LEVEL 4: Scope and Sequence

1 Big Question: How do we express feelings?

Reading Vocabulary Grammar

Nonfiction Help! Dealing with Key Words 1: stomp your feet, smile, annoyed, drive Interrupted Past
Difficult Feelings someone crazy, apologize, nervous, upset, shake While I was writing a poem yesterday,
Reading Strategy Identifying Theme Key Words 2: sweat, tantrum, scream, pout, unhappy, I started to feel better.
proud, hug First Conditional
Fiction It’s All in the Mind
Key Words 3: rant, calm down, pull, automatic If I don’t like my teacher, I won’t be
Reading Strategy Identifying Plot,
Key Words 4: embarrassed, stand out, stressful, lucky, happy at school.
Setting, and Character
strict, shy, courage, lost, relieved, follow

2 Big Question: What can space exploration teach us?

Reading Vocabulary Grammar
Nonfiction Exploring Space Key Words 1: space probe, space station, gravity, Reflexive Pronouns
Reading Strategy Identifying the scientific experiment, GPS, observe, constellation, Cassini destroyed itself by crashing into
Main Idea and Details Milky Way Saturn.
Key Words 2: solar system, planet, spacecraft, launch, Comparatives with -er more, less, and
Fiction Biking Around Space
satellite, astronaut, surface than
Reading Strategy Predicting from
Key Words 3: land, atmosphere, on board, orbit Uranus is colder than Earth.
Pictures
Key Words 4: disappointed, float, translate, ring, Enceladus is more beautiful than Earth.
universe, asteroid, seatbelt, poison, space, galaxy

3 Big Question: Is technology good or bad?

Reading Vocabulary Grammar
Nonfiction How Can Technology Key Words 1: invention, Internet, allow, connect, Present Perfect Questions
Change My Life? search engine, technology, screen, mobile device Have you ever lived for a week without
Reading Strategy Identifying the Key Words 2: smartphone, drone, sensor, software, technology?
Main Idea and Details program, app, animation Used to / didn’t use to
Fiction ELSA Key Words 3: image, selfie, display, manufacturer I used to be like an answering machine.
Key Words 4: owner, female, human being, memory, I didn’t use to select any music myself.
Reading Strategy Identifying the
natural, eyebrow, facial expression, react, puzzled,
Main Idea and Details
body language

4 Big Question: How do we entertain ourselves?

Reading Vocabulary Grammar
Nonfiction The World of Blogging Key Words 1: leisure, imagination, drama, play, Present Perfect with ever and never
Reading Strategy Annotating rehearse, craft, collect, origami Many kids have never tried it.
Key Words 2: blog, board game, vlog, post, upload, Present Perfect with already, just, and
Fiction Moving Out and Moving On
link, click yet
Reading Strategy Identifying Plot,
Key Words 3: review, design, express yourself, comment We’ve just moved here.
Character, and Setting
Key Words 4: lonely, excitement, distracted, whisper, I’ve already been here.
move, comforting, shake hands, pay attention, No one has spoken to me yet.
behavior, surroundings

5 Big Question: What can history teach us?

Reading Vocabulary Grammar
Nonfiction The Story of Chocolate Key Words 1: century, document, explorer, civilization, Present Perfect Questions with how long
Reading Strategy Identifying a historical site, preserve, thousand, mosaic How long has chocolate existed?
Sequence of Events Key Words 2: bean, pod, cacao tree, vanilla, For 4,000 years.
cinnamon, chili, bitter Present Perfect (for/since) vs. Past Simple
Fiction Hidden Pictures
Key Words 3: fake, flavor, currency, fashionable I haven’t looked in these boxes for a
Reading Strategy Identifying Cause
Key Words 4: basement, chilly, junk, messy, heap, long time.
and Effect
stare, scan, rub, reveal, layer Karen found a mysterious painting.

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Oracy Skill Word Study Writing Listening The Big Challenge Speaking Mission
Ground Rules Vowel Diagraphs: Improve Your Interview How can we Preparing to Give
Cue Cards: ai, ay, ei, ea Writing Children’s Feelings show respect for Advice to a Friend
1 How about … ? Adjectives our classmates’
2 That’s important. feelings?
Writing Task
3 That’s not Poem
important.

Oracy Skill Word Study Writing Listening The Big Challenge Speaking Mission
Recognizing and Vowel Diagraphs: Improve Your Interview How can we design Preparing to Buy a
Respecting the ee, ea Writing Eclipses a machine to Book
Feelings of Others Definite and explore space?
Cue Cards: Indefinite Articles
4 That’s a good Process Writing
point! Journal Entry
5 Yes, but …
6 Do you agree?

Oracy Skill Word Study Writing Listening The Big Challenge Oracy Task
Asking Questions Vowel Diphthongs: Improve Your Monologue How can we Collaboration
to Get Further oa, ow, oe Writing Technology of the imagine the world Designing a Robot
Information and Prepositions Future in 10 years’ time?
Clarity Following Adjectives
Cue Cards: Writing Task
7 What does X Email to a Friend
mean?
8 Why? Because …
9 Can you repeat
that?

