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1. LEARNING OBJECTIVE: talk about your support team in life
Support teams
Unit 4 | Session 1

2. Unit 4 | Session 1
Support teams
LEARNING OBJECTIVE: talk about your support team in life
Lesson Overview
1.GET STARTED: Responding to criticism
2.PREPARE: Assessing ideas
3.SPEAKING: Big decisions
4.PREPARE: Teams players
5.SPEAKING: Acting as a leader
6.PROGRESS CHECK

3. When was the last time someone criticized
you? Who criticized you —a friend, a
family member, a coworker, or someone
else? Was their criticism helpful or not?
Responding to criticism
GET STARTED
About a month ago, my neighbor criticized me
for blocking his driveway. I didn’t even realize
my friend’s car was blocking it! It was helpful
because now I remind my friends to park on
the other side of the street. That keeps my
neighbor and me happy!

4. Read the statements. Do you agree or disagree? Why?
Assessing ideas
PREPARE
I don’t think it’s destructivewhen people disagree with
each other. It’s good to have different opinions.
1.It is destructivewhen people disagree with each other.
2.People’s strengthsusually come naturally to them.
3.It is unreasonableto assume that all criticism is bad. Some
criticism can be constructive and should be pointed out.
4.When you think through something carefully and analyze its
different aspects, you get better results.
5.You should weigh the pros and cons of a major decision by
yourself. Asking for others’ input will only have negative
consequences.
6.Everyone working on a team has a validopinion.
7.You shouldn’t draw attention to other people’s weaknesses.
8.It’s difficult to assess whether someone is telling the truth or not.
USEFUL LANGUAGE
Reflexive pronouns: myself –
yourself –himself –herself -itself
ourselves –yourselves-themselves
Pronounswith other/another

5. Work in groups. Talk about a big decision you’ve made
in your life. Use the questions below to help you
describe the situation.
1.How did you weigh the pros and cons of your decision?
2.Did you receive any constructive criticism from your family or
friends about your decision? Was their criticism helpful?
3.Did your decision have any negative consequences?
Studying abroad in London
Big decisions
SPEAKING
My big decision was studying abroad in London. When I
weighed the pros and cons, I knew living by myself in a
foreign country would be difficult, but my family pointed
out it would also be good for me because . . .
USEFUL LANGUAGE
Reflexive pronouns: myself –
yourself –himself –herself -itself
ourselves –yourselves-themselves
Pronounswith other/another

6. Team players
Which teams do you work with in your life? Where do you work with them?
PREPARE
✓at school
✓at my job
✓in my community
✓in my neighborhood
✓in sports
✓somewhere else?
Adding emphasis: so . . . that, such . . . that, even, only

7. Discuss a time you had to oversee a group of people.
What was the experience like? How did you feel about
being the decision-maker? Tell your partners about
what worked well and what didn’t work well.
Acting as a leader
SPEAKING
Volunteers in a community garden
USEFUL LANGUAGE
I once had to . . .
It was so . . . that . . .
It was such a/an. . . that . . .
I even had to . . .
I only . . .
I once had to oversee a group of
volunteers working at a community
garden. They turned to me because
I knew the most about plants. I
learned that I really enjoy building
relationships and taking on
responsibility. It was so rewarding
that I decided to keep doing it.

8. PROGRESS CHECK
Now I can . . .
❑talk about your support team in life

9. Thank you!
Unit 4 | Session 1
LEARNING OBJECTIVE: talk about your support team in life
Support teams