Step Up 1 TG Revision

Ma. del C

or Michael J. Pryay ez Mungar ín t r a M n e m r a

1ª edición, 2016 © 2016 Michael John Pryor y María del Carmen Martínez Mungaray D.R. © 2016 Stepping Stones Publishing www.step-up.com.mx ISBN 978-607-9442-30-9 Editorial Página Seis, S.A. de C.V. Teotihuacan 345, Ciudad del Sol, 45050, Zapopan, Jalisco. Tel/fax: (33) 3657 3786 y 3657 5045 e-mail: [email protected] www.pagina6.com.mx Se prohíbe la reproducción, el registro o la transmisión parcial o total de esta obra por cualquier sistema de recuperación de información, sea mecánico, fotoquímico, electrónico, magnético, electro-óptico, por fotocopia o cualquier otro, existente o por existir, sin el permiso previo por escrito del titular de los derechos correspondientes. Impreso y hecho en México / Printed and made in Mexico

CONTENTS Platform One

Myself: Who Am I? Start up.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Keep going. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Wrap up.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Platform Two

My Town: Where Am I? Start up.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Keep going. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Wrap up.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Platform Three

My Activities: What Do I Do? Start up.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Keep going. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Wrap up.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Scope & sequence START UP

PLATFORM 3

My activities: What do I do?

PLATFORM 2

My Town: Where am I?

PLATFORM 1

Myself: Who am I?

Language functions STEP 1

Introduce Myself And Give My Nationality

STEP 2

Talk About Jobs

STEP 3

Describe My Family And Family Members

STEP 4

Talk About My Classroom And School Objects

STEP 1

Describe My School

STEP 2

Give Directions

STEP 3

Describe My House

STEP 4

Describe People & Places

STEP 1

Talk About Abilities And Talents

STEP 2

Describe My Habits And What I Do Every Day

STEP 3

Compare 2 or more people, places or objects

STEP 4

Describe 1 person, place or object in relation to all others

vocabulary My Country, My Nationality • • • • •

Vocabulary: Brainstorm What’s Your Number? Spell It! Webtalk Days & Months

My Job

My Family

My Classroom

Places At School

• Where in the World? • Brainstorm: My Town • My School, My House, My Town

Places At Home & Furniture Places In The Community Descriptive Adjectives

Talents & Skills • What Time Is It? What Do You Do? • Famous People, Hidden Talents • Nick Vujicic • Brainstorm: My Activities

Daily Activities

City infrastructure Opposite adjectives

KEEP GOING language

reading & listening

speaking & writing

To Be

What’s Your Title? Mr? Miss?

Who Am I?

Indefinite & Definite Articles

What Do You Do For A Living?

My Future Job

Have

Do You Have A Big Family?

He Has A Big Family

Possessives

Different Countries, Different Classrooms

It’s Her Pencil

There Is/ There Are…

Melanie's University

Which College?

Demonstratives & Location

Make Yourself At Home!

This Is My House

Giving Directions

How Do I Get To The Park?

Where's The Bank?

Questions

This is my Town

What is it?

Can

Child Prodigies

What Can I Do?

Present Simple: Routines & Habits

A Day in the life of…

My Routine

Comparatives

Dubai, a city of world records

My city’s better than before

Superlatives

An extreme explorer

The best of Mexico

WRAP UP

• • • • • • • • •

Internet Investigation: A Celebrity Team Competition: In Code Where Are You From? Say It Right: th Wonderful Words: -er Logical Thinking: Who Is Who? Project: My Family Tree Language Review Vocabulary Review

• • • • • • • •

Say It Right: ow/ou/oa Wonderful Words: Compound Nouns Logical Thinking: Which House? Competition: Extreme Close-Up Internet Investigation: World Cities Project: My Dream Bedroom Language Review Vocabulary Review

• • • • • • • •

My Personal Diary Comparing People and Things Logical Thinking: Plans For Today Say It Right! -ar/ -or/ -er/ -ir/ -ur Wonderful Words: unProject: The Roboworker Language Review Vocabulary Review

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We would like to thank all our friends, family, colleagues and loved ones for their continuous support, not only during this lengthy project, but at every moment of our professional and personal lives. Without your encouragement and help, none of this would be possible. Thank you for being such a special part of our lives. For Carmen: her sisters and brothers, and specially her sons Daniel and Fernando and obviously thanks to God. For Mike; July, Rosie, Jonathan, mum, dad, Charlie, Chris, grandparents and all the rest. A special thanks of course to Saúl Davalos, whose vision and experience has made this project possible. Thanks for organising everything and pushing us to get to where we are today. Also to Felipe and David and their team for giving life and color to our ideas. You have given clarity and order to our messy ideas and made them even more attractive and appealing than we could have ever imagined. Thanks for understanding and complementing us so well! A special mention and must be made to all our reviewers and audio collaborators, Stuart Andrews; Ana Caballero; María de la Luz Salazar Dominguez; Cuauhtémoc Gómez Castellanos; Azucena Espinoza Guzmán; Ana Erandi Pintor Rivera; Alejandro Rodríguez Caro and Fabiola Vega Arias. And last, but not least, to our students. You are our inspiration and the very reason for this series. We truly hope this material helps you to achieve your goals and reach your potential. Good luck, and enjoy!

Mike and Carmen.

MYSELF: WHO AM I? Talk t it abou

• Look at the picture. Who is she? • Where is she? Is she happy? • What can you see in the picture? Is the picture similar to your school? Do you like your school? Why?

PLATFORM ONE

LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS:

Step 1: Introduce myself and give my nationality Step 2: Talk about jobs Step 3: Describe my family and family members Step 4: Talk about my classroom and school objects

Platform One

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VOCABULARY START UP

BRAINSTORM What words do you know from these categories?

• Complete the spaces with all the words you know. Family

The classroom

Jobs

Colors

Adjectives

Countries and nationalities

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• Now, compare your answer with your partner and your classmates, and add extra vocabulary to your list.

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Platform One

LANGUAGE

START UP

WHAT’S YOUR NUMBER?

We use numbers a lot in our communication every day. What’s your cell phone number

My number is 635-601-9978

I’m 17 years old. And you?

How old are you?

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

one

two

three

four

five

six

seven

eight

nine

ten

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

eleven

twelve

thirteen

fourteen

fifteen

sixteen

seventeen

eighteen

nineteen

twenty

23

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

36

51

twenty-three

thirty

forty

fifty

sixty

seventy

eighty

ninety

thirty-six

fifty-one

75

100

200

364

1000

4000

10,602

492

2,722

56,019

four thousand

ten thousand six hundred, two

four hundred ninety two

two thousand, seven hundred twenty-two

fifty-six thousand, nineteen

seventy-five

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one hundred

two hundred

three hundred sixty-four

one thousand

Be careful!

Hundreds and Thousands

teens & ty’s 13 thirteen 14 fourteen 15 fifteen 16 sixteen 17 seventeen 18 eighteen 19 nineteen 20 twenty

• Review the difference between 100s (hundreds)

30 thirty 40 forty 50 fifty 60 sixty 70 seventy 80 eighty 90 ninety

Listen

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and 1000s (thousands).

• Listen to the numbers and circle the number you hear. 1 2 3 4

400 341 684 992

5 6 7 8

4,000 3,441 6084 9,902

549 777 873 516

5,059 7,777 8,703 5,060

Listen

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• Listen to these numbers. Circle the number you hear. 1 2 3 4 5

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4

What’s your number?

• Listen to these telephone numbers and write them here:

1 2 3

59 7682 1033 07 623 893415 19 2834 7443

14 12 19 16 13

40 20 90 60 30

Practice

• Now write your phone number. My phone number:

• Dictate to your classmate. • Now write your classmate’s number here: My classmate’s number:

Platform One

3

START UP

SPELL IT!

TIP!

What’s your last name? Jenkins

How do you spell it?

J-E-N-K-I-N-S

Listen

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• Listen to the pronunciation and follow the letters on the page. • Circle any difficult or confusing letters. • Make a note of your difficult letters here:

Think of examples of names, companies, etc. with these letters. eg. LG, ESPN, iPhone, OK, etc.

My difficult letters: My mistakes: Practice

• With your classmate, spell your name. Follow the dialogue above. • Make a note of any mistakes you make. What’s your address?

Practice

21465 Fairmount Avenue

How do you spell Fairmount?

F-A-I-R-M-O-U-N-T

• Give your classmate your address and spell it. What’s your reservation code? Practice

WV5421GKAJ93

• Invent a reservation code and dictate it to your classmate. My reservation code: My classmate’s code:

Listen

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• Listen to these reservation codes and complete the information. 1 773 J G Y L U TTH43 5 6AB I 2 CST H JL E PR A K VCN Q 3 1305 3 3 7HA69 G KF A VWMM I 643 4 X984Y I NY J 327W QPD E G

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Platform One

Warm up

START UP

WEBTALK What is your favorite website?

• Look at the website and email address dot

slash

www.facebook.com/login at

e-mail

[email protected] dash/hyphen Practice

Password Enter

underscore

• Now, practice with your partner. Dictate your email address and favorite websites to your partner, and write down the information they dictate. My email address:

My partner’s email address:

My favorite websites:

My partner’s websites:

DAYS AND MONTHS • Look at these calendars and the conversation.

The week

Weekdays

Weekend

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

What is your date of birth?

22/05/1999

The months January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

And you?

AND YOU

What’s your favorite day of the week? Why? What day is today? When is your birthday? What is your date of birth? Practice

• Ask and answer these questions with your classmate Platform One

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VOCABULARY

MY COUNTRY, MY NATIONALITY KEEP GOING

Hi! I’m from Canada. Nice to meet you!

What nationality are you?

Warm up

America/USA Mexico

Belize mala Guate bia Colom

Spain

ba Cu Jamaica

a Ko re

y man

Ger

ut

h

Russia

So

Ireland

Canada

B Fra ritai n nce

Do you know people from other countries? Where are they from?

Italy

Japan

China

Egypt India

Singapore

Brazil

Argentina

Australia

South Africa

• Write your country in the correct place on the map. • Look at these nationalities in the box below. Listen

7

Give More

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6

Platform One

What countries do these nationalities come from?

• Now listen to the corresponding countries and write them in their place on the map. South Korean

Canadian

Jamaican

Colombian

Egyptian

South African

American

Guatemalan

Indian

Chinese

Singaporean

Belizean

French

Spanish

Japanese

British

Brazilian

German

Russian

Italian

Irish

Australian

Mexican

Argentinian

Cuban

In which of these countries is English an official language?

• Name any other countries you know on the map. • Compare your answers with your classmates.

LANGUAGE

TO BE I am Phil. I’m from London and I’m 18. I’m English. How old are you? Where are you from??

Positive I

Am I from China? How old is he? Is she from Washington? Is it interesting? Are you a student? Are we friends? Where are they from? Negative

am

I

He

Question

am not

Am

is

She

It

Is

is not

We

We are

You

They

she ? it ?

It

You

I ? he ?

He

She

TIP!

KEEP GOING

I am (not) from China. He is (not) 17 years old. She is (not) from Washington. It is (not) interesting. You are (not) a student. We are (not) friends. They are (not) Japanese

I’m 18, too. I’m Sonia. I’m Canadian

you ? are not

Are

They

we ? they ?

Practice

• Complete these sentences with the correct form of ‘be’.

The ‘ represents the missing letters in a contraction.

1 Luke

he’s =he is I’m = I am we’re = we are

2 Sophie

is

a student from Adelaide, in Australia. Luke is

not from Australia. She

3 Hi. We are

is

is

15 years old.

British.

students from France. We are

French.

• With your classmate, put the words in the correct order to make questions for these answers.

1 2

How old is Ethan? Ethan is 16 years old. Where are you from?

is / how old / Ethan from / you / are / where

I’m from Durban, in South Africa.

3

Is she German?

Yes, she is German. Are you students? 4

she / German / is students / you / are

Yes, we are students. you? AND AndYOU

• Ask and answer the questions from the dialogue with your partner Platform One

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Warm up

WHAT’S YOUR TITLE? MR? MISS?

