[Episode Introduction and Preview 2](#episode-introduction-and-preview)

[Set Up Story Script 2](#set-up-story-script)

[School Elections 2](#school-elections)

[End of Set Up-Robot 5](#end-of-set-up-robot)

[Quizzes 5](#quizzes)

[KNOWLEDGE BRIDGE 1 5](#knowledge-bridge-1)

[KNOWLEDGE BRIDGE 2 5](#knowledge-bridge-2)

[Reading Machine 6](#reading-machine)

[READ SECTION 6](#read-section)

[LINKS SECTION 7](#links-section)

[GRAMMAR LINKS 7](#grammar-links)

[CULTURE LINKS 9](#culture-links)

[IMAGES 10](#images)

[RECORD SECTION 11](#record-section)

[COACHING 1 & 2 12](#coaching-1-2)

[BE THE COACH 1 12](#be-the-coach-1)

[BE THE COACH 2 12](#be-the-coach-2)

[Featured Cultural Content 13](#featured-cultural-content)

[Student Council by Students 13](#student-council-by-students)

[Government elections 13](#government-elections)

[KARAOKE 14](#karaoke)

[I like sports 14](#i-like-sports)

[APPLY- FINAL CHALLENGE 14](#apply--final-challenge)

[READ ASSESSMENT -- Lu's list of questions
14](#read-assessment-lus-list-of-questions)

[LISTENING ASSESSMENT -- Lu's interview
15](#listening-assessment-lus-interview)

[SPEAKING ASSESSMENT - Your turn 15](#speaking-assessment---your-turn)

[Conversation 01 15](#conversation-01)

[Word Wizard, Hidden Treasure, and Falling Jewels
16](#word-wizard-hidden-treasure-and-falling-jewels)

[Vocabulary 16](#vocabulary)

[Phrases 17](#phrases)

