Unit 6 Literature
1 Listening
a ʹǤͳ Listen to Lucia and Rodrigo. Which novel
above do they mention?
ʹǤͳ
b Listen again. Circle true (T) or false (F).
1.
ƒ‡—•–‡™”‘–‡Pride and PrejudiceǤ Ȁ
2. —…‹ƒ•ƒ™ƒ‘˜‹‡‘ˆEmmaǤ
3. ‘†”‹‰‘’”‡ˆ‡”•„‘‘•–‘‘˜‹‡•Ǥ
4. —…‹ƒ‹•”‡ƒ†‹‰ƒ„‘‘‹™Š‹…Š–Š‡ƒ‹ 
 …Šƒ”ƒ…–‡””—•ƒ™ƒ›ˆ”‘Š‘‡Ǥ
ƒ•‘ƒ†›”ƒ
5. ‘†”‹‰‘Šƒ•ǯ–”‡ƒ†‹–Ǥ
2 Pronunciation: rhythm and intonation
a ʹǤʹ Listen and copy the sentences. How do
you write the pauses? What happens to the
intonation on the relative clauses?
b Work in pairs. Practice saying the sentences.
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3 Vocabulary: book genres
a Match the genres with the book titles.
ƒ—–‘„‹‘‰”ƒ’Š›Š‹•–‘”‹…ƒŽŠ‘””‘”
•…‹‡…‡ϐ‹…–‹‘’‘‡–”›„‹‘‰”ƒ’Š›
”‡ˆ‡”‡…‡ˆƒ–ƒ•›•’‘”–•”‘ƒ…‡
Ȁ 1. ƒ”‘ˆ–Š‡‘”Ž†•
Ȁ 2. ”ƒ…—Žƒ
3. ‡Ž•‘ƒ†‡Žƒ
Ȁ 4.
Ȁ 5. ƒ•–‡”ƒ†‘ƒ†‡”
6. Š‡‹ƒ”›‘ˆ‡ ”ƒ
7. Š‡ƒ‰‹…‹ƒ
8. Šƒ‡•’‡ƒ”‡ǯ•‘‡–•
9. †˜ƒ…‡†‰Ž‹•Š‹…–‹‘ƒ”›
10. ‡ƒ”–‘ˆƒŠƒ’‹‘
b Are the genres fiction or nonfiction? Can you
name other books for each genre?
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4 Grammar review: relative clauses

a Underline the relative clauses in the sentences from Lucia and Rodrigo’s conversation. If you omit the
relative clauses, do the sentences still make sense?

‘˜‹‡•Š‘™•–Š‡‹ƒ‰‹ƒ–‹‘‘ˆ–Š‡†‹”‡…–‘”ǡ™Š‘’”‘„ƒ„Ž›Šƒ•ƒ˜‡”›†‹ˆˆ‡”‡–‹†‡ƒˆ”‘›‘—Ǥ
‡”‘Ž†‡”•‹•–‡”ǡ™Š‘ǯ•’‡”ˆ‡…–‹–Š‡‹”‘–Š‡”ǯ•‡›‡•ǡ”—•ƒ™ƒ›ˆ”‘Š‘‡Ǥ
••Š‡–Š‡‘‡™Š‘™”‘–‡Pride and Prejudiceǫ
Ž‘˜‡„‘‘•–Šƒ–Šƒ˜‡„‘–Š”‘ƒ…‡ƒ†ƒ…–‹‘Ǥ

b Match the definitions with the examples above.

1. ‡ϐ‹‹‰”‡Žƒ–‹˜‡…Žƒ—•‡•‰‹˜‡‡••‡–‹ƒŽ‹ˆ‘”ƒ–‹‘ƒ„‘—–ƒ’‡”•‘ǡ’Žƒ…‡‘”–Š‹‰Ǥ
2. ‘†‡ϐ‹‹‰…Žƒ—•‡•‰‹˜‡‡š–”ƒǡ‘‡••‡–‹ƒŽ‹ˆ‘”ƒ–‹‘ƒ„‘—–ƒ’‡”•‘ǡ’Žƒ…‡‘”–Š‹‰Ǥ

c Complete sentences 1–3 with your ideas. Add extra information to sentences 4–6.
1. Ž‘˜‡„‘‘•–Šƒ–ǥ 4. ƒ–ƒ™ƒ•‘”‹‰‹ƒŽŽ›ƒ…‘‹…•–”‹’Ǥ
2. ˜ƒ…ƒ–‹‘Ž‹‡‰‘‹‰–‘’Žƒ…‡•™Š‡”‡ǥ 5. ǤǤǤ‘Ž‹‡™”‘–‡The Hobbitƒ†The Lord of the RingsǤ
3. ƒ†‹”‡’‡‘’Ž‡™Š‘ǥ 6. ƒ”›Š‡ŽŽ‡›Šƒ†–Š‡‹†‡ƒˆ‘”Frankenstein‹
 ™‹–œ‡”Žƒ†Ǥ
d Work in small groups. Compare your sentences.

