Introductions and greetings, names, countries and nationalities.

-SPEAKING

Introducing yourself; introducing someone: checking information; exchanging personal information; saying hello and good bye.

-GRAMMAR

*Wh-questions and statements with be; questions with: what, where, who, and how; yes/ no questions and short answers with be: subject pronouns; possessive adjectives.

-PRONUNCIATION/LISTENING

Linked sounds. Listening for names and countries.

-WRITING/READING

Writing questions requesting personal information. “what´s in a Name?”: Reading about popular names.

-INTERCHANGE ACTIVITY

“Getting to know you”: Collecting personal information about classmates.

Jobs,workplaces, and school; daily schedules; clock time.

-SPEAKING

Describing work and school; asking for and giving opinions, describing daily schedules.

-GRAMMAR

Simple present: Wh-questions and statements; questions: when; time expressions.
Questions: when, time expressions: at, in, on,around, early, late, until, before, and after.

How much is it? Shopping and prices; clothing and personal items; colors and materials.

-SPEAKING

Talking about prices; giving opinions, discussing preferences; making comparisons; buying and selling things.

-GRAMMAR

Demonstratives: this, that, these, those: one and ones; questions: how much and which; comparisons with adjectives.

-PRONUNCIATION/LISTENING

Sentence stress. Listening to people shopping listening for items, colors and prices.

-WRITING/READING

Writing a comparison of prices in different countries. “Tools for better Shopping”: Reading about electronic tools for shopping.

-INTERCHANGE ACTIVITY

“Flea market”: Buying and selling things.

Music, movies and TV programs: entertainers, invitations and excuses, dates and times.

-SPEAKING

Talking about likes and dislikes; giving opinions; making invitations and excuses.

-GRAMMAR

Yes/no and Wh –questions with do; questions: what kind; object pronouns; modal verb and would; verb + to+verb.

-PRONUNCIATION/LISTENING

Intonation in questions. Identifying musical styles; listening for likes and dislikes.

-WRITING/READING

Writing a text message “Fergie of the Black Eyed peas” Reading about a famous entertainer.

-INTERCHANGE ACTIVITY

“Are you free this weekend?”: Making plans. Inviting and giving excuses.

Family members and typical families

-SPEAKING

Talking about families and family members; exchanging information about the present: describing family life.

-GRAMMAR

Present continuous yes/no and Wh-questions, statements and short answers, quantifiers: all, nearly all most, many, a lot of, some, not many and few, pronoun: no one.

-PRONUNCIATION/LISTENING

Intonation in statements. Listening for family relationships.

-WRITING/READING

Writing a comparison of prices in different countries. “Tools for better Shopping”: Reading about electronic tools for shopping.Writing an email about family “Stay-at-Home Dads”. Reading about three fathers.

-INTERCHANGE ACTIVITY

“Family facts”: Finding out information about classmates families.

UNIT 6 SPORTS, FITNESS ACTIVITIES AND EXERCISE; ROUTINES

-SPEAKING

Asking about and describing routines and exercise; talking about frequency ; discussing {sports and athletes; talking about abilities.

-GRAMMAR

Adverbs of frequency: always, almost always, usually, often, sometimes, hardly ever, and never; questions: how often, how long, how well, and how good, short answers.

-PRONUNCIATION/LISTENING

Intonation with direct address. Listening to people talking about free-time activities: listening to descriptions of sports participation.

-WRITING/READING

Writing about favorite activities “Health and Fitness Quiz” : Reading about and taking a quiz.

-INTERCHANGE ACTIVITY

“Do you dance?. Finding out about classmates abilities.

FREE-TIME AND WEEKEND ACTIVITIES.

-SPEAKING

Talking about past events; giving opinions about past experiences, talking about vacations.

-GRAMMAR

Simple past yes/no and Wh-questions, statements, and short answers. with regular and irregular verbs; past of be.

-PRONUNCIATION/LISTENING

Reduction of did you. Listening to descriptions and opinions of past events and vacations.

-WRITING/READING

Writing an online post. “Vacation Posts”: Reading about different kinds of vacations.

-INTERCHANGE ACTIVITY

“Thinking back” Playing a board game.

STORES AND PLACES IN A CITY; NEIGHBORHOODS, HOUSES, AND APARTMENTS.

SPEAKING

Asking about and describing locations of places; asking about and describing neighborhoods, asking about quantities.

GRAMMAR

There is/There are: one, any, and some: prepositions of place; quantifiers; questions; how many and how much; count and noncount nouns.

