| 15 min |
| Guided Practice: Complete summary writing questions Q1-Q3 on Page 2 under 70 words. |
| Independent Practice: Scholars complete Page 3: join sentences using correlative conjunctions and write their personal home address correctly. | • Spanish support boxes for conjunction mapping. | Combine three sentences with "not only". |
| 4. Closure / Exit Ticket | 10 min | Exit Ticket: Complete 12 multiple choice reading and grammar questions silently on Page 4. |
| Extra Credit: Challenge scholars to write down the porter's communication misconception and the final irony of the story. | • Scan Q5 (neither...nor structure) and Q10 (foreigner meaning). | Preview next lesson passage. |
Scholars often struggle with "neither...nor" because Spanish uses double negatives (e.g., *no habla ni... ni...*). Emphasize that in English, "neither...nor" is already negative and takes a positive verb: *He speaks neither English nor French.*
Target students struggling with "not only... but... as well" structures. Pull a small group for spelling and word order exercises on this specific complex correlative.
Enforce professional uniform standards and silent corridor transitions. Collect and grade previous evening's homework packets at the start of Period 1.
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TW (10 MIN) Enforce silent entry & uniform check. Introduce objectives. SW (5 MIN) Scholars complete Do Now. Lap #1
Why did the writer find his dialogue with the porter confusing? / ¿Por qué al escritor le resultó confuso...?
The writer found the dialogue confusing because he spoke English very carefully and clearly, yet the porter could not understand him at first. When the porter finally answered, he spoke neither slowly nor clearly, making him incomprehensible to the writer.
CC (2 MIN) Cold Call 2 scholars to read full answers. Stamp spelling.
• porter (mozo / maletero): Noun. A person whose job is to carry luggage at a station or hotel.
• several (varios / algunos): Quantifier. More than two but not many.
• foreigner (extranjero): Noun. A person from another country.
• wonder (preguntarse / dudar): Verb. To feel curious or doubt about something.
TT (2 MIN) Turn & Talk: "Why is standard English hard for the writer? Talk!"
1. Did the writer know the way to his hotel?
Answer: No, he did not know the way.
2. Whom did he ask for help at the station?
Answer: He asked a porter.
3. Did the porter understand him at first?
Answer: No, he could not understand him at first.
4. What did the porter say at the end?
Answer: "You'll soon learn English!"
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LAP #2 SW (15 MIN) Scholars answer independently RR Conduct Round Robin
Q1: The writer arrived at a railway station in London and asked a porter the way to his hotel, but the porter could not understand him.
Q2: He understood the writer at last, but the writer could not understand his answer.
Q3: The writer's teacher never spoke English like that.
Exemplar Joined Summary (68 words):
"The writer arrived at a London station and asked a porter the way to his hotel, but the porter could not understand him. At last, he understood, but the writer could not understand the porter's answer because his teacher never spoke like that. The porter smiled and said that the writer would soon learn English, leaving the writer wondering if they really speak English."
The address must appear in the top right-hand corner in descending order of size:
14 Grafton St.,
Croydon,
Surrey,
England.
24th April, 19—
TW (10 MIN) Review correlatives CC scholars read out loud
1. I did not know the way to my hotel, so I asked a porter.
2. I not only spoke English very carefully, but very clearly as well.
3. I repeated my question several times and at last he understood.
4. He answered me, but he spoke neither slowly nor clearly.
5. Then he spoke slowly, but I could not understand him.
1. I knocked at the door, but he did not open it.
2. He went on holiday and I went on holiday. → Both he and I went on holiday.
3. He must be mad or he must be very wise. → He must be either mad or very wise.
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Lap #4 SW (8 MIN) Silent exit ticket execution. TW Aggressive Monitoring: Scan Q5 and Q10.
Q1 Key: ✓ (c)
Q2 Key: ✓ (b)
Q3 Key: ✓ (b)
Q4 Key: ✓ (a)
Q5 Key: ✓ (a)
Q6 Key: ✓ (c)
Q7 Key: ✓ (d)
Q8 Key: ✓ (b)
Q9 Key: ✓ (a)
Q10 Key: ✓ (a)
Q11 Key: ✓ (d)
Q12 Key: ✓ (b)
1. Why does the writer's brother find the trip exciting?
Tim finds it exciting because it is his first time being in another country, and he is traveling around in a brand new car.
2. Why did Mr. Scott buy twelve pigeons instead of waiting?
He could not get a telephone for his new garage, and pigeons offered a private, immediate messaging service for parts requests.
Original: Mr. Scott did not send his mechanics the urgent requests.
Answer: Mr. Scott did not send the urgent requests to his mechanics.
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