KEEP GOING

Titles We use Mr. for all men. We use Miss for single young ladies, Ms. for any marital status. Or Mrs. for married women.

1

• Read the descriptions and write the number in the correct image. 2 3 4 Name: Mrs This is Mr. Hi, I’m Mr. Charles King. I’m from Kingston, Jamaica. I’m 37 years old.

Luiz Santos and Ms. Victoria Carvalho from Salvador, in Brazil. They are 17 years old.

Lena Weber. Age: 64 Nationality: German. Place of Birth: Munich, Germany

8

7

5

9

6

Hello! We are Yoi and Saki Ho from Nagasaki, in Japan. Yui is 16 and Saki is 18 years old.

This is Mr. Arjun Kumas. He is 42 years old. He’s from Mumbai, in India.

5

3

4

2

1

Listen

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Platform One

• Now, listen to 3 other descriptions (7, 8 and 9). • Write the number of the description you hear in the correct image. • Compare your answers with your classmates.

Hi! I’m Miss Lin Wang. I’m 8 years old. I’m from Hangzhou, in China. I’m Chinese.

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WHO AM I? And you?

AND YOU

• Complete this form with your personal information KEEP GOING

(for an international student program).

My ID Name:

ge

d ima

Nationality:

ID car

Country of birth: Date of birth: Age: e-mail address: Telephone number: Write about it

• Now use this information to write a short paragraph to introduce yourself. Hi! I’m

Talk t it abou

• Use this information to introduce yourself to your classmates and ask them questions. Use the phrases from pages 6-8 to help you. Where are you from? Hi! Nice to meet you. Are you a student?

What’s your name? How old are you? Are you mexican?

• Now ask questions about famous people. Where is Ricky Martin from?

What nationality is Shakira?

How old is Cristiano Ronaldo?

He’s from Puerto Rico.

She’s Colombian.

He’s 31 years old.

Platform One

9

VOCABULARY

MY JOB Brainstorm

KEEP GOING

Which jobs or occupations do you know in English? Share your ideas with the class.

• Now look at these pictures and write the words from the box in the correct space. Publicist Scientist Programmer Manager

Economist Journalist Physician Consultant

Architect Designer Psychologist Nurse

Lawyer Researcher Salesperson Accountant

Medicine

Business administration

IT and science

Social science and humanities

Physician

Accountant

Engineer

Lawyer

Nurse

Economist

Scientist

Architect

Dentist

Manager

Programmer

Teacher

Pediatrician

Consultant/salesperson

Researcher

Publicist

Psychologist

Consultant/salesperson

Designer

Journalist

Give More

What vocabulary do you associate with each occupation?

• Use your dictionary or work with a classmate to help you. Add 1 or 2 extra words for each job.

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Teacher Engineer Pediatrician Dentist

Platform One

LANGUAGE

DEFINITE & INDEFINITE ARTICLES I’m an architect. And you?

Very interesting. I’m a computer programmer.

KEEP GOING

Hi Matt. What do you do for a living?

Good! Do you like your job?

No, I don’t like the job, but the money’s good.

“a” or “an”= 1 In plural, don’t use a/an

“a” or “an” are indefinite articles. We use “a” or “an” to talk about a general person, thing or place for the first time. Use “a” before a consonant Mr. Moore is a researcher. Miss Watson is a designer Use “an” before a vowel Mr. Cooke is an economist. Mrs. Thompson is an accountant. In plural, eliminate a/an for general people, things or places for the first time Miss Kim and Ms Jacobs are architects. Dr. Matthews and Dr. Johnson are scientists.

A/an= general The= specific

“The” is a definite article We use the to talk about a specific person, thing or place for the

second time

Mr Philips works in a company. The company is in Vancouver

• Complete the text with a/ an/ the/-. Read carefully.

M

a consulr. Wilson is tant in a transnational import-export company. The company is in Chicago. The name of the company is International Imports-Exports Inc. The manager of the com-

pany is Mr. Jones. Mr Jones is from Sydney, Australia. Sydney is a city in Australia. Mr. Jones is a very interesting and important person. Mr. Wilson and Mr. Jones are friends.

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• Check your answers with your classmates. Platform One

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Read

WHAT DO YOU DO FOR A LIVING?

KEEP GOING

• Read these descriptions and decide what each person’s job is.

Hello. My name is Mr. Francis Jacobs, and I work in an office in Perth, Australia. I work with numbers. I calculate profits, taxes and costs for companies and clients.

He’s a n accountant

Good morning. I’m Mrs. Amy Walcott, and I’m 45 years old. I work in a laboratory in Manchester, England. I use scientific equipment and apparatus in the laboratory and I make different experiments and register the results.

She’s a

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scientist

Hello. My name is Ms. Julie Park, from South Africa. I work in the Municipal District Hospital of Cape Town. I attend sick patients in the hospital, I assist and help doctors and I give the patients their medicine.

She’s a

nurse

Hi. I’m Mr. Russeu Austen. I work in an office in a large company in Boston, USA. I am responsible for all my workers. I am in charge of 45 people and I make important and difficult decisions for the company.

He’s a

manager

• Underline all the examples of a, an, and the in the texts. With your partner, share the reason and meaning of a, an and the in each situation.

Listen

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• Now, listen to these people talk about their professions. Write their profession and personal details under each picture.

Name: Karen Stevens Age: 27 Nationality: South African Profession: journalist

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Platform One

Name: Will Thompson Age: 39 Nationality: Australian Profession: salesperson

Name: Ana Willson Age: 30 Nationality: British Profession: researcher

Name: Tom Adams Age: 24 Nationality: Irish Profession: computer programmer

Name: Natalia Silva Age: 33 Nationality: Brazilian Profession: economist

MY FUTURE JOB KEEP GOING

What job do you want in the future? What do you want to do?

Do you want to be a scientist? Do you want to work in a laboratory?

Do you want to be a manager?

Practice

• Ask your classmates what they want to do, and make a chart of your results.

Number of students

Choose the 10 most popular jobs.

35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Favorite jobs Write about it

Choose a family member What is their job? Where do they work? My family member is called

He/She is a He/She works in a/the In the future, I want to be a and I want to work in a/the

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• Compare your profession and description with your classmate. Do you have similar interests?

Platform One

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VOCABULARY

KEEP GOING

MY FAMILY We have a big family And you? Do you have a big family, or a small family?

How many brothers and sisters do you have?

Ruth

Arturo

my grandmother

my grandfather

Emily

Jonathan

my aunt

Mateo

my uncle

Diego

my dad

Isabella

my cousin

Georgia

my cousin

my sister

Olivia

my mom

Joshua

my brother

Hi! I’m Rosie. This is my family. I have a small family.

Rosie

me

Family relationships grandparents grandfather granddaughter

siblings

grandmother

brother

sisters

grandson

grandchildren Practice

Practice

parents mother/mom son

father/dad daughter

children

husband

uncle niece

aunt nephew

• Look at the family tree again. • Circle the correct answer. True True True True

False False False False

Arturo and Ruth have 5 grandchildren Mateo and Olivia have 3 children Diego has 3 siblings Emily and Jonathan have 3 nephews

• Now, make true or false sentences for your classmate, and check the answers

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Platform One

wife

LANGUAGE

HAVE KEEP GOING

How many brothers and sisters do you have? I have 1 brother and 1 sister. What about you? I don’t have a brother. I have 2 sisters.

Positive I you have we they

Negative

Question

he she it

has

do

I you we they

have?

does

he she it

have?

I you do not have we don’t they

he she it

does not have doesn’t

Practice

• Find examples of these structures with have/has in the conversations. Do you have a big family? No I don’t. I only have 1 sister. What about you? Yes, I have a big family. I have 3 brothers and 2 sisters Cool! I like big families. My friend, Alice has a big family. She has 4 sisters. Wow! Does she have a brother? No, she doesn’t have a brother. She only has 4 sisters. Practice

• Circle the correct options • Claire have/has 2 sisters, but she doesn’t have/don’t have a brother. • How many brothers and sisters do/does Brittany have? • At the moment, the students don’t have/doesn’t have a math teacher. • I don’t/doesn’t have any cousins from my mother’s family because she doesn’t have/doesn’t has any brothers or sisters.

And you?

• Do/Does you have any brothers or sisters? • Do/Does Tom have a problem with the teacher?

AND YOU

• Circle the options to describe you.

And you?

AND YOU

• I have/has a big/small family. I don’t have any/have siblings. • I have 1/2/3/4 brothers and 1/2/3/4 sisters. • I prefer big/small families. • Ask your classmate about his/her family. Platform One

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Read

DO YOU HAVE A BIG FAMILY?

KEEP GOING

• Read the text about Liam and his big family. My mom is Charlotte. She has long, blonde hair and blue eyes. In the photo, she is tired, because she works hard every day.

Hi! I’m Liam, and this is my family: it is a big and fun family. Every family member is very different, with a different personality. I have 2 brothers and 1 sister, but first, my parents.

My dad is called Benjamin. He is old, and he has grey hair. In this photo, he is angry!

My little brother is very different. He is only six years old, and he is called Aiden. He is always sad- I don’t know why! He has long blonde hair and is a big videogames fan.

My sister is called Ava. She is twelve years old. She has long, brown hair and is very shy. She is my best friend.

My older brother is called Mason, he’s nineteen. He has dark brown hair, brown eyes and he’s always bored!

And finally, me! I’m sixteen years old. I have short, dark hair, and I am always happy, because I have an amazing family. Big families are great. What do you think?

• Look at the pictures and use the information in the text to write the name and feeling of each family member.

Name: Liam Feeling: happy

Name: Benjamin Feeling: angry

Name: Charlotte Feeling: tired

Name: Aiden Feeling: sad

Name: Ava Feeling: shy

Give More

• Now investigate other feelings and emotions to describe people. • Use the internet or dictionary to help you. Other feelings and emotions: you? AND AndYOU

• Describe your parents and siblings with these adjectives.

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Platform One

Name: Mason Feeling: bored

HE HAS A BIG FAMILY • Interview your classmate and describe the family. • Ask your partner questions to complete this information: • Use the questions to help you.

Is your brother happy?

KEEP GOING

Practice

Do you have a big family?

Describe your sister. How old is your brother?

How many brothers and sisters do you have?

My partner’s name: Number of family members:

• Now, describe 2 specific family members of your classmate’s family: Name:

Name:

Age:

Age:

Relationship:

Relationship:

Feeling/emotion:

Feeling/emotion:

• Now, use this information to complete the description of your partner’s family. Remember to include have or has.

• Use pages 15 and 16 to help you. Write about it

My partner is called He/she has

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• Check your text with your partner. Make any corrections if necessary. Platform One

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VOCABULARY

MY CLASSROOM KEEP GOING

Warm up

What colors do you have in your classroom?

• Look at this picture of a typical classroom.

Pay attention to the colors and objects in the picture. projector

whiteboard

chair

speakers trashcan

pencil sharpener pen

monitor

notebook

eraser pencils

keyboard

Practice

And you?

AND YOU

folder mouse

backpack

tablet

• What color are the objects in the picture? • Which of these objects do you have in your classroom? What color are they? Object

Color

Object

Color

• Write the name of an object from the picture with each color red blue green yellow white And you?

AND YOU

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• What is your favorite color? What do you associate with that color? Give 4 examples: What color is your hair? What color are your eyes?

• Compare your answers with your classmate. Do you have the same favorite color? Do you have the same color hair?

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Platform One

dark brown orange brown black gray light blue

LANGUAGE

POSSESSIVES KEEP GOING

This is Dave’s family and Dave’s house

Hi! My name is Dave. This is my family.

This is our house. Our house is big and beautiful. It is our favorite place in the world. Practice

He is my dad, George. He is a doctor. His job is important and difficult. His uniform is white.

This is my mom, her name is Alice. She is a secretary. Her company is big. Her uniform is grey.

These are my twin brothers. Their names are Matt and Mark. Their hair is black.

This is my dog, its name is Bruno. Its favorite food is chicken! Its hair is black, too.