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| # Episode    |   |                                  |   |                  |
| Introduction |   |                                  |   |                  |
|  and Preview |   |                                  |   |                  |
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| *Gizmo*      |   | It time for the school to elect  |   |                  |
|              |   | new student council officers.    |   |                  |
|              |   | Shannon wants to be class        |   |                  |
|              |   | president. Lu's will write a     |   |                  |
|              |   | story about it in the school     |   |                  |
|              |   | paper. Who will win? What will   |   |                  |
|              |   | Lu ask the candidates? Here are  |   |                  |
|              |   | some words and phrases you will  |   |                  |
|              |   | hear in this story.              |   |                  |
|              |   |                                  |   |                  |
|              |   | That is \_\_\_(cool, funny)      |   |                  |
|              |   |                                  |   |                  |
|              |   | I like your\_\_,                 |   |                  |
|              |   |                                  |   |                  |
|              |   | You are (smart, clever, funny)   |   |                  |
|              |   |                                  |   |                  |
|              |   | What position are you running    |   |                  |
|              |   | for?                             |   |                  |
|              |   |                                  |   |                  |
|              |   | What is your campaign slogan?    |   |                  |
|              |   |                                  |   |                  |
|              |   | What will you do if you are      |   |                  |
|              |   | elected?                         |   |                  |
|              |   |                                  |   |                  |
|              |   | I'd like to...                   |   |                  |
|              |   |                                  |   |                  |
|              |   | What do you do for fun?          |   |                  |
|              |   |                                  |   |                  |
|              |   | Let's begin.                     |   |                  |
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| # Set Up     |   |                                  |   |                  |
| Story Script |   |                                  |   |                  |
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| Display      |   |                                  |   |                  |
| title        |   |                                  |   |                  |
|              |   |                                  |   |                  |
| ## Scho      |   |                                  |   |                  |
| ol Elections |   |                                  |   |                  |
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| **Intro      |   |                                  |   |                  |
| shot**       |   |                                  |   |                  |
|              |   |                                  |   |                  |
| Music up:    |   |                                  |   |                  |
| Lu, Shannon, |   |                                  |   |                  |
| and Mrs.     |   |                                  |   |                  |
| Moore are    |   |                                  |   |                  |
| driving in   |   |                                  |   |                  |
| the car      |   |                                  |   |                  |
+--------------+---+----------------------------------+---+------------------+
| Mrs. Moore   |   | How was school today, Lu?        |   |                  |
+--------------+---+----------------------------------+---+------------------+
| Lu           |   | It was fine.                     | [ |                  |
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| Shannon      |   | I am so excited, Mom! Something  | [ |                  |
|              |   | is going to happen at school. It | ] |                  |
|              |   | is so cool! Guess what it is!    | { |                  |
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| Mrs. Moore   |   | Is it a school field trip?       |   |                  |
+--------------+---+----------------------------------+---+------------------+
| Shannon      |   | No, it isn't.                    |   |                  |
+--------------+---+----------------------------------+---+------------------+
| Mrs. Moore   |   | I don't know, Shannon. What is   |   |                  |
|              |   | it?                              |   |                  |
+--------------+---+----------------------------------+---+------------------+
| Shannon      |   | It's time for class elections.   |   |                  |
|              |   | We are going to elect the        |   |                  |
|              |   | student government.              |   |                  |
+--------------+---+----------------------------------+---+------------------+
| Mrs. Moore   |   | That's nice, Shannon.            |   |                  |
+--------------+---+----------------------------------+---+------------------+
| Shannon      |   | I am going to run for class      |   |                  |
|              |   | president.                       |   |                  |
+--------------+---+----------------------------------+---+------------------+
| Mrs. Moore   |   | Terrific! You will be a great    | [ |                  |
|              |   | class president.                 | ] |                  |
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| Shannon      |   | Many students want to be in the  |   |                  |
|              |   | student government. There is     |   |                  |
|              |   | going to be a lot of             |   |                  |
|              |   | competition!                     |   |                  |
+--------------+---+----------------------------------+---+------------------+
| Mrs. Moore   |   | Who wants to be president?       |   |                  |
+--------------+---+----------------------------------+---+------------------+
| Shannon      |   | Ann Martin wants to be           | [ |                  |
|              |   | president. David Jones wants to  | ] |                  |
|              |   | run for president, too.          | { |                  |
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| Mrs. Moore   |   | What are the other positions in  | [ |                  |
|              |   | the student government?          | ] |                  |
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|              |   | treasurer. Many students are     | l |                  |
|              |   | running for positions in the     | l |                  |
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|              |   | newspaper had an election story  | o |                  |
|              |   | yesterday. It listed names of    | u |                  |
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| Mrs. Moore   |   | Who are the candidates for       | [ |                  |
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| Shannon      |   | Yoko Kimura and Tim Long want to | [ |                  |
|              |   | be vice-president. Rosa Martinez | ] |                  |
|              |   | and Fred Smith are running for   | { |                  |
|              |   | treasurer. There is one          | . |                  |
|              |   | candidate for secretary.         | m |                  |
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| Mrs. Moore   |   | Who is the candidate for         | [ |                  |
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| Shannon      |   | Mike Adams wants to be           | T |                  |
|              |   | secretary. Guess what, Mom?      | u |                  |
|              |   | Something else is happening. It  | r |                  |
|              |   | is really awesome. Do you know   | n |                  |
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| Mrs. Moore   |   | No, I don't. What is it?         |   |                  |
+--------------+---+----------------------------------+---+------------------+
| Shannon      |   | Lee Brown is in Lu's history     |   |                  |
|              |   | class. He is the editor of our   |   |                  |
|              |   | school newspaper, The Student    |   |                  |
|              |   | News. He talked to Lu today. Lu  |   |                  |
|              |   | is going to write an article for |   |                  |
|              |   | the school newspaper!            |   |                  |
+--------------+---+----------------------------------+---+------------------+
| Mrs. Moore   |   | Lu, that is wonderful, too! What |   |                  |
|              |   | story are you going to write?    |   |                  |
+--------------+---+----------------------------------+---+------------------+
| Lu           |   | I am going to write a story      |   |                  |
|              |   | about the elections. I need some |   |                  |
|              |   | help.                            |   |                  |
+--------------+---+----------------------------------+---+------------------+
| Mrs. Moore   |   | I am a reporter, too. I can help |   |                  |
|              |   | you.                             |   |                  |
+--------------+---+----------------------------------+---+------------------+
| The          |   |                                  |   |                  |
| threesome    |   |                                  |   |                  |
| gets to the  |   |                                  |   |                  |
| house and    |   |                                  |   |                  |
| pile inside. |   |                                  |   |                  |
+--------------+---+----------------------------------+---+------------------+
| Mrs. Moore   |   | > Let's work in the office.      |   |                  |
+--------------+---+----------------------------------+---+------------------+
| Lu and       |   | > Okay.                          |   |                  |
| Shannon      |   |                                  |   |                  |
+--------------+---+----------------------------------+---+------------------+
| Mrs. Moore   |   |                                  |   |                  |
| sits on one  |   |                                  |   |                  |
| side of the  |   |                                  |   |                  |
| desk --      |   |                                  |   |                  |
| Shannon and  |   |                                  |   |                  |
| Lu on the    |   |                                  |   |                  |
| other side.  |   |                                  |   |                  |
+--------------+---+----------------------------------+---+------------------+
| Mrs. Moore   |   | Lu, you need to talk to the      | M |                  |
|              |   | candidates. You should learn     | r |                  |
|              |   | about each candidate. You need   | s |                  |
|              |   | to ask questions. You need to    | . |                  |
|              |   | write the answers. This is an    | M |                  |
|              |   | interview. I'm a reporter at the | o |                  |
|              |   | city newspaper. I will teach you | o |                  |
|              |   | some interview questions.        | r |                  |
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| Lu           |   | Thank you.                       |   |                  |
+--------------+---+----------------------------------+---+------------------+
| Mrs. Moore   |   | Please watch me. I am going to   |   |                  |
|              |   | interview Shannon. Listen to my  |   |                  |
|              |   | questions. Hello. My name is     |   |                  |
|              |   | Anne Moore. I am writing a story |   |                  |
|              |   | about the election. What is your |   |                  |
|              |   | name?                            |   |                  |
+--------------+---+----------------------------------+---+------------------+
| Shannon      |   | Shannon Moore.                   |   |                  |
+--------------+---+----------------------------------+---+------------------+
| Mrs. Moore   |   | Are you running for student      |   |                  |
|              |   | government?                      |   |                  |
+--------------+---+----------------------------------+---+------------------+
| Shannon      |   | Yes, I am. I am running for      |   |                  |
|              |   | president.                       |   |                  |
+--------------+---+----------------------------------+---+------------------+
| Mrs. Moore   |   | Why?                             |   |                  |
+--------------+---+----------------------------------+---+------------------+
| Shannon      |   | I want to lead the student       |   |                  |
|              |   | government.                      |   |                  |
+--------------+---+----------------------------------+---+------------------+
| Mrs. Moore   |   | Why do you want to lead the      |   |                  |
|              |   | student government?              |   |                  |
+--------------+---+----------------------------------+---+------------------+
| Shannon      |   | I want to improve the school. I  |   |                  |
|              |   | am going to do great things!     |   |                  |
+--------------+---+----------------------------------+---+------------------+
| Mrs. Moore   |   | What do you want to do?          |   |                  |
+--------------+---+----------------------------------+---+------------------+
| Shannon      |   | I'd like to get more food        |   |                  |
|              |   | choices in the school cafeteria! |   |                  |
+--------------+---+----------------------------------+---+------------------+
| Mrs. Moore   |   | Why do you want more food        |   |                  |
|              |   | choices?                         |   |                  |
+--------------+---+----------------------------------+---+------------------+
| Shannon      |   | I like to eat! I'd like to have  |   |                  |
|              |   | more holidays, too.              |   |                  |
+--------------+---+----------------------------------+---+------------------+
| Mrs. Moore   |   | What is your campaign slogan?    |   |                  |
+--------------+---+----------------------------------+---+------------------+
| Shannon      |   | Shannon Moore will bring you     |   |                  |
|              |   | more!                            |   |                  |
+--------------+---+----------------------------------+---+------------------+
| Mrs. Moore   |   | You are clever. Can you win?     |   |                  |
+--------------+---+----------------------------------+---+------------------+
| Shannon      |   | I want to win. I don't want to   |   |                  |
|              |   | lose.                            |   |                  |
+--------------+---+----------------------------------+---+------------------+
| Lloyd        |   | Look at this. I made this poster | C |                  |
|              |   | for Shannon's campaign!.(Holds   | o |                  |
|              |   | homemade poster for Shannon)     | m |                  |
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| Mrs. Moore   |   | Lloyd. That is a terrific        |   |                  |
|              |   | poster. You are sweet.           |   |                  |
+--------------+---+----------------------------------+---+------------------+
| Lu           |   | I'm sorry. I don't understand.   |   |                  |
|              |   | What is a campaign?              |   |                  |
+--------------+---+----------------------------------+---+------------------+
| Shannon      |   | A campaign is a plan to win an   |   |                  |
|              |   | election. That is an awesome     |   |                  |
|              |   | poster, Lloyd. I like it a lot!  |   |                  |
|              |   | Thank you.                       |   |                  |
+--------------+---+----------------------------------+---+------------------+
| Mrs. Moore   |   | Okay Lu. Now it's your turn. Who |   |                  |
|              |   | do you need to interview for     |   |                  |
|              |   | your story?                      |   |                  |
+--------------+---+----------------------------------+---+------------------+
| Lu           |   | I need to interview three        |   |                  |
|              |   | candidates                       |   |                  |
+--------------+---+----------------------------------+---+------------------+
| Mrs. Moore   |   | First, you need to call them.    | S |                  |
|              |   | Ask them to talk to you. Then,   | h |                  |
|              |   | you need to make an appointment. | e |                  |
|              |   | When can they talk to you?       | h |                  |
|              |   | Finally, you need to meet each   | a |                  |
|              |   | candidate. You need to ask your  | n |                  |
|              |   | questions.                       | d |                  |
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+--------------+---+----------------------------------+---+------------------+