PRONUNCIATION/LISTENING

Reduction of there is/ there are. Listening for locations and descriptions of places.

WRITING/READING

Writing a “ roommate wanted” ad. “The World in One Neighborhood”: Reading about a Toronto neighborhood.

INTERCHANGE ACTIVITY

“Where Am I ? : describing and guessing locations”.

Appearance and dress: clothing and clothing styles; people.

-SPEAKING

Asking about and describing people's appearance; identifying people.

-GRAMMAR

Question for describing people; What ... look like how old, how tall, how long and what color.

-PRONUNCIATION/LISTENING

Contrastive stress - listening to descriptions of people; identifyong people.

-WRITING/READING

Writing an Email describing a person "the age of selfies": Reading about the history of selfies.

-INTERCHANGE ACTIVITY

Find the differences: Comparing two pictures of a party.

What sports do you play?

-SPEAKING

Asking about free-time activities, asking for and giving information about abilities an talents.

-GRAMMAR

Simple present wh-questions; can for ability; yes/no and wh-questions with can.

-PRONUNCIATION/LISTENING

Pronunciation of can and can’t. Listening for people’s favorite sports to watch and play; Listening to people to talk about their abilities.

-WRITING/READING

Writing questions about sports “An Interview with Shawn Johnson”: Reading about the life of an athlete.

-INTERCHANGE ACTIVITY

“Hidden talents”: Finding out more about your classmates’ hidden talents.

What are you going to do? Months and dates; birthdays, holidays, festivals, and special days.

-SPEAKING

Asking about birthdays; talking about plans for the evening, weekend, and other occasions.

-GRAMMAR

The future with be going to; yes/no and Wh-questions wit be going to; futures time expressions.

-PRONUNCIATION/LISTENING

Reduction of going to. Listening to people talk about their evening plans.

-WRITING/READING

Writing about weekend plans “What Are You Going to Do on Your Birthday?”: Reading about birthday customs in different places.

-INTERCHANGE ACTIVITY

“Guessing Game”: Making guesses about classmates’ plans.

What’s the matter? Parts of the body; health problems and advice, medications.

-SPEAKING

Describing health problems; talking about common medications; giving advice for health problems.

-GRAMMAR

Have + noun; feel + adjectives; negative and positive adjectives; imperatives.

-PRONUNCIATION/LISTENING

Sentence intonation. Listening to people talk about health problems; listening for medications.

-WRITING/READING

Writing advice for health problems “10 Simple Ways to Improve your Health”: Reading about ways to improve your health.

-INTERCHANGE ACTIVITY

“Helpful advice”: Giving advice for some common problems.

Where did you grow up? Biographical information, years, school days.

-SPEAKING

Asking for and giving information about date and place of birth; describing school experiences and memories.

-GRAMMAR

Statements and questions with the past of be; Wh-questions with did, was and were.

-PRONUNCIATION/LISTENING

Negative contractions. Listening for places and date of birth.

-WRITING/READING

Writing questions about a young person’s life “Turning Pain to Gain”: Reading about a young woman’s life.

-INTERCHANGE ACTIVITY

“Life events”: Making a time line of important events in your life.

Can she call you later? Locations; telephones calls; invitations; going out with friends.

-SPEAKING

Describing people’s locations; making; accepting; and declining invitations; making excuses.

-GRAMMAR

Prepositional phrases; subject and object pronouns; invitations with Do you want to …?; verb + to.

-PRONUNCIATION/LISTENING

Reduction of want to and have to. Listening to phone conversations; listening to voice-mail messages.

-WRITING/READING

Writing about weekend plans “Around Los Angeles: This Weekend”: Reading about events on a web page.

-INTERCHANGE ACTIVITY

“Let’s make a date!”: Making plans with your classmates.

Do we need any eggs? Basic foods; breakfast foods; meals.

-SPEAKING

Talking about foods likes and dislikes; giving opinions about healthy and unhealthy foods; talking about foods you have and need; describing eating habits.

-GRAMMAR

Count and noncount noun; some and any; adverbs of frequency; always, usually, often, sometimes, hardly ever, never.

-PRONUNCIATION/LISTENING

Sentence stress. Listening for people´s food preferences .

-WRITING/READING

Writing about mealtime habits “Eating for Good Luck”: Reading about foods people eat for good luck in the new year.

-INTERCHANGE ACTIVITY

“Snack survey”: Taking a survey about snacks you eat and comparing answers.

