family(using have/has; reading about places to live)

Banking Vocabulary (completing sentences with banking vocabulary)

A Savings Account (learning about savings accounts; understanding entries in a passbook)

Conversations in a Bank (asking/answering questions about opening an account; building vocabulary)

Using Checks (reading and completing a check)

Deposit Slip and Balance Records (filling out a deposit slip and balancing a checkbook)





Unit 2 Occupations



What Do They Do? (reviewing simple present tense; building vocabulary)

They Have to (using have/has to + infinitive)

What to, Have to, Like to (reviewing simple present tense using a questionnaire)

Occupations (reviewing present tense; building vocabulary)

How Much Do They Make? (using a chart to discuss salaries)

Charlie Miller (third person singular present tense; telling a story from picture cues; circling true/false)

How Often? (using adverbs of frequency)

Jennifer's Story (distinguishing between fact and opinion)





Unit 3 Post Office/Library/Housing



The Post Office (learning about the U.S. Postal Service; reading for details)

Conversations in a Post Office (asking/answering questions about registered mail, parcel post, and change of address forms)

Customs Declarations and Money Orders (filling our forms)

In the Library (getting a library card; learning about different library services)

Public Schools (interpreting report cards and grades; building vocabulary)

Different Places to Live (reading for detail; answering true/false)

Looking for a Place to Live (reading newspaper ads; using abbreviations)

What Are You Going to Do? (making predictions; creative problem solving)

You Figure It Out (solving math problems)

Now/Everyday/Tomorrow (contrasting tenses)





Unit 4 Job Hunting



Are You Qualified? (drawing conclusions; building vocabulary)

Vocabulary for Job Search (matching columns; completing sentences)

Help Wanted (understanding newspaper ads)

An Application Form (filling out a job application form)

Preparing for an Interview (asking and answering questions; possessives)

Vocabulary for Interviews (multiple-choice review quiz)

Interview Tips (using pictures; sequencing)

Answering Ads with a Partner (preparing for an interview)

A Practice Interview (asking and answering questions; role playing)

Applying for Social Security (reading for detail; answering true/false/?)

Social Security Application (filling out a form)

Understanding Pay Slips (reading for details; understanding deductions)

Income Tax (understanding federal and state taxes; answering true/false)

Making a Budget (learning about budgets; preparing a budget)

How Americans Spend Their Money (interpreting a bar graph)





Unit 5 Travel

Where? When? How? What? (using be going to; reading a chart; writing a paragraph)

Parts of a Car (labeling a diagram; building vocabulary)

Buying a New Car (drawing conclusions; answering questions)

Owning a Car (learning proper car maintenance)

Understanding Road Signs (interpreting road signs)

Getting Your Driver's License (sequencing; reading for detail; completing sentences)

Officer Williams (suing pictures to discuss traffic violations; sequencing)

A Parking Ticket (understanding parking violations and fines)

The Hudson Bus Route 10 (following a bus route, reading a map)





Unit 6 Past Tense/U.S. Presidents



The Simple Past Tense (forming past tense of regular verbs; writing sentences)

Adding and Pronouncing -ed (forming simple past tense; observing spelling changes)

Irregular past Tense (using irregular past tense verbs; writing sentences)

Find the Opposites (recognizing opposites; learning test-taking skills)

Present and Past Forms of to be (comparing uses of present and past tenses)

George Washington (using past tense to learn about a U.S. president)

Eight Presidents (reading a chart; answering true/false/?)





Unit 7 Health



Parts of the Body (labeling; calling the doctor)

A Visit to the Doctor's Office (regular check up; describing problems to a doctor)

Illnesses Some People Have (learning about communicable diseases, illnesses, and emergencies)

Immunization Information (reading for detail; building vocabulary)

Going to the Drugstore (reading a prescription; asking a pharmacist questions)

Going to the Hospital (reading for detail; completing a form)

What Were They Doing? (using pictures and word clues to write sentences with past progressive tense)





Unit 8 American History and Government



Ordinal Numbers (reading a calendar; pronouncing ordinals; reviewing prepositions)

America's Early Years (using a time line to understand American history)

Christopher Columbus (reading for detail)

The Early Settlers (reading comprehension; answering true/false/?)

Thanksgiving (reading about an American holiday; matching columns; writing a paragraph; reviewing special days)

Fact or Opinion? (distinguishing between fact and opinion)

Asking and Answering Questions (reviewing present, past and future tenses)

Trouble with England (reading for detail; answering true/false/?)

The Revolutionary War (reading comprehension; sequencing)

The Declaration of Independence (reading comprehension)

The First Government (reading comprehension; test-taking skills)

The Constitution (reading for comprehension; completing sentences)

The Branches of Government (reading for detail; matching columns)

The Civil War (reading for detail; test-taking skills)





Unit 9 Food/Shopping



At a Restaurant (interpreting a menu; solving math word problems)

What Is the Custom? (discussing appropriate etiquette)

Going Shopping (classifying food and products)

Staying Healthy (planning nutritious meals from four food groups)

Cooking Measurements (following a recipe)

Comparing Prices (reading newspaper ads)

Choose the Verb Form (comparing uses of verb tenses)





Unit 10 Air Travel/Weather/Vacations



Nonstop Flights (reading a chart)

Air Fares (reading a chart; answering true/false/?)

Time Zones (interpreting a map; computing time zone differences)

What's the Weather? (reading a weather map; using Fahrenheit temperatures; reviewing weather vocabulary)

Vacationing (using a map to determine routes)

City Map (following directions)

Community Services and Departments (using the yellow pages)

A Trip to New York (role playing; writing sentences)

Whose Is It? Whose Are They? (reviewing possessives; questions)

Vocabulary Review (categorizing; reviewing vocabulary)

It's Customary (test-taking skills; reviewing Americana)

United States Holidays and Special Days (reviewing what people do on holidays)