Unit Goals Grammar Vocabulary Listening Speaking and …

Food from the Earth Page 2

• Contrast general and current

Verb tense review:

Geographical regions

Unit Goals

Grammar

Vocabulary

Listening

Reading

Writing

Video Journal

Speaking and

Pronunciation

U N I t
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U N I t
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Express Yourself Page 14

U N I t
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Cities Page 26

U N I t
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The Body Page 42

actions

and food

• Describe geography, climate,

• Describe favorite dishes

• Describe a favorite food

• Talk about personal

experiences

• Make small talk with new

people

• Use small talk to break the ice
• Learn to overcome a

language barrier

• Describe your city or town
• Explain what makes a good

neighborhood

• Discuss an action plan
• Make predictions about

cities in the future

Simple present tense vs. present
continuous tense

I eat rice every day.
She’s cooking fish now.
Simple past tense (regular and irregular)

We learned how to make pizza

yesterday.

Present perfect tense
He has traveled to many countries.
Already, ever, never and yet + the
present perfect tense
Have you ever seen a giraffe?

Climate

Food staples

Culture, communication,
and gestures

Small talk

Future with will
The city will be cleaner.
Will + time clauses
I’ll check out the neighborhood
before I rent an apartment.

City life

Maps

Video Page 38 Charlie Todd: The Shared Experience of Absurdity

• Discuss ways to stay healthy

• Talk about lifestyles
• Suggest helpful natural

remedies

The comparatives, superlatives, and
equatives
Henry is healthier than his father.
Infinitive of purpose

• Explain cause and effect

You can drink tea with honey

to help a sore throat.

Human organs
Parts of the body
Everyday ailments

U N I t
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Challenges Page 54

• Talk about facing challenges
• Discuss past

accomplishments

Past continuous vs. the simple past
I saw him yesterday. He was riding
a bike.

Physical and mental
challenges
Phrasal verbs

U N I t
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Transitions Page 66

Stages of life
Adjectives for age

• Use too and enough to talk

about abilities

• Describe a personal

challenge

Past continuous with the simple past
We were eating dinner when you

called.
Enough, not enough, too + adjective
He was old enough to sail alone.

• Talk about milestones in

Using the present perfect tense

your life

• Talk about the best age to

do something

• Use how questions to get

more information

• Describe an important
transition in your life

I’ve lived alone for five years

now.
How + adjective or adverb
How tall is he?

Video Page 78 Hans Rosling: The Magic Washing Machine

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Unit Goals

Grammar

Vocabulary

Video Page 38 Charlie Todd: The Shared Experience of Absurdity

Listening

Focused listening

An interview:
Rice farming

General listening

Conversations:
Small talk

and their food

Linking sounds:
final consonant followed

by a vowel

Making small talk
Have or has vs. contractions

Speaking and
Pronunciation

Reading

Writing

Comparing different regions:
discussing their climate

National Geographic:
“A Slice of History”

Responding to
an email

National Geographic
Video Journal
Video Journal

National Geographic:

“Forbidden Fruit”

Talking about what you have
or haven’t done

National Geographic:
“Taking Pictures of the World”

Writing opinions

National Geographic:

“Orangutan Language”

General and focused
listening

A radio interview:
Jardin Nomade in Paris

Discussing good and bad
elements in a neighborhood

Predicting the future of cities

Emphatic stress

“How Food Shapes
Our Cities”

Writing a paragraph
with predictions about
cities in the future

National Geographic:
“Fes”

Focused listening

Discussions:
Different lifestyles

Talking about food and
exercise that are good for
you

Suggesting easy remedies

Linking with comparatives
and superlatives

National Geographic:

“Tiny Invaders”

Writing an excuse for a
sick child

National Geographic:

“The Human Body”

General listening

Discussing challenges

National Geographic:

An interview:
Jenny Daltry, herpetologist

Talking about abilities
Words that end in –ed

“Arctic Dreams and
Nightmares”

Writing a paragraph
about a challenging
experience

National Geographic:

“Searching for the Snow
Leopard”

General and focused
listening

A radio program:
Healthy tips from an

Okinawan centenarian

Talking about something
you did

Discussing the best age for
life transitions
The schwa sound / / in
unstressed syllables

“Living Beyond Limits”

Writing a paragraph
to describe a life
transition

National Geographic:

“Nubian Wedding”

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Unit Goals

Grammar

Vocabulary

Listening

Reading

Writing

Video Journal

Speaking and

Pronunciation

U N I t
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Luxuries Page 82

U N I t
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Nature Page 94

• Explain how we get luxury

items

• Talk about needs and wants

• Discuss what makes people’s

lives better

• Evaluate the effect of

advertising

Passive voice (present tense)
Jewelry is given as a gift.
Passive voice with by
This blouse was made by

well-paid workers.