5 Everyday English: fillers

a ʹǤ͵ Listen and complete the dialogue.

•‘™‡ŽŽ‹†‘ˆƒ›™ƒ›ƒ…–—ƒŽŽ›Ž‹‡
‡ƒ›‘—‘™—

ĆėĎĆǣ(1) ǡŠƒ˜‡›‘—”‡ƒ†–Š‡Žƒ–‡•–„‘‘
–„‘‘
‹–Š‡Divergent–”‹Ž‘‰›ǡAllegiantǫ–ǯ•”‡ƒŽŽ›‰‘‘†ǤǤ
Ċċċǣ(2) ǡ‘ǡŠƒ˜‡ǯ–Ǥ
(3) †‘ǯ–Ž‹‡•…‹‡…‡ϐ‹…–‹‘ǡ
(4) ƒ„‘—––Š‡ˆ—–—”‡ƒ†•–—ˆˆǤ
ĆėĎĆǣ(5) ǡ›‘—•Š‘—Ž†”‡ƒ†–Š‹•‘‡Ǥ–ǯ•ǡ
‡Ǥ––ǯ••ǡ
(6) ǡ•‘‡š…‹–‹‰Ǥ
Ċċċǣ‡ƒŠǡ‹–ǯ•Œ—•––Šƒ––Š‹•…‹‡…‡ϐ‹…–‹‘„‘‘•ƒ”‡
ƒ”‡
(7) „‘”‹‰ǡ(8) ǫ
ĆėĎĆǣŠǨ(9) ǡ†‹†›‘—†‘–Š‡‰Ž‹•Š
‹•Š
Š‘‡™‘”ǫ

b What is the function of the missing words?

c …?? Then add fillers and perform

Write another dialogue starting with Have you read…?
your dialogue for the class.

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 Lesson 1

A young author
Talk about books
Write a review

Cayla Kluver
Cayla Kluver was born in 1992 in Wisconsin, where she grew
up with her two sisters and lots of pets. Cayla had already been
writing short stories for several years when she started her ¿rst
novel in July 2006, which she later titled Legacy.
She ¿nished the ¿rst draft eight months later, and editing the manuscript took another
seven months. She sent it away to publishers and literary agents, but Cayla was a
young writer who had never been published before, and Legacy fought for attention
with the hundreds of new books that publishers receive every week. In the end, her
mother, whose main jobs are as a lawyer and a business professor, decided to create
her own company to publish the book.
Cayla promoted Legacy online and by going to schools, libraries and bookstores. The novel,
which had already won several awards, ¿nally attracted a major publisher in 2011.
Legacy, which has now become a bestseller, is the ¿rst in a trilogy. The second book,
Allegiance, was published in 2012, and the ¿nal book in the series, Redemption, followed
soon after. Her latest book, The Queen’s Choice, was published in early 2014.
Cayla normally writes in her bedroom, where she works from ten at night till four in the
morning. The reason why she works at night is that she says her brain is more active.
Cayla writes a minimum of 1,000 words a day.

1 Reading 2 Grammar: That’s why she works at

night.
a Read the article. What is unusual about Cayla?
a What do the bold words in the text describe?
b Read again and answer the questions.
b Complete the sentences. Are any true for you?
1. Š‡†‹†ƒ›Žƒ„‡‰‹–‘™”‹–‡Š‡”ϐ‹”•–‘˜‡Žǫ
 1. ‡˜‡”‰‘‘—–•‹†‡ ‹–”ƒ‹•Ǥ

