Unit Goals Unit Goals
Grammar
Vocabulary
Listening
Speaking and Reading and Pronunciation Writing
Review of present tense: to be Be + adjective (+ noun) Possessive nouns
Occupations
Focused listening: Personal introductions
Asking for and giving personal information
UNIT 1
People page 2
• Meet people • Ask for and give personal • •
information Describe different occupations Talk about people and their occupations
Countries Nationalities Descriptive adjectives
“People from Around the World”
Contractions: –’m, –’re, –’s
Writing about a person and her occupation
Talking about daily schedules and free time
“Carnival: One Festival, Many Faces”
UNIT 2
Work, Rest, and Play page 14
• Talk about a work day • Talk about free time • Describe a festival or •
Daily activities Review: Simple present tense Party words Adverbs of frequency
Focused listening: A radio celebrity interview
Verbs that end in –s Writing a descriptive paragraph
a celebration Compare different festivals
UNIT 3
Going Places page 26
• Identify possessions • Ask for and give personal • •
travel information Give travel advice Share special travel tips with others
Possession Imperatives and should for advice
Travel preparations General listening: and stages Conversations at travel Travel documents destinations and money
Giving personal information for travel forms
“Smart Traveler: Expert Opinion”
Food
“Bugs as Food” Role-play: purchasing food Writing a at a store favorite recipe Ordering from a menu
Writing travel tips
Rising intonation in lists
UNIT 4
Food page 38
• • • •
Talk about food Order a meal Talk about diets Discuss unusual and favorite foods
Count and noncount nouns: some and any
Diets
How much, how many with quantifiers: lots of, a few, a little
General and focused listening: In a restaurant
Reduced forms: Do you have . . . and Would you like . . .
UNIT 5
Sports page 50
• Talk about activities
Present continuous tense
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Stative verbs
• •
happening now Compare every day and present time activities Talk about favorite sports Discuss adventure holidays
Doing sports Team sports Individual sports
General and focused listening: Every day activities vs. today’s activities
Talking about what “Climbing the people are doing Dragon’s Spires” now Writing an email Discussing favorite sports Reduced form: What are you . . .
UNIT 6
Destinations page 62
• Talk about past
Simple past tense
Travel activities
•
Simple past tense: to be
Emphatic adjectives
• •
vacation trips Exchange information about vacations Use was/were to describe a personal experience Talk about a discovery from the past
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General listening: A vacation
Comparing vacations
“The City of Machu Picchu, the Cradle of the Inca Empire”
Describing personal experiences Writing a postcard Sounds of –ed endings
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