Touchstone Level 1 Scope and sequence

Functions / Topics Grammar Vocabulary Conversation Pronunciation

strategies
Unit 1 Say hello and The verb be with I, you, Expressions to say Ask How about you? Letters
good-bye and we in statements, hello and good-bye Use everyday and numbers
All about you Introduce yourself yes-no questions, and Numbers 010 expressions like E-mail
pages 110 Exchange personal short answers Personal information Yeah and Thanks addresses
information (names, Questions with Everyday
phone numbers, and Whats . . . ? expressions
e-mail addresses) and answers with
Spell names Its . . .
Thank people

Unit 2 Ask and say where The verb be with Personal items Ask for help in class Noun plural
people are he, she, and they in Classroom objects Respond to Thank endings
In class Name personal items statements, yes-no Prepositions and you and Im sorry
pages 1120 and classroom objects questions, and short expressions of
Ask and say where answers location
things are in a room Articles a, an, and the
Make requests This and these
Give classroom Noun plurals
instructions Questions with
Apologize Where . . . ?
Possessives s and s

Unit 3 Talk about favorite Possessive adjectives Types of celebrities Show interest Is he . . . ? or
celebrities The verb be in Basic adjectives by repeating Is she . . . ?
Favorite Describe peoples statements, yes-no Adjectives to information and
people personalities questions, and short describe personality asking questions
Talk about friends and answers (summary) Family members Use Really? to show
pages 2130 family Information questions Numbers 10101 interest or surprise
with be

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Unit 4 Describe a typical
morning in your home
Everyday life Discuss weekly routines
pages 3342 Get to know someone
Talk about lifestyles
Simple present Verbs for everyday Say more than yes -s endings
statements, yes-no activities or no when you of verbs
questions, and short Days of the week answer a question
answers Time expressions Start answers with
for routines Well if you need
time to think, or if
the answer isnt a
simple yes or no

Unit 5 Discuss free-time Simple present Types of TV shows Ask questions in two Do you . . . ?
activities information questions Free-time activities ways to be clear and
Free time Talk about TV shows Frequency adverbs Time expressions not too direct
pages 4352 you like and dont like for frequency Use I mean to repeat
Talk about TV-viewing Expressions for likes your ideas or to say
habits and dislikes more

Unit 6 Describe a Theres and There are Neighborhood Use Me too or Me Word stress
neighborhood Quantifiers places neither to show you
Neighborhoods Ask for and tell the time Adjectives before nouns Basic adjectives have something
pages 5362 Make suggestions Telling time Expressions for in common with
Discuss advertising Suggestions with Lets telling the time someone
Respond with Right
or I know to agree
with someone, or
to show you are
listening
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Listening Reading Writing Vocabulary Free talk

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Recognize responses to Different types of Complete an Meetings and greetings Meet a celebrity.
hello and good-bye identification cards application Write new expressions Class activity:
Memberships and documents with their responses Introduce
Listen for personal yourself and
information, and complete name
complete application cards for three
forms celebrities

Whos absent? Classroom Write questions about My things What do you

Listen to a classroom conversations locations Link things with remember?
conversation, and say places Pair work: How
where students are much can you
Following instructions each remember
Recognize classroom about a picture?
instructions

Friends A family tree Write questions All in the family Talk about your
Listen to three peoples about people Make a family tree favorite people.
descriptions of their Pair work:
friends, and fill in the Score points for
missing words each thing you
say about your
favorite people

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Whats the question? In the lifetime of an Write an e-mail Verbs, verbs, verbs Interesting facts
Listen to answers and average American . . . message about a Draw and label simple Class survey:
infer the questions A magazine article classmate pictures of new Ask questions
Teen habits describing how much Use capital letters and vocabulary to compare
Listen for information time people spend on periods your
in a conversation, and daily activities over a classmates with
complete a chart about lifetime the average
a teenagers habits New Yorker

What do they say next? Are you an Internet Write a message to Do what? Go where? Play a board
Listen to conversations addict? a Web site about Write verbs with the game.
and predict what people A magazine article and yourself words you use after Pair work: Do
say next questionnaire about Link ideas with and them the activities
Using computers Internet use and but and see who
Listen for the ways gets from class
two people use their to Hawaii first
computers

Whats on this weekend? Classifieds Write an ad for a A time and a place . . . Find the
Listen to a radio A variety of classified bulletin board Link times of the day differences.
broadcast for the times ads from a local Use prepositions with activities Pair work:
and places of events newspaper for time and place: List all the
City living between, through, at, differences
Listen for topics in a on, for, and you find
conversation, and then from . . . to . . . between two
react to statements neighborhoods

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 Functions / Topics Grammar Vocabulary Conversation Pronunciation
strategies
Unit 7 Describe the weather Present continuous Seasons Ask follow-up Stress and
Leave phone messages statements, Weather questions to keep a intonation
Out and about Talk about sports and yes-no questions, Sports and exercise conversation going in questions
pages 6574 exercise short answers, and with play, do, and go React with
Say how your week is information questions Common responses expressions like
going Imperatives to good and bad Thats great! and
Give exercise advice news Thats too bad.