• Complete the table with the correct pronoun associated with each possessive adjective:

Practice

Subject pronoun

Possessive adjective

I

My family

You He

Your name

She

Her eyes

It

Its favorite food

We They

Our house

TIP! The possessive adjective you choose always refers to the owner, not the object.

His hair

‘S

Their favorite sport

• Complete the sentences with the correct possesive adjective from the table above:

1 2 3 4 Investigate

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Dave has 2 brothers. Their names are Matt and Mark. Hi! My name is Craig. I’m from San Diego. Ana has long hair and her eyes are brown. I like the teachers in my school. Their classes are interesting.

• Investigate other examples of ‘s in company names in English. • Think about the meaning of the ‘s, indicating the owner. • Write your answers below:

Do you know any places or companies in English with ‘s? What does it mean? Look at these examples: Sam’s Club Domino’s Pizza Carl’s Jr. McDonald’s

‘s indicates the owner

• Compare your answers with your classmate. Do you have different company names? Add more words to your list if necessary.

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DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, DIFFERENT CLASSROOMS KEEP GOING

Warm up

• Look at these 3 classroom pictures. Which is similar to your classroom? Why? • Think about the objects and people in the picture. Think how to describe the objects.

• Give 3 similarities and 3 differences between the classrooms A

B

C

• Read the descriptions and decide if they correspond to classroom A, B or C. • Circle the correct answers A

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Listen

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B

C

The teacher’s desk has a computer. The classroom isn’t modern. The students don’t have chairs. The classroom has a projector. The pens are on the teacher’s desk. The chairs are yellow. The classroom has a trashcan. The classroom doesn’t have technology. The classroom doesn’t have a projector. The students have chairs.

• Now listen to these students talking about their classroom.

What is the student’s name and classroom? Complete and circle the correct answer

1 Name:

Latika

Classroom:

A

B

C

2 Name:

Jim Watson

Classroom:

A

B

C

3 Name:

Ivonne Hill

Classroom:

A

B

C

4 Name:

Bav

Classroom:

A

B

C

5 Name:

Megan

Classroom:

A

B

C

IT’S HER PENCIL • Look at the classroom below. Describe the objects that each person has. • Use ‘s and possessive adjectives Her folder is red

KEEP GOING

Talk about it

Niall’s pen is blue

Mary

Niall

Julie Drake Karla Talk about it

• Look at your classmates and their objects. Make a sentence to describe a classmate. • Use the phrases on the side to help you Your mystery classmate

Your partner’s guess

His backpack is gray. She has a red pencil and a blue pencil sharpener.

Write about it

He’s Oliver! She’s Sarah!

• Now, describe your classroom. What objects do you have in your classroom?

What color are they? Is your classroom big or small? How many desks does it have? My classroom is It has

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• Now, check your partner’s text. Make any corrections if necessary. Platform One

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SEARCH Investigate

INTERNET INVESTIGATION

Warm up

Who’s your favorite famous person? Why? Where are they from? What do they do?

WRAP UP

• Step 1: Choose a famous person. • Step 2: Investigate on the internet. • Step 3: Complete the personal info form. • Step 4: Write a paragraph to describe your famous person. • Step 5: Add a photo. • Step 6: Share with your classmates.

 My favorite star: Age: Date of birth: Nationality: Occupation: Hometown: Family: Adjectives: Extra info:  My favorite famous person is He/She is

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• Compare your favorite person and his/her description with your classmates. Who is their favorite celebrity?

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Add photo

TEAM COMPETITION IN CODE Presentation

Dictate the codes in the presentation If you pronounce the code correctly, you win a point for your team. The first team to get 10 points wins!

Our mistakes:

WRAP UP

• Make a note of the mistakes that you or your classmates make How do you pronounce these numbers/letters correctly?

WHERE ARE YOU FROM? • These are the most common last names in these 20 countries. Can you match the last name to the country?

USA Canada Turkey Brazil China South Africa Italy Argentina UK Japan Presentation

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Smirnov Smith Rossi Kim Silva Patel Smith Müller Mahmoud Li Smith Yilmaz Garcia Jacobs Fernández Sato Martin Hernandez Rodriguez Lee

Russia Germany Australia Saudi Arabia France India Mexico South Korea Spain Colombia

• Now watch the presentation to check your answers. • Compare your answers with your classmates answers. Are they different? Why? Who is correct?

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SAY IT RIGHT! Listen

WRAP UP

11

• In English, we use combinations of letters to create specific sounds. • Look at these words and think about the pronunciation. three birthday Arthur mother

Give More

father thirty they thirty-three

their brother thirteen Ruth

• Make a list of other words you know with “th” 1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12

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• Compare your answers with your classmate and add more words to your list.

Practice

• Practice making the sound with your partner. • Practice the sound at different positions in the word (beginning, middle, end). Beginning of the word:

Middle of the word:

End of the word:

the, they, thank you, three

Matthew, Arthur, brother birthday

with, birth, Ruth, math

FIND THE SOUND! The “th” sound is similar (but different) to the “t” sound. Listen and compare: mat-math Listen

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tin-thin

wit-with

• Practice pronouncing these different sounds with your partner. • Listen carefully and circle the words you hear. 1 2 3 4

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ten-then

Met Tan Teet Burt

Meth Than Teeth Birth

5 6 7 8

Tat Toes Tree Tease

That Those Three These

WONDERFUL WORDS

play + er = player

sing + er = singer

teach + er = teacher WRAP UP

We add –er to words to describe the person or machine/thing that does the action. For example:

• Look at this table with more examples Jobs / Professions

Sportspeople

Machines / Objects

painter builder designer reporter banker cleaner writer dancer worker

driver golfer footballer winner loser trainer skater boxer runner

eraser cooker CD player DVD player printer conditioner pencil sharpener hair dryer phone charger

• Now use the words from the table to describe the people or objects in the pictures. • You can use a dictionary or the internet to help you.

It is a

printer

They are boxers

He is a cleaner Give More

He is a

golfer

He is a builder

She is a

winner

They are painters

They are dancers

It is an

eraser

It is a charger

He is a

skater

It is a hair dryer

• Do you know other objects or people that end in –er in English? Use the internet to help you.

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LOGICAL THINKING: WHO IS WHO? • We have 5 different people, but the identities are mixed up. Can you read the clues

WRAP UP

to identify each person correctly? Give the age, favorite color, nationality and job of each person.

Name:

Emma Wilson

Mark Simmonds

Kim Lee

Owen Moore

Luc Martin

Nationality:

Belizean

English

Chinese

Canadian

French

Age:

29

28

24

22

31

Job:

engineer

teacher

accountant

salesperson

architect

Favorite color

red

blue

white

yellow

green

The accountant’s favorite color is white. Miss Lee is 24 years old. Mr. Moore is 22. The engineer is not from China. She is from Belize. The engineer’s favorite color is red. Mr. Martin is not from England, and he is not an accountant. The architect’s favorite color is green. Mr. Simmonds is not an accountant. He is 28. The accountant is from China. Miss Wilson is from Belize. She is 29 years old. Mr. Martin is not 22 years old and he is not from Canada. Canadian’s favorite color is yellow. The French man is an architect. The English man is a teacher. The Chinese woman is an accountant. The salesperson is from Canada. The teacher’s favorite color is blue. The French man is 31. The architect is not from Belize. Mr. Simmond’s favorite color is blue.

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e n O m r o f Plat t n e m s s e s As tools Contents:

Project with checklist & rubric Language review Vocabulary review Peer assessment Self assessment

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PROJECT

MY FAMILY TREE • Make your family tree! Choose a minimum of 7 and maximum 10 family

members to make your family tree. Use a poster or large sheet of paper, with photos of every family member. Use page 14 to help you.

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Step 1 Get photos for each family member.

Step 2 Draw your family tree.

Step 3 Add the names and photos.

Step 4 Add the relationship to you (my uncle, my cousin, etc.)

Step 5 Add an adjective to describe every person

Step 6 Present to the class!

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CHECKLIST • Make sure your project includes all the points on the checklist.  Correct tree formation  Name and age of all family members  Relationship of each family member to you  Adjective to describe each person  Occupation of each person  Marital status of each person  Correct use of possessive adjectives (my, you, his, etc.)  Correct use of verb to be (am, is, are)  Correct use of have/has  Correct use of personal pronouns (I, you, he, she, etc.)

RUBRIC • Pay attention to the aspects in this rubric to see how your teacher will grade your project: excellent 2 points all descriptions and senfamily tree tences clearly and correctcharacterisly transmit all required tics; personal information appropriate to descriptions each person

good 1.5 points

unsatisfactory 1 point

many descriptions some descriptions are incorrect and/or are incorrect and/or incomplete; much required incomplete; some required information missing or information missing incorrect

structure, order & coherence

a clear, organized structure in the family tree; all information is clear & easy to follow

mostly well-organized incorrect structure; structure in the family tree; information causes some most information is clear confusion and easy to follow

language

student demonstrates correct use of levelappropriate language structures and conjugations; almost no mistakes

student demonstrates general understanding of level-appropriate language structures, but with some conjugation mistakes

many mistakes in use of level-appropriate language structures; verbs incorrectly conjugated; incorrect word order

student uses all key vocabulary correctly; correctly describes all family members

student uses most of the key vocabulary correctly; most family members correctly described

very limited or no use of key vocabulary; family members not described

few mistakes in spelling; capital letters used correctly; good presentation

many mistakes in spelling; capital letters not used correctly; poor presentation

vocabulary

all words correctly spelt spelling, and capital letters used punctuation & correctly; excellent presentation presentation

Total

/10

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LANGUAGE REVIEW • Calculate these sums and write the answer in the space.

WRAP UP

Forty-two – six = Twelve + thirteen = Two thousand sixty-two + four hundred fourteen = Six hundred twenty-two – seventy = Ninety-eight + two hundred nine =

Thirty-six

Twenty-five (25) Two thousand four hundred seventy-six (2,476) Five hundred fifty-two (552) /4 Three hundred seven (307)

• Unscramble these questions from the unit to put the words in the correct order. a / are / you / student  old / how / you / are  are / you / from / where  nationality / you / are / what  what’s / last / your / name  like / job / you / your / do  have / big / a / family / you / do  you / how many / and / sisters / do / brothers / have 

Are you a student       ? How old are you

What’s your last name Do you like your job Do you have a big family

? ? ? ? ? ?

How many brothers and sisters do you have

?

Where are you from What nationality are you

/7

• Change these sentences to negative.  I’m a high school student.

 My sisters are students in the local university.

  I’m not a high school students.

My sisters are not students in the local university

 I have eleven cousins.

 Mr and Mrs Smith have a son and a daughter. Mr and Mrs Smith do not have a son and a daughter

  I don’t have eleven cousins.  Carla Garcia is Mexican.

 Harry Robinson has a small family. Harry Robinson does not have a small family

Carla Garcia is not Mexican

 My dad has 2 sisters and 1 brother, so I have  many cousins. My dad does not have 2 sisters and 1 brother, so I do not have many cousins

 Jim Lee is a scientist from Dallas. Jim Lee is not a scientist from Dallas

/6

• Complete these sentences with the correct family member or possessive adjective. • My sister’s mother is my mother • My grandfather has a daughter.

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.

His

daughter is my aunt.

WRAP UP

• My dad’s mom is my grandmother • My brother is my dad’s son • My grandfather’s wife is my grandmother • My cousin is called Mark. He is my aunt’s son/nephew • My uncle is called Sam. daughter is my cousin. His His brother • This is my uncle. name is Philip. He is my mom’s Their • Sophie and Karen are my cousins. dad is my uncle, and my dad is uncle.

their /9

• Complete the text with the correct word from the table below. Don’t repeat the words.

is an a

M

his

have

a

------

are

an

is

the

has

a

is

the

an

have

their

is r Tate a publicist from a Seattle. Seattle is city in the USA. He is American. Mr Tate has a small family: he has 2 children his and a wife. wife is called Sonia. is She is also from Seattle, and she has also American. Mrs Tate a job in an international design company. Yes, a she is designer.

have Mr and Mrs Tate a big house in the Seattle. house has 12 rooms. They have have 2 children, but they don’t a dog or cat. an Mr Tate works in office. The office is in the center of Seattle. Mr their and Mrs Tate very happy people, and are children are also very happy. / 14

My progress

Total

/40

35-40 Excellent! You’ve learnt everything. You’re ready for platform two! 25-34 Good progress. Study the parts you’re unsure about before you continue. 15-24 Study more. Go back and review the points you didn’t understand.  0-14 Oops! You need to repeat this unit before you continue.