What sports do you play?

SPEAKING

Asking about free-time activities, asking for and giving information about abilities an talents.

GRAMMAR

Simple present wh-questions; can for ability; yes/no and wh-questions with can.

PRONUNCIATION/LISTENING

Pronunciation of can and can’t. Listening for people’s favorite sports to watch and play; Listening to people to talk about their abilities.

WRITING/READING

Writing questions about sports “An Interview with Shawn Johnson”: Reading about the life of an athlete.

INTERCHANGE ACTIVITY

“Hidden talents”: Finding out more about your classmates’ hidden talents.

People; childhood; memories.

-SPEAKING

Introducing yourself; talking about yourself;exchanging personal information; remembering your childhood; asking about someones’s childhood.

-GRAMMAR

Past tense; used to for habitual actions.

-PRONUNCIATION/LISTENING

Reduced form of used to Listening to people talk about their past.

-WRITING/READING

Writing a paragraph about your childhood Reading about the life and work of a Hollywood star.

Transportation problems; city services.

-SPEAKING

Talking about transportation and transportation problems; evaluating city services; asking for and giving information.

-GRAMMAR

Expressions of quantity with count and noncount nouns: too many, too much, fewer, less, more, not enough; indirect questions from wh-questions.

-PRONUNCIATION/LISTENING

Syllable stress Listening to a description of a transportation system.

-WRITING/READING

Writing an online post on a community message board about a local issue”New Ways of Getting Around”: Reading about new transportation inventions

Houses and apartments; lifestyle changes; wishes.

-SPEAKING

Describing positive and negative features; making comparisons; talking about lifestyle changes; expressing wishes.

-GRAMMAR

Evaluations and comparisons with adjectives: not…enough, too(not) as…as; evaluations and comparisons with nouns: not enough…, too much/many… as; wish.

-PRONUNCIATION/LISTENING

Unpronounced vowels Listening to people talk about capsule hotels.

-WRITING/READING

Writing an e-mail comparing two living spaces “Break those bad habits”: Reading about ways to end bad habits.

Food; recipes; cooking instructions;cooking methods.

-SPEAKING

Talking about food; expressing likes and dislikes; describing a favorite snack; giving step-by-step instructions.

-GRAMMAR

Simple past vs. present perfect; sequence adverbs: first,then, next, after that, finally.

-PRONUNCIATION/LISTENING

Consonant clusters Listening to descriptions of food.

-WRITING/READING

Writing a recipe “Food and Mood”: Reading about how food affects the way we feel.

Travel; vacations; plans.

-SPEAKING

Describing vacation plans; giving travel advice; planning a vacation.

-GRAMMAR

Future with be going to and will; modals for necessity and suggestions: must, need to, (don’t) have to, ought to, -‘d better, should(not).

-PRONUNCIATION/LISTENING

Linked sounds with /w/ and /y/ Listening to travel advice.

-WRITING/READING

Writing a letter with travel suggestions “Volunteer Travel- A vacation with a difference”: Reading about how volunteer vacations work.

No problem! Complaints; household chores; request;excuses; apologies.

-SPEAKING

Making requests; agreeing to and refusing requests; complaining; aplogizing; giving excuses.

-GRAMMAR

Two-part verbs; will for responding to requests; request with modals and Would you mind…?

-PRONUNCIATION/LISTENING

Stress in two-part verbs Listening to the results of a survey about family life.

-WRITING/READING

Writing a set of guidelines “How to ask for a favor”: Reading about ways to ensure a positive response for a favor.

Technology; instructions.

-SPEAKING

Describing technology; giving instructions; giving suggestions.

-GRAMMAR

Infinitives and gerunds for uses and purposes; imperatives and infinitives for giving suggestions.

-PRONUNCIATION/LISTENING

Syllable stress Listening to a radio program; listening to people give suggestions for using technology.

-WRITING/READING

Writing an email asking for specific favors “Modern-Day Treasure Hunters”: Reading about the new hobby of geocoaching.

Holidays; festivals; customs; celebrations.

SPEAKING

Describing holidays, festivals, customs, and special events.

GRAMMAR

Relative clauses of time; adverbial clauses of time: when, after, before.

PRONUNCIATION/LISTENING

Stress and rhythm Listening to a description of Carnaval in Brazil.

WRITING/READING

Writing an entry on a travel website about a cultural custom “Customs Around the World”: Reading about interesting customs and cultural events.