2. Š›™ƒ•‹–•‘Šƒ”†ˆ‘”Š‡”–‘ϐ‹†ƒ’—„Ž‹•Š‡”ǫ 2. †‘ǯ–Ž‹‡„‡ƒ…Š‡• –Š‡”‡ƒ”‡ƒ

 Ž‘–‘ˆ’‡‘’Ž‡Ǥ

3. ‘™†‹†–Š‡ˆƒ‹Ž›‡˜‡–—ƒŽŽ›’—„Ž‹•ŠLegacyǫ 3. ‡˜‡”‰‡–ƒŽ‘‰™‡ŽŽ™‹–Š’‡‘’Ž‡

ƒ”‡ƒ””‘‰ƒ–ƒ†•ƒ”…ƒ•–‹…Ǥ

4. Šƒ–†‹†ƒ›Žƒ†‘–‘’”‘‘–‡Š‡”‘˜‡Žǫ 4. ‡˜‡”—†‡”•–‘‘†ƒ–Š‹‰”ƒ†‡•…Š‘‘Žǡ

  ‹• …ƒǯ–†‘‹–‘™Ǥ

5. Šƒ–‹•Š‡””‘—–‹‡ˆ‘”™”‹–‹‰‡˜‡”›†ƒ›ǫ 5. †‘ǯ–Ž‹‡‘˜‹‡• Šƒ˜‡˜‹‘Ž‡…‡Ǥ

c Rewrite the sentences so they are true for you.

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3 Listening

a ʹǤͶ Listen to a review of Legacy. What kind of book is it?

›•–‡”› •…‹‡…‡ϐ‹…–‹‘ ˆƒ–ƒ•›”‘ƒ…‡

b ʹǤͶ Listen again and complete the sentences.

Ž‡”ƒ–‡Ž†‘”ƒ”‹ƒ›–ƒ‹…ƒŽ‡”ƒǯ•ˆƒ–Š‡”

1. ‹•ƒ–™ƒ”™‹–Š‘›”‹Ǥ
2. ‹•–Š‡’”‹…‡••‘ˆ›–ƒ‹…ƒǤ
3. —•–‰‡–ƒ””‹‡†„‡ˆ‘”‡•Š‡–—”•ͳͺǤ
4. Šƒ•…Š‘•‡–‡Ž†‘”ˆ‘”Š‡”Š—•„ƒ†Ǥ
5. ‹•ƒ””‘‰ƒ–ƒ†˜ƒ‹Ǥ
6. ™ƒ•‹†ƒ’’‡†ˆ”‘›–ƒ‹…ƒƒ•ƒ„ƒ„›Ǥ

4 Vocabulary: book parts and professions

a Work in pairs. Find these things in your book.

ˆ”‘–…‘˜‡”„ƒ……‘˜‡”ƒ—–Š‘”•‡†‹–‘”—‹––‹–Ž‡•‡…–‹‘Š‡ƒ†‹‰‹ŽŽ—•–”ƒ–‹‘’ƒ‰‡
—„‡”…‘–‡–•’—„Ž‹•Š‡”†‡•‹‰‡”ƒ’’‡†‹š•‡”‹‡•…‘’‘‡–••’‹‡Ž‘‰‘

5 Writing

a Read the review and find this information.