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VOCABULARY REVIEW • Unscramble the letters to correctly write the words of the vocabulary from this unit. You can

WRAP UP

check the pages of the unit to help you.

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Countries sarusi abuc danii larzib coimex naich sau andaac margney crefna arget irintab ipsan taily ulairatas thosu airfac pyteg najap elezib thosu areko ilarned intagearn ornsigape bloomaic ulamgatea ajicama

/ 25 Russia Cuba India Brazil Mexico China USA Canada Germany France Great Britain Spain Italy Australia South Africa Egypt Japan Belize South Korea Ireland Argentina Singapore Colombia Guatemala Jamaica

Nationalities snairus nucab nadini zanbilira mancexi sheenic craneami andicaan menrag crenfh thisirb phinass anitali ilastaranu shout incarfa antipeyg easepanj anzibeel shout ankreo shiir

/ 25 Russian Cuban Indian Brazilian Mexican Chinese American Canadian German French British Spanish Italian Australian South African Egyptian Japanese Belizean South Korean Irish

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engineart orangespain onalicomb antemulaga incamaaj

Argentine Singaporean Colombian Guatemalan Jamaican / 22

Family tanu pewhen stergarndanp tarhef hadbuns dirlench truddangerhag ceeni heartfrandg clune uconis add dormanghert drongsan spernat gibsiln omm hortreb erstis fiew dringlarchend homret

aunt nephew grandparents father husband children granddaughter niece grandfather uncle cousin dad grandmother grandson parents sibling mom brother sister wife grandchildren mother / 6

Feelings hys ads grany dreit phayp drobe Jobs arteech teachtric clipsbuti stairlounj ernineeg toonsmice ulctannost renisdeg intcestis

shy sad angry tired happy bored / 20 teacher architect publicist journalist engineer economist consultant designer scientist

stindet schoolpygits sporenealss uctnotanca granema yelraw sernu cainshipy nedicraitaip morregramp craseeherr Colors lebu calbk agry thewi norbw welyol grenoa energ dre leprup rilevs dlog kard thilg

dentist psychologist salesperson accountant manager lawyer nurse physician pediatrician programmer researcher / 14

blue black gray white brown yellow orange green red purple silver gold dark light

/ 18 Classroom Objects backpack cackbpak tablet blatte projector rejcortop speakers prasekes pen nep chair hirac pencil clinep folder lerdof book kobo desk keds notebook okotoben pencil case clinep seac locker crolek eraser reesra computer utrepmoc trashcan tahnarsc markers krearm lenpic erpnearsh penci sharpener Total

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PEER ASSESSMENT • Together with your partner, check your grades from the language review, vocabulary review and evaluation diagnosis to check the most appropriate box about your progress.

almost perfect

a piece of cake!

WRAP UP

I need more practice

Introduce myself and give my nationality Step 1:

Language: verb to be Vocabulary: countries and nationalities

Talk about jobs Step 2:

Language: definite and indefinite articles Vocabulary: jobs

Describe my family and family members Step 3:

Language: verb have/has Vocabulary: family members

Talk about my classroom and school objects Step 4:

Language: possessive adjectives Vocabulary: classroom objects

WHAT’S NEXT? • After analyzing your partner’s language and vocabulary reviews and based on the

grades you gave your partner above, answer these questions to help your partner.

1 What are your partner’s strong points in the topics you learned this period?

2 What are your partner’s weak points in the topics you learned this period?

3 What should your partner do to improve his/her language score?

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SELF-ASSESSMENT • Look at the grades and comments your partner gave you in the peer as-

sessment and your grades from the project, language review and vocabulary review to answer these questions.

WRAP UP

1 What parts of your progress and learning of this period are you happy with?

2 What parts of your progress and learning of this period are you not happy with?

3 Why? How can you improve? Give concrete actions.

Based on all of this information, what grade would you give yourself this period?

My grade

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MY TOWN: WHERE AM I? Talk t it abou

• Look at the picture. Is this similar to your school/town? • How is it different? • What places can you see in the picture? • What town do you think this is? • Do you like the place? Why?

PLATFORM TWO

LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS:

Step 1: Describe my school Step 2: Give directions Step 3: Describe my house Step 4: Compare people and places

Platform Two

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START UP

WHERE IN THE WORLD? Warm up

• Do you recognize these famous landmarks? In what country are they located? 2

4

3

1

5

11

6 10

9

Presentation

8

7

• Now watch the presentation to check your answers and learn more about these famous places.

Give More

• Write the number of the image in the correct space. • What other landmarks do you know in these or other countries? • You can use the internet to help you. Put the pictures in the boxes below and add them in the correct position on the map with an arrow.

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• Compare your 6 other landmarks with your classmate. Do you recognize your classmate’s landmarks? where are they from?

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• Now, complete the table with the information you learned from the presentation,

START UP

Presentation

or listen to the tour guides to help you.

Practice

Country

City

Name of landmark

Type of place

Date of construction

England

Oxford

Oxford University

University

1096

Spain

Barcelona

Sagrada Familia

Church

1883

Egypt

Giza

The Pyramids

Monument

2550 BC

France

Paris

The Louvre

Museum

12th century

Brazil

Rio de Janeiro

Christ the Redeemer

Statue

1931

Russia

Moscow

The Red Square

Square

15th century

Australia

Sydney

Harbor Bridge

Bridge

1932

USA

New York

The Empire State Building

Offices

1931

Mexico

Mexico City

Cathedral

Cathedral

1573

Germany

Füsen, Bavaria

Neuschwansten Castle

Castle

1886

China

Beijing

Birdsnest

Stadium

2007

• Watch the presentation or listen again to check your answers. • With your partner, ask questions about the monuments. Use these questions to help. Where is the Louvre?

In 1573

It’s in Paris What is the date of construction of the Cathedral in Mexico City?

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START UP

BRAINSTORM: MY TOWN What words do you know from these categories?

• Complete the spaces with all the words you know. Places at school

Places in the community

Compare Share

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Platform Two

Furniture

Adjectives

• Now, compare your answer with your partner and your classmates, and add extra vocabulary to your list.

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Places at home

Listen

13

Hailey

START UP

MY SCHOOL, MY HOUSE, MY TOWN • Listen to the people talking about their school, house and town. • Where do they live? Where do they study? Where do they go shopping? • Write the name of the person under the picture they describe.

Jacob

Zach

Taylor

Madison

Andrew

Ryan

Ashley

Abigail

Hailey

‘s school

Ryan

‘s school

Taylor

‘s school

Madison

‘s house

Andrew

‘s house

Abigail

‘s house

Zach

‘s town

Ashley

‘s town

Jacob

‘s city

And you?

AND YOU

What is your favorite house, school or village from the pictures? Which are similar to your house, school or town? Platform Two

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VOCABULARY

PLACES AT SCHOOL KEEP GOING

Warm up

Do you know these areas in a school?

• Use the words from the list below to complete the spaces.

cafeteria

library

classroom

auditorium

playing fields

laboratory

gymnasium

computer lab

swimming pool

workshop

office

bathrooms

workshop playing fields gymnasium And you?

library laboratory office

computer lab auditorium bathrooms

classroom swimming pool cafeteria

What is your favorite place in your school? Why? What areas do you have in your school? Is there a library in your school? Are there playing fields in your school?

AND YOU

LOCATION North-West

North North-east

West

East

South-west

South-east

South

Is there a cafeteria? Ok. Thanks a lot.

Yes, there is. It is in the north of the campus.

Where is the gym? Thanks.

It’s in the south-west of the campus.

Practice

• Now, you practice the location of places in your school with your partner.

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Platform Two

LANGUAGE

THERE IS/ARE... Yes, there are. The bathrooms are on the left.

And, is there a computer lab? And you?

AND YOU

KEEP GOING

Are there bathrooms here?

No, there isn’t.

• Circle or complete the correct answer. Is there a cafeteria in your school?

Yes, there is

No, there isn’t

Are there any laboratories?

Yes, there are

No, there aren’t

Is there internet connection in your classroom?

Yes, there is

No, there isn’t

How many students are there in your class?

There are:

Singular

Plural

Positive

There is a lab

There are offices

Negative

There isn’t a swimming pool

There aren’t playing fields

Question

Is there a gymnasium?

Are there bathrooms?

TIP! We use there is/is there for singular. We use there are/are there for plural.

Practice

• Look at the picture and write questions and answers about what is in the image. • Use the words to help you. 1

Is there a

laboratory?

3

Yes, there is. 2 And you?

Are there

Is there a

baseball field?

Yes, there is playing fields?

Yes, there are

4

Are there

classrooms?

Yes, there are

AND YOU

• With your partner, ask and answer questions about your school. Platform Two

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MELANIE’S UNIVERSITY Read KEEP GOING

• Read Melanie’s description of her university. • Use the information from the description to check the map below.

Hi!

WC

I’m Melanie, and this is my university Library campus, in Austin Texas. The university is big, with Auditorium lots of great facilities. For example, there is a big auditorium in the north-west of the campus. In the center Science Cafeteria Computer are the science laboratories Laboratories laboratories (they are next to the cafeteria). There are also 2 computer laboratories next to the cafeteria, on the east Workshop Classrooms of the campus. I study every WC Entrance day in the library. It is a very modern building in the north-east corner of the campus. There are 2 bathroom areas on the campus. One is south of the auditorium, the other is at the entrance. And finally, the classrooms! They are in the big building in the south-east corner of the campus. There is also a small workshop in the south, next to the entrance. I love my university and the beautiful campus. And you? What is your campus like? What facilities are there?

Listen

• Listen to the students talk about their university campus. • Look at the maps and draw a line to the correct campus.

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2 Melanie

3 Dave

A F

G I

B H

J

C K

E

1 Abigail

2 3 4 1 5 6

L 9

2

Zoe

1

2

Jack

7 11

8 10

M

1

42

D

3 Stewart

Platform Two

2

3

Josh

WHICH COLLEGE? • Look at these 3 college descriptions. Which college do you prefer? Why?

Classrooms

Riverside College

Sunshine College

Lakeville College

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45

67

4

5

3

KEEP GOING

Warm up

Auditorium Laboratories Gym Swimming pool Cafeteria Library Workshop Playing fields Computer lab Talk about it

2

• With your partner, describe one of the colleges. • Your partner must guess the college. There isn’t a gym.

Write about it

It’s Sunshine College.

• Now, choose your favorite college and describe it below. Use the information from the

table. You can also invent and add extra information. Or, you can describe your school.

My favorite college is

because

Compare Share

+

• Compare your answers with your partner and check your writing. Platform Two

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VOCABULARY

PLACES AT HOME KEEP GOING

Hi! I’m Chloe, and this is my house. There are 4 floors in my house. Under the house is the basement. On the first floor, there is the living room, a small kitchen, dining room, garden and garage.

I’m Ethan. I’m Chloe’s little brother.I love my house. These are the bedrooms. They are on the second floor. There is also an attic. That is on the 3rd floor. It’s my dad’s study.

attic bedroom

bedroom

bedroom

bathroom

garage

kitchen

living room

basement And you?

AND YOU

What’s your favorite room in your house?

Furniture • Look at the pictures of the different rooms in the house and the furniture there

refrigerator

mirror towels

cupboards

closet

shelf

faucet oven

sink

shower

stove And you?

AND YOU

What furniture is in your house?

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drawers

sink toilet

rug

bed

lamp nightstand

LANGUAGE

DEMONSTRATIVES AND LOCATION paintings

curtains

KEEP GOING

This is my living room! These are my curtains Those are the paintings.

sofa

That is the mirror.

coffee table armchair

Near Far Practice

Singular this sofa this table that room that painting

Plural these flowers these keys those cushions those chairs

TIP! We use this/these for people/ objects near to us, and that/those for people/objects far from us.