Oracy Skill Word Study Writing Listening The Big Challenge Speaking Mission
Expressing Opinions Vowel Diphthongs: Improve Your Interview How can we make Planning to
Cue Cards: oo, ew, ue Writing Children’s entertainment? Talk About Your
10 I think … also, too, either Collections Weekend
11 I agree Writing Task
because … A Blog Post
12 I disagree
because …

Oracy Skill Word Study Writing Listening The Big Challenge Speaking Mission
Participating in a Spelling patterns Improve Your Interview How can we talk Finding Out
Discussion for long i: y, ie, igh Writing Festivals about how life has Information About
Cue Cards: Why / Why don’t … ? changed? a Tour
6 Do you agree? Because …
13 What do you Writing Task
think? Brochure

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6 Big Question: Where does food come from?

Reading Vocabulary Grammar

Nonfiction Food for Thought Key Words 1: livestock, orchard, greenhouse, sugarcane, Indefinite Pronouns
Reading Strategy Identifying Author’s plantation, dairy product, processed food, saturated fat Everyone has to make changes.
Purpose Key Words 2: import, package, food label, throw away, Tag Questions
spoil, fresh, leftovers But that’s obvious, isn’t it?
Fiction The Surprising Stowaway
Key Words 3: go bad, local, fill, store
Reading Strategy Open vs. Closed
Key Words 4: flyswatter, produce (n), produce (v), bite,
Questions
inject, pest, quarantine, fang, harmless, cockroach

7 Big Question: Why is water important?

Reading Vocabulary Grammar

Nonfiction A Story of Water Key Words 1: valuable, involve, agriculture, irrigation, Before/after/when/as Clauses
Reading Strategy Identifying How the fresh water, wetland, water shortage, conserve When the river overflowed, it flooded
Author Supports Points with Reasons Key Words 2: bridge, canal, ditch, dam, swamp, island, the fields.
and Evidence wave As the farmers worked in the fields, it
Key Words 3: aqueduct, giant, terrace, controlled rained.
Fiction The Man of the Trees
Key Words 4: erode, water supply, pump, container, Had to (Obligation in the Past)
Reading Strategy Sequencing
wasteland, monsoon, paradise, deer, dirt, roots We had to walk more than five
kilometers.

8 Big Question: How do numbers shape our lives?

Reading Vocabulary Grammar

Nonfiction How to Have Fun with Key Words 1: distance, quantity, afford, combination, Verb + Gerund
Math! sequence, preceding, equal, numeral Does he enjoy playing dominoes?
Reading Strategy Identifying Key Words 2: symmetry, formula, cube, chessboard, Verb + Infinitive
Conclusions trick, multiply, diagonal You’ll want to see this.
Fiction Captured in Time Key Words 3: doubling, zero, chance, delete
Key Words 4: wallpaper, concrete, shadow, foot, inch,
Reading Strategy Paraphrasing
measure, sundial, shovel, rusty, socket

9 Big Question: What makes the natural world so amazing?

Reading Vocabulary Grammar

Nonfiction Discovering the Natural Key Words 1: harsh, beautiful, unusual, breathtaking, Quantifiers
World: Fantastic Fossils! intriguing, incredible, impressive, exceptional A few months later, Mary found the rest
Reading Strategy Monitoring and Key Words 2: formation, geologist, skeleton, reptile, of the skeleton.
Clarifying marine, investigate, armor Relative Pronouns
Key Words 3: herd, related, combined, spike I have some cake that I made this
Fiction The Tale of Finn MacCool
Key Words 4: warrior, tribe, giant, beard, fierce, fist, morning.
Reading Strategy Understanding
rival, lurk, tough, thumb
Characters

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Oracy Skill Word Study Writing Listening The Big Challenge Oracy Task

Giving Evidence Vowel Diagraph: Improve Your Interview How can we make Discussion
to Support an short oo Writing Foods of the Future better decisions Designing a Video
Argument Adjective Order about the foods Game
Cue Cards: Writing Task we buy?
11 I agree An Ad
because …
12 I disagree
because …
14 For example, …
15 I think X is
important
because …

Oracy Skill Word Study Writing Listening The Big Challenge Speaking Mission

Speaking in Front of Silent Letters at Improve Your Interview How can we use Planning to Make a
an Audience Start: Writing Facts About Water water better? Complaint by Phone
Cue Cards: wr, kn Verbs with
16 Is everyone Countable and
ready? Uncountable Nouns
17 Do you have any Writing Task
questions? Instructions
18 Can everyone
hear me?

Oracy Skill Word Study Writing Listening The Big Challenge Speaking Mission

Speed and Clarity of Silent Letters: Improve Your Interview How can we use Playing a Game
Delivery mb, gn, l, gh Writing Math in Nature numbers to make Using Math
Cue Cards: Although something?
18 Can everyone Writing Task
hear me? A Letter
19 Can you speak
more slowly?
20 Can you speak
up?

Oracy Skill Word Study Writing Listening The Big Challenge Oracy Task

Ordering and Homophones Improve Your Monologues How can we explore Presentation
Structuring a Talk see, sea Writing Amazing Activities the natural world? Writing a Story
Cue Cards: buy, by Stative Verbs Underground
21 First of all, Writing Task
22 Also, A Descriptive
23 Finally, Paragraph