Home Assignment

Home Assignment — after Week 1, Lesson 1

Deadline: Wednesday, August 5, before Lesson 2
Expected total: 55 minutes
Minimum recovery route: 27 minutes

Assign the exact tasks below. Do not replace them with a vague instruction such as “study Unit 1.”

Exact source and task	Time	Evidence students bring	How it is checked / why it matters next class	Recovery route
SB p. 3, Exercise G, Steps 1–3: finish the questionnaire and select two realistic goals or plans. Personal or invented answers are acceptable.	15 min	Completed notes in the book or notebook.	Opening partner retrieval on Wednesday; supplies content for the career-advice interaction.	Complete one goal and its steps only — 7 min.
Teacher-created timeline follow-up using SB p. 4C: write four linked sentences about a real or invented background using before, while, when and by the time. Underline the verbs.	15 min	A four-sentence timeline.	A partner checks event order and form in Wednesday’s warmer; the teacher samples two logs.	Write two linked sentences using before and while — 8 min.
SB p. 6, Exercise A: preview the career/study collocations; mark five you can use and write one personal or invented example. Audio is optional unless student access is confirmed.	10 min	Five marked collocations plus one example.	Used in Wednesday’s controlled and semi-controlled work.	Mark three collocations and write one example — 5 min.
SB p. 8, Exercise A: skim Résumé ABCs; choose the three most important tips and prepare a brief reason for each. Do not complete a full résumé.	15 min	Three selected tips with short reasons.	Wednesday’s opening résumé exchange and later résumé/cover-letter work.	Read Quick Tips only and select two — 7 min.

Teacher follow-up on Wednesday

Use pair retrieval and peer explanation before whole-class feedback.
Do not reteach all homework while prepared students wait.
Give an unprepared student the minimum recovery route, then bring them into the communicative task with reduced information.
Keep Week 1 homework across both lessons below the 120-minute weekly ceiling.

Do not assign yet: a vague “Online Unit 1” task, a full résumé, or a complete cover letter until the exact platform task, access route, evidence and expected time are confirmed.