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Unit COMMUNICATION GOALS VOCABULARY GRAMMAR CONVERSATION STRATEGIES LISTENING / PRONUNCIATION READING / WRITING

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● Introduce people ●
● Subject pronouns ●
● Verb be: ●
● Use “too” to reciprocate a greeting Listening Tasks Reading Texts
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● Identify people ●
● Occupations Singular and plural statements / ●
● Use “Excuse me” to introduce a question ● Identify the correct occupation
● ● A magazine feature introducing famous
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● Spell names ●
● The alphabet Contractions ●
● Say “Thanks” to acknowledge requested ● Circle or write the correct letter
● people and their occupations
Yes / no questions and short answers information ● Simple forms and business cards
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● Describe people ● Circle or write the correct name
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VOCABULARY EXPANDER
People and ●
● More occupations
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● Proper nouns and common nouns ●
● Say “Excuse me?” if you don’t understand
Pronunciation Writing Task
Occupations ● Syllables
● ● Write affirmative and negative statements
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about people in pictures

page 6
GUIDED WRITING
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● Write answers to questions about
occupations

2
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● Describe relationships ●
● First and last names ●
● Possessive adjectives ●
● When introducing people, describe Listening Tasks Reading Texts
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● Ask for someone’s contact ●
● Titles ●
● Possessive nouns relationships ● Circle and underline the correct information
● ● Personal information forms
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information ●
● Contact information ●
● Be: Information questions with What ●
● Greet the person you’re being introduced to ● Write the person’s title
● ● A contact page from a digital
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● Find out where people are ●
● Relationships ●
● Be from / Questions with Where ●
● Repeat part of a question to clarify ● Write the people’s relationships
● address book
from
Personal ●
● Get to know people
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● Numbers 0–20 ●
● Repeat information to confirm
understanding
● Complete the contact information
● ● An article with simple descriptions of
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famous people, their occupations,

● Countries and nationalities ● Choose correct information to complete
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Information
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● Confirm information with “That’s right.”
right”. statements countries, and nationalities
VOCABULARY EXPANDER ●
● Say “Sure” to provide requested information
Pronunciation Writing Task
page 18 ●
● More titles ● Write about yourself
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● Stress in two-word pairs
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GUIDED WRITING
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● Answer a series of questions about your
personal information

3
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● Ask about locations ●
● Means of transportation ●
● Be: Questions about location with Where ●
● Ask for additional information with Listening Tasks Reading Texts
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● Suggest how to get places ●
● Places in the neighborhood ●
● Subject pronoun it “And what about ?” ● Circle the vehicle you hear
● ● Simple street maps
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● Talk about means of ●
● Locations ●
● The imperative ●
● Say “OK” to agree to follow directions ● Write the place you hear
● ● An email describing places in a
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transportation ●
● Ways to get places: Imperative verbs ●
● By + a means of transportation ●
● Ask “What about you?” to show interest in ● Complete the questions
● neighborhood
another person
Neighborhoods ●
● Describe a neighborhood ●
● Routine destinations ● Identify the instructions
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Writing Task
● Identify the means of transportation
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● Write about your neighborhood
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VOCABULARY EXPANDER and destinations
page 30
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● More places in the neighborhood ● Complete statements about the people, their
● GUIDED WRITING
neighborhoods, and relationships ●
● Answer questions about locations of
Pronunciation places in your neighborhood
● Falling intonation for questions with Where
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● Comment on family photos ●
● Family relationships ●
● Be: Questions with Who ●
● Shift to a new topic with “And . . .” Listening Tasks Reading Texts
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● Ask about relatives ●
● Adjectives to describe people ●
● Be: With adjectives ●
● Say “Tell me about ” to invite someone to ● Identify the person described
● ● Descriptions of famous actors and
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● Describe appearance ●
● Numbers 21–101 ●
● Be: Questions with How old talk about a topic ● Complete statements about people
● their families
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● Talk about someone’s family ●
● Adjectives to describe hair ●
● Adverbs very, really, and so ●
● Use “Well, . . .” to indicate you are deciding ● Choose the correct photo
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Writing Task
how to respond
Families ●
● The face ●
● Verb have / has: Affirmative statements
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● Show interest with “Really?”
● Match the conversation to the correct family
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● Write about your relatives
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● Describing people with be and have
VOCABULARY EXPANDER Soften a negative response with “Sorry” Pronunciation
page 42
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GUIDED WRITING
● Clarifying numbers
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● More adjectives to describe people ●
● Answer questions about two of
your relatives

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● Ask about the time of events ●
● What time is it? ●
● Be: Questions with When, What time, ●
● Express worry with “Uh-oh” Listening Tasks Reading Texts
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● Plan to attend an event ●
● Late, early, and on time What day, and What month ●
● Use “Hey” to get someone’s attention ● Confirm if the people are late, early, or on time
● ● A party invitation and a community
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● Ask about birthdays ●
● Events ●
● Prepositions in, on, at ●
● Use “Great!” to show enthusiasm for an idea ● Identify events and circle the correct times
● events website
● Announcements of neighborhood events
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● Describe a time span ●
● Days of the week ● Complete a chart with events, days, and times
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Time and Events ●

● Ordinal numbers ● Complete statements about events and
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Writing Task
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● Months of the year store hours ● Write about events in your city or town
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page 54 Pronunciation
VOCABULARY EXPANDER GUIDED WRITING
● Sentence rhythm
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● More events ●
● Write a list with time and place details
about specific events.

