Touchstone Level 3 Scope and sequence

Functions / Topics Grammar Vocabulary Conversation Pronunciation

strategies
Unit 1 Talk about people’s Manner adverbs vs. adjectives Behavior and Use always with a Rising
behavior and Adverbs before adjectives personality continuous verb to and falling
The way personality and adverbs Personal describe individual intonation
we are Describe friends and Adjective prefixes qualities habits in questions
people you admire Use at least to point giving
pages 1–10 Talk about people’s out the positive side alternatives
habits of a situation

Unit 2 Talk about your secret Present perfect statements Past Keeping the Reduced and
dreams Present perfect and simple participles of conversation going unreduced
Experiences Discuss experiences past questions and answers irregular verbs Use response forms of have
pages 11–20 you have and haven’t questions like Do
had you? and Have you?
to show interest

Unit 3 Talk about human Superlatives Buildings and Use short responses Linking and
wonders like buildings Questions with How + structures with really and sure deletion with
Wonders of and structures adjective . . . ? Natural to agree and to show superlatives
the world Describe natural features you are a supportive
wonders and features listener
pages 21–30 Use superlatives for
emphasis

Touchstone checkpoint Units 1–3 pages 31–32

Unit 4 Talk about gripes Verbs let, make, help, have, Types of Give opinions with Reduction of
people have about get, want, ask, and tell families expressions like It used to
Family life family members and Used to and would Relatives seems like . . . and If
pages 33–42 household rules and extended you ask me, . . .
Talk about your family Use expressions like
memories of growing members exactly, definitely,
up and absolutely to
agree

Unit 5 Describe your eating Review of countable and Containers Respond to Stressing new
habits uncountable nouns and quantities suggestions by information
Food choices Talk about healthy Quantifiers a little, a few, very Methods of letting the other
pages 43–52 eating little, and very few cooking person decide
Discuss different ways Too, too much, too many, and Refuse offers
to cook and prepare enough politely with
food expressions like
No, thanks. I’m fine.

Unit 6 Talk about the The future with will, going to, Expressions End phone Reduction of
future: plans, facts, the present continuous, and with make and conversations with want to, you’d
Managing life predictions, and the simple present do expressions like I’d better, going
pages 53–62 schedules Use had better, ought to, and better go, I’ve got to to have to,
Offer advice and might want to to say what’s go, and I’ll call you ought to, and
solutions to problems advisable later have got to
Discuss phone habits Use have got to and going Use informal
to have to to say what’s expressions like
necessary See you later to
Use would rather to say end friendly phone
what’s preferable conversations
Touchstone checkpoint Units 4–6 pages 63–64

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 Scope and sequence

Listening Reading Writing Vocabulary Free talk

notebook
Best friends Five things you Write a short Happy or sad? People are interesting!
Listen to three conversations didn’t know description of yourself Learn new words Class activity: Ask
about best friends, and then fill about . . . Learn useful and their opposites questions to find
in a chart A magazine expressions to include classmates who do
I didn’t know that! article with in a biography or interesting things
Match each person with a piece biographies of personal profile
of information; then listen for four famous
more information about each people
person
What have they done? Greetings from the Write a blog Have you ever . . . ? Can you believe it? I’ve
Listen to three conversations Galápagos and describing an exciting Write the three main never done that!
to identify the main topic; then I’m in Athens! experience forms of different Group game: Each
choose the correct response to Two travel blogs Use adverbs verbs in charts person fills out a chart;
three comments like fortunately, then group members
A traveler’s adventures unfortunately, and compare answers and
Listen to a conversation about amazingly to show score points
a traveler’s e-mail, and identify your attitude or feeling
key information in the pictures;
then listen and answer questions
about the details
What do you know? World records Write a paragraph From the mountains to The five greatest wonders
Take a quiz; then listen to a quiz Fascinating facts about a human or the sea Group work: Choose
show to check your answers from a book of natural wonder in your Draw and label a and rank your country’s
and answer questions world records country map to remember five greatest wonders;
Travel talk Add information about the vocabulary of then compare lists with
Listen to a radio interview, and a place or thing natural features, the class
number photos in order; then buildings, and
listen and answer questions structures
about the details
Touchstone checkpoint Units 1–3 pages 31–32

Reasonable demands? Rhonda’s Write a blog about a Remember that? Family histories
Match each person with a Ramblings memory from your Use word webs to Group work: Prepare
parental demand; then listen and A blog childhood log new vocabulary a short history of your
check your answers recounting a Use past and present about family family; then present
Family activities girl’s childhood time markers members your history to the
Listen to three people describe experiences group
their memories, and number riding in the car
the pictures in order; then listen with her brother
again for more information
That sounds good. Popular snacks Write a short article Fried bananas Do we have enough for
Listen to conversations, and around the world about a snack food or Learn new words in the party?
number pictures in order; then A magazine traditional dish for a combination with Group work: Agree with
match each picture with the best article about five tourist pamphlet other words that group members on
response popular snack Introduce examples often go with them what to buy for a party
Snack habits foods with like, for example,
Listen to people talk about and such as
snacks, and number the
pictures; then listen for
details to complete a chart
I hope you can come. Getting rid of Write a question about Do your best! Who’s going to do what?
Listen to three people clutter a personal clutter Use a new Group work: Choose
responding to different An article giving problem, and write a expression in a an event and prepare a
invitations, and complete a chart ideas on ways to reply to a classmate’s sentence; then add list of all the things you
What should I do with these? manage clutter question another sentence to need to get ready for it
Listen to three people discuss and offering Link ideas with as make its meaning
unwanted items, and identify solutions long as, provided that, clear
what they do with them to readers’ and unless
problems

