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Introduction to your Top Notch ActiveTeach
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ActiveTeach. The Introduction uses examples from Top Notch 1, but all of the
features and resources described here are available in all levels.
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two-page lesson.
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printable materials.
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contents menu.
Go up a level to return to the main
menu page, navigate to any page, go
back a page, or go forward a page.
Open the digital
Vocabulary Flash
Card Player.
Click
to open this
lesson’s
Grammar
Booster page.
You can also
access the
Writing Booster
this way and,
in Top Notch
Fundamentals,
the Vocabulary
Booster.
Open the
interactive
Extra Grammar
Exercises, or the
Extra Reading
Comprehension
Exercises.
Play the
Conversation
Activator Video.
Play the
Pronunciation
Coach Video.
Open the Lesson Plans
for the page from the
Teacher’s Edition and
Lesson Planner.
Open the digital Games.
Play the audio.
Use built-in
interactive
whiteboard
tools to zoom in,
write, highlight,
erase, create
notes, and more.
Play the Top Notch Pop
song video.
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Play the Top Notch Pop
karaoke video.
New digital Vocabulary
Flash Cards are
available for Vocabulary
presentations in the
Student’s Book.
Two types of digital games are
available for each unit for review
and practice of unit vocabulary
and grammar.
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Worksheets. Click the “Top Notch TV” tab at the
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Top Notch Third Edition introduces two new video features that build conversation and
pronunciation skills. The videos are accessible by clicking on
.
A Conversation Activator Video dramatically
demonstrates how to change, personalize,
and extend the Conversation Model in the
Conversation Activator exercise.
Click on this icon to
show the transcript. This
feature is also available
on the audio player for
listening activities.
A Pronunciation Coach Video provides
further animated guidance and additional
practice of each pronunciation point.
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Choose a variety of Teacher Resources to aid in
lesson planning, organization, and evaluation:
Conversation Activator Video Script
• Audio and Video scripts
• Answer Keys
• A detailed Methods Handbook
• Professional Development articles by Joan
Saslow and Allen Ascher
• “Great Ideas for Teaching with ActiveTeach”
• Oral Progress Assessment Charts
• Printable Extension Activities
○ Extra Grammar Exercises
○ Extra Reading Comprehension Exercises
○ “Find Someone Who...” Activities
○ Conversation Activator Pair Work Cards
○ Graphic Organizers
○ Inductive Grammar Charts
○ Just for Fun (levels 1, 2, 3)
○ Learning Strategies Worksheets
○ Pronunciation Activities
○ Supplementary Pronunciation Lessons
○ Speaking Activities
○ Unit Study Guides
○ Writing Process Worksheets
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