Life in the past, present and future;changes and contrasts; consequences.

-SPEAKING

Talking about change; comparing time periods; describing possible consequences.

-GRAMMAR

Time contrasts; conditional sentences with if clauses.

-PRONUNCIATION/LISTENING

Intonation in statements with time phrases Listening to people talk about changes.

-WRITING/READING

Witing a paragraph describing a person’s past, present and possible future. “Are you in love?”: Reading about the signs of being in love

Abilities and skills; job preferences;personality traits; careers.

-SPEAKING

Describing abilities and skills; talking about job preferences; describing personality traits.

-GRAMMAR

Gerunds; short responses; clauses with because.

-PRONUNCIATION/LISTENING

Unreleased and released /t/ and /d/ Listening to people talk about their job preferences.

-WRITING/READING

Writing a cover letter for a job application “Find the Job That’s Right for You”: Reading about how personality type affects career choices.

Landmarks and monuments; world knowledge.

-SPEAKING

Talking about landmarks and monuments; countries; discussing facts.

-GRAMMAR

Facts with by (simple past); passive without by (simple present).

-PRONUNCIATION/LISTENING

The letter o Listening to descriptions of monuments; listening for information about a country.

-WRITING/READING

Writing a guidebook introduction “A Guide to Unusual Museums”: Reding about interesting museums.

Storytelling; unexpected recent past events.

-SPEAKING

Describing recent past events and experiences; discussing someone’s activities lately.

-GRAMMAR

Past continuous vs. simple past; present perfect continuous.

-PRONUNCIATION/LISTENING

Constrastive stress in responses Listening to stories about unexpected experiences.

-WRITING/READING

Writing a description of a recent experience “From the streets to the screen”: Reading about the rise of an unusual group of musicians.

Entertainment ; movies and books; reactions and opinions.

-SPEAKING

Describing movies and books; talking about actors and actresses; asking for and giving reactions and opinions.

-GRAMMAR

Participles as adjectives; relative pronouns for people and things.

-PRONUNCIATION/LISTENING

Emphatic stress Listening for opinions;listening to a movie review.

-WRITING/READING

Writing a movie review “Special Effects”: Reading about the history of special effects.

Nonverbal communication; gestures and meaning; signs; drawing conclusions.

-SPEAKING

Interpreting body language; explaining guestures and meanings; describing acceptable and prohibited behavior in different situations; asking about signs and their meaning.

-GRAMMAR

Modals and adverbs: might, may, could, must, maybe, perhaps, possibly, probably, definitely; permission, obligation, and prohibition.

-PRONUNCIATION/LISTENING

Pitch Listening to people talk about the meaning of signs.

-WRITING/READING

Writing list of rules “Pearls of Wisdom”: Reading about proverbs and their meaning.

Money; hopes; predicaments; speculations.

-SPEAKING

Speculating about past and future events; describing a predicament; giving advice and suggestions.

-GRAMMAR

Unreal conditional sentences with if clause; past modals.

-PRONUNCIATION/LISTENING

Reduction of have Listening to people talk about predicaments; listening to a call-in radio show.

-WRITING/READING

Writing a letter to advice columnist “The Advice Circle”: Reading an online advice forum.

Requests; excuses; invitations.

-SPEAKING

Reporting what people said; making polite requests; making invitations and excuses.

-GRAMMAR

Reported speech: requests and statements.

-PRONUNCIATION/LISTENING

Reduction of had and would Listening for excuses.

-WRITING/READING

Writing a report about people’s responses to a survey; “The Truth About Lying”: Reading about “white lies”.

-SPEAKING

Describing personalities; expressing likes and dislikes; agreeing and disagreeing; complaining.

-GRAMMAR

Relative pronouns as subjects and objects; it clauses + adverbial clauses with when.

-PRONUNCIATION/LISTENING

Sentence stress Listening to New Year’s resolutions.

-WRITING/READING

Writing a message of advice “Improving the World – One Idea at a Time”: Reading about young scientist Jack Andraka.

-INTERCHANGE ACTIVITY

“Absolutely not!”: Discussing different points of view of parents and their children.

-SPEAKING

Talking about possible careers; describing jobs; deciding between two jobs.

-GRAMMAR

Gerund phrases as subjects and objects; comparisons with adjectives, nouns, verbs, and past participles.

-PRONUNCIATION/LISTENING

Syllable stress Listening for dates and time periods; listening to predictions.

