Lighthouse for Hong Kong: Book 9
A comprehensive English language textbook designed for Hong Kong students, covering diverse themes such as international cuisine, future technology, social events, detective work, and classic literature through integrated vocabulary, grammar, and writing skills.
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Content Summary
A comprehensive English language textbook designed for Hong Kong students, covering diverse themes such as international cuisine, future technology, social events, detective work, and classic literature through integrated vocabulary, grammar, and writing skills.
Mastering English through global discovery, creativity, and critical thinking.
Author: Michael Downie, David Gray, Juan Manuel Jiménez
Acknowledgments: Richmond Publishing, Educational Publishing House Ltd (2014), Popular Holdings Limited
Learning Objectives
- Identify international dishes, nationalities, and appropriate cooking verbs (chop, fry, boil, etc.).
- Differentiate between the use of "need" for requirements and "need to" for actions.
- Apply dictionary skills to identify syllables and write original acrostic poems.
- Identify food items through descriptive riddles and categorize them within a professional menu structure (Starters, Main Courses, Desserts, Beverages).
- Execute a restaurant ordering dialogue using appropriate social expressions, idioms (e.g., "I could eat a horse"), and dictionary-based exclamations.
- Distinguish between and correctly apply the determiners "other" and "another" in various contexts.
- Identify and correct errors in written invitations and use appropriate vocabulary for party supplies.
- Apply grammar rules for possession (whose) and indefinite pronouns (someone, nothing, anyone) in context.
- Utilize graphic organizers like story maps and dictionary skills (root words) to enhance reading comprehension and writing.
- Identify and describe crime scene evidence and suspects using specific vocabulary and comparative adjectives.