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Member Spotlight: Emeka

a community center newsletter  ·  was, is, will be

The Millbrook Community Center newsletter has a member of the month. Read about Emeka then, now and next. Find the answers, then write your own spotlight.

new words  ·  the story  ·  ★ the missing word  ·  ★★ then, now, next  ·  ★★★ your spotlight, in the chat

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For the teacher · In class

read one paragraph at a time and ask "then, now, or next?" before anyone answers. "Number 1 — put your answer in the chat." ★★★ has no key: any true spotlight in three times is right.

Unit 20 teacher's key (PDF)

New words

Four new words. Tap each one and listen. Your language is under every word.

  • a person in a club or a group
  • a building for classes and people in a town
  • your mother's father, or your father's father
  • it costs no money

Member Spotlight: Emeka

This is the community center newsletter. Read about Emeka. Tap a part to hear it again.

Meet Emeka, our member of the month! Twenty years ago, Emeka was a soccer player in Lagos, Nigeria. He was on a team with five friends. They were very fast!

These days, Emeka is a chess teacher at the community center. The chess class is on Tuesdays at 6 p.m. It is free. The students are young and old.

Next spring, Emeka will be a grandfather! Someday, he will be a gardener too. Soon there will be a garden class at the center. Emeka will be the first student.

On the citizenship test: name three rights of everyone in the U.S. One is freedom of assembly.

★ Write the missing word

Write the missing word. Then type it in the chat.

  1. 1Twenty years ago, Emeka was a soccer .
  2. 2The chess class is on at 6 p.m.
  3. 3Next spring, Emeka will be a .
  4. 4Soon there will be a class at the center.

★★ Then, now, next

Read again. Then, now or next? Find the answer in the story.

  1. 1What was Emeka's hobby twenty years ago?
  2. 2What is Emeka now?
  3. 3When is the chess class?
  4. 4Is the chess class free?
  5. 5What will Emeka be next spring?

★★★ Your spotlight

Now YOU are in the newsletter.

Ten years ago, my hobby was ___. Now it is ___. Someday it will be ___.

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Be the member of the month. Three sentences in the chat: then, now, next.