–‹–Ž‡ƒ—–Š‘”–›’‡‘ˆ„‘‘•‡––‹‰…Šƒ”ƒ…–‡”•’Ž‘–”‡…‘‡†ƒ–‹‘

The Hounds of the Morrigan

The Hounds of Morrigan ™ƒ•™”‹––‡„›ƒ–ǯŠ‡ƒ‹ͳͻͺͷǤ–ǯ•ƒˆƒ–ƒ•›ƒ†˜‡–—”‡
–—”‡
‘˜‡Ž–Šƒ–‹…Ž—†‡•Ž‘–•‘ˆϐ‹‰—”‡•ˆ”‘‡Ž–‹…›–Š‘Ž‘‰›ǡƒ†‹–ǯ••‡–‹ƒ‹ƒ‰‹ƒ”›
ƒ”›
™‘”Ž†‘ˆƒ‰‹…ƒŽ…Šƒ”ƒ…–‡”•ƒ†ƒ‹ƒŽ•Ǥ
Š‡ƒ‹…Šƒ”ƒ…–‡”•ƒ”‡‹†‰‡ǡƒ–‡Ǧ›‡ƒ”Ǧ‘Ž†„‘›ǡƒ†Š‹••‹•–‡””‹‰‹–ǡ™Š‘ǯ•
‘Ž›ϐ‹˜‡Ǥ‹†‰‡„—›•ƒƒ…‹‡–„‘‘–Šƒ––—”•‘—––‘„‡ƒƒ‰‹…’”‹•‘ˆ‘”
ƒ‡˜‹Ž•ƒ‡ǡŽ…
”ƒ•ǤŠ‡
”‡ƒ–—‡‡ǡ™Š‘‹•ƒŽ•‘‘™ƒ•–Š‡‘””‹‰ƒǡ
™ƒ–•–‘†‡•–”‘›–Š‡™‘”Ž†ǡ„—–•Š‡…ƒǯ–†‘–Šƒ–™‹–Š‘—––Š‡’‘™‡”‘ˆŽ…
”ƒ•ǡ
•‘•Š‡•‡†•Š‡”Š‘—†•ƒˆ–‡”–Š‡…Š‹Ž†”‡Ǥ‹†‰‡ƒ†”‹‰‹–Šƒ˜‡–‘†‡•–”‘›–Š‡
•ƒ‡„‡ˆ‘”‡‹–‰‡–•‹–‘–Š‡‘””‹‰ƒǯ•Šƒ†•Ǥ
The Hounds of the Morrigan‹•ƒ˜‡”›‡š…‹–‹‰•–‘”›ƒ†–Š‡…Šƒ”ƒ…–‡”•ƒ”‡
™‘†‡”ˆ—ŽǤŠ‡‘Ž›’”‘„Ž‡‹•–Šƒ–‹–‹•˜‡”›Ž‘‰ƒ–‘˜‡”͸ͲͲ’ƒ‰‡•Ǥ

b Write a review of a book or movie. Include the information in the box above.

c Proofread your review. Then read other reviews and find a book or a movie that you’d like to read or see.

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Looks aren’t that

important.
Describe how people look
Write about a magazine

1 Vocabulary: appearance

a Write the words in five categories: hair, height, build, dress and age.

•Ž‹ˆƒ‹”‡†‹—Š‡‹‰Š–‡ƒ–‹††Ž‡Ǧƒ‰‡††ƒ”…—”Ž›™ƒ˜›‡Ž†‡”Ž›„ƒŽ†…Š—„„›
‰”ƒ›•Š‘—Ž†‡”ǦŽ‡‰–Š™‡ŽŽǦ†”‡••‡†’Ž—’•Ž‡†‡”‘˜‡”™‡‹‰Š–•…”—ˆˆ›

b Work in small groups. Add more words to the categories. Then describe the people in the photos.

2 Listening

a ʹǤͷ Listen to Jayshree and Rodrigo. Who thinks personality is more important than looks?

b ʹǤͷ Listen again and answer the questions.

1. ‘™†‘‡• ƒ›•Š”‡‡†‡•…”‹„‡Š‡”’Š›•‹“—‡ǫ 

2. Š‘†‘‡• ƒ›•Š”‡‡™ƒ––‘Ž‘‘Ž‹‡ǫ
3. Šƒ–†‘‡•‘†”‹‰‘•ƒ›‘†‡Ž•Ž‘‘Ž‹‡ǫ
4. ‘‡•‘†”‹‰‘™‡ƒ”…‘‘Ž…Ž‘–Š‡•ǫ

c Work in groups of three. Which is more important, personality or looks? Can a good-looking person
have an unattractive personality?

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3 Grammar: The blouse I’m wearing has a stain.

a Underline the subject in the examples.

1.Š‡–Š‹‰•–Šƒ–”‡ƒŽŽ›ƒ––‡”ƒ”‡›‘—”’‡”•‘ƒŽ‹–›ƒ†‹–‡ŽŽ‹‰‡…‡Ǥ
2.Š‡‘†‡Ž•–Šƒ–›‘—•‡‡‹ƒ‰ƒœ‹‡•ƒ”‡ǯ–‘”ƒŽǤ
3.›‘‡™Š‘–Š‹•–Šƒ–›‘—Šƒ˜‡–‘„‡•‹›–‘„‡„‡ƒ—–‹ˆ—Ž‹•Œ—•–™”‘‰Ǩ