# Quizzes

+---------------------------------+------------------------------------+
| ## KNOWLEDGE BRIDGE 1           |                                    |
+---------------------------------+------------------------------------+
| Questions appear in Chinese,    | User watches the scene from set up |
| answers in English.             | story, selects answer, clicks      |
|                                 | feedback, gets Robot pos/neg       |
| What is Lu's challenge?         | response. Clicks next to advance   |
|                                 | to the next question.              |
| a\. [to report on school        |                                    |
| elections]{.mark} \*(the        |                                    |
| answer)                         |                                    |
|                                 |                                    |
| b\. to run for class president  |                                    |
|                                 |                                    |
| c\. to interview Mr. Moore, the |                                    |
| principal                       |                                    |
+---------------------------------+------------------------------------+
| How does Mrs. Moore help Lu?    | User watches scene of set up       |
|                                 | story; answers question.           |
| a\. She interviews the          |                                    |
| candidates for Lu               |                                    |
|                                 |                                    |
| b\. [She interviews Shannon for |                                    |
| Lu.]{.mark} \*(the answer)      |                                    |
|                                 |                                    |
| c\. She interviews Lu.          |                                    |
+---------------------------------+------------------------------------+
| Why does Shannon want to be     | User watches scene of set up       |
| class president?                | story; answers question.           |
|                                 |                                    |
| a\. to make friends             |                                    |
|                                 |                                    |
| b\. [to improve her             |                                    |
| school]{.mark} \*(the answer)   |                                    |
|                                 |                                    |
| c\. because her parents want    |                                    |
| her to                          |                                    |
+---------------------------------+------------------------------------+
| ## KNOWLEDGE BRIDGE 2           |                                    |
+---------------------------------+------------------------------------+
| Question 1                      | User selects answer then clicks    |
|                                 | submit to see if they were right.  |
| User sees an image of Lu and    |                                    |
| Shannon having a dialogue in    |                                    |
| the school hallway. There is an |                                    |
| empty text bubble above Lu's    |                                    |
| head.                           |                                    |
|                                 |                                    |
| Lu likes Shannon's campaign     |                                    |
| slogan. How can he tell her?    |                                    |
|                                 |                                    |
| a.  I hate your slogan!         |                                    |
|                                 |                                    |
| b.  What is your slogan?        |                                    |
|                                 |                                    |
| c.  [Fantastic slogan!]{.mark}  |                                    |
|     \*(the answer)              |                                    |
+---------------------------------+------------------------------------+
| Question 2                      | User selects answer then clicks    |
|                                 | submit to see if they were right.  |
| Lu is interviewing a candidate  |                                    |
| in the school cafeteria. There  |                                    |
| is an empty text bubble above   |                                    |
| Lu's head.                      |                                    |
|                                 |                                    |
| Lu wants to ask the candidate a |                                    |
| question about the election.    |                                    |
| What should he say?             |                                    |
|                                 |                                    |
| a.  [What position are you      |                                    |
|     running for?]{.mark} \*(the |                                    |
|     answer)                     |                                    |
|                                 |                                    |
| b.  How do you like my          |                                    |
|     question?                   |                                    |
|                                 |                                    |
| c.  What should I tell Mrs.     |                                    |
|     Moore?                      |                                    |
+---------------------------------+------------------------------------+
| Question 3                      | User selects answer then clicks    |
|                                 | submit to see if they were right.  |
| Lu is talking to Mrs. Moore in  |                                    |
| the kitchen. There is an empty  |                                    |
| text bubble above Lu's head.    |                                    |
|                                 |                                    |
| Lu wants to tell Mrs. Moore     |                                    |
| about a candidate the           |                                    |
| interviewed. What should he     |                                    |
| say?                            |                                    |
|                                 |                                    |
| a.  [She likes to go to the     |                                    |
|     movies and listen to        |                                    |
|     CDs.]{.mark} \*(the answer) |                                    |
|                                 |                                    |
| b.  She is not a candidate or a |                                    |
|     slogan.                     |                                    |
|                                 |                                    |
| ```{=html}                      |                                    |
| <!-- -->                        |                                    |
| ```                             |                                    |
| a.  I don't know what to say.   |                                    |
+---------------------------------+------------------------------------+

# Reading Machine 

+--------------+-----------------------------------+------------------+
| ##           |                                   |                  |
| READ SECTION |                                   |                  |
+--------------+-----------------------------------+------------------+
| Narrator     | *\[Here is an old article from    | Audio sync to    |
|              | The Student News. It describes    | highlight. User  |
|              | the candidates from last year.\]* | explores meaning |
|              |                                   | with dictionary. |
|              | It is election time! There are    |                  |
|              | many candidates for the positions |                  |
|              | in student government. Who are    |                  |
|              | the candidates? There are two     |                  |
|              | candidates for president this     |                  |
|              | year. The Student News            |                  |
|              | interviewed one candidate         |                  |
|              | yesterday.                        |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | SN: What is your name?            |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | MW: Mark Wilson.                  |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | SN: Are you running for student   |                  |
|              | government?                       |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | MW: Yes. I am running for         |                  |
|              | president.                        |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | SN: Why?                          |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | MW: I want to improve our music   |                  |
|              | program.                          |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | SN: Why do you want to improve    |                  |
|              | our music program?                |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | MW: We need more instruments for  |                  |
|              | the band.                         |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | SN: What are you going to do?     |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | MW: I want to ask the school for  |                  |
|              | more instruments.                 |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | SN: Terrific! Who is your         |                  |
|              | competition?                      |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | MW: I am running against Sandy    |                  |
|              | Smith. I don't want to lose.      |                  |
|              | Please vote for me!               |                  |
+--------------+-----------------------------------+------------------+

