The Mountain West
Episode of the series Awesome Stuff
The episode
Climb into the Rocky Mountains — home to Yellowstone's geysers, ski towns, and the "Mile High City" — where fewer people live than almost anywhere else in the US.
Episode worksheets (2)
- Student sheet In your teacher account
- Teacher sheet In your teacher account
Teaching guide
Objective & content
Jeff, the guide this time, and a joking learner explore the Mountain West, eight states that do not touch the ocean. The script compares them with California and the United Kingdom, then climbs through the Rocky Mountains, Mount Elbert, Denver and Yellowstone with its geyser Old Faithful. It ends with ski towns and the Sundance Film Festival in Park City. The language focus is present simple, superlatives and short comparatives, with large numbers and quantity phrases. The vocabulary covers US geography, capitals and sightseeing, and learners practise listening for figures. One line shows the humour: "A geyser with a better schedule than me."
Materials & prerequisites
- Student sheet and teacher sheet (PDF and HTML versions, in `printables/`).
- Prerequisites: present simple, large numbers, and the basic idea of a comparative and a superlative.
Curriculum alignment
Tagged to the cycle 3 axis "the child and the wider environment" (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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