-WRITING/READING

Writing a biography “Looking Into the Future”: Reading about futurists and their predictions for the year 2050.

-INTERCHANGE ACTIVITY

“History buff”: Taking a history quiz.

-SPEAKING

Making direct and indirect requests; accepting and declining requests.

-GRAMMAR

Requests with modals, if clauses, and gerunds; indirect requests.

-PRONUNCIATION/LISTENING

Unreleased consonants Listening to people making, accepting, and declining requests.

-WRITING/READING

Writing a message with requests “Can You Tell It Like It Is?”: Reading about talking to friends about difficult topics.

-INTERCHANGE ACTIVITY

“Beg and borrow”: Asking classmates to borrow items; lending or refusing to lend items

-SPEAKING

Narrating a story; describing events and experiences in the past.

-GRAMMAR

Past continuous vs. simple past; past perfect.

-PRONUNCIATION/LISTENING

Intonation in complex sentences Listening to news stories; listening to messages and a podcast.

-WRITING/READING

Writing a personal account “Believing More Than We Should”: Reading about the reliability of online content.

-INTERCHANGE ACTIVITY

“Spin a yarn”: Inventing a story from three random elements.

-SPEAKING

Talking about moving abroad; expressing emotions; describing cultural expectations; giving advice

-GRAMMAR

Noun phrases containing relative clauses; expectations: the custom to, (not) supposed to, expected to, (not) acceptable to.

-PRONUNCIATION/LISTENING

Word stress in sentences Listening for information about living abroad; listening to opinions about customs.

-WRITING/READING

Writing a pamphlet for tourists “Culture Shock”: Reading about moving to another country.

-INTERCHANGE ACTIVITY

“Cultural dos and taboos”: Comparing customs in different countries.

-SPEAKING

Describing problems; making complaints; explaining something that needs to be done.

-GRAMMAR

Describing problems with past participles as adjectives and with nouns; describing problems with need + gerund, need + passive infinitive, and keep + gerund.

-PRONUNCIATION/LISTENING

Contrastive stress Listening to complaints; listening to people exchange things in a store; listening to a conversation about a “throwaway culture”.

-WRITING/READING

Writing a critical online review “Ask the Fixer!”: Reading about a problem with a ride-sharing service.

-INTERCHANGE ACTIVITY

“Home makeover”: Comparing problems in two pictures of an apartment.

-SPEAKING

Identifying and describing problems; coming up with solutions.

-GRAMMAR

Passive in the present continuous and present perfect; prepositions of cause; infi nitive clauses and phrases.

-PRONUNCIATION/LISTENING

Reduction of auxiliary verbs Listening to environmental problems; listening for solutions.

-WRITING/READING

Writing a post on a community website “Turning an Invasion Into an Advantage”: Reading about a creative solution to lionfish on St. Lucia.

-INTERCHANGE ACTIVITY

“Take action!”: Choosing an issue and deciding on an effective method of protest; devising a strategy

-SPEAKING

Asking about preferences; discussing different skills to be learned; talking about learning methods; talking about life skills.

-GRAMMAR

Would rather and would prefer; by + gerund to describe how to do things.

-PRONUNCIATION/LISTENING

Intonation in questions of choice Listening to a conversation with a guidance counselor; listening for additional information.

-WRITING/READING

Writing about a skill “Are You Studying the ‘Right’ Way?”: Reading about different studying styles.

-INTERCHANGE ACTIVITY

“Making choices”: Choosing between different things you want to learn.

-SPEAKING

Talking about things you need to have done; asking for and giving advice or suggestions.

-GRAMMAR

Get or have something done; making suggestions with modals + verbs, gerunds, negative questions, and infi nitives.

-PRONUNCIATION/LISTENING

Sentence stress Listening to New Year’s resolutions.

-WRITING/READING

Writing a message of advice “Improving the World – One Idea at a Time”: Reading about young scientist Jack Andraka.

-INTERCHANGE ACTIVITY

“Absolutely not!”: Discussing different points of view of parents and their children.

-SPEAKING

Talking about historic events; talking about things to be accomplished in the future.

-GRAMMAR

Referring to time in the past with adverbs and prepositions: during, in, ago, from…to, for, since; predicting the future with will, future continuous, and future perfect.

-PRONUNCIATION/LISTENING

Syllable stress Listening for dates and time periods; listening to predictions.

-WRITING/READING

Writing a biography “Looking Into the Future”: Reading about futurists and their predictions for the year 2050.