+--------------+-----------------------------------+------------------+
| ## L         |                                   |                  |
| INKS SECTION |                                   |                  |
+--------------+-----------------------------------+------------------+
|              | It is election time! There are    | Underlined Text  |
|              | many **candidates** for the       | (in blue) =      |
|              | positions in *student             | grammar          |
|              | government*. Who are the          |                  |
|              | candidates? There are two         | Text in Italics  |
|              | candidates for president this     | (in green) =     |
|              | year. The **Student News**        | culture          |
|              | interviewed one candidate         |                  |
|              | yesterday.                        | Bold text (in    |
|              |                                   | orange) = images |
|              | SN: What is your name?            |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | MW: Mark Wilson.                  |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | SN: Are you running for student   |                  |
|              | government?                       |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | MW: Yes. I [am                    |                  |
|              | running]{.underline} for          |                  |
|              | president.                        |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | SN: Why?                          |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | MW: I want to improve our music   |                  |
|              | program.                          |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | SN: [Why do you]{.underline} want |                  |
|              | to improve our music program?     |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | MW: We need [more]{.underline}    |                  |
|              | **instruments** for the *band*.   |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | SN: What are you going to do?     |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | MW: I want to ask the **school**  |                  |
|              | for more instruments.             |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | SN: [Terrific]{.underline}! [Who  |                  |
|              | is]{.underline} your competition? |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | MW: I am running against Sandy    |                  |
|              | Smith. I don't want to lose.      |                  |
|              | Please vote for [me]{.underline}! |                  |
+--------------+-----------------------------------+------------------+
| ### G        |                                   |                  |
| RAMMAR LINKS |                                   |                  |
+--------------+-----------------------------------+------------------+
| terrific     | Single-word expressions such as   |                  |
|              | "terrific" and "awesome" are      |                  |
|              | called "interjections." An        |                  |
|              | interjection is a word that shows |                  |
|              | emotion. Interjections usually do |                  |
|              | not have a grammatical connection |                  |
|              | to other parts of a sentence.     |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | Some interjections take an        |                  |
|              | exclamation point (**!**), which  |                  |
|              | indicates a high degree of        |                  |
|              | surprise, incredulity or other    |                  |
|              | strong emotion.                   |                  |
+--------------+-----------------------------------+------------------+
| why do you   | Here, "why" is an adverb that     |                  |
|              | means for what reason, cause or   |                  |
|              | purpose? An adverb modifies the   |                  |
|              | meaning of a verb, an adjective   |                  |
|              | or another adverb.                |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | "Do" is an auxiliary or helping   |                  |
|              | verb, which is used to help form  |                  |
|              | the voices, tenses or moods of    |                  |
|              | other verbs. A verb tense is the  |                  |
|              | property of the verb that         |                  |
|              | expresses time.                   |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | When "why" and "do" are combined  |                  |
|              | with a subject pronoun such as    |                  |
|              | "you," "we" or "they," they form  |                  |
|              | a question, and a verb must       |                  |
|              | follow the pronoun.               |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | Mrs. Moore asks Shannon, "Why do  |                  |
|              | you want to lead the student      |                  |
|              | government?" Mrs. Moore is trying |                  |
|              | to find out **why** Shannon wants |                  |
|              | **to do** something.              |                  |
+--------------+-----------------------------------+------------------+
| who is       | "Who" is a pronoun that means     |                  |
|              | "What or which person or people?" |                  |
|              | "Who" is used to introduce a      |                  |
|              | direct, indirect or implied       |                  |
|              | question, such as "Who is he?" or |                  |
|              | "Who are they?"                   |                  |
+--------------+-----------------------------------+------------------+
| me           | "Me" is a first person singular   |                  |
|              | object pronoun. A pronoun in the  |                  |
|              | objective case is used as an      |                  |
|              | indirect object, direct object or |                  |
|              | object of a preposition. An       |                  |
|              | object is the person or thing     |                  |
|              | that receives an action.          |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | In the sentence "Please vote for  |                  |
|              | me," the verb is "vote" and the   |                  |
|              | preposition is "for." In this     |                  |
|              | case, "me" receives the action.   |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | Other object pronouns are **you,  |                  |
|              | him, her, it, us** and **them.**  |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | Pronouns come in subject/object   |                  |
|              | pairs:                            |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | **Subject / Object**              |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | I / Me                            |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | You / You                         |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | He / Him                          |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | She / Her                         |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | It / It                           |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | We / Us                           |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | They / Them                       |                  |
+--------------+-----------------------------------+------------------+
| more         | "More" is used to show            |                  |
|              | comparison. Comparison is defined |                  |
|              | as the forms of an adjective or   |                  |
|              | adverb that indicate degrees in   |                  |
|              | quality, quantity or manner. In   |                  |
|              | English, those three levels or    |                  |
|              | degrees are **positive**,         |                  |
|              | **comparative** and               |                  |
|              | **superlative**. "More" is the    |                  |
|              | comparative form.                 |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | The **positive** degree of        |                  |
|              | comparison is the simple form.    |                  |
|              | Examples are **new** or           |                  |
|              | **efficient** (adjectives) or     |                  |
|              | **soon** (an adverb).             |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | The **comparative** degree        |                  |
|              | indicates a higher or lower       |                  |
|              | degree of quality or manner than  |                  |
|              | is expressed by the positive      |                  |
|              | degree. The comparative is used   |                  |
|              | when two things are compared and  |                  |
|              | is usually formed by adding "-er" |                  |
|              | to the positive degree            |                  |
|              | (**newer**, **sooner**). In       |                  |
|              | longer words, the comparative is  |                  |
|              | formed by adding "more" or "less" |                  |
|              | to the positive, as in **more     |                  |
|              | efficient** or **less             |                  |
|              | efficient**.                      |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | The **superlative** degree        |                  |
|              | denotes the highest or lowest     |                  |
|              | degree of quality or manner. The  |                  |
|              | superlative is used when more     |                  |
|              | than two things are compared and  |                  |
|              | is usually formed by adding       |                  |
|              | "-est" to the positive degree     |                  |
|              | (**newest**, **soonest**). In     |                  |
|              | longer words, the superlative is  |                  |
|              | formed by adding "most" or        |                  |
|              | "least" to the positive, as in    |                  |
|              | **most efficient** or **least     |                  |
|              | efficient.**                      |                  |
+--------------+-----------------------------------+------------------+
| am running   | The phrases "am running" and "am  |                  |
|              | writing" consist of the first     |                  |
|              | person present continuous form of |                  |
|              | "to be" and the gerund form of    |                  |
|              | the verbs "run" and "write." As a |                  |
|              | reminder, a first person singular |                  |
|              | pronoun is **I**.                 |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | In English, a "present            |                  |
|              | continuous" construction is a     |                  |
|              | verb tense with more than one     |                  |
|              | part. Both "am" and "run" are     |                  |
|              | verbs. Use the present continuous |                  |
|              | with other verbs to express the   |                  |
|              | idea that something is happening  |                  |
|              | at this very moment. You also can |                  |
|              | use the present continuous to     |                  |
|              | show that something is not        |                  |
|              | happening now, as in "I am not    |                  |
|              | running."                         |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | When you use a present continuous |                  |
|              | construction, make sure the       |                  |
|              | pronoun and the verbs match.      |                  |
+--------------+-----------------------------------+------------------+
| ### C        |                                   |                  |
| ULTURE LINKS |                                   |                  |
+--------------+-----------------------------------+------------------+
| student      | Students of the school usually    |                  |
| government   | form a student government also    |                  |
|              | known as a student council. These |                  |
|              | students become council members   |                  |
|              | by running for positions such as  |                  |
|              | the president, vice president and |                  |
|              | treasurer. The ones that get most |                  |
|              | votes from other students get     |                  |
|              | elected. The student council      |                  |
|              | represents the students in the    |                  |
