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The East Coast

Episode of the series Awesome Stuff

CEFR: A1

In this episode

Illustrated slideshow (17 images)
Glossary (7 words)
Comprehension quiz (16 questions)
27 cultural notes

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The episode

Why is the East Coast so important? Two friends find out about the first thirteen colonies, five big cities in one day, and the season when people travel to look at the leaves.

Episode worksheets (2)

Student sheet In your teacher account
Teacher sheet In your teacher account

Teaching guide

Objective & content

Jeff guides a learner along the East Coast, the strip of states beside the Atlantic Ocean, and the episode calls back to the capital joke and the time zones of episode 1. They cover the thirteen colonies, about 64 million people, Washington, D.C. for the government, Wall Street in New York for the money, and the five "BosWash" cities from Boston to Washington. They also talk about Eastern Time, boardwalks and the autumn leaves. Learners practise present simple, superlatives (the oldest, the earliest) and prepositions of place and time, with large numbers and the seasons. The main skill is listening; one line to notice is "BosWash. Sounds like a detergent."

Materials & prerequisites

Student sheet and teacher sheet, each as a PDF and an HTML file (in the episode's printables).
Learners should have heard episode 1 (regions, capital, time zones), and know the present simple and numbers over a hundred.

Curriculum alignment

Tagged c3-child-and-wider-environment (cycle 3, 6e). The episode targets CEFR level A1+.

Possible adaptations

Lower levels: Offer segmented listening and additional visual aids.
Advanced levels: Encourage an oral summary and a debate in English on the theme.
Large groups: Organise group work with differentiated roles.

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