Unit Goals Grammar Vocabulary

UNIt • Meet people Review of Present tense: Occupations

People  Page 2
1 • Ask for and give personal Be Countries
information Be + adjective (+ noun) Nationalities
• Describe different
Possessive adjectives Descriptive adjectives
occupations
• Describe positive and

negative parts of
occupations

UNIt Work, Rest, and Play  Page 14 • Talk about a typical day
2 • Talk about free time
• Describe a special
celebration or festival
• Describe daily life in
Review: Simple present tense Daily activities
Prepositions of time Party words
Adverbs of frequency Celebrations and festivals

different communities

UNIt Identify possessions Possession Travel preparations and

Going Places  Page 26 •

3 • Ask for and give personal Imperatives and should  for advice stages
travel information Ordinal numbers
• Give travel advice Travel documents and
• Share special travel tips money
with others
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UNIt  ive a recipe

G Count and non-count nouns: some Food
Food  Page 42 •

4 • Order a meal
and any Food groups
• Talk about diets
How much and How many Diets
with quantifiers: lots of, a few,
• Discuss unusual foods
a little

UNIt  escribe activities

D Present continuous tense Doing sports
Sports  Page 54 •

5 happening now Stative verbs Present-time activities

• Compare everyday and
Team sports and individual
present-time activities sports
• Talk about favorite sports
• Discuss adventures

UNIt Destinations  Page 66 • Discuss past vacations Simple past tense Travel activities
6 • Exchange information about Simple past tense of to be Emphatic adjectives
vacations
• Use was/were to describe a

personal experience
• Describe a discovery from

the past
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Listening
Focused listening:
Personal introductions
Focused listening:
A radio celebrity ­interview
General listening:
Conversations at travel
destinations
General and focused
­listening:
Ordering a meal in a
restaurant
General and focused
­listening:
Everyday activities vs.
today’s activities
General listening:
A vacation
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Speaking and
Pronunciation
Asking for and giving
­personal information
Contractions of be:
–’m, –’re, –’s
Talking about daily
­schedules and free time
Verbs that end in –s
Giving personal information National Geographic:
for travel forms “Smart Traveler”
Rising intonation on lists
Role-play:
Purchasing food at a
supermarket
Reduced forms:
Do you have . . . and Would
you like . . .
Talking about what people
are doing now
Discussing favorite sports
Reduced form:
What are you . . .
Comparing vacations
Describing personal
­experiences
Sounds of –ed endings
National Geographic
Reading Writing Video Journal
Video Journal
National Geographic: Writing about people’s National Geographic:
“People from Around the ­occupations and “The Last of The Woman
World” nationalities Divers”
Writing a descriptive National Geographic:
­paragraph about daily “Monkey Business”
“Eric Whitacre: A Virtual
routines
Choir 2,000 Voices Strong”
Writing Strategy: Word
web
Writing travel tips National Geographic:
“Beagle Patrol”
National Geographic: Writing a recipe National Geographic:
“Bugs as Food” “Dangerous Dinner”
Writing an e-mail National Geographic:
“Cheese-Rolling Races”
“Lewis Pugh: My Mind-
Shifting Everest Swim”
National Geographic: Writing a travel blog National Geographic:
“The Cradle of the Inca “Machu Picchu”
Empire”
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 Unit Goals Grammar Vocabulary

UNIt • T alk about personal Verbs with direct and indirect objects Communication
Communication  Page 82
7 communication Irregular past tense Electronics
• Exchange contact
Sensory verbs The senses
information
• Describe characteristics

and qualities
• Compare different types of

­communication
UNIt Moving Forward  Page 94 • T alk about plans
8 • Discuss long- and short-
term plans
• Make weather predictions
Future tense: be going to Short- and long-term plans
Will for predictions and ­immediate Weather conditions
decisions Weather-specific clothing

• Discuss the future

UNIt Make comparisons Comparatives Clothing

Types of Clothing  Page 106 •

9 • Explain preferences Superlatives Descriptive adjectives

• Talk about clothing Clothing materials
materials
• Evaluate quality and value

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UNIt  ive advice on healthy

G Modals (could, ought to, should, Healthy and unhealthy habits
Lifestyles  Page 122 •

10 habits must ); have to Compound adjectives

• Compare lifestyles Questions with how
• Ask about lifestyles

• Evaluate your lifestyle

UNIt Talk about today’s chores Present perfect tense Chores

Achievements  Page 134 •

11 • Interview for a job Present perfect tense vs. simple past Personal accomplishments
• Talk about personal
tense
accomplishments
• Discuss humanity’s greatest
­achievements

UNIt Consequences  Page 146 • T alk about managing your Real conditionals (also called the Personal finance
12 money first conditional) Animals
• Make choices on how to
Animal habitats
spend your money
• Talk about cause and effect

• Evaluate money and

happiness
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 Speaking and
Listening
Pronunciation
Focused listening: Asking for contact
A radio call-in program ­information
Describing sights, sounds
and other sensations
The /b/ and /v/, /l/ and /r/
sounds
General listening: Talking about weekend plans National Geographic:
A talk show Discussing the weather “Future Energy”
Reduced form of going to
Focused listening: Talking about clothes
Shoe shopping Shopping—at the store and “Silk—the Queen of Textiles”
online
Rising and falling i­ntonation
ogress
General listening: Discussing healthy and
Personal lifestyles unhealthy habits
Asking and telling about
lifestyles
Should, shouldn’t
Listening for general Interviewing for a job
understanding and specific Catching up with a friend
details:
Reduced form of have
A job interview
Listening for specific Making decisions about
details: spending money
At a travel agency Talking about important
Listening for key environmental issues
information Intonation, sentence stress
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Reading
“Diana Reiss, Peter Gabriel,
Neil Gershenfeld, Vint Cerf:
The Interspecies Internet?
An Idea in Progress”
National Geographic:
National Geographic:
“The Secrets of Long Life”
National Geographic:
“Humanity’s Greatest
Achievements”
“Michael Norton: How to
Buy Happiness”
National Geographic
Writing Video Journal
Video Journal
Writing a text message National Geographic:
Make a list “Wild Animal Trackers”
Writing statements National Geographic:
about the future “Solar Cooking”
Writing about buying National Geographic:
clothes How Your T-Shirt Can Make a
Difference
Writing a paragraph National Geographic:
about personal lifestyle “The Science of Stress”
Writing about National Geographic:
­achievements “Spacewalk”
Write about cause and National Geographic:
effect “The Missing Snows of
Writing Strategy: Make Kilimanjaro”
­suggestions
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