|              | school.                           |                  |
+--------------+-----------------------------------+------------------+
| band         | Most American high schools have a |                  |
|              | school band programs. The band    |                  |
|              | may be a concert band, a marching |                  |
|              | band, or both. They students      |                  |
|              | study music and their             |                  |
|              | instruments. Many students begin  |                  |
|              | learning how to play in middle    |                  |
|              | school.                           |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | Marching bands performed          |                  |
|              | choreographed "dances" or         |                  |
|              | artistic formations while playing |                  |
|              | music. They can be quite          |                  |
|              | elaborate performances usually    |                  |
|              | around a central theme. Marching  |                  |
|              | bands provide entertainment for   |                  |
|              | the school's fans during half     |                  |
|              | time at football games. And keep  |                  |
|              | the enthusiasm of the crowd a     |                  |
|              | live throughout the game. Now     |                  |
|              | there are large competitions all  |                  |
|              | over the country to see who has   |                  |
|              | the best marching band.           |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | Concert bands play music for the  |                  |
|              | school and community several      |                  |
|              | times a year. They also compete   |                  |
|              | against other schools for         |                  |
|              | recognition and awards.           |                  |
+--------------+-----------------------------------+------------------+
| ### IMAGES   |                                   |                  |
+--------------+-----------------------------------+------------------+
| candidates   | Photos                            |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
| student news |                                   |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
| instruments  |                                   |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
| school       |                                   |                  |
+--------------+-----------------------------------+------------------+
| **FALLOUT    |                                   |                  |
| SECTION**    |                                   |                  |
+--------------+-----------------------------------+------------------+
| am running   | It is election time! There are    |                  |
|              | many candidates for the positions |                  |
| Terrific     | in student government. Who are    |                  |
|              | the candidates? There are two     |                  |
|              | candidates for president this     |                  |
|              | year. The Student News            |                  |
|              | interviewed one candidate         |                  |
|              | yesterday.                        |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | SN: What is your name?            |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | MW: Mark Wilson.                  |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | SN: Are you running for student   |                  |
|              | government?                       |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | MW: Yes. I \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ for |                  |
|              | president.                        |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | SN: Why?                          |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | MW: I want to improve our music   |                  |
|              | program.                          |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | SN: Why do you want to improve    |                  |
|              | our music program?                |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | MW: We need more instruments for  |                  |
|              | the band.                         |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | SN: What are you going to do?     |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | MW: I want to ask the school for  |                  |
|              | more instruments.                 |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | SN: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_! Who is your   |                  |
|              | competition?                      |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | MW: I am running against Sandy    |                  |
|              | Smith. I don't want to lose.      |                  |
|              | Please vote for me!               |                  |
+--------------+-----------------------------------+------------------+
| there are    | It is election time! There are    |                  |
|              | many candidates for the positions |                  |
| for me       | in student government. Who are    |                  |
|              | the candidates?                   |                  |
| for more     | \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ two candidates |                  |
|              | for president this year. The      |                  |
| interviewed  | Student News \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_   |                  |
|              | one candidate yesterday.          |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | SN: What is your name?            |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | MW: Mark Wilson.                  |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | SN: Are you running for student   |                  |
|              | government?                       |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | MW: Yes. I am running for         |                  |
|              | president.                        |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | SN: Why?                          |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | MW: I want to improve our music   |                  |
|              | program.                          |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | SN: Why do you want to improve    |                  |
|              | our music program?                |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | MW: We need more instruments for  |                  |
|              | the band.                         |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | SN: What are you going to do?     |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | MW: I want to ask the school      |                  |
|              | \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ instruments.       |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | SN: Terrific! Who is your         |                  |
|              | competition?                      |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | MW: I am running against Sandy    |                  |
|              | Smith. I don't want to lose.      |                  |
|              | Please vote \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_!     |                  |
+--------------+-----------------------------------+------------------+
| more         | It is election time! There are    |                  |
|              | many candidates for the positions |                  |
| many         | in student government. Who are    |                  |
|              | the candidates? There are two     |                  |
| improve      | candidates for president this     |                  |
|              | year. The Student News            |                  |
| instruments  | interviewed one candidate         |                  |
|              | yesterday.                        |                  |
| for          |                                   |                  |
|              | SN: What is your name?            |                  |
| to           |                                   |                  |
|              | MW: Mark Wilson.                  |                  |
| me           |                                   |                  |
|              | SN: Are you running for student   |                  |
| mine         | government?                       |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | MW: Yes. I am running \_\_\_\_    |                  |
|              | president.                        |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | SN: Why?                          |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | MW: I want to \_\_\_\_\_\_ our    |                  |
|              | music program.                    |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | SN: Why do you want to improve    |                  |
|              | our music program?                |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | MW: We need more \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ |                  |
|              | for the band.                     |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | SN: What are you going to do?     |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | MW: I want to ask the school for  |                  |
|              | \_\_\_\_\_ instruments.           |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | SN: Terrific! Who is your         |                  |
|              | competition?                      |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | MW: I am running against Sandy    |                  |
|              | Smith. I don't want \_\_\_ lose.  |                  |
|              | Please vote for \_\_\_!           |                  |
+--------------+-----------------------------------+------------------+
| ## RE        |                                   |                  |
| CORD SECTION |                                   |                  |
+--------------+-----------------------------------+------------------+
| 1.  It is    | *Here is an old article from The  |                  |
|     election | Student News. It describes the    |                  |
|     time     | candidates from last year.*       |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
| 2.  why      | It is election time! There are    |                  |
|              | many candidates for the positions |                  |
| 3.  Please   | in student government. Who are    |                  |
|     vote for | the candidates? There are two     |                  |
|     me       | candidates for president this     |                  |
|              | year. The Student News            |                  |
| 4.  are you  | interviewed one candidate         |                  |
|     running  | yesterday.                        |                  |
|     for      |                                   |                  |
|              | SN: What is your name?            |                  |
|    president |                                   |                  |
|              | MW: Mark Wilson.                  |                  |
| 5.  what are |                                   |                  |
|     you      | SN: Are you running for student   |                  |
|     going to | government?                       |                  |
|     do       |                                   |                  |
|              | MW: Yes. I am running for         |                  |
| 6.  Terrific | president.                        |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
| 7.  I don't  | SN: Why?                          |                  |
|     want to  |                                   |                  |
|     lose.    | MW: I want to improve our music   |                  |
|              | program.                          |                  |
| 8.  I want   |                                   |                  |
|     to       | SN: Why do you want to improve    |                  |
|     improve  | our music program?                |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
| 9.  I am     | MW: We need more instruments for  |                  |
|     running  | the band.                         |                  |
|     for      |                                   |                  |
|              | SN: What are you going to do?     |                  |
|    president |                                   |                  |
|              | MW: I want to ask the school for  |                  |
| 10           | more instruments.                 |                  |
| . government |                                   |                  |
|              | SN: Terrific! Who is your         |                  |
|              | competition?                      |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | MW: I am running against Sandy    |                  |
|              | Smith. I don't want to lose.      |                  |
|              | Please vote for me!               |                  |
+--------------+-----------------------------------+------------------+

