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Module 1 L
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A M
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Module 2
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1 What they do
2 The funds that they need Page 11
3 Their mission B
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D
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1  compare  2  contrast  3  compare
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1  sharks  2  beavers  3  elephants
F
Example: E
You can help prevent the destruction of Borneo’s Example:
precious rainforest and its vulnerable orang-utans. With
your assistance we can help protect this rare species Birds
and preserve the beauty of its fragile habitats for future
generations. Please support this vital project. 1
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2
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J 5
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Example: 1 smell through their nostrils
1 Outline what your organization does. 2 breathe through their nostrils
It raises money to help victims of an earthquake. 3 smell with their tongues
4 breathe through spiracles
5 smell with antennae
2 Explain three things that need funding and how
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$10 will provide food for a family for two days. F
$20 will pay for 6,000 liters of clean water. Student’s own answers
$40 will buy ten blankets for victims. G
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3 Give four bullet points stating the mission.
• to provide emergency food and water for victims
• to give shelter to people who have lost their homes
• to provide medical care for victims
• to help rebuild homes and schools

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Bats
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ears on top
of its head
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B
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large “pinnae” can hear high
(ear flaps) to frequencies C
catch sound good use 4, 2, 3, 1, 5
hearing echolocation
use hearing D
to detect Student’s own answers
danger and
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hear low frequencies ears are small holes –
ears on no ear flaps E
ears radiate heat to
keep the elephant
the sides Student’s own answers
of its head
cool
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Elephants Dolphins Student’s own answers
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Example: Cause Effect
1 Introduction first this causes
Animals have different kinds of ears and use them in then this makes
different ways. which in turn
so that
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• Some animals have much better hearing than others.
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• Animals can hear different frequencies. Some
Example:
(bats and dolphins) can hear high frequencies
(ultrasound) and others (elephants) can hear Introduction Process
low frequencies. In the past, people often The windmill’s sails are
used windmills to grind turned by the wind.
3 Ways animals hear using ears grain into flour. This turns a series
• Many animals use them for detecting danger A windmill has big sails of interconnecting
and communicating. on wooden frames and wooden wheels called
• Bats and dolphins use “echolocation” – they use two millstones. One cogs. This, in turn,
sound to navigate and find food. millstone is connected makes one of the
• Some animals (bats and elephants ) have large ear to the sails and the other millstones rotate.
flaps (“pinnae”) to catch and filter sound. Others one is fixed in place.
(dolphins) have small holes.
Conclusion Process
4 Position of ears This was an important Then grain is poured
• Most animals have ears close to their head. way of making flour through a hole in the
• Bats have ears on the top of their head, and before there was moving millstone. As
elephants and dolphins have them on the sides. electricity. We still use the millstone rotates, it
wind power in similar grinds the grain against
5 Conclusion ways today. the other stone so that
main similarities and differences between different it becomes fine flour.
animals’ ears
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A Example:
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Step 1 Opening Hello, Smudge. I’m Leo.
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B Step 2 Questions
Student’s own answers Question 1 What do you like to eat?
C Answer Grass, hay, and other leafy plants,
Ellie is interviewing her horse, Whisper. but not lettuce! Lettuce can be
harmful for us. I like carrots,
D but only as a treat.
Examples (any three of the following): Question 2 When do you feel scared?
Do you like being outside? Answer When I’m in an open space and
You like eating, don’t you? I can’t hide. Rabbits have lots of
Do you like it when I go for a ride on you? predators, so we get nervous a lot.
What do you mean, most of the time? Question 3 Why do you sometimes stomp
Why not? your feet?
E Answer It’s usually because I’m scared
Example: and I want to warn other rabbits
She finds out that Whisper likes being outside with the of danger.
other horses and eating grass and hay. He likes it when
Ellie rides him, but not when they go too fast. He doesn’t Step 3 Ending Thank you for answering my
like being in the stable, he doesn’t like fast cars or dogs, questions, Smudge!
and he doesn’t like it when other horses threaten him.
F M
quickly, high, slowly Student’s own answer
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1  slowly  2  quickly  3  high Module 5
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H
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Example:
K It gives a general introduction to the topic. It briefly says
Student’s own answers what kinds of resources countries share and why they
share them.
D
4 music, 1 food, 3 sport, 2 natural resources
E
3, 2, 1, 4
F
1 In the past 2,000 years, the Chinese have given the
world a wide range of things.
2 They were the first people to invent paper money,
fireworks, and ammunition.
3 Their craftsmen sold silks and beautiful pottery
to Europe.
4 However, in modern times it is Chinese food that has
become a famous cultural export.
5 So while in the past their inventions and artwork
have made the Chinese famous, today it has been
their cuisine.

