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Teacher introduces the lesson by asking learners to
respond to the following situation: "Victor did not pay his electric bill.
Victor must pay his bill before 9 a.m. tomorrow or
the electric company will turn off his power. It is now 4:30 p.m. Victor
cannot get to the electric company's office before it closes.
Victor's friend George wants to help. George goes to the Internet and says
to Victor, 'No problem--I know what to do.' How will George help
Victor?"
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Teacher instructs learners to think about their
responses without talking.
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Teacher forms learner pairs and directs learners to
share their thoughts.
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Learners
respond verbally as a whole class. Teacher guides discussion to the usefulness of the
Internet, how to find billing information on
commercial Web sites and the option of paying bills after hours at
authorized "pay centers."
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Teacher directs learners to the Appalachian Electric Power Web site
and distributes Paying Your Electric Bill in Person sheet.
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Each learner uses directions on sheet to find the list of authorized AEP pay
centers in the Roanoke Valley and locates the center nearest his/her
home.
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Each learner highlights the list of Roanoke pay
centers and copies it to a word processing document.
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Each learner provides written answers to the
questions on the Paying your Electric Bill sheet.
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Learners
meet with partner, compare answers and make corrections to grammar,
capitalization and sentence structure.
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Teacher provides correct answers to questions.
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Teacher distributes Verb Conjugation sheet,
provides correct conjugation of the verbs
"pay," "owe," "receive" and "call."
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Teacher conducts
completion drill using new verbs;
learner says and writes responses.