# COACHING 1 & 2

+---------------+-----------------------------------+------------------+
| ## B          |                                   |                  |
| E THE COACH 1 |                                   |                  |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+------------------+
| Lu is in the  |                                   |                  |
| hallway at    |                                   |                  |
| school. He is |                                   |                  |
| talking with  |                                   |                  |
| Shannon.      |                                   |                  |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+------------------+
| Shannon       | Have you made a list of           | Medium shot      |
|               | candidates to interview?          | Shannon and Lu.  |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+------------------+
| Gizmo         | Lu thinks he knows the candidates | User watches the |
|               | running for election but isn't    | intro movie.     |
|               | sure. What should he say?         | Helps carry the  |
|               |                                   | story mission    |
|               | (Answers are in English)          | along through    |
|               |                                   | the episode.     |
|               | -   Should I run for secretary?   |                  |
|               |                                   | User answers     |
|               | -   Maria is ran for secretary,   | question. If     |
|               |     doesn't she?                  | correct, advance |
|               |                                   | to next scene.   |
|               | -   [Maria is running for         |                  |
|               |     secretary, isn't she?]{.mark} | If incorrect     |
|               |     \*(the answer)                | 1^st^ time, gets |
|               |                                   | a "try again"    |
|               |                                   |                  |
|               |                                   | If incorrect     |
|               |                                   | 2^nd^ time,      |
|               |                                   | program auto     |
|               |                                   | answers the      |
|               |                                   | question sending |
|               |                                   | the user back to |
|               |                                   | practice. User   |
|               |                                   | will not advance |
|               |                                   | on the map.      |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+------------------+
| Closing Scene |                                   |                  |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+------------------+
| Student       | Maria is running for secretary,   | Lu smiles at the |
|               | isn't she?                        | user then turns  |
|               |                                   | to the Shannon   |
|               |                                   | and says.        |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+------------------+
| Shannon       | That's right, Lu.                 | Medium shot, Lu  |
|               |                                   | and Shannon      |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+------------------+
| Lu            | Thanks for your help.             | Lu turns back to |
|               |                                   | the camera.      |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+------------------+
| ## B          |                                   |                  |
| E THE COACH 2 |                                   |                  |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+------------------+
| Lu is talking |                                   |                  |
| to one of the |                                   |                  |
| candidates.   |                                   |                  |
| Medium shot   |                                   |                  |
| both          |                                   |                  |
| characters.   |                                   |                  |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+------------------+
| Lu            | What will you do if you are       | User listens to  |
|               | elected?                          | the scene then   |
|               |                                   | responds to      |
|               |                                   | Gizmo's          |
|               |                                   | question.        |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+------------------+
| Candidate     | I will ask for an internet        |                  |
|               | lounge.                           |                  |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+------------------+
| Lu            | Umm .. What..uhh (looks to the    |                  |
|               | user for help)                    |                  |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+------------------+
| Gizmo         | Time to be the coach! Lu want to  |                  |
|               | know the student's campaign       |                  |
|               | slogan, what should he say?       |                  |
|               |                                   |                  |
|               | -   Who is your campaign slogan?  |                  |
|               |                                   |                  |
|               | -   [What is your campaign        |                  |
|               |     slogan?]{.mark} \*(the        |                  |
|               |     answer)                       |                  |
|               |                                   |                  |
|               | -   What a terrific campaign      |                  |
|               |     slogan!                       |                  |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+------------------+
| Ending --     |                                   |                  |
| Play when     |                                   |                  |
| user answers  |                                   |                  |
| correct.      |                                   |                  |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+------------------+
| Lu            | What is your campaign slogan?     | Medium shot Lu   |
|               |                                   | and the student. |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+------------------+
| Candidate     | You want a better school? Vote    | Close up Lu      |
|               | for me!                           |                  |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+------------------+
| Lu            | Terrific slogan!                  | Medium shot Lu   |
|               |                                   | and candidate.   |
|               |                                   | Lu turns and     |
|               |                                   | nods to the      |
|               |                                   | camera. Exit     |
|               |                                   | back to the map. |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+------------------+