b Complete the sentences. Can you omit the pronouns? Then compare in pairs.
1. Š‡’‡”•‘™Š‘‘•–ƒ†‹”‡ 
 Ǥ LOOK!
2. Š‡•—„Œ‡…––Šƒ–ƒŽ™ƒ›•†‘™‘”•–ƒ–  ‘—…ƒ‘‹–thatƒ†who™Š‡–Š‡›ƒ”‡
 Ǥ ˆ‘ŽŽ‘™‡†„›ƒ•—„Œ‡…–‘”ƒ•—„Œ‡…–’”‘‘—ǣ
3. –‡Ž‡˜‹•‹‘’”‘‰”ƒ–Šƒ–‡˜‡”‹••  Š‡‰‹”Žȋ™Š‘Ȍ™‡‡–ƒ––Š‡’ƒ”–›™ƒ•ˆ”‘
‡›ƒǤ
 Ǥ
Š‡„Ž‘—•‡ȋ–Šƒ–Ȍ›‘—ǯ”‡™‡ƒ”‹‰Šƒ•ƒ•–ƒ‹Ǥ
4. Š‡…‘—–”›™Š‡”‡ǯ†‘•–Ž‹‡–‘˜‹•‹–
 Ǥ

4 Writing

Star signs Clothes Beauty Ɵps Exercise School & jobs Advice

a Read the text quickly. Check (✓) the topics that appear in the magazine.

My favorite magazine, Jayshree Gupta

The only magazine that I always read is Seventeen. There is also a website but I still like to buy the magazine.
It’s hard to believe that it was first published in September 1944. It comes out monthly, and the part that I
always turn to first is the fashion section. I love the style news and the articles on the latest trends. It also has
beauty tips on hair, skin and makeup, and advice for teens on friends and dating. The content that I’m not
so interested in is stuff like horoscopes and fitness. But it covers more serious subjects, too, like in the section
on college and careers, which is really useful for me because I’ll be going to college in a few years. Seventeen
is really cool, and it only costs ten dollars for twelve issues, so almost anyone can afford it. You don’t have to
be seventeen to read it, but you do have to be a girl!

b Work in groups. What are the most popular magazines in your class?

c Write a description of your favorite magazine. Use Jayshree’s text as a model. Include this information.

ƒ‡Š‹•–‘”›•‡…–‹‘•ˆƒ˜‘”‹–‡ƒ†Ž‡ƒ•–ˆƒ˜‘”‹–‡•‡…–‹‘•…‘•–ƒ†ƒ˜ƒ‹Žƒ„‹Ž‹–›

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 Lesson 3

It was Superman
who appeared
first.
Describe personality
Discuss superheroes

1 Reading

a Read the two book summaries and the character descriptions. Which book do the characters come from?

1. This book is about a five-year-old genius whose school is run by a horrible principal. Her parents aren’t very
interested in their gifted daughter, but fortunately she has a wonderful teacher. What nobody realizes is that the girl also
has an extraordinary power: she can move objects with her mind.

2. This book tells the story of an old lady and her grandson who go on vacation to a hotel where some witches are
holding a convention. The reason why the witches are there is that they want to turn all the children in England into mice.
It is only the boy and his grandmother who can foil the witches’ plan and save the children.

—‡˜‡•Š‹ǣ„”ƒ˜‡ǡ‘’–‹‹•–‹…ǡ‹’—Ž•‹˜‡ǡ•‘…‹ƒ„Ž‡ǡ”‡Ž‹ƒ„Ž‡ǡŠ‘‡•–ǡ Ǥ

ƒ–‹Ž†ƒ‘”™‘‘†ǣ•‡•‹–‹˜‡ǡ‡ƒ–ǡ„”‹ŽŽ‹ƒ–ǡ•–—†‹‘—•ǡ‰‹ˆ–‡†ǡŠƒ”†™‘”‹‰ǡ…”‡ƒ–‹˜‡ǡ Ǥ
Š‡
”ƒ†‹‰Š‹–…Šǣ‡ƒǡ…”—‡Žǡ’”‘—†ǡƒ„‹–‹‘—•ǡ…”ƒœ›ǡ Ǥ
‹••‘‡›ǣ•™‡‡–ǡ“—‹‡–ǡ™ƒ”ǡ‹†ǡ—†‡”•–ƒ†‹‰ǡ‡Ž‡‰ƒ–ǡ”‡•‡”˜‡†ǡ Ǥ

”ƒ†‘–Š‡”ǣ‰‡‡”‘—•ǡ‡……‡–”‹…ǡ‰‘‘†Ǧ–‡’‡”‡†ǡ–ƒŽƒ–‹˜‡ǡ•‡•‹„Ž‡ǡ Ǥ
‹••”—…Š„—ŽŽǣ„‘••›ǡŽ‘—†ǡƒ””‘‰ƒ–ǡ–‘—‰Šǡ‹’ƒ–‹‡–ǡŽƒœ›ǡ…”‹–‹…ƒŽǡ‰”‡‡†›ǡ Ǥ

2 Vocabulary: character adjectives

a Add these adjectives to the descriptions in 1. Then write all the adjectives in your notebook in three
lists: positive, negative, both.