Unit 8 Talk about clothes Like to, want to, Clothing and Take time to think Want to and
Ask for and give prices need to, and have to accessories using Uh, Um, Well, have to
Shopping Shop for gifts Questions with How Jewelry Lets see, and Let
pages 7584 Discuss shopping habits much . . . ? Colors me think
This, these; that, those Shopping Use sounds like
expressions Uh-huh to show
Prices you are listening,
Time to think and Oh to show
expressions your feelings
Conversation
sounds
Unit 9 Give sightseeing Can and cant Sightseeing Explain words using Can and cant
information activities a kind of, kind of
A wide world Talk about countries you Countries like, and like
pages 8594 want to travel to Regions Use like to give
Discuss international Languages examples
foods, places, and Nationalities
people

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Unit 10 Ask for and give Simple past statements, Simple past irregular Respond with -ed endings
information about the yes-no questions, verbs expressions like
Busy lives recent past and short answers Time expressions Good luck, You poor
pages 97106 Describe the past week for the past thing, etc.
Talk about how you Fixed expressions Use You did? to show
remember things that you are interested
or surprised, or that
you are listening

Unit 11 Describe experiences Simple past of be Adjectives to Show interest Stress and
such as your first day of in statements, describe feelings by answering a intonation
Looking back school or work yes-no questions, Expressions with go question and then in questions
pages 107116 Talk about a vacation and short answers and get asking a similar one and answers
Tell a funny story Simple past Use Anyway to
information questions change the topic or
end a conversation

Unit 12 Talk about food likes and Countable and Foods and food Use or something Would
dislikes and eating habits uncountable nouns groups and or anything you . . . ?
Fabulous food Make requests and How much . . . ? and Expressions for to make a general
pages 117126 offers How many . . . ? eating habits statement
Invite someone to a meal Would you like (to) . . . ? Adjectives to End yes-no
Make recommendations and Id like (to) . . . describe restaurants questions with
Some and any or . . .? to be less
A lot of, much, direct
and many

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Hows your week going? Dont wait just walk! Write a short article Whos doing what? Whats hot?
Listen to people talk An article about the giving advice about Write new words Whats not?
about their week, and benefits of walking exercise in true sentences Group work:
react appropriately for exercise Use imperatives to Discuss
Do you enjoy it? give advice questions
Listen to conversations about current
and identify what type hot topics
of exercise each person
does and why he or she
enjoys it

Ill take it. Shopping around the Write a Nice outfit! How do you like
Listen to conversations world recommendation for Label pictures with to dress?
in a store, and write the An article about famous a shoppers guide new vocabulary Class activity:
prices of items and which shopping spots around Link ideas with Survey
items people buy the world because to give classmates
Favorite places to shop reasons about the
Listen to someone things they like
talk about shopping, to wear
and identify shopping
preferences and habits

National dishes The travel guide Write a paragraph People and nations Where in the
Listen to a person talking A page from a for a Web page for Group new vocabulary world . . . ?
about international foods, travel Web site with tourists in two ways Pair work:
and identify the foods information, pictures, Use commas in lists Name different
she likes and travel advice countries or
What language is it from? cities where
Listen to a conversation, you can do
and identify the origin and interesting
meaning of words things

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What a week! Ashleys journal Write a personal Ways with verbs Yesterday . . .
Listen to people describe A week in Ashleys journal Write down Pair work: Use
their week, and choose a life from her personal Order events with information about the clues in
response journal before, after, when, new verbs a picture to
Dont forget! and then remember
Listen for how people what you did
remember things, and yesterday
identify the methods they
use

Weekend fun
Listen to a conversation
about last weekend, and
identify main topics and
details
Funny stories
Listen to two stories,
identify the details, and
then predict the endings
Letters from our readers Complete a funny Past experiences Guess where I
A letter telling a funny story Use a time chart to went on vacation.
story about a readers Use punctuation log new vocabulary Group work:
true experience to show direct Ask and answer
quotations or speech questions to
guess where
each person
went on
vacation

Lunchtime
Listen to people talking
about lunch, and identify
what they want; then
react to statements
Do you recommend it?
Listen to someone tell a
friend about a restaurant,
and identify important
details about it
Restaurant guide Write a restaurant I love to eat! Do you live to eat
Restaurant descriptions review Group vocabulary or eat to live?
and recommendations Use adjectives to by things you like Class activity:
describe restaurants and dont like Survey
classmates to
find out about
their eating
habits

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