• Look at the sentences and circle the correct answer. 1 2 3 4

This/These/Those is my chair, and that/these/those green chair there is for you Who is this/that/those person there? Look at these/those/that flowers here! They are beautiful. I don’t like this/that/these courtains here. I prefer this/that/those curtains in the other room

Where is it?

• Look at the position of the furniture in the dining room. The lamp is above the table.

The green flowers are in the vase.

The mirror is between the vase and the candles.

The red flowers are on the table.

The rug is under the table.

The mirror is behind the table.

The chairs are next to the table.

The table is in front of the mirror.

Practice

candles vase

• Use the phrases with your classmate to describe the location of objects in the images on p. 42.

Where is the           ? Where are the           ? you? AND AndYOU

It is They are

• Practice describing the location of objects in your classroom with your classmate. Platform Two

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MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME Read

• Look at these pictures. Where is the person speaking? Put the name of the person

KEEP GOING

speaking in the correct place in the picture. Mia

Andrew

Here I am, in my kitchen. These are the fruits and the chairs. That is the clock, above the refrigerator.

This is my kitchen. This is the refrigerator, and those are the fruits. That is the oven.

? ?

Mia

?

?

Andrew

Lily

Owen

• Now, listen to the people describe their home. What room are they in? • Draw a line to the correct place.

15

2

3

Amy

Ben

1

46

Lily

This is my bathroom. These are the cupboards and sinks, and that is the window. It’s above the bathtub.

I love my bathroom! This is the bathtub, and those are the 2 sinks, with 2 mirrors above them.

Listen

Owen

Platform Two

3

1

Adrian

Joanne

2

2

1

Chris

Cindy

3

THIS IS MY HOUSE Practice

• With your partner, describe your classroom. Sit or stand in different areas of the

KEEP GOING

classroom and describe what there is.

• Use this and these for objects or people close to you, and that or those for objects or people far from you.

This is my pencil case, and these are my pens.

That is the whiteboard, and those are the markers.

• Take a picture of a room in your house. Stick the picture here:

Your room here

Write about it

• Now, describe the objects in the room.

Again, remember to use This, That, These and Those.

• Write a description of the room. This is my

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VOCABULARY

PLACES IN MY COMMUNITY What is your favorite place in your community? Why?

KEEP GOING

Warm up

• Look at this picture of a town. Write the names from the top in the boxes. Airport Bank School Police station Hospital

Church Park Offices Hotel Parking lot

Bus stop Train station Department store Zoo Museum

Library Café Gas station Fire station Market

Apartments Houses Supermarket Bookstore Mall

bus stop

Convenience store Restaurant Bar

bar

A Avenue G re

St

houses

A Street

et

C Street

police station

school

supermarket

I St

convenience store

t

E Street

L Str

mall JS

et

hotel

eet

E Street

tre

et tre

bookstore parking lot

airport

M Street

O Street

bank

cafe market

gas station

restaurant department store

zoo

D Avenue

TIP! We add an item + store to create the place to buy this item:

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et

C Street

church

2S

Stre

library

ree

D Street

fire station

N

Toystore A store that sells toys Bookstore A store that sells books

Shoestore A store that sells shoes

park

C Avenue

tre

B Avenue

1S

museum

offices

et

re F St

apartments

hospital

et

train station

B Street

LANGUAGE

Excuse me, where is the bank?

To give directions or orders we use the imperative.

It’s on Bow Street, on the left.

And, how do I get to Bow Street?

Turn left. Go straight.

Go straight and take the fourth right. The bank is on the left.

Thank you very much.

KEEP GOING

GIVING DIRECTIONS

Take Bow Street. Don’t cross the street. Don’t speak in class. Don’t park here.

Practice

• Circle the correct answer, using the information on the map: 1 2 3 4

The mall is between/behind/next to the café. How do I get to the airport? Take the 1st left/2nd right. To get to the supermarket, turn left/right on Bow Street. The supermarket is on the right/left. The hospital is in front of/on the corner of/next to the museum.

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C Street

Bow Street

Hill Avenue

A Avenue

Turn right

Go straight

Take the 1st right

On Bow Street On the left On the right On the corner of Bow Street and Hill Avenue

Bank Supermarket Mall

Hospital

Café

You are here

We use this for location

Turn left

Take the 2nd left

We use on with street names, corners and the side of the street:

A Street

Airport

On the corner of...

Where is the hotel?

eet B Str

Museum

How do I get to the park?

Use these prepositions to talk about the location of places: Between On Behind In front of Next to Under Above

We use this to give directions

• With your classmate practice giving the location or directions to places on the map. Correct your partner if necessary. Use the phrases on this page to help you.

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HOW DO I GET TO THE PARK? KEEP GOING

Warm up

Listen

Look at the map below. Where are the places? Think about the locations of the places on the map. Give directions.

• Listen to the people describe the places and give directions.

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Complete the map with the names of the places you hear.

Hospital

G

A

X Road

Cafe

Hotel H

Gas station

Main Avenue Str et

H Avenue

JS

tre

et

tre

Police station

t ree

t

ES

Zoo Z

t t

ee

AS

et

tre

BS

ree

Str

LS

et

H

tre

F St

CS

et

oa

Y Road

d

Museum

t

e D Stre

Market M

TR

Convenience store

tre

V Road

ee

t

Church

School

G

Bank $

Airport

Z Road

H Street

Mall M

Park P

n ve

S Road

Parking lot

ue

Department store

W Road

Restaurant R

You are here Library

L

Practice

• Now, with all the information in the map, complete the conversation. Excuse me, how do I get to the church? It’s between the hotel and And, where is the café?

It’s on the corner of

Main

Perfect! Thank you.

H

Avenue, in the west corner of the town.

market Street and

north-

You’re welcome.

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WHERE’S THE BANK? With your partner, choose a place on the map on page 68.

KEEP GOING

Talk about it

• Describe the location and give directions to get there. Where’s the hospital?

Great! Thanks. Practice

It’s in the north of the city. Go straight on H Avenue and take the second left after Main Avenue and hospital is on the right. It’s in front of the offices.

• Choose one of the routes below. Use the map on page 48 to give complete directions from the start to the finish. Start  Route A Bank

Finish  Restaurant

 Route B Hotel

 Library

 Route C Airport

 Museum

 Route D Department store

 Train Station

Write about it

• Write your directions below: I am at the

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And you?

AND YOU

• Check your route with your partner. Is it correct? Make any changes if necessary. • Now, with your partner, describe your route from your house to school, or vice-versa. You can use some of these phrases to help you. There is a supermarket on the left. Continue 2 km on Hidalgo Avenue. Continue past the offices. Take the second left on Juarez Avenue. Go over/under the bridge. Turn left at Obregon Street.

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VOCABULARY

DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVES KEEP GOING

• Put the adjectives from the box under the corresponding picture. tall rich expensive happy

old cold good pretty

boring short cheap slow

big poor ugly sad

hot

cold

old

young

rich

poor

old

new

bad

good

boring

interesting

expensive

cheap

big

small

ugly

pretty

fast

slow

sad

happy

short

tall

Give More

hot old new fast

small young bad interesting

What other adjectives do you know?

• Write them here: • Compare your answers with your classmate and add any new vocabulary.

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LANGUAGE

QUESTIONS It’s next to the park.

And, what’s it like?

KEEP GOING

Hi. Where is the university?

It’s beautiful. It’s old, but the parks and gardens are very pretty. Why?

Because I want to study there next year.

What’s your class?

Philosophy.

Good.

We use different question words to ask for specific information. Look at this table to help you understand the function of each question word: Asking about

Example

Who?

person

Who is in the photograph? Is he your brother?

When?

time / date

Why

reason

Why is Danielle sad?

Which?

choice

Which laboratory is free? The physics lab or the chemistry lab?

When is the soccer game?

Where?

place / location

Where are the bathrooms?

What?

object / concept

What is in the bag? Is it a ball?

How?

form / manner

How are you today?

We use this question to ask for a description of a person or thing: What is it like? Practice

It’s big, blue and expensive.

He’s tall, young and rich.

What’s he like?

• Look at these questions and their answers. Pay attention to the information in the answer to complete the question with the correct question word.

1

Where ’s the bank?

It’s south of the hotel, next to the supermarket 2 When are the English classes? They are every day, from 9 to 10:30. Except Sundays, of course. 3 Which office is the manager’s? The big office, or the small office? The big office, obviously! And you?

AND YOU

• Choose 2 adjectives to describe these places or objects in your life.

• Try to use a variety of adjectives and not repeat where possible.

4

How

’s your sister? Is she OK? Yes, she’s fine. 5 What ’s the new student like? She’s tall and pretty. 6 Who is Mr Allen? He’s the new history teacher. 7 Why are you bored? I’m bored because science class is so boring. I hate science! My house – it’s My bedroom – it’s My best friend - he’s/she’s My classroom – it’s My backpack – it’s

and and

. . and

and and

. . .

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THIS IS MY TOWN Warm up

KEEP GOING

How can you describe the places in your town or city? Read

• Read Jerry’s description of his town. Pay attention to the adjectives and what they describe.

H

i, I’m Jerry and this is my town, Brownsville, in Texas, in the USA. It’s small, but pretty. I like life here a lot. I live with my family in a big house near my school. My school’s not big, but it’s modern and it has good classrooms. My house has three big bedrooms, but my bedroom is small. My favorite place in the house is the kitchen, because it’s big and bright. My school is also near some new tall apartment blocks. They’re very expensive. My best friend lives there. She’s called Lizzy. She’s tall, pretty and very intelligent. If I have a problem at school or with homework, she helps me. I think school is boring, but Lizzy says it’s very interesting. we are good friends, but very different people. For example, we love coffee, but in very different ways. For example, I always drink hot coffee, but Lizzy prefers only cold coffee or frapuccinos.

Practice

• Read the text again and complete these descriptions of people and places with adjectives from the text.

 Brownsville is small and pretty .  The classrooms at Jerry’s school are good . 3  Jerry’s kitchen is big and bright . 4  The new apartment blocks are very expensive . 5  Lizzy is tall and pretty / very intelligent . 6  Jerry likes his coffee hot and Lizzy likes her coffee 1 2

Listen

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cold

• Listen to this person describing the places in his community. Write the adjective that corresponds to each place.

• Be careful! There are more adjectives than necessary. You don’t need to use all the adjectives. Write the adjective next to each place.

Evan’s town.

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The museum The department store The church The offices The parking lot

interesting expensive old tall big

ing Interest Old Big

Ugly Tall e Expensiv Boring

.

WHAT IS IT? Warm up

KEEP GOING

Think of all the objects and places around you. What adjectives can you use to describe the objects and places?

• Look again at the adjectives on page 50. For each adjective, think of a person, object or place they can describe.

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• Which or the adjectives are positive and which are negative? • Verbally, compare your answers with your partner or classmates.

Talk t it abou

• In pairs or small groups, choose a person, profession, room, place in the community or school, a classroom object or another object. Describe it with a phrase and adjectives. The other group members try to guess what you are describing.

It’s old and blue. It’s next to the whiteboard.

Is it the trashcan?

Yes. He’s tall and happy. Is he Pedro?

Write about it

Yes.

• Now, choose your favorite place to describe. It can be your classroom, a place at school, your house, a specific room in your house, a place in the community, etc.

• Write a description of this place and the objects or items there. Include as many adjectives as possible.

M

It has y favorite place is my classroom. It’s big and modern. new, blue chairs. The trashcan is ugly and old…

My favorite place is…

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Read your partner’s description of his/her favorite place. Is it interesting? Can you add any extra adjectives to describe it more? Platform Two

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SAY IT RIGHT!