# Featured Cultural Content 

+--------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
| ## Stu       | American students start learning the basics of a      |
| dent Council | democratic society at a very young age. They learn    |
|  by Students | from their civics classes about the Constitution and  |
|              | talk about current events such as the local election  |
|              | and the importance of voting.                         |
|              |                                                       |
|              | One of the best ways for the students to learn how    |
|              | citizens can participate in making changes is to be a |
|              | part of the student council. A student council is     |
|              | usually formed by students of the school. These       |
|              | students become council members by running for        |
|              | positions such as the president, vice president and   |
|              | treasurer. The ones that get most votes from other    |
|              | students get elected. The process is very similar to  |
|              | real political campaigns and elections.               |
|              |                                                       |
|              | The student council represents the students in the    |
|              | school. Teachers and parents take the input from the  |
|              | student council seriously. The student council let    |
|              | the teachers and parents know about the student       |
|              | body's suggestions, complaints and ideas on issues    |
|              | such as the food quality in the cafeteria, dress      |
|              | code, the amount of homework, raising money for       |
|              | sports teams, etc.                                    |
|              |                                                       |
|              | Voting for the student council or being a part of the |
|              | council are experiences that give American students   |
|              | first-hand knowledge about the importance of each     |
|              | person decision and the power of a collective voice.  |
|              | Many students also learn useful skills such as        |
|              | speaking in front of groups of people, organizing     |
|              | events and managing money from these experiences.     |
+--------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
| ## Governme  | The United States is a democracy. That means that the |
| nt elections | government is run by people who are elected to office |
|              | by citizens who vote for them. The national           |
|              | government is composed of three parts: the executive  |
|              | branch (the President), the legislative branch (the   |
|              | Senate and the House of Representatives, collectively |
|              | called "Congress") and the judicial branch (the       |
|              | Supreme Court). These three branches help ensure a    |
|              | system of "checks and balances" in the running of the |
|              | government.                                           |
|              |                                                       |
|              | The President holds office for four years, and may be |
|              | re-elected for a second term. Each state elects two   |
|              | Senators, who each serve for six years, with about a  |
|              | third of the senators coming up for re-election every |
|              | two years. Members of the House of Representatives    |
|              | are elected for two-year terms. Each state has a      |
|              | different number of representatives, based on its     |
|              | population.                                           |
|              |                                                       |
|              | General elections are held the first Tuesday in       |
|              | November. Each party can run one candidate for each   |
|              | office in the election, with the two predominant      |
|              | parties being the Democratic party and the Republican |
|              | party. If more than one person wishes to run for      |
|              | office representing a given party, a primary election |
|              | is held some months prior to the general election, to |
|              | determine who will represent the party in November.   |
|              |                                                       |
|              | The justices of the Supreme Court are appointed by    |
|              | the President, and must be approved by Congress. This |
|              | appointment is for life, to avoid political pressure  |
|              | being exerted on the justices once they are in power. |
|              |                                                       |
|              | Many state and local government positions are also    |
|              | filled through the electoral process.                 |
+--------------+-------------------------------------------------------+

+--------------+-----------------------------------+------------------+
| # KARAOKE    |                                   |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
| ## I         |                                   |                  |
|  like sports |                                   |                  |
+--------------+-----------------------------------+------------------+
| Narrator     | I like sports.                    | *Each            |
|              |                                   | cut/normalized   |
|              | They are terrific!                | audio file needs |
|              |                                   | markers on every |
|              | I like video games.               | word as well as  |
|              |                                   | a text file for  |
|              | They are awesome!                 | each verse.*     |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | I like television.                |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | It is clever.                     |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | I like movies.                    |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | They are fantastic!               |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | You are smart and                 |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | You are clever!                   |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | You are fun and                   |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | You are cute!                     |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | You aren't dull and               |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | You aren't boring.                |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | You are cool and                  |                  |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | You're terrific!                  |                  |
+--------------+-----------------------------------+------------------+

# APPLY- FINAL CHALLENGE

+--------------+-----------------------------------+------------------+
| ## READ      |                                   |                  |
| ASSESSMENT - |                                   |                  |
| - Lu's list  |                                   |                  |
| of questions |                                   |                  |
+--------------+-----------------------------------+------------------+
| Mrs. Moore   |                                   |                  |
| is reading a |                                   |                  |
| list of      |                                   |                  |
| questions    |                                   |                  |
| for Lu's     |                                   |                  |
| interviews.  |                                   |                  |
+--------------+-----------------------------------+------------------+
| Robot:       | Mrs. Moore is reading a list of   | Student must     |
|              | questions for Lu's interviews.    | read the map and |
|              |                                   | click on one of  |
|              | -   Why do you want to be         | three M/C        |
|              |     president?                    | answers          |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | -   [What will you do if you are  | 1^st^ time fail: |
|              |     president?]{.mark} \*(the     |                  |
|              |     answer)                       | User hears first |
|              |                                   | feedback in      |
|              | -   Why will you be the best      | English with     |
|              |     president?                    | Chinese text     |
|              |                                   | only translation |
|              | Text below displays on screen in  | displaying on    |
|              | Chinese:                          | screen:          |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              | Which line says, "What will you   | "No, try         |
|              | do if you are president?          | again.".         |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              |                                   | 2^nd^ time fail: |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              |                                   | User hears 2^nd^ |
|              |                                   | feedback:        |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              |                                   | "It's this       |
|              |                                   | one.""           |
|              |                                   |                  |
|              |                                   | After 2^nd^ fail |
|              |                                   | and auto answer  |
|              |                                   | displays,        |
|              |                                   | advance the      |
|              |                                   | student to the   |
|              |                                   | next scene.      |
+--------------+-----------------------------------+------------------+