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G Student’s own answer
Example: H
music and dance jazz, salsa, reggae Example:
foods pizza, burritos, kebabs how it sounds
how it moves
clothing kimono, beret, tuxedo (whispering,
(swaying, waving, forest
singing, murmuring,
sports tennis, football, ice hockey leaning, beckoning)
sighing)
inventions the radio, the television,
the airplane
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natural resources gold, wood, oil
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H Example:
Student’s own answers Where?
I A big forest in Germany
Example:
Topic 1: Topic 2: Topic 3: When?
Music Food Clothing It is the middle of the summer and early in the morning
Example 1 Jazz from Pizza from Kimono from
the U.S.A. Italy Japan Who?
Example 2 Reggae from Burritos from Beret from My sister and I
Jamaica Mexico France
Example 3 Samba from Kebabs from Tuxedo from
What are you doing / seeing?
Brazil Turkey the U.S.A.
We are at the edge of the forest. We are going to go on
a long hike. We are sitting next to a stream having a
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picnic breakfast. There are some rocks and a beautiful
K
waterfall behind us.
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J
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Module 6 Module 7
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B
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C
C
Example:
Example:
The author is describing a personal experience of walking
The text talks about an imaginary world without money.
in the mountains in early spring.
D
D
A What would it be like to live without money?
From here, it’s only another half hour until we reach our
B Trade your goods and skills
destination in the sleeping valley below.
C A different way of paying for things
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2 If you grew more food than you needed, you could
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F 3 If you didn’t have anything to trade, you could trade
Example: your labor.
4 It would probably be very difficult to live without
What? a walk, a sailing trip, a school excursion, money, because eventually labor, skills, and goods
a picnic would start to have a value.
Where? the mountains, a beach, a forest,
the desert
Features sky, clouds, trees, ocean, lake, stream,
sand dunes

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In a world without money, people would help their Student’s own answer
neighbors and friends more. People would work for Example:
free for their local community. It would be impossible An engaging story should leap into your reader’s mind,
for anyone to have more power than anyone else just powerfully grab their attention and rapidly tell them
because they had more money. If you wanted anything, something interesting.
you would trade your skills.
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G Student’s own answer
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H Example:
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1 hook 4 plot
I • A boy goes into an • A boy goes into an
Student’s own answers abandoned building. abandoned building
J • A girl finds some and realizes it is on fire.
Student’s own answers precious jewels. • A girl finds some
stolen jewels and puts
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2 characters
K discovers that someone
• A boy
Example: is following her.
• A girl and her dog
Paragraph 1: Main question and secondary questions
What would it be like if we didn’t have the Internet? 3 conflict 5 cliffhanger
• How would people communicate and socialize? • The boy smells smoke. • The boy can’t open
• Where would we find information? • The girl realizes the the door.
jewels were stolen • The girl feels a hand
from a museum. on her shoulder.
Paragraph 2: Discuss what people could or would do
People would phone each other or write letters.
If people couldn’t use social networking sites, perhaps H
they would meet face to face more or perhaps they Student’s own answer
would feel lonelier.
We would go to the library to look for information.
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It would be more difficult to find some kinds of I
information and it would take a long time. hook A girl is walking along a river bank when
she sees something shiny in the bushes.
Paragraph 3: Concluding statement characters A girl and her dog
I think the world would be better in some ways if we conflict The girl remembers reading a newspaper
didn’t have the Internet, but overall, it would be worse. report about some jewels that were stolen
People wouldn’t be able to contact each other or learn from a museum. She realizes these are the
as easily and everything would take longer. stolen jewels and she doesn’t know what
to do.
plot A girl finds some stolen jewels. She decides
Module 8 to put them in her bag and take them
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A the end, she realizes someone has been
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Page 47 cliffhanger She feels a hand on her shoulder.
B
J
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1  hook  2  characters  3  plot  4  conflict   Module 9
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a  conflict  b  hook  c  characters  d  plot  Student’s own answer
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straw bales, plaster, wood K
D Student’s own answers
The foundations L
E Student’s own answers
First, Then, Next, Last
Error Correction Master Class
F
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Sentence 1 uses the active voice, and sentence 2 uses the
passive voice. A
Example:
G It’s an informational text. It describes the ways in which
First, a concrete foundation called a “footing” is made. It is animals can hear.
covered and left for three days to dry. Then, a row of bricks
is laid on the footing. Mortar is used to fix each brick in B
place. Next, more layers of bricks are added until the M – of
wall is finished. Last, any excess mortar is removed with [
a brush. V – bounce
S – their
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H WW – for
P – add . after “cool”
Example:
WO – different parts
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concrete, steel, mud, wood, dried grass, D
very tall, must resist made from plants, WO Have you ever thought about a world where you
strong winds but waterproof didn’t have to go to school? If you didn’t go to school,
S you wouldn’t have lots of different friends. How
igloo ice hotel WO would you learn different subjects, and what would
blocks of hard snow, ice and “snice” (snow X you do all day?
made of snow, but and ice) melts and is [ A long time ago, children didn’t go to school. They
warm inside rebuilt every year would go out to work with their parents, helping to
S bring crops from the fields or doing chores around
I the house. It didn’t mean they had a lot of free time
Student’s own answer V because they were still very busy. How did they learn
about the wider world and learn new skills to help
J P them find a job?
Example:
M These days, I think it would be difficult to learn
Materials How it’s made enough skills if you didn’t go to school. You couldn’t
• river ice • 5,000 tonnes of M, S learn to be a doctor or about science . Also, children
• snow mixed with ice are taken from WO aren’t allowed to work now, so what would you
ice (“snice”) the river. V do all day? And, if your parents worked, who would
• They are used to WW look after you?
build the main P In the end, I think that school is necessary because
structure. you find out important things about the world, and it
• “Snice” is added to helps prepare you for the future.
make the structure
stronger. Spelling Master Class
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Ice hotel
1  d  2  a  3  c  4  b
B
When the adjective ends with –able and –ible we delete e
What is unusual and add y to make the adverb.
• It is made entirely from water.
• It is designed by artists. C
• It melts and is rebuilt each year. 1  vulnerable  2  preferable  3  edible  4  desirable
5  reversible  6  legible

