READING AND CRITICAL

UNIT VOCABULARY GRAMMAR

THINKING

 What do you
STARTER Vocabulary: saying hello, personal objects, colors, days of the week, the classroom,
know? classroom instructions, numbers 1–100, international words, the alphabet
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1 Our world Countries and nationality

adjectives
be: affirmative and negative Informational texts
be: questions and short answers The Netherlands: a good
WDYT? How are Adjectives to describe place to be a teenager
countries different? places Subskill: Identifying
Page 12 Top three places in different types of text
the world

2 Family Family have got: affirmative and negative A TV guide

Describing people Possessive ’s Meet the Putmans
WDYT? What is a Parts of the body and face have got: questions and short Subskill: Predicting what
family? answers a text is about
Describing hair
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Me and my family

3 Eat well Food and drinks Countable and uncountable nouns A news story
The shopping center some, any, a lot of Meatless Mondays
WDYT? What’s the Farmers’ market there is/are Subskill: Understanding
ideal meal? the general idea
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4 My time The time Simple present: affirmative

and negative
An online article
Daily routines Life in a K-pop academy
WDYT? Why is Free-time activities Simple present: Yes/No questions Subskill: Reading for
it a good idea to and short answers detail
Sloth calendar
organize your time? Simple present: Wh- questions
Page 48 love/like/don’t like/hate + noun
Object pronouns

5 Tech life Abilities can and can’t A web page

Technology nouns can: questions and short answers Amazing robots!
WDYT? Does Adjectives Comparative adjectives Subskill: Reading for
technology make the specific information
Smartphone gadget Possessive pronouns
world better? How?
crafts
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6 The world is art

Rooms and furniture Present progressive: affirmative
and negative
An entertainment guide
Prepositions The great escape!
WDYT? What is art? Clothes and accessories Present progressive: Yes/No Subskill: Answering true
Page 72 questions and short answers or false questions
Fairy tale house
Present progressive: Wh- questions

7 Famous lives Jobs Simple past of be: affirmative,

negative, Yes/No questions and
An article
Dates Celebrities past and
WDYT? What short answers, Wh- questions present
Adjectives to describe
does it mean to be feelings Simple past of regular and irregular Subskill: Reading in
famous? verbs: affirmative different ways
This day in history
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8 From A to B Transportation Simple past: negative A magazine article and

Q & A interview
Transportation collocations Simple past: questions and short
WDYT? What’s the Nadiya’s journey answers Scooters in the 21st
best way to travel, Superlative adjectives century
and why? Subskill: Asking
Page 96 questions before you read

RE
REVIEW
VIEW Look what you Vocabulary and Grammar review Reading: review of subskills
know!
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Grammar bootcamp p116     Pronunciation p128

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 REAL-WORLD
LISTENING WRITING PRONUNCIATION PROJECT
SPEAKING

Grammar: subject pronouns and possessive adjectives, a/an and plurals,

this/that/these/those, imperatives

A phone conversation Meeting new A keypal Word stress Design a new country
about New Zealand people message and make a poster to
Subskill: Using visual Subskill: Capital introduce your country.
clues letters Creativity
Using your imagination

A radio show about Talking about An email /ə/ Make a circle map of
unusual twins photos Subskill: important people in your life.
Subskill: Using what Apostrophes Critical thinking
you know Thinking about things in
different ways

A street interview Ordering food A blog post Silent letters Plan your ideal meal.
about shopping centers about food Collaboration
Subskill: Taking notes Subskill: and and Working well together
while you listen but

A conversation about Making plans Notes and Pronouncing -es Make a digital poster
a phone app messages /ɪz/ about a typical day.
Subskill: Listening to Subskill: because Communication
complete sentences Asking for help and giving
suggestions

A talk about Giving An ad Spelling the Design a robot to solve a

technology instructions Subskill: Spelling sound /i/ problem.
Subskill: Completing Creativity
a table Finding new solutions to
problems

A radio program from Asking for Text messages /e/ and /ɜ/ Make a video guide for a
an art workshop information Subskill: so photo exhibit.
Subskill: Using photo Communication
captions to help you Communicating clearly
understand

A news report about Talking about A description was: weak and Make a comic about an
teens and social media last weekend of a fictional strong form unknown hero.
Subskill: Matching character Critical thinking
speakers with what Subskill: also Researching information and
they say deciding what to include

A radio show about Buying a ticket A story Contracted forms Do a class survey about
Bike to School Week Subskill: before transportation and present
Subskill: Listening and after the results.
to choose the best Collaboration
summary Deciding on roles in
groupwork

Listening: review of subskills Speaking: review of Key phrases Writing: review of subskills

Project planner p130     Irregular verbs p134