Beginner

Unit Components

Step 1 Get Ready Step 6 Ideas

A colorful illustration at the beginning of every
chapter helps students understand the writing
topic in a fun, clear way. Students are immediately
introduced to the type of writing and the writer’s
purpose.
Step 2 Vocabulary
Students learn key vocabulary words with
pictures and practice them through various types
of exercises.
Students complete the graphic organizer to
develop and organize their own ideas. Additional
expressions are provided with images to help
students personalize their writing.
Step 7 Draft
Students complete their first draft by following a
paragraph guide based on the structure from the
Ideas page.

Step 3 Model 1
Model Text 1
A model text introduces the writing genre of the
Work ook
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lesson with examples ranging from short essays
and video scripts to diary entries and blog posts.
Comprehension
Students’ understanding of the model text is
checked through Yes/No questions.
Graphic Organizer Step 8
The graphic organizer helps students arrange and
Peer Check
order the information provided in the model text.
A peer checklist is provided to encourage
Step 4
students to find and correct mistakes in
Model 2
capitalization, punctuation, and spelling in
Graphic Organizer their classmates’ writing.
Students complete the graphic organizer by
Revise & Edit
choosing from different expressions before
Students make changes to improve their
rewriting the model text in the following step.
writing based on the feedback they receive.
Model Text 2
By completing a modified version of the model
text, students are exposed to additional examples
and familiarize themselves with grammar Step 9 Final Draft
naturally. Students neatly write their final drafts and
Step 5 Sentence Practice share them with the class.

Students practice the target sentence structures

that they will use to write about the given topic.
Different activities allow students to practice
using the sentence structures from the model
text on their own.


Contents

1 My Strange Pizza 6
5 Pocket Money 38

Task Writing a recipe Task Writing a letter

Structure •They are … Structure •want to
•It is … •need to

2 Weekly Activities 14 6 My Tasty Poem 46

Task Writing a blog post Task Writing a sensory poem

Structure •I do … Structure •I see/smell/feel/taste/hear …

•I don’t …

3 A Messy Bedroom 22 7 Save the Earth 54

Task Writing a blog post

Task Writing a short essay
Structure •should
Structure •behind / in front of / next to / on / under
•should not

4 My Favorite Celebrity 30
8 Field Day 62
Task Writing a short essay
Task Writing a short essay
Structure •His / Her name is …
Structure •be going to
•be good at
 Vocabulary

1 My Strange Pizza
Task Writing a recipe
STEP 1 Look and trace.

1 2 3
Get Ready
Look and stick. Then ask and answer.
Which pizza do you want to make?

bitter greasy salty

4 5 6

stick
stick

sweet sour spicy

STEP 2 Complete and write.

1 g eas 2 pi y

Quiz Where is it? Find and circle.

3 sa t 4 o r
It is spicy. They are salty.

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Model 1

STEP 1 Read about Kate’s strange pizza. STEP 3 Complete the organizer.

1 What is the first step? 2 What is the second step?

My Strange Pizza Add . Add .

Let’s make a strange pizza! They are . It is .

First, add some chocolate chips. They are sweet.
Second, add some chili powder. It is spicy. My Strange
Lastly, add some potato chips. They are salty. Pizza

Please try my sweet, spicy, salty pizza!

4 How is the pizza? 3 What is the last step?
, , Add .
They are .

STEP 2 Circle Yes or No .

1 Kate puts chocolate chips on the pizza. Yes No

Comma
2 Chili powder tastes sweet. Yes No
First, add some chocolate chips.
3 Kate’s pizza is sweet, greasy, and salty. Yes No Please try my sweet, spicy, salty pizza!

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Model 2 Sentence Practice

STEP 1 Choose one for each question. A Match and write.

1 What is the first step?
Add some fried rice. / greasy
Add some chili powder.
/ spicy
2 What is the second step? Add some chocolate chips. They are sweet.
Add some lemons. / sour
1
A
 dd some potato chips.
pretzels / salty
/ salty

2
My Strange Pizza
limes / sour
4 How is the pizza?
, 3 What is the last step?
3
, Add some grapefruits. / bitter cheeseburgers
Add some chocolate chips. / sweet / greasy

B Look and write.

STEP 2 Fill in the blanks.
Add some chili powder. It is spicy.

My Strange Pizza 1 brown sugar / sweet

Let’s make a strange pizza!
First, 1
. It 1
. 2 green tea / bitter
Second, 2
. They 2
.
Lastly, 3
. They 3
. 3 ginger powder / spicy
Please try my 4
pizza!

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 Ideas Draft

STEP 1 Complete the organizer for your recipe. STEP 2 Complete your recipe.

1 What is the first step? 2 What is the second step?

My Strange drawing
Pizza
Let’s make a strange pizza!
What is the
4 How is the pizza? 3 What is the last step? first step? First, .
It/They .
What is the
second step? Second, .
More + It/They .
Expressions
Ingredients
What is the
last step? Lastly, .
It/They .
doughnuts French fries berries nuts How is the
pizza? Please try my
pizza! Check and Revise
Commas
coffee salad honey wasabi
Spelling

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