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1 b amicably Page 63
2 d incredibly
3 a responsibly A/B/C
4 c comfortably Words Rules
field, thief, niece, piece, in general, write ie
2 friend, interview, pierce
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receive, ceiling, perceive, write ei after c
B deceive
1  b unwell   2  c uncomfortable   3  f unsafe ancient, eight, freight, some words don’t follow
4  e unwrapped   5  a uncertain   6  d unpleasant neighbor, species a rule
C
Ben was on a trip to Italy. He was staying with the Rossi D
family, who all seemed really nice and friendly. There were 1 seize
two boys in the family – Marco and Gianni. On Ben’s first 2 weird
day, Marco helped him to unpack his suitcase and showed 3 science
him everything in the house. Then Marco’s mom took 4 conceited
them to town. Ben was excited and felt very lucky to be in 5 neither
such a beautiful place. When they got to the main square, 6 sufficient
Ben suddenly saw one of his friends from school. It was so a I didn’t have any money, and neither did Jennifer.
unexpected! They said hi and agreed to meet the next day. b Tom found his science classes very interesting.
c There was a weird sound coming from the yard.
3 d The singer was very arrogant and conceited.
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1  process  2  preservation  3  prodigy  4  proclaim
5  propelling  6  property  7  preview  8  promotion A
9  predictable 1  two  2  there  3  it’s  4  who’s  5  you’re  6  four
B B
1 Before he left, Cameron promised to be careful. 1 b blew
2 It was late, and Max pretended to be asleep. 2 f sale
3 Three players stood in Ben’s way and prevented him 3 a meet
from scoring. 4 d pair
4 A mother bear always tries to protect her cubs. 5 e grown
5 Mary liked cookies, but her brother preferred candy. 6 c son
6 Brad wanted to become a professional tennis player. C
C Homophones: ate, passed, weather, whole, see, write
1 progress The Collins family had a wonderful vacation. All week, the
2 problems weather was hot, and they didn’t see a single cloud in the
3 prehistoric sky. Everyone just wanted to relax, and so they often spent
4 project the whole day either swimming or lying next to the pool.
5 preparations Every evening, they ate dinner at a different restaurant. It
6 pronounce was great!
7 previous
8 produce 6
9 professor
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The teacher told her class that they would be doing a new
project on dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. She B
wanted each of them to produce a really good piece of Example:
work, which they could display in the school hall. First, all When to write ie and when to write ei.
the students had to think about their ideas carefully and C
get their materials ready. The teacher helped them with because
these preparations. Then the students began their work.
They all made good progress and finished on time. D
1  c  2  a  3  d  4  b
E
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A
1  h  2  g  3  a  4  i  5  b  6  e  7  c  8  f
B
They change the word to mean “not … .“
C
1 c immeasurable
2 a inconvenient
3 f incomplete
4 d inventive
5 e immobile
6 b impatient

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1  spacious  2  momentous  3  nervous  
4  carnivorous  5  furious  6  poisonous  7  envious
8  adventurous  9  mysterious  10  humorous
B
+ ous momentous, poisonous, humorous
delete e + ious spacious
delete y + ious furious, envious, mysterious
delete e + ous nervous, carnivorous, adventurous

C
1 f melodious
2 b mountainous
3 d studious
4 e famous
5 a victorious
6 c ridiculous

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1  d  2  c  3  b  4  a
C
Examples:
tomorrow 1 m, 2 rs
dependent dependent
accommodation 2 cs, 2 ms
separate separate
surprise U R sURprised

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