Touchstone checkpoint Units 4–6 pages 63–64

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 Functions / Topics Grammar Vocabulary Conversation Pronunciation
strategies
Unit 7 Talk about friendships Subject relative Phrasal verbs, Soften comments Stress in
Discuss dating clauses including with expressions phrasal verbs
Relationships Talk about relationships Object relative clauses expressions to talk like I think, probably,
pages 65–74 with neighbors Phrasal verbs about relationships kind of, and in a way
Use though to give a
contrasting idea

Unit 8 Talk about how you wish Use wish + past form Expressions Give advice using Intonation
your life were different of verb to talk about with verbs and expressions like If I in long
What if? and why wishes for the present prepositions were you . . . , I questions
pages 75–84 Discuss how to deal or future would . . . , and You
with everyday dilemmas Conditional sentences might want to . . .
with if clauses about Use expressions with
imaginary situations That would be . . . to
comment on an idea
or suggestion
Unit 9 Discuss gadgets and Questions within Phrasal verbs, Give a different Link final
technology sentences including opinion consonants
Tech savvy? Ask for and offer Separable phrasal expressions to talk Use expressions and initial
pages 85–94 help with technology verbs with objects about operating like You know what vowels
problems how to + verb, electronic machines I mean? to ask for
where to + verb, and gadgets agreement
and what to + verb

Touchstone checkpoint Units 7–9 pages 95–96

Unit 10 Discuss your social life Present perfect Kinds of movies Ask for a favor Reduction of
Talk about different continuous vs. present Expressions to politely have
What’s up? kinds of movies perfect describe types Use All right and
pages 97–106 Recommend books, Since, for, and in for of movies OK to move the
CDs, movies, and duration conversation to a
shows Already, still, and yet new phase or topic
with present perfect and to agree to
requests
Unit 11 Speculate about people Modal verbs must, Feelings and Show you Linking and
and situations may, might, can’t, or reactions understand another deletion with
Impressions Talk about feelings and could for speculating person’s feelings or must
pages 107–116 reactions Adjectives ending in situation
-ed vs. adjectives Use You see to
ending in -ing explain a situation
Use I see to show
you understand
Unit 12 Talk about events in the The simple past Extreme weather Introduce news with Breaking
news passive conditions expressions like sentences
In the news Talk about extreme The simple past Natural disasters Did you hear into parts
pages 117–126 weather and natural passive with by + (about) . . . ?, Guess
disasters agent what?, and You
Adverbs with the know what?
passive Use the expression
The thing is . . . to
introduce issues

Touchstone checkpoint Units 10–12 pages 127–128

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 Scope and sequence

Listening Reading Writing Vocabulary Free talk

notebook
People I look forward to seeing Web site chaperones Write a short article Matching up What’s important?
Fill in the missing words classmate reunions about three friends Learn new phrasal Group work:
describing three people; then listen A newspaper article and the things you verbs by writing Discuss and agree
for the reasons the speaker likes to about a Web site have in common other verbs that can on the five most
see them that reunites former Use both, both of us, go with the particle important things
Getting back in touch classmates and neither of us to and other particles to consider when
Identify the people the speaker talk about things in that can go with the choosing a life
wants to get back in touch with; common same verb partner
then write the reason he lost touch
with them

A wish for today If I had my life to live Write an article on the Imagine that! What would you do?
Identify the topics as four people over, . . . changes you would Learn prepositions Group work:
talk about their wishes; then write An article listing make if you could live that can follow a new Discuss the
the reasons ways the writer’s last year over again verb questions about
Here’s my advice. life would be Use adverbs of hypothetical
Compare the advice that three different if it could certainty in situations, and
people give; then decide whose be lived over affirmative and find out what you
advice is most helpful negative statements have in common

What do you know about the Robbing you blind? Write a short article On and off Tech trivia
Internet? A magazine article giving dos and don’ts Write short Pair work: Ask and
Answer the questions about the about identify theft for keeping personal conversations about answer general
Internet, and then listen to a and what can be information safe everyday situations technology
conversation to check answers; done to avoid it Plan your article to remember new questions, and
then write more information vocabulary figure out your
The problem with technology partner’s score
Listen to two people giving
opinions, and identify each
person’s opinions; then agree or
disagree with two opinions
Touchstone checkpoint Units 7–9 pages 95–96

A small favor Home entertainment Write a review of a Great movies Who’s been doing
Match four students with the A review of a movie book, CD, movie, or Link new words and what?
favor each asks the professor; and a CD show expressions to things Class activity: Ask
then decide if you agree with the Introduce contrasting you have recently your classmates
professor’s decision ideas with although, done or seen questions about
I’d really recommend it. even though, and their recent
Listen for details as two friends even if activities
talk about a review of a show
People and situations A teen hero Write a letter to the How would you feel? What on earth are
Match four people and their A magazine article editor Link new words they doing?
situations; then write a response describing an Use expressions for for feelings to the Pair work: Look at
with must to each inspirational teen giving impressions, situations where you two photos, and
People making a difference reactions, and would experience speculate about
Match three people and the opinions those feelings what is happening
organizations they work with; then
write what each organization does
News update A new brand of Write a report on Forces of nature Here’s the news!
Listen to two news stories, and journalism is taking class survey results Learn new words in Pair work: Create
answer questions root in South Korea about keeping up with combination with short news reports
What do they say next? A news article the news other words that are about photos
Predict the topic of four about a new way of Learn useful typically used with
conversations; match their reporting the news expressions for them
beginnings and endings; then writing about
listen to check your answers statistics

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