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 Unit COMMUNICATION GOALS VOCABULARY GRAMMAR CONVERSATION STRATEGIES LISTENING / PRONUNCIATION READING / WRITING

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● Give and accept a ● Colors ● The simple present tense: like, want, need, ● Ask for confirmation with “Really?” Listening Tasks Reading Texts
compliment ● Clothes and have: ● Acknowledge a compliment with “Thanks!” ● Identify the clothes you hear ● Online clothing ads

● Ask for sizes and colors ● Verbs like, want, need, and have Affirmative and negative statements ● Say “I’m sorry” when presenting ● Answer questions about what people want,
Writing Task
● Describe clothes ● Clothing sizes Yes / no questions disappointing information like, or need
● Write sentences about the clothes you

Clothes ● Shop for clothes ● Opposite adjectives to describe Information questions ● Express disappointment with “That’s too bad.”
Pronunciation like, want, need, and have or don’t have
clothes ● Demonstratives this, that, these, and those ● Ask “What about you?” to ask for ● Plural nouns
page 66 ● Adjective placement / Intensifier too someone’s opinion GUIDED WRITING
VOCABULARY EXPANDER ● Use “Well, . . .” to soften a strong opinion ● Answer questions about your clothes
● More clothes and the reasons you want or need
new clothes.

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● Discuss who does household ● Activities at home ● The simple present tense: ● Introduce a conversation topic with “So, . . .” Listening Tasks Reading Texts
chores ● Household chores Spelling of third-person singular forms ● Begin a surprising statement with ● Identify chores each person does ● Online product listings for

● Talk about free time ● Free-time activities Questions with Who “Actually, . . .” ● Answer questions about people’s activities housekeeping robots
● Make plans to get together Questions with How often ● Clarify a question with “I mean, . . .”
VOCABULARY EXPANDER Pronunciation Writing Task
Free Time and ● Describe activities of a
typical day ● More household chores
● Other time expressions ● Say “Me?” to give yourself time to think of
a personal response
● Third-person singular verb endings ● Write about your typical week
Frequency adverbs
Chores
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● Express enthusiasm with “Great idea!” GUIDED WRITING
● Respond with “Perfect” to agree to a ● Answer questions about your daily and
page 78 suggestion weekly activities

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● Ask about someone’s home ● Rooms, furniture, and appliances ● There is and There are ● Begin a question with “And” to indicate you Listening Tasks Reading Texts
● Agree and disagree about ● Buildings ● Questions with How many want additional information ● Confirm whether information about rooms, ● Descriptions of people and their homes

styles ● Parts of a building ● The simple present tense: Questions with ● Use “Well, . . .” to indicate you are deciding furniture, and appliances is true or false
how to answer Writing Task
● Talk about where you live, ● Places in and around cities and Where ● Complete statements about people’s housing
● Write about where you live
work, or study Soften a negative response with preferences
Houses and towns Prepositions of place
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● Compare people’s tastes in “Actually, no” ● Correct the statements about people’s homes
GUIDED WRITING
Homes housing VOCABULARY EXPANDER ● Emphasize a positive response with
Pronunciation ● Answer questions about your house
● More house and apartment “Actually, yes”
● Linking sounds or apartment
page 90 vocabulary ● Soften a contrary opinion with
“No offense, but . . .”
● Respond positively to a description with
“Sounds nice!”

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● Offer to call back later ● Weather expressions ● The present continuous: ● Answer the phone with “Hello?” Listening Tasks Reading Texts
● Ask about future plans ● Clothes for good and bad weather Statements ● Identify yourself on the phone with ● Listen for weather and temperatures in a ● A daily planner

● Catch up with an old friend ● Time expressions Yes / no questions “This is .” weather report ● An interview with a marathon runner

● Talk about activities and ● Outdoor activities For future plans ● Use “Well, actually, . . .” to politely introduce ● Complete statements about people’s activities

an excuse Writing Task

Activities and plans
VOCABULARY EXPANDER
Information questions
● Say “Oh, I’m sorry” to apologize for
● Write people’s future plans and when they will

do them
● Write about your weekend plans

Plans ● More weather vocabulary interrupting someone’s activity ● Choose the picture that matches what each
GUIDED WRITING
● The four seasons ● End a phone conversation with person is doing right now
page 102 “Talk to you later!”
● Write a list of activities you plan for the
Pronunciation weekend, using the present continuous
● Show interest with “No kidding!”
● Intonation of questions and time expressions
● Say “Wow!” to indicate surprise

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● Discuss ingredients for a ● Foods and drinks ● Any in questions, negative statements, ● Say “I’ll check” to indicate you’ll get Listening Tasks Reading Texts
recipe ● Places to keep things in a kitchen and negative short answers information for someone ● Check the foods and drinks you hear ● Recipe ingredient lists

● Offer and ask for foods and ● Containers ● Count nouns and non-count nouns ● Say “uh-oh” to indicate that there may be a ● Complete sentences to describe ● A weekly chore list
drinks ● Describing taste ● How much / Is there any problem restaurants and food ● Restaurant reviews
Invite someone for a meal Suggest an alternative with
Foods and Drinks The simple present tense and the
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VOCABULARY EXPANDER “How about ?” Pronunciation Writing Task

● Describe the food in a present continuous
● Vowel sounds ● Write about what you eat on a typical day
restaurant ● More vegetables and fruits ● Say “Yes, please” to accept an offer of food
page 114
GUIDED WRITING
● Answer a series of questions about your
eating habits on weekdays and weekends

Countries and Nationalities / Numbers 100 to 1,000,000,000 / Pronunciation Table page 127
Vocabulary Expander page 128
Guided Writing page 135
Unit Reviews page 139
Practi-Chants page 158

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