READING AND CRITICAL

UNIT VOCABULARY GRAMMAR

THINKING
STARTER What do you know? Vocabulary: entertainment, house and home, adjective order, sports
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1 All about me Personal qualities

Describing personal
Past tenses
Present perfect simple and
A magazine article
This is me!
WDYT ? What makes you the
characteristics present perfect continuous
person you are? Subskill: Keeping a record
Phrasal verbs: three-part Past perfect simple and past
of vocabulary
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video title TBC Past perfect simple and past
perfect continuous

2 Welcome to the
future!
Describing products
Changes
Future tenses
Future continuous and future
A scientific report
Innovations that will rock
Expressions with get perfect our world
WDYT ? What changes would
video title TBC Future time expressions
you like to see in the future? Subskill: Predicting
content
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3 Perfect Social media

Influencers
Relative clauses
Comparing
An article
Fifteen minutes of fame!
WDYT ? What’s your perfect
Word formation: nouns
day? Subskill: Understanding
video title TBC the writer’s purpose
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4 Natural world Places

Natural world
Modal verbs
Perfect modals
A travel guide
The Seven Wonders
WDYT ? What is the best way
Words that are nouns and
to enjoy nature? Subskill: Identifying fact
verbs
and opinion
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5 Communicate Reporting verbs

Ways of talking
Reported speech: statements
Reported speech: questions
A history essay
A brief history of sharing
WDYT ? What makes a good
Word formation: prefixes Reported speech: orders and news
communicator? requests
video title TBC Subskill: Understanding
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formal language

6 Challenges People
Challenges
Conditionals
I wish and If only
An opinion article
The BIG question: Do you
WDYT ? What can you do to
Television need a rival to be successful?
challenge yourself?
video title TBC Subskill: Finding evidence
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7 Going unplugged Lifestyle The passive

Chilling out, getting active The passive: modal verbs
An article
Are you ready to unplug?
WDYT ? Could you unplug for
Expressions with make have/get something done
a day, a week, a month or even Subskill: Referencing
and do
longer?
video title TBC
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8 Make a difference Global issues Verb patterns

Phrasal verbs for achieving used to, be used to, get used to
An article
Emoji for all
WDYT ? How can you
goals
contribute to make society Subskill: Summarising a
video title TBC text in your own words
better?
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9 Look what you know! Vocabulary and Grammar review Reading: review of subskills
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Grammar bootcamp p116    Pronunciation p128

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 REAL-WORLD
LISTENING WRITING PRONUNCIATION PROJECT
SPEAKING
Grammar: present simple and present continuous, past simple and present perfect, past simple and past continuous,
some-/any-/no-/every- compounds, future tense review

Short interviews Solving A description of a /h/ Create a poster about your personal
about personality shopping issues person Homophones identity including a self-portrait and a
quizzes description of yourself.
Subskill:
Subskill: Dealing with Gradable and Communication
homophones non-gradable Using visuals to communicate your ideas
adjectives +
adverbs
An informal Organising A product review /æ/, /aː/ and /eɪ/ Imagine you have travelled to the
conversation an event Intonation future. Give a presentation to the class
Subskill:
between two friends on on the changes you see.
Connectors of
pros and cons of robots
contrast Creativity
Subskill: Understanding Getting inspiration from others
the speaker’s attitude
A radio interview Telling an An opinion essay /b/ and /v/ Create a ‘What’s your perfect day?’
about happiness anecdote /ʃ/ and /tʃ/ video for a class YouTube channel.
Subskill:
Subskill: Listening for Organising your Collaboration
the information you essay Successfully achieving the task as a team
need
A podcast Instructions A description of Word stress: nouns Create a proposal for a place in
about why we love a place and verbs your country or abroad to be made
natural disaster films a Natural Wonder of the World. Film
Subskill: Using
your group presenting your proposal.
Subskill: Using prior articles correctly
knowledge Critical thinking
Synthesising information
A podcast Talking about A report Connected speech: Give a persuasive presentation
about advantages and Subskill: word linking on why you should be given a travel
misunderstandings disadvantages scholarship.
Presenting key
Subskill: Understanding findings Communication
rapid speech Giving a persuasive presentation
A radio phone-in Checking An informal Sentence stress in Give a presentation about a TV
programme understanding article conditionals talent show that you have invented.
about TV talent shows and clarifying Subskill: Writing Creativity
Subskill: Inferring for an audience Developing and implementing
meaning new ideas

An informal Giving A for and against Word stress: Plan an Unplugging Day for
conversation directions essay expressions with your school and present your poster
about how to get make and do proposal to your class.
Subskill: Using
around without a
connectors of Critical thinking
mobile
reason Building a powerful argument
Subskill: Understanding
words from context
A radio interview Politely A formal letter Intonation when Design a new emoji and create a
about Lual Mayen interrupting of complaint interrupting digital poster to justify the need for it.
Subskill: Correcting Subskill: Using Collaboration
mistakes formal language Respecting others

Listening: review of subskills Speaking: review of Key phrases Writing: review of subskills

Project planner p130     Irregular verbs p134

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