+---------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
| ##            |                                   |                 |
|  LISTENING AS |                                   |                 |
| SESSMENT -- L |                                   |                 |
| u's interview |                                   |                 |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
| BACKGROUND:   |                                   |                 |
| School        |                                   |                 |
| lunchroom. Lu |                                   |                 |
| and a         |                                   |                 |
| candidate are |                                   |                 |
| sitting at a  |                                   |                 |
| table by      |                                   |                 |
| themselves.   |                                   |                 |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
| Gizmo         | Lu is interviewing a candidate.   |                 |
|               | Help him with his questions.      |                 |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
| Student       | That's what I would do as         |                 |
|               | president.                        |                 |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
| Gizmo:        | Lu has forgotten what to say. He  |                 |
|               | wants to ask about the            |                 |
|               | candidate's hobbies. Listen to    |                 |
|               | these statements and help Lu ask  |                 |
|               | his question.                     |                 |
|               |                                   |                 |
|               | Click on these three buttons to   |                 |
|               | find the one that says in         |                 |
|               | English, "What do you do for      |                 |
|               | fun?"                             |                 |
|               |                                   |                 |
|               | \[3 audio buttons appear without  |                 |
|               | text\]                            |                 |
|               |                                   |                 |
|               | -   Where do you go for fun?      |                 |
|               |                                   |                 |
|               | -   [What do you do for           |                 |
|               |     fun?]{.mark} \*(the answer)   |                 |
|               |                                   |                 |
|               | -   When do you do your fun?      |                 |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
| ## SPEAK      |                                   |                 |
| ING ASSESSMEN |                                   |                 |
| T - Your turn |                                   |                 |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
| The passport  |                                   |                 |
| character     |                                   |                 |
| selected      |                                   |                 |
| would appear  |                                   |                 |
| in the scene  |                                   |                 |
| with the      |                                   |                 |
| other         |                                   |                 |
| characters.   |                                   |                 |
| The scene is  |                                   |                 |
| school        |                                   |                 |
| cafeteria.    |                                   |                 |
| There are 9   |                                   |                 |
| total student |                                   |                 |
| responses     |                                   |                 |
| required.     |                                   |                 |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
| ### Co        |                                   |                 |
| nversation 01 |                                   |                 |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
| Gizmo         | Now it's your turn to interview   |                 |
|               | the candidates. Click on the      |                 |
|               | student to begin.                 |                 |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
| Student       | I'm ready for our interview.      |                 |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
| Gizmo         | Say -- What is your name? (1)     |                 |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
| If correct:   |                                   |                 |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
| Student       | I'm Jess Jones.                   |                 |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
| Gizmo         | Say -- What position are you      |                 |
|               | running for? (2)                  |                 |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
| If correct:   |                                   |                 |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
| Student       | I'm running for vice-president.   |                 |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
| Gizmo         | Say -- What is your slogan? (3)   |                 |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
| If correct:   |                                   |                 |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
| Student       | Vote for progress. Vote for Jess. |                 |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
| Gizmo         | Say -- Fantastic slogan! (4)      |                 |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
| If correct:   |                                   |                 |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
| Student       | Thank you!                        |                 |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
| Gizmo         | Say -- Why do you want to be      |                 |
|               | vice-president? (5)               |                 |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
| If correct:   |                                   |                 |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
| Student       | I want to improve our sports      |                 |
|               | programs                          |                 |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
| Gizmo         | Say -- Great! What do you do for  |                 |
|               | fun? (6)                          |                 |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
| If correct:   |                                   |                 |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
| Student       | I like to play soccer and         |                 |
|               | baseball.                         |                 |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
| Gizmo         | Say -- Do you like anything else? |                 |
|               | (7)                               |                 |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
| If correct:   |                                   |                 |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
| Student       | I like to surf the Internet and   |                 |
|               | play video games.                 |                 |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
| Gizmo         | Say -- Would you like to say      |                 |
|               | anything else? (8)                |                 |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
| If correct:   |                                   |                 |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
| Student       | It's cool to vote. Please do it!  |                 |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
| Gizmo         | Say -- Thanks for your time. (9)  |                 |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
| If correct    |                                   |                 |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+
| Gizmo         | Good work! You've got some great  | User clicks     |
|               | information for an article on the | screen and is   |
|               | election. Click on the article to | sent back to    |
|               | save in your scrapbook and end    | the backpack to |
|               | this lesson.                      | begin the next  |
|               |                                   | episode.        |
+---------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------+

+-----------------+----------------------+----------------------------+
| # Wor           |                      |                            |
| d Wizard, Hidde |                      |                            |
| n Treasure, and |                      |                            |
|  Falling Jewels |                      |                            |
+-----------------+----------------------+----------------------------+
| ## Vocabulary   |                      |                            |
+-----------------+----------------------+----------------------------+
| Target          | Recycled             | Enrichment                 |
+-----------------+----------------------+----------------------------+
| awesome         | great                | positive                   |
|                 |                      |                            |
| smart           | happy                | negative                   |
|                 |                      |                            |
| cool            | sad                  | bad                        |
|                 |                      |                            |
| funny           | nice                 | kind                       |
|                 |                      |                            |
| cute            | always               | mean                       |
|                 |                      |                            |
| clever          | never                | campaign                   |
|                 |                      |                            |
| often           | usually              | slogan                     |
|                 |                      |                            |
| television      | telephone            | election                   |
|                 |                      |                            |
| video games     | phone                | candidate                  |
|                 |                      |                            |
| sports          | to listen            | president                  |
|                 |                      |                            |
| internet        | funny                | vice president             |
|                 |                      |                            |
| CD's (compact   | to go                | treasurer                  |
| disc)           |                      |                            |
|                 | to like              | secretary                  |
| to surf         |                      |                            |
| (internet)      | will                 | freshman                   |
|                 |                      |                            |
| pleasant        | luck                 | sophomore                  |
|                 |                      |                            |
| boring          |                      | junior                     |
|                 |                      |                            |
| dull            |                      | senior                     |
|                 |                      |                            |
| movies          |                      | if                         |
|                 |                      |                            |
| class           |                      | best                       |
|                 |                      |                            |
| position        |                      | government                 |
|                 |                      |                            |
| to elect        |                      | activities                 |
|                 |                      |                            |
| to report       |                      |                            |
|                 |                      |                            |
| to vote         |                      |                            |
|                 |                      |                            |
| success         |                      |                            |
|                 |                      |                            |
| fantastic       |                      |                            |
|                 |                      |                            |
| terrific        |                      |                            |
|                 |                      |                            |
| isn't           |                      |                            |
|                 |                      |                            |
| aren't          |                      |                            |
+-----------------+----------------------+----------------------------+
| ## Phrases      |                      |                            |
+-----------------+----------------------+----------------------------+
| Target          | Recycled             | Enrichment                 |
+-----------------+----------------------+----------------------------+
| That is         | Go to the...(movies, | Shannon is running for     |
| \_\_\_(cool,    | park)                | class president, isn't     |
| funny)          |                      | she?                       |
|                 | I like to...         |                            |
| I like          |                      |                            |
| your\_\_,       | What is your name?   |                            |
|                 |                      |                            |
| You are (smart, | I want to...         |                            |
| clever, funny)  |                      |                            |
|                 | I don't want to ...  |                            |
| What position   |                      |                            |
| are you running | Can you .....?       |                            |
| for?            |                      |                            |
|                 | Why do you ..(want   |                            |
| What is your    | to be president)?    |                            |
| campaign        |                      |                            |
| slogan?         |                      |                            |
|                 |                      |                            |
| What will you   |                      |                            |
| do if you are   |                      |                            |
| elected?        |                      |                            |
|                 |                      |                            |
| I'd like to...  |                      |                            |
|                 |                      |                            |
| What do you do  |                      |                            |
| for fun?        |                      |                            |
+-----------------+----------------------+----------------------------+