
Hour 1
Pair Work Quick Discussion (15)
Part A Have you ever … (cook, try, made) …
- grilled pork chops
- spicy cold noodles
- pork and rice soup
- soybean stew
- barbecued beef small intestines
Part A Questions.
- What’s something you’ve always wanted to try?
- Can you tell me something you’ve always wanted to learn?
- What interesting food have you eaten?
- What sports have you played?
- Have you ever been on TV or the radio?
Critical thinking Activity
You will learn and use 2 concepts:
- correlation
- cause and effect (causation)
- hypothesis sentence pattern
Part a. Correlation (10)
A correlation describes how two events change at the same time. A correlation does not say that one thing causes the other thing to happen. Just only how they move together.
Here is an example. Let’s look at the Chicago murder chart.
- What are the 2 variables (the two things that change)?
- What is the correlation?
- Does this chart show causation?
- Is this chart true?

Part b. Correlation Sentence Pattern Practice (15)
You can talk about correlations with a simple sentence pattern. Let’s look at that and practice.
Hour 2
More Practice (15)
Read these sentences.
What are the variables? Do the sentences describe correlation or causation? How do you know that?
- I can’t believe I failed my chemistry test. I knew I should have worn my lucky sweatshirt to the test.
- Roosters crow just before the sun rises. Therefore, roosters crowing cause the sun to rise.
- Two days after I drank lemon tea, my cold cleared up completely. Try it. It works.
- Spinach can’t be good for me. It tastes terrible.
- Too much stress causes people to get sick.
- The more I sleep, the more I remember.
- The louder the music in a beer bar, the more beer people drink.
- The more often girls eat breakfast in the morning, the thinner the girls will be.
Even More Practice (10)
This a video from Freakonomics. Watch the video. Retell the story.
Apply Your Knowledge (20)
This video shows the history of Earth. 200 years of change in 4 minutes. It is a unique presentation that will help build your students’ vocabulary and listening skills. The video is also a good example of telling a great story with hypothesis sentences.
1 Preview vocabulary
- life expectancy
- wealth
- income per person
- Middle East
- population
- industrial revolution
- Great Depression
- to catch up
- colony
- inequalities
- provinces
2 Watch video and take notes.
3 Find short answers for these questions.
- What is the variable for each axis on the graph?
- How is each variable counted or measured?
- Name 2-3 hypotheses presented in the video.
Discussion Question.
The speaker describes several correlations, but never explains the cause and effect connection.
Work in a small team. Explain 3 cause and effect connection for the speaker’s main hypothesis.
Hour 3
Vocabulary (45)
- Review last week’s words and phrases
- Finish next unit.
Hour 4
Story Retelling (30)
Last week, you read stories about inventions.
Today, read a short story about people. These stories are filled with details.
Here are the 4 stories.
Word Puzzles (15)
This food worksheet contains examples of short activities that help students learn English words.
The English activity worksheet is here.
Food Listening Quiz (10)
- Listen to quiz. Write down your answers.
- Check answers
- The listening food quiz is here.