-INTERCHANGE ACTIVITY

“History buff”: Taking a history quiz.

-SPEAKING

Describing milestones; describing turning points; describing regrets and hypothetical situations.

-GRAMMAR

Time clauses: before, after, once, the moment, as soon as, until, by the time; expressing regret with should (not) have + past participle; describing hypothetical situations with if clauses + past perfect and would/could have + past participle.

-PRONUNCIATION/LISTENING

Reduction of have and been Listening to descriptions of important events; listening to regrets and explanations.

-WRITING/READING

Writing a message of apology “Stella’s Answers”: Reading about a conflict with a friend and advice on how to fix it.

-INTERCHANGE ACTIVITY

“Good choices, bad choices”: Playing a board game to talk about how you were and could have been.

-SPEAKING

Describing qualities for success; giving reasons for success; interviewing for a job; talking about ads and slogans.

-GRAMMAR

Describing purpose with infi nitive clauses and infi nitive clauses with for; giving reasons with because, since, because of, for, due to, and the reason.

-PRONUNCIATION/LISTENING

Reduced words Listening for features and slogans.

-WRITING/READING

Writing a TV or web commercial “Brain Invasion: Why We Can’t Forget Some Ads”: Reading about what makes some advertisements memorable.

-INTERCHANGE ACTIVITY

“Advertising taglines”: Creating a slogan and logo for a product

-SPEAKING

Drawing conclusions; offering explanations; describing hypothetical events; giving advice for complicated situations.

-GRAMMAR

Past modals for degrees of certainty: must (not) have, may (not) have, might (not) have, could (not) have; past modals for judgments and suggestions: should (not) have, could (not) have, would (not) have.

-PRONUNCIATION/LISTENING

Reduction in past modals Listening to explanations; listening for the best solution.

-WRITING/READING

Writing about a complicated situation “Messages from Outer Space, or a Leaking Pipe?”: Reading about unexplained events.

-INTERCHANGE ACTIVITY

“Think of the possibilities!”: Drawing possible conclusions about situations.

How often do you exercise? Sports, fitness activities and exercise; routines.

-SPEAKING

Asking about and describing routines and exercise; talking about frequency ; discussing {sports and athletes; talking about abilities.

-GRAMMAR

Adverbs of frequency: always, almost always, usually, often, sometimes, hardly ever, and never; questions: how often, how long, how well, and how good, short answers.

-PRONUNCIATION/LISTENING

Intonation with direct address. Listening to people talking about free-time activities: listening to descriptions of sports participation.

-WRITING/READING

Writing about favorite activities “Health and Fitness Quiz” : Reading about and taking a quiz.

-INTERCHANGE ACTIVITY

“Do you dance?. Finding out about classmates abilities.

-SPEAKING

Describing how something is done or made; describing careers in fi lm, TV, publishing, gaming, and music.

-GRAMMAR

The passive to describe process with is/are + past participle and modal + be + past participle; defi ning and non-defi ning relative clauses.

-PRONUNCIATION/LISTENING

Review of stress in compound nouns Listening for parts of a movie.

-WRITING/READING

Writing about a process “The Truth About Being a Film Extra”: Reading about what the job of film extra is like.

-INTERCHANGE ACTIVITY

“Celebrities”: Guessing famous people from clues.

-SPEAKING

Giving opinions for and against controversial topics; offering a different opinion; agreeing and disagreeing.

-GRAMMAR

Giving recommendations and opinions with passive modals: should be, ought to be, must be, has to be, has got to be; tag questions for opinions.

-PRONUNCIATION/LISTENING

Intonation in tag questions Listening for solutions to everyday annoyances; listening to issues and opinions.

-WRITING/READING

Writing a persuasive essay “That’s Plagiarism?”: Reading about plagiarism in the digital age.

INTERCHANGE ACTIVITY

“On the wrong side of the law”: Deciding on punishments for common offenses.

-SPEAKING

Giving opinions about inspirational sayings; talking about the past and the future.

-GRAMMAR

Accomplishments with the simple past and present perfect; goals with the future perfect and would like to have + past participle.

-PRONUNCIATION/LISTENING

Stress and rhythm Listening to past obstacles and how they were overcome; listening for people’s goals for the future.

-WRITING/READING

Writing a personal statement for an application “Soaring Like an Eagle”: Reading about the athlete Michael Edwards.

-INTERCHANGE ACTIVITY

“A digital nomad”: Taking a quiz about working remotely