Luxury items

Import/export items

Past participles of irregular
verbs

• Use conditionals to talk
about real situations

• Talk about possible future

situations

• Describe what animals do

• Discuss a problem in nature

Real conditionals in the future

If I have time tomorrow, I’ll
call you.
Review of quantifiers
Raccoons eat many different kinds
of food.

Nouns and adjectives to
describe animals

Adverbs of manner

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Life in the Past Page 106

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Travel Page 122

• Discuss life in the past

• Contrast different ways

• Compare today with the

of life

past

• Research a historical wonder

Used to
Native Americans used to make
their shoes out of deerskin.

Passive voice in the past
Igloos were built with blocks
of ice.

Life in the past

Separable phrasal verbs

Video Page 118 Beverly and Dereck Joubert: Life Lessons from Big Cats

• Talk about preparations for

Expressing necessity

a trip

vacations

• Talk about different kinds of

• Use English at the airport

• Discuss the pros and cons of

tourism

I must make a reservation.
Expressing prohibition
You must not take pictures here.

Travel preparations

At the airport

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Careers Page 134

• Discuss career choices

Modals for giving advice

Careers and jobs

• Ask and answer job-related

You should choose a career that

Participial adjectives

questions

• Talk about career planning
• Talk about innovative jobs

fits your personality.

Indefinite pronouns

Everyone in the audience was

laughing.

U N I t
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Celebrations Page 146

• Describe a festival

• Compare holidays in
different countries

• Talk about celebrations

• Share opinions about

holidays

Comparisons with as…as
New Year’s is as exciting as

National Day.

Would rather
I’d rather have a big party.

Festivals and holidays

Expressions for
celebrations

Video Page 158 Sylvia Earle: My Wish—Protect Our Oceans

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Unit Goals

Grammar

Vocabulary

Listening

Reading

Writing

Video Page 118 Beverly and Dereck Joubert: Life Lessons from Big Cats

National Geographic:

Writing a print ad

National Geographic:

“Perfume: The Essence of
Illusion”

National Geographic
Video Journal
Video Journal

“Coober Pedy Opals”

“How Poachers Became
Caretakers”

Writing a paragraph to
give an opinion

National Geographic:

“Happy Elephants”

Focused listening

Discussions:
The world flower market

General and focused
listening

A radio program:
The bluefin tuna

General and focused
listening

A lecture:
The Sami people

Speaking and
Pronunciation

Discussing luxuries and
necessities

Talking about improving
your life

Sentence stress—content
words vs. function words

Talk about issues that affect
nature

Role-playing to promote
environmental action to
make oceans sustainable

Phrases in sentences

Discussing daily life in
the past
Reduction of used to

Talking about how technology
has changed our lives

National Geographic:

“Lord of the Mongols”

Writing a paragraph on
one of the New 7
Wonders of the World

National Geographic:

“Searching for Genghis Khan”

General and focused
listening

Conversations:
Vacations

Planning a dream vacation

National Geographic:

“Tourists or Trees?”

Making your way through
the airport
Reduction of have to,
has to, got to

Writing a paragraph
about how tourists can
help a place they visit

National Geographic:

“Adventure Capital of the
World”

General and focused
listening

An interview:
A restaurant owner

in Thailand

Discussing career choices

Intonation in questions

“Making Filthy Water
Drinkable”

Writing a letter giving
advice

National Geographic:

“Trinidad Bird Man”

General and focused
listening

Discussions:
Local celebrations or

holidays

Comparing different
international celebrations

Talking about personal
celebrations

Question intonation with
lists

National Geographic:

“Starting a New Tradition”

Writing a substantiated
opinion

National Geographic:

“Young Riders of Mongolia”

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