…ƒ”‹‰”—†‡‹–‡ŽŽ‹‰‡–™‹•‡‡‡”‰‡–‹…‡˜‹Ž

b Find the opposite of these adjectives in 1.

’‡••‹‹•–‹…‘—–‰‘‹‰ˆ‘‘Ž‹•Š…ƒ—–‹‘—•—”‡Ž‹ƒ„Ž‡…‘™ƒ”†Ž›…‘Ž†—•‘…‹ƒ„Ž‡

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3 Pronunciation: stress patterns

a Write the adjectives in the correct column of the table.

‹–‡ŽŽ‹‰‡–‰‡‡”‘—•‹’ƒ–‹‡–       
‹•‡•‹–‹˜‡•‘…‹ƒ„Ž‡‡Ž‡‰ƒ–
‹’—Ž•‹˜‡‡‡”‰‡–‹…‡……‡–”‹…
‘’–‹‹•–‹…—†‡”•–ƒ†‹‰”‡Ž‹ƒ„Ž‡

b ʹǤ͸ Listen and check. Then write one

more adjective in each column.

4 Listening

a ʹǤ͹ Listen to Rodrigo’s show and tell. Who is his favorite comic book character?

b ʹǤ͹ Listen again and complete the sentences.

1. Dz‡‡•‹•dz‹•›‘—”ƒ”…Š Ǥ
2. —’‡”ƒϐ‹”•–ƒ’’‡ƒ”‡†‹ Ǥ
3. ‡–‡”ƒ”‡”‹••Š›ƒ† Ǥ
4. ’‹†‡”Ǧƒ‹•†ƒ”‹‰ǡ„”ƒ˜‡ƒ† Ǥ
5. Šƒ–ƒ‡•–Š‡…Šƒ”ƒ…–‡”•Ž‹‡ƒ„Ž‡‹•–Š‡‹”†—ƒŽ Ǥ

5 Grammar: What I love about comic books are the illustrations.

a Work in pairs. Do the examples mean the same? What’s the difference?
1. Ž‹‡’‹†‡”Ǧƒ„‡…ƒ—•‡Š‡‹•„”ƒ˜‡ƒ†ƒ–ŠŽ‡–‹…Ǥ
 Šƒ–Ž‹‡ƒ„‘—–’‹†‡”Ǧƒ‹•–Šƒ–Š‡ǯ•„”ƒ˜‡ƒ†ƒ–ŠŽ‡–‹…Ǥ
2. —’‡”ƒƒ’’‡ƒ”‡†ϐ‹”•–Ǥ
 –™ƒ•—’‡”ƒ™Š‘ƒ’’‡ƒ”‡†ϐ‹”•–Ǥ

b Complete the table.

Sentence Cleft sentence Your sentence

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c Work in small groups. Compare your sentences. Did anyone write the same? Then say why you like your
favorite comic book characters.
What I really like about Rogue is that she’s almost the same age as me. It’s her dislike of her own powers
that makes her fascinating.

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 I was standing on it!

1 Awesome article: My favorite character

1 Awesome article

a Complete the texts about two

characters from literature.
b Work in pairs. Compare your
answers.
My favorite character from a book is D’Artagnan,
c Answer the questions.
(1) is the protagonist of The Three Musketeers by
1. Is D’Artagnan one of the three French (2) Alexandre Dumas. What most people
musketeers? don’t know is that D’Artagnan is partly based (3)
2. Is D’Artagnan brave? a real person, Charles de Batz-Castelmore, who served as
3. What kind of job was a musketeer? a captain in the French musketeers in the 17th century. In the
4. How many children are there in book, D’Artagnan at Àrst Àghts with the three musketeers of
Susan’s family? the title, Porthos, Athos and Aramis, but they soon become
(4) and have a lot of adventures together. What
5. Did the children get lost forever in
I most admire about D’Artagnan (5) his courage:
Narnia?
he’s always ready to protect the weak and Àght for justice,
d Work in pairs. What do you think often against great odds. In the end D’Artagnan Ànally
these words mean? becomes a musketeer and begins a long military career,
1. protagonist 4. series (6) is covered in two sequels to The Three Musketeers.
2. courage 5. crowned
3. odds 6. by accident
e Work in small groups. Make a list
of your favorite characters from
literature. Write adjectives to
describe each one.