O /-U We can combine the vowel o + -w or –u to make a specific sound. Listen

WRAP UP

18

Listen to the pronunciation of these words:

brown

clown

down

south

mouth

mountain

crown

shower

flower

cloud

house

round

ow

Practice

ou

• Now, you practice pronouncing. Ask your classmate to check your pronunciation. We can also combine the vowel o + w or a to make another sound. Listen

18

Listen to the pronunciation of these words: snow

slow

throw

roast

soap

road

low

Owen

grow

coach

boat

coach

ow

Practice

oa

• Practice pronouncing these sounds. Ask your classmate to check your pronunciation Listen

19

Give More

FIND THE SOUND! • Listen to the sounds and circle the word you hear load

loud

soap

• Do you know other English words with ow, ou or oa? What is their pronunciation? Write them here:

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soup

boat

bout

WONDERFUL WORDS: COMPOUND NOUNS

Give More

class + mate = classmate

foot + ball = football

WRAP UP

In English, we can add 2 words and create a new word. These are compound words. For example:

note + book = notebook

• Complete the table to find other common compound words: Word 1

Word 1

Compound Word

basket

+

ball

=

basketball

base

+

ball

=

baseball

white

+

board

=

whiteboard

motor

+

cycle

=

motorcycle

week

+

end

=

weekend

face

+

book

=

Facebook

• What other compound words do you know? Write your answers in the spaces below. Use these words and pictures to help you.

work woman

phones

birth paper

fall

water mate

book

paste bag

fish

gold

police

bath

hand

news

bath

tooth head

room

air

fire

bag

man day toy

More compound nouns:

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LOGICAL THINKING: WHICH HOUSE? Read

You have 5 different houses, in different positions with different people.

• Can you read the clues to identify the name and nationality of each person, their

WRAP UP

favorite place in the house, and the color of their house? Pay attention to the position of each house.

Name

Mark

Jerry

Evan

Charles

Frank

Color

red

green

blue

white

yellow

Nationality

English

Canadian

Australian

French

German

Favorite place

study

garage

attic

basement

kitchen

The German lives next to the white house. The man in the yellow house likes the kitchen. Jerry lives next to Mark. The Englishman lives in the first house on the left. Frank is not Australian. The man in the white house likes the basement.

The yellow house is on the right of the white house. The Australian lives in a blue house. The Frenchman is Charles. Mark lives in the red house. Mark likes the study.

The man in the middle house likes the attic. The Canadian man likes the garage. The English man lives next to the green house. Evan likes the attic. The man in the green house is Jerry. Frank is the man in the house on the right.

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• Check your answers with your partner. Do you have the same answers?

Presentation

COMPETITION: EXTREME CLOSE-UP In teams, watch the presentation.

• What can you see? Answer each slide with the name

of the place you see before the other teams to win more points!

 1  2

 1  2

 3

 3

 4

 4

 5

 5

 6

 6

WRAP UP

• Write your answers here.

WHAT’S THE QUESTION? • Look at these words and phrases below. Think of a question for each answer. Presentation

• Watch the presentation, and choose the correct question for each answer. The first team to answer correctly wins a point.

8

No, that’s the hotel, it’s not the museum.

It’s blue.

9

He’s tall and ugly.

3

Saturday, definitely!

10

I prefer the blue car.

4

That’s the bathroom.

11

I love pasta or hamburgers.

12

We have English class on Mondays and Thursdays

13

He’s happy.

14

My mom.

15

I’m Mexican.

1

Yes, he’s my best friend.

2

5 6 7

It’s beautiful! I love it! The computer laboratory. He passed his final exam.

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SEARCH Investigate

INTERNET INVESTIGATION: WORLD CITIES

WRAP UP

• In teams or individually, choose any 2 interesting cities from around the world. • Research about the cities and present them to the class. • In your presentation, you should include the following information:

City 1

City 2

Number of inhabitants: Country: Tallest building: Language(s): Weather/min./max. temperature: Interesting places to visit: Other interesting info:

• With this information, make your presentation in the format(s) your teacher tells you. • Remember to use interesting images to describe the cities. • In your presentation, remember to include the following information: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

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Information from the table above. Images to illustrate your points. There is/there are to introduce places. Comparisons between the 2 cities. Adjectives to describe the people or places in the city. Describe 1 interesting place in the city that you like. Which city do you prefer? Why?

o w T m r o f Plat t n e m s s e s As tools Contents:

Project with checklist & rubric Language review Vocabulary review Peer assessment Self assessment

PROJECT

MY DREAM BEDROOM

Warm up

WRAP UP

What parts of your bedroom do you prefer? What is there in your perfect bedroom?

• Step 1: Search on the internet or in magazines for some interesting ideas! • Step 2: Complete the list with your ideal furniture and descriptions. • Step 3: Design a floor plan of your dream bedroom. • Step 4: Draw or stick a picture of the furniture in the bedroom. • Step 5: Now, write your description. Remember to include the following. Furniture in my bedroom Bed

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Big, soft, comfortable

The bed is next to the drawers. There is a big, comfortable bed.

• Show your dream bedroom to your classmates!

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Description

CHECKLIST • Make sure your project includes all the points on the checklist.

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 Min. 5 furniture items  Min. 2 examples of sentences with there is  Min. 2 examples of sentences with there are  Min. 2 demonstratives (this, that, these, those)  Description of each furniture item  Location of each object in the room  A clear floor plan of the bedroom  Pictures or drawings of each item in the room  Min. 4 examples of location prepositions (next to, above, etc.)  Reason why you like your dream bedroom

RUBRIC • Pay attention to the aspects in this rubric to see how your teacher will grade your project: excellent 2 points

good 1.5 points

unsatisfactory 1 point

bedroom design & description

bedroom design contains all required elements; sentences describe furniture & location clearly; complete reason why you like the bedroom

bedroom design contains all required elements; some mistakes in description or location of furniture; incomplete reason why you like the bedroom

some or many required elements missing from bedroom design; many mistakes or omissions in description or location of furniture or reason

structure, order & coherence

a clear, organized structure in all the assignment (floor plan & description); information is easy to follow and well illustrated

mostly well-organized structure of floor plan & description; small confusion for the reader or omissions

incoherent or incomplete structure; creates confusion for the reader; difficult to follow the information in floor plan and/or description

language

student demonstrates correct use of levelappropriate language and previous language structures; no mistakes in use of there is/are, demonstratives

student demonstrates general understanding of level-appropriate language and previous language structures, no mistakes in use of there is/ are, demonstratives

many mistakes in use of level-appropriate and previous structures; causes confusion for the reader; mistakes in use of there is/ are, demonstratives

student uses wide range of furniture and home vocabulary correctly at all times; attempts wide vocabulary in descriptions

student uses furniture and home vocabulary correctly; less variety of vocabulary in descriptions

incomplete use of furniture and home vocabulary; no variety of vocabulary in descriptions

some mistakes in spelling and/or punctuation; good presentation

many mistakes in spelling and/or punctuation; poor presentation

vocabulary

spelling, almost no spelling or punctuation & punctuation mistakes; presentation excellent presentation

Total

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LANGUAGE REVIEW • Look at this picture and circle the correct options about what you see. The man and woman are on/in/under the sofa.

WRAP UP

The refrigerator is behind/ next to/above the microwave. The sofa is smaller than/bigger than/on the left of the sink. The sink is on the left of/on the right of/between the kitchen. The kitchen is in front of/above/ behind the sofa. The sink is under/behind/in the cupboards. /5

• Organize these furniture items to where you can normally find them in a house. Be careful! You can repeat some of the options. kitchen sink oven cupboard faucet

bathroom sink toilet cubboard faucet

bedroom curtains nightstand cupboard

living room curtains coffee table

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sink oven curtains nightstand coffee table cupboard toilet faucet

• Complete these sentences with the correct form of there is/there are. • Be careful! Some are questions and negatives. Are there

many interesting places to visit in

Is there money.

There isn’t

(negative) a computer lab in my

Yes, There are 3 banks in the city. 2 are in the north and the other is on this street, on the left.

a bathroom near here?

I like my school. There are many good facilities and services. We have laboratories, computer labs, and also, There is a gymnasium. Unfortunately, There isn’t (negative) a workshop and There aren’t (negative) playing fields.

your town? school.

Is there Are there There is There are very big!

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playing fields in your school? a big church in the north of the city. 80 classrooms in this university. It is

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a bank here? I want to change this

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these questions. Pay attention to the information in the answer to help you. When • is our final exam? It’s tomorrow, at 11:15. •

Who ’s the person in the classroom with Teresa? She’s our philosophy teacher, Ms Robinson.

•

What No, I’m OK.

•

Why is literature class so boring? It’s boring for you, because you don’t like it. If you like it, it’s interesting.

’s the problem? Are you sad?

•

’s my phone? Where It’s in your bag.

•

Which class is tomorrow at 8:00: science or history? First it’s history.

•

What is your teacher like? Miss Jenkins? She’s tall and happy.

•

How are you today? Are you OK? Yes, we’re fine today, thanks. And you?

•

What ’s the name of your brother? My brother’s called Will.

•

Where are the publicity offices? The publicity offices are in the tall, white building. It’s a beautiful building.

• Complete the sentences with the correct

demonstrative (this, that, these or those). Pay attention to singular or plural and the location of the person speaking.

this • What’s in the cupboard here? It’s my notebook. Why is my notebook here, in the kitchen cupboard? Very strange.

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• Write the correct question word to complete

• I want to show you my bedroom. Here I am, next These to the window. Are my curtains here, and is my favorite flower, this next to the window. those • Look at curtains in the house over there. They’re a horrible color! • I am in the living room now. The dictionary is on shelf in the kitchen. that • I am in the cell phone store, because I need a new cell phone. I like my cell phone, but it has some problems with the battery. I don’t know which cell phone I prefer. I have phone this that here, but red phone over there in the window is cheaper than this one. I think I will take the cheaper one! that • I want the shoes in other side of the street.

store on the

this • Hi! is my brother. His name is Adam. And person over there that in the park next to the bathrooms is my other brother, Gary. He is with a group of people. Can those you see them? people are my cousins.

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My progress

Total

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38-45 Excellent! You’ve learnt everything. You’re ready for platform two! 24-37 Good progress. Study the parts you’re unsure about before you continue. 16-23 Study more. Go back and review the points you didn’t understand.  0-15 Oops! You need to repeat this unit before you continue.

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VOCABULARY REVIEW

WRAP UP

• Look at this wordle with all the vocabulary from the unit. • Now, separate all the words from the wordle and put them in the correct category. • You can check the pages of the unit to help you.

Store

Restaurant

Places in the community /20

Places at school

Adjectives /23

Parts of the house /10

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Directions & location Furniture

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/30

Total

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PEER ASSESSMENT • Together with your partner, check your grades from the language review, vocabulary review and evaluation diagnosis to check the most appropriate box about your progress.

almost perfect

a piece of cake!

WRAP UP

I need more practice

Describe my school Step 1:

Language: there is/there are Vocabulary: places at school

Give directions Step 2:

Language: demonstrates & location preposition Vocabulary: places at home

Describe my house Step 3:

Language: giving directions Vocabulary: places in the community

Describe people and places Step 4:

Language: questions Vocabulary: descriptive adjectives

WHAT’S NEXT? • After analyzing your partner’s language and vocabulary reviews and based on the

grades you gave your partner above, answer these questions to help your partner.

1 What are your partner’s strong points in the topics you learned this period?

2 What are your partner’s weak points in the topics you learned this period?

3 What should your partner do to improve his/her language score?

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SELF-ASSESSMENT • Look at the grades and comments your partner gave you in the peer as-

sessment and your grades from the project, language review and vocabulary review to answer these questions.

WRAP UP

1 What parts of your progress and learning of this period are you happy with?

2 What parts of your progress and learning of this period are you not happy with?

3 Why? How can you improve? Give concrete actions.

Based on all of this information, what grade would you give yourself this period?

My grade

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MY ACTIVITIES: WHAT DO I DO? Talk t it abou

• What can you see in the picture? • What are the people doing there? With your classmates name all the actions the people are doing

• What do you like to do in your free time? • What do you do during the week? On Mondays? And at the weekend? • What similarities and differences can you see with the people and actions in the picture and you and your friends and family?

