June 12th – lesson 8

June 12th Aim: To read Tables and graphs

Task 1 Title. Reading a Table

  1. The title of this Table is “Vacation Days per Year” per=every
  2. Short Description: reading left to right; 1) The left side has 8 countries, 2) From there there is information in order starting with Average =====employees give, next Average =====employee takes, and finally 3) Not used days.
  3. Detail (Line 1): In Brazil they have an average of 30days vacation (1), they take an average of 30 days (2), and there are no days left (3).
  4. Line (2-8): … write the details for every country.
  5. Results (the groups and details) (Task 4)

Task activity: select countries and write the sentences

Task 2 Title: Evaluation: groups / grouping method

  • Step 1: decide the result – what is the result?
  • Step 2: what groups can you see – think about it?
  • Step 3: make the groups [***Hint – there are three groups of countries]

Teacher example:

  • In group 1 / For group 1 : there are no days vacation left. These countries include Brazil, Canada and France.
  • In group 2 / For group 2 : there are a few days vacation left. There are four countries and they are Malaysia, Mexico, UK and the US. The days left are between 1 to 4 days.
  • In group 3 / For group 3 : there are a lot of days vacation left. There is only one country Japan [ and they only take half the numbers of days vacation / and take 10 days only vacation ]

Student Example:

Task 3 Title: Japan’s work-culture. Why do Japanese people (employees) only use 10 or half of the days vacation? Please write your answer (40-45words).

Note Section: Do you think foreigners want to work in Japan? a) Yes, b) No, c) Maybe

Please write your response!

HOMEWORK

  • Finish Task 3 (count the words)
  • Task 4 Title. Western Culture verse (to compare: same or different) Eastern Culture (video)
  • What is the same? What is different? [use the before Task: lesson 7 link – language; religion; cuisine; social habits; music and arts (40-55words)
  • Saturday Quiz from 9am.