Character: Susan Pevensie

Book: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
I love The Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis, and the
character (1) I like the most is Susan Pevensie. She is
only 12 years old in the Àrst (2) of the series, and
by the last she’s 17. (3) I like most about Susan is
that she’s brave and very beautiful. She’s also sensible and
kind. In the Àrst book, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,
it is Susan’s younger sister, Lucy, (4) Àrst discovers
the magical Land of Narnia, but Susan and their two
brothers soon follow. After several (5) , Susan is
crowned Queen of Narnia with her sister, and becomes known
as Queen Susan the Gentle. They rule peacefully for years
before Ànding their way (6) by accident, where they
discover that no time has passed.

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 Unit 6
WHY ARE THERE WAS A THAT’S NICE. NO, I WAS
YOU LATE? MAN WHO HAD WERE YOU HELPING STANDING
LOST A HUNDRED HIM LOOK FOR IT? ON IT.
DOLLAR BILL.

2 Awesome characters

a Work in pairs.
Student A: Turn to page 115.
Complete the profiles of Bilbo
Baggins and Nanny McPhee.
Student B: Turn to page 120.
Complete the profiles of Katniss
Everdeen and Tony Stark.

2 Awesome characters b Ask your partner questions and

complete the other two profiles.
c Choose a favorite character from
literature or the movies and write a
text. Use the texts in 1 as a model.
d Work in pairs. Check each other’s text.
Character
• Use of relative clauses
Book or movie • Use of adjectives
Occupation • Spelling and punctuation
Appearance e Work in groups. Read each other’s
Clothes texts. Which other characters do you
like?
Personality

Character
Book or movie
Occupation
Appearance
Clothes
Personality

Character
Book or movie
Occupation
Character Appearance
Book or movie Clothes
Occupation Personality
Appearance
Clothes
Personality

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 Learning English in the 21st Century

Ethical use of the Internet

a Read how the students did their homework assignments. Do you think they were cheating? Write yes,
no or not sure.

1. A class had to write a poem for English class.

a. John copied and pasted his poem from
the Internet.
b. Mary copied a poem from the Internet
and changed a few words.
c. James read several poems on the Internet
and then wrote a similar one.
2. A class had to write a short biography on
William Shakespeare.
a. Sarah copied sentences from three sites and pasted them together.
b. Andy took facts from several sites and wrote them in in
his own words.
c. Clare paid someone online to write the biography for her.

3. A class had to write a report on the history of their town.

a. Steven copied a text from the Internet and then deleted some information to make it
shorter.
b. Julia copied information from several sites and wrote at the bottom of her report where
the information had come from.
c. Leanne noted information from several sites and then rewrote it.

4. A class had a test on a novel they had to read.

a. Peter checked information during the test on the Internet with his cell phone.
b. Tamsin studied summaries of the book on the Internet the night before the test.

c. Lucy wrote notes on the plot, characters and setting on a piece of paper and copied from
it during the test.

b Work in groups of three. Answer the questions.

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2Ǥ 
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c How could you use the Internet to do these homework assignments?

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2. ”‹–‡ƒ’‘‡ƒ„‘—–›‘—”ˆƒ˜‘”‹–‡•‡ƒ•‘Ǥ

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 Portfolio Unit 6

My poem
a Read the I Am poem. Which statements are true for you?

II amAm sensitive and curious.

I wonder when I am going to disappear,
I hear how the rain falls down,
I see the light that makes shadows,
I want peace in the world,
I am sensitive and curious,

I pretend that everything is ¿ne when people

make fun of me,
I feel the sun on my skin,
I touch the sky,
I worry about my family’s health,
I cry when things don’t turn out the
way I hope,
I am sensitive and curious.

I understand that life is not easy when you

don’t enjoy it,
I say someday people will understand me,
I dream of living in a fair world,
I try to live in the present,
I hope that I will be able to go
to college one day,
I am sensitive and curious.

Natalia

b Work in pairs. Who is more like Natalia?

c Write a similar poem about you. Go to http://freeology.com/worksheet-creator/poetry/i-am-

poem/#comments to create your poem. Choose music and images to accompany your poem and
present it using Animoto.

d Work in groups of three. Compare your poems. Find a new piece of information about each person and
something you already knew.

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