PLATFORM THREE

LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS:

Step 1: Talk about abilities and talents Step 2: Describe my habits and what I do every day Step 3: Compare 2 or more people, places or objects Step 4: Describe 1 person, place or object in relation to all others

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START UP

WHAT TIME IS IT? Listen

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• Listen to the announcements and write the times you hear. ARRIVALS

AIRLINE FROM/ORIGIN ARRIVAL TIME AMERICAN NEW YORK 9:15 9:45 AEROMEXICO MEXICO CITY AMERICAN SAN FRANCISCO 10:20

NATIONAL BANK Open at:

9:00

Closes at:

5:30

CINEMA MOVIES SCREEN 3

SCREEN 4

SCREEN 5

ALIEN INVASION

CRIMINAL CITY

BABY PROBLEMS

START TIMES:

START TIMES:

START TIMES:

6:10, 7:10, 8:20, 8:55 , 9:30, 9:40

2:45, 3:50, 4:35 , 6:00, 7:00 , 7:25

3:30, 4:25 , 5:35, 6:15 , 6:55, 9:40

Monday / Thru / Friday

Listen

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What do you do? • Listen to these people talk about their daily routines. • Check the box of each action the person does.

Name

Study

Watch TV

Play sports

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• Check your answers with your classmates.

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Read

Use social networks

Warm up

Many famous people have some unknown, hidden talents. Can you match the hidden talents to these famous people?

Bruce Willis

Kate Beckinsale

Leslie Mann

He can play the harmonica.

She can speak German and sing.

Presentation

START UP

FAMOUS PEOPLE, HIDDEN TALENTS

Harrison Ford

Sandra Bullock

Justin Bieber

He can fly helicopters and airplanes.

She can speak multiple foreign languages and she can write literature.

Taylor Lautner

She can ride a unicycle.

He can fight karate.

He can solve a Rubik’s Cube in under 2 minutes.

• Now, watch the presentation to confirm your answers. There are 2 other people in the presentation. Who are they and what is their talent?

Famous person 1 Name:

Secret talent:

Famous person 2 Name:

Secret talent:

And you?

AND YOU

• Who is the most surprising person for you? Platform Three

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START UP

HE CAN DO EVERYTHING Warm up

• Do you know Nick Vujicic? What do you know? • Share your answers with your classmates.

Nick Vujicic: An Inspiration to All

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o you know Nick Vujicic? He is from Melbourne, Australia, and he looks very different than you and me, because he doesn’t have any arms or legs. He has two small, deformed feet with toes, but he doesn’t have any hands or fingers. But, Nick can do all the everyday things that you and I can do, and he has many hobbies. For example, he can fish, paint, swim and do many other activities. In this picture, he is surfing with Bethany Hamilton. She also doesn’t have her left arm, and she’s a world famous surfer. Now, Nick gives motivational talks and conferences to many different types of people, like students, business people, teachers and church congregations. At the moment, Nick is living in Southern California, where he is the president of a

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Christian ministry. Apart from motivational and religious conferences, Nick also writes books about his life, childhood and family (he has a wife and two small children), he acts and appears on television shows and TED conferences. Nick uses his disability and his experiences to inspire and motivate people all across the world. He is a true inspiration and example of success.

Where is Nick from?

He’s from Melbourne, Australia

What are Nick’s hobbies? He can fish, paint, swim and do many other activities

What is Nick doing in the picture?

He is surfing with Bethany Hamilton

Where is Nick living now? He is living in Southern California Compare Share

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• Pay attention to the underlined verbs in the text. What are the different forms and uses? Analyse the uses with your partner.

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START UP

BRAINSTORM: MY ACTIVITIES What words do you know from these categories?

• Complete the spaces with all the words you know. infrastructure in your town/city

verbs/activities

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talents and abilities

hobbies

opposite adjectives

• Now, compare your answer with your partner and your classmates, and add extra vocabulary to your list.

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VOCABULARY

TALENTS & SKILLS Warm up

• Look at these talents. What can you do? Can you speak Italian?

KEEP GOING

Can you play the guitar?

Talents

Speak a foreign language

Dance salsa

Play a sport

Paint

Play a musical instrument

Swim

Sing

Ride a bike

Warm up

Work skills • Look at these important work skills. What can you do? Can you work as a team? Can you organize information?

Work as part of a team

Communicate well

Give a presentation

Organize information

Solve problems

Be a good leader

Work well under pressure

Listen to other people’s ideas

Use technology

Support your coworkers

Persuade others

Negotiate with others

And you?

AND YOU

Which are the most important skills at work? And at school? Can you learn these skills?

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LANGUAGE

Hey Kate. Can you ride a bike?

I can’t. Can you teach me?

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CAN Yes, I can. Of course. Let’s go to the park. We can practice there.

Warm up

• Look at these pictures to help you understand.

TIP! We use can to express a posibility or ability

Phil cannot ride a bike.

Kate can ride a bike.

Mark can sing.

• Put the words in order to form correct

Zoe can’t sing.

Can:

sentences and questions.

Practice

Can’t is the contraction of cannot

1 persuade others/ not/ Mr. Hill /can. Mr Hill can not persuade others 2 ?/ can/ Karen/organize information. Can Karen organize information? 3 not/ can/work well under pressure/ Ms. Jones. Ms Jones can not work well under pressure 4 I/ communicate well/ can. I can communicate well 5 ?/ solve problems/ Dr. Brown/ can. Can Dr Brown solve problems?

I you he she it we they

can cannot/ can’t I you he she it we they

can

play baseball paint swim sing

dance salsa?

• Write a sentence to describe the people in the pictures. Use the verbs on page 70 to help you.

Can Steve swim No,

He can’t

?

Can Sean and Jen dance salsa ? Yes, they can

Can Mr Davis use technology ? No, he can’t

Can Ms Stewart

give a presentation ?

Yes,

she can

Can Mr Moore

work well under ? pressure

No,

he can’t

And you?

AND YOU

What can you do? What can’t you do? Platform Three

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CHILD PRODIGIES Warm up

KEEP GOING

Do you know a very talented boy or girl? What can they do?

• Look at these 4 talented children. What do you think they can do? • Where are they from? Scan the text to find the answers. • Read and listen to the texts to discover more. Meet Ryan Wang, an 8 year-old boy from Vancouver, Canada. He can speak Mandarin and English, but his biggest talent is his musical skill. He can play the piano like a professional. After only a year and a half of formal lessons, he played in the world famous Carnegie Hall in New York. “I just love it”, he says.

Do you know the square root of 729? Priyanshi Somani does. At age 18, she is a mental calculator. She can add, multiply, divide and find the square root of six-digit numbers in record times.

Do you like science? Taylor Wilson is a nuclear scientist from Arkansas, USA. He loves rockets and space science. At just 14 years of age, he produced a nuclear fission, and at the age of 10 he built a bomb! Now, he can design nuclear reactors to generate electricity.

Akrit Jaswal is a medical prodigy from India. Now he is 20 years old, but he started performing medical surgery on patients in India at just 7 years old!

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She is in the Guiness Book of World Records and can also play table tenis and chess.

Now, he is studying a Master’s Degree in Applied Chemistry and is working on a cure for cancer.

• Complete the table using the information from the texts. • Check the corresponding boxes.

Can make a bomb

Can perform medical surgery

Can play a musical instrument

Can speak foreign languages

Can do complex math operations

Ryan Wang Priyanshi Somani Taylor Wilson Akrit Jaswal Aelita Andre Kim Ung-Yong Listen

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• Now, listen to 2 other talented children and check the boxes.

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Can paint artwork

WHAT CAN I DO? Warm up

KEEP GOING

What talents and skills do you have? What can you do? Practice

• Ask your partner. What can you do? Can you swim? No, I can’t. Can you?

Talk about it

What surprising talents does your partner have?

• Share your partner’s talents with the group.

My partner is Diego. He can play the piano.

Write about it

• What talented person do you know? Think of a friend, family member or neighbor with special skills or talents.

• Describe them and what they can do. • Include 2 things he/she can’t do! • Add a photo of this talented person.

My

is a very talented person. He/She can

Photo

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VOCABULARY

DAILY ACTIVITIES

Warm up

KEEP GOING

• Look at these activities. Put the words from the box in the correct activities. play sports study watch tv use social networks

eat drink wake up go to bed

talk write read chat

study

talk

relax/ chill out

wake up

read

listen to music

eat

drink

play sports

write

watch TV

chat/use social networks

go to bed

chat/use social networks

do homework

surf the internet

And you?

AND YOU

• Which activities do you do? What is your favorite activity? Which activities don’t you do? What is your friend’s favorite activity?

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do homework relax/chill out listen to music surf the internet

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LANGUAGE

PRESENT SIMPLE: ROUTINES & HABITS Hi Sue. Do you play sports?

I play football, but I don’t play in a team.

KEEP GOING

Yes, I do. I practice basketball on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. And on Friday I play games with other schools. And you? I don’t like football. Do you want to play basketball in the park?

Yes, I do!

TIP! Tip: for negatives, you can contract: Do not don’t Does not doesn’t

• • • • • •

Simple present

Matt plays football Sue plays basketball They play sports Matt doesn’t play in a team Sue doesn’t like football They don’t play volleyball

I you we they

I you don’t we practice they Do

Practice

he she it

play

I you we they

Remember: Don’t forget to add –s to the end of the verb with he/ she/it

plays

he doesn’t she practice it she Does he it

like…?

like…?

TIP! We use do/ does to help us form negatives and questions

Do or does?

• Complete these negative sentences and questions with do or does:

Practice

Do 1 you like baseball? does 2 Sue not like football? Does 3 Pete use social networks? Do 4 Kate and Claire drink coffee? do 5 Students not surf the internet in class do 6 I not watch TV on Mondays

• Write the correct form of the verbs in these sentences. 1 2 3 4 5 6

And you?

AND YOU

eat At school, we (eat) lunch at 12:30 My friend, Zach, reads (read) a book every week! He loves do I (do) my homework in the library every afternoon. My dad listens (listen) to music in the car and in his office. Dr. Wilson wakes (wake) up at 6 o’clock every morning. What time do you wake (wake) up?

(love) books.

• What do you do? Complete these sentences with your personal information. • Use the verbs from page 76 to help you. On Mondays, I At the weekend, I

. I don’t , but I don’t

. .

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A DAY IN THE LIFE OF…

Warm up

KEEP GOING

• Look at the picture. What can you see? Can you describe the boys’ typical day?

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i! My name is Rajesh Doshi, from a ad town near Mumbai, in India. small Re I live with my four sisters and two brothers in a small house with my mother, father, and my grandmother. We are a small, poor but very happy family. I’m sixteen years old and I’m a high school student. But, I also work. I help my parents with the workshop. My dad and my brothers make furniture for houses and offices. In the photo, this is my brother, Bhavin with me in the park near our house. He doesn’t go to school. He works all day with my father in the workshop. This is my typical week. From Monday to Friday I wake up at 6 o’clock and I walk to school. We don’t have a car, so I walk four kilometers every morning. I work hard at school, because my dream is to be a doctor. My classes finish at 2 o’clock and I walk the four kilometers to my house again. I arrive home at 3 o’clock, I eat lunch and I help in the

workshop. We finish in the workshop at nine o’clock, I eat dinner and I do my homework. I normally go to sleep at eleven o’clock. At the weekend, I don’t go to school, so I work in the workshop all day Saturday and Sunday. I wake up at six o’clock and we work all day. I like sports and the internet, but I don’t have time to play and we don’t have internet connection in my town. On Sunday afternoon, I play soccer in the street with my brothers. That is my typical week. What do you do in your typical week?

Read • Read the text and circle the correct answer. • Rajesh has a big family.

True / False

• Rajesh wakes up early every day.

True / False

• Rajesh’s family is rich.

True / False

• After school, Rajesh plays soccer.

True / False

• Rajesh doesn’t go to school. True / False

• At the weekends, Rajesh wakes up late.

True / False

• Bhavin goes to school.

• Rajesh doesn’t have internet.

True / False

True / False

And you?

AND YOU

What is your opinion of Rajesh’s life? Do you like his life? Or do you prefer your life? Why? Listen

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• Listen to the people talking about what they do every day. • Draw a line to match the people to the the correct day. Karen

Tuesday

Monday

 Karen, Sheila

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Adam, Keith, Sheila

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Joyce

Adam

Wednesday

Keith, Sheila

Rob

Keith

Thursday

Katy

Sheila

Friday

Joyce

Craig

Katy

Saturday

Sunday

Karen, Craig

Rob, Craig

MY ROUTINE Interview your partner!

KEEP GOING

Talk about it

• Use the words below to make questions to ask your partner about the things he/she does or doesn’t do on different days.

• You can make notes in the spaces. • Also give your personal answers.

Yes, I do Do you relax on Sundays? Do you play sports?

Yes, I do. I play sports on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.

Me

My partner

Relax/on Sundays? Play sports? Read? Study/ on Saturdays? Use social networks? Do homework/ on Sundays? Watch TV/on Mondays?

• Now, report your answers back to your classmates. Talk about the similarities and differences you and your partner have.

We study on Saturdays.

Diego uses social networks, I don’t.

Write about it

• Now, write a text to describe your typical day. You can select the day. This is my typical

.I

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VOCABULARY

CITY INFRASTRUCTURE Warm up

KEEP GOING

What do you understand by the term ‘infrastructure’? Does your town/city have good services? Why (not)? Give examples. Practice

• Look at the different categories of infrastructure. Unscramble the letters to write the correct word under each picture.

Public Venues

dimusat stadium

torcenc lahl concert hall

sumemu museum

shalpoit hospital

Transport

mart tram

wusyab subway

saxit taxis

wirayal railway

direbg bridge

sparsevo overpass

ayeerwf/hagyiwh freeway / highway

lolt othob toll booth

Utility systems

trewa tenmatret tlanp water treatment plant Give More

wrope intosat power station

inteltimeonascomuc telecommunications

mad dam

• Name the items of infrastructure you have in your town/city. Are they new? Are they sufficient for your area? When did the last infrastructure project open in your area?

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LANGUAGE

COMPARATIVES Yes, I did. I think it’s great. The subway is faster than the bus.

KEEP GOING

Hey Jonathan. Did you see the train and subway here? It’s amazing!

Exactly. And I like the modern design. It’s more modern than the other subway lines.

And it’s safer, too. And don’t forget, it’s better for the environment than cars.

Very true. I think the subway is more convenient than other forms of transport.

We use the comparative form of an adjective to compare 2 or more people, places, objects, etc. made in: 1995 speed: 60 km/h cost: $7.00

made in: 2017 speed: 100 km/h cost: $9.00

TIP! With adjectives ending consonant-vowel-consonant, we add double the final consonant before -er: big-bigger, hot-hotter fat-fatter, sad-sadder Be careful There are 3 irregular adjectives in comparative form: good-better, bad-worse far-farther Practice

And you?

For short adjectives (1 syllable), we add -er to the adjective: fast-faster old-older

slow-slower new-newer

For adjectives ending in -y, we change the y to i and add er: happy-happier pretty-prettier

For long adjectives (2 or more syllables), we add more before the adjective: dangerous-more dangerous boring-more boring

convenient-more convenient modern-more modern

• Put the adjectives in comparative form. 1 2 3 4

AND YOU

The subway is faster than the bus. The bus is slower than the subway. The subway is more expensive than the bus. The subway is more modern than the bus.

older The bus is The subway is newer more dangerous Life in the city is more convenient Cars are

(old) than the subway. (new) than the bus. (dangerous) than life in a village. (convenient) than buses, but they are also more expensive (expensive). 5 In my opinion, this phone is (good) than the other phone. My sister doesn’t agree: she better says this phone is (bad). worse

• Choose an appropriate comparative adjective to complete each sentence with your information. 1 2 3 4 5 Give More

Guadalajara is A Ferrari is Mexico is Netflix is Science is

than Mexico City. than a bus. than the USA. than normal television. than English.

• Choose 2 famous people or places. Make

a minimum of 2 comparisons between your selections.

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• Share your comparisons with your

partner. Add any extra comparatives if you can.

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DUBAI, A CITY OF WORLD RECORDS Read

KEEP GOING

• Read the text to learn more about the world records Dubai has and how it is better than before.

Dubai, a city of World Records

D

ubai is one of the richest, most popular and most famous destinations for the world’s super-rich. It is now the center of luxury tourism and is a more popular tourist destination than New York, receiving more than 15 million international tourists a year. Now, Dubai is the symbol of money and extravagance, but it didn’t use to be like this. Before the 1960s, it was a small fishing port with only one hotel. This all changed in 1966, when the city discovered oil off the coast and it started to receive billions of dollars from the oil it was selling to other countries. Since that fortuitous moment, the rulers of Dubai have used the money from oil sales to create larger and larger infrastructure projects, including ports, roads, bridges, public transport systems, stadiums, schools and hospitals, to make the coun-

Practice

try stronger than before. For example, they made various renovations to the city’s airport and made it larger than before. They also constructed more than 70 shopping centers, including the Dubai Mall, which is one of the largest malls in the world, with more than 1,200 stores. And who doesn’t recognize two of the most iconic structures of modern architecture, both world record constructions? The Burj Al Arab is the world’s most luxurious hotel, and opened in December 1999, and the Burj Khalifa, which opened in January 2010 and is now the world’s tallest building, at 828m. That’s more than 500 meters taller than Mexico’s tallest building, the Torre KOI, in Monterrey. As a result of all these infrastructure projects, this relatively small city of just 2.8 million people (smaller than Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey, and about the same size as Puebla), is now one of the most important cities in the world. What other elements of Dubai do you recognize? What about the Palm Islands or The World Islands?

• Use the information in the text to answer these questions. 1 Who receives more tourists: New York or Dubai? Dubai. The city discovered oil off the coast. 2 What happened in 1966? 3 Name 4 types of infrastructure projects that the rulers of Dubai made.

Investigate

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Ports, roads, bridges, public transport systems, stadiums, schools, hospitals. 4 Which building is taller: the Burj Khalifa or the Torre KOI? The Burj Khalifa. 5 Which city is smaller: Guadalajara or Dubai? Dubai.

• What are the Palm Islands and the World Islands? Investigate them on the internet. • Look at these pictures of recent infrastructure projects in Mexico. Where are they? Listen to the descriptions and write the locations you hear.

Guadalajara

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Mexico City

Toluca-Mexico City

Monterrey

Nayarit-Jalisco

MY CITY´S BETTER THAN BEFORE Warm up

Investigate

KEEP GOING

What is your favorite aspect of your city? Do you remember your city from 10 years ago? How is it different? How has it changed?

• What new infrastructure projects has the government created in the last 10 years? In the last 30 years?

• Select one of these aspects and talk about how some structures/places etc. are

bigger or more modern now. If necessary, you can interview an older family member or friend. Use comparative adjectives to describe the changes.

Public venues  Utilities  Transport  Roads network

• Bring a picture to show the structure or area before and after these changes. Practice

• Choose one specific recent project that has changed your city. Complete the table with the relevant information from your investigation:

Name of project:

Talk about it

Date project started: Date project finished: Cost: Changes to the old area/structure: Your opinion:

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Write about it

• Use this information to de-

scribe your project to your partner. Be sure to include comparatives between the past and present with comparative adjectives.

• Now, use this information to

write a description of the infrastructure project you chose. Remember to correctly use the comparatives to compare present and past structures.

A change in my city

• Read your partner’s description. Pay attention to the correct use of comparatives and dates.

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VOCABULARY

OPPOSITE ADJECTIVES Practice

What adjectives can you use to describe a person? A place? A experience?

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• Put the letters in the correct order to write these pairs opposite adjectives.

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yevah

thilg

ydr

twe

gardnosue

afse

heavy

light

dry

wet

dangerous

safe

anelc

itryd

zayl

greencite

tequi

odul

clean

dirty

lazy

energetic

quiet

loud

kard

thribg

talanitdori

dornem

tofs

darh

dark

bright

traditional

modern

soft

hard

nith

taf

lulf

tepym

gornts

kawe

thin

fat

full

empty

strong

weak

• What other opposite adjectives do you know? Write them below.

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• Compare your other adjectives with your classmates. Add extra words from their list if necessary.

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LANGUAGE

SUPERLATIVES Well, I love climbing as you know. Last year, I climbed Iztaccihuatl mountain. Supposedly, it’s the most difficult mountain to climb in Mexico.

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Hi Rosie. You’re the most adventurous person I know. What’s the most extreme thing you’ve done? And is it the tallest in Mexico? Wow! That’s why you’re the bravest person I know. I couldn’t do that.

No, it’s the third tallest. Popocatepetl is taller than Iztaccihuatl, and the Pico de Orizaba is the tallest mountain in Mexico.

We use the superlative form of an adjective to show that it’s the no. 1 compare to all other people, objects, places, etc. • Pico de Orizaba is the tallest mountain in Mexico. (It’s taller than all the other mountains). • Rosie is the most extreme person I know. (She’s more extreme than all the other people I know). • Royal Table is the most expensive restaurant in the city. (It’s more expensive than all the other restaurants). • Stephanie is the best student in the class. (She´s better tanh all the other students in the class).

For short adjectives (1 syllable), we add the -est to the adjective

For adjectives ending in -y, we change the y to i and add the -est:

fast- the fastest old-the oldest slow-the slowest new-the newest

happy-the happiest pretty-the prettiest

For long adjectives, (2 or more syllables), we add the most before the adjective: dangerous-the most dangerous, convenient-the most convenient, boring-the most boring, modern-the most modern

TIP! With adjectives ending consonant-vowel-consonant, we add double the final consonant before -est: big-the biggest, hotthe hottest fat-the fattest, sad-saddest Be careful

Practice

• Put these adjectives in superlative form. Don’t forget to add the.

There are 3 irregular adjectives in superlative form: good-the best bad-the worst far-the farthest

1 This new cell phone is the most expensive (expensive) phone on the market. the easiest 2 I love math class. For me, it’s (easy) class, but for some of my the most difficult classmates, it’s (difficult). They hate math. Practice

• Circle the correct option. Pay attention to if the sentence is comparative or superlative. 1 I love this new stadium. It’s smallest / smaller than/ the smallest the old museum, but it’s moderner / more modern than / the most modern building in the city. 2 Josh is 19. Emma is 15. Leo is 17. Emma is younger than/older than/the youngest Leo, Leo is younger than/older than/the youngest Josh, and Josh is the youngest /older than / the oldest of all 3. 3 The new freeway to the beach is great! It’s 30 minutes more fast / faster than / the fastest than the old freeway and the toll booths are fast and convenient, too. They use the moderner than / the most modern / more modern technology on the market. And you?

AND YOU

• Choose a

person to describe each adjective.

1 2 3 4

Who´s the happiest person in your class? Who’s the tallest person in your class? Who’s the best student in your class? Who’s the most athletic person in your class?

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Remember! We use comparative when we compare 2 or more people/ places, etc. We use superlative when we talk about 1 person/ place, better than all the others.

• Compare your answers

with your classmates. Do you have similar answers?

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AN EXTREME EXPLORER KEEP GOING

Warm up

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Do you know an extreme person, who loves adrenaline? What extreme activities has he/she done?

• Read the text about Bear Grylls and discover the amazing and dangerous things he has done.

H

e’s braver than a soldier, stronger than an alligator and more extreme than a parkour jumper, Bear Grylls does anything and he goes anywhere: the more extreme, the better! Possibly, you have seen him on Discovery Channel in his survival shows, where he travels to the most isolated areas of the planet. He’s now the youngest chief scout in history and is a symbol of extreme survival. Here are a few more details about the world’s bravest explorer. All through his life, Bear (whose real name is Edward Michael) has been a real explorer. In fact, he started his school’s first mountaineering club and at just 23 years of age, he became one of the youngest people in the world to climb to the top of Mount Everest. This happened just 18 months after he broke three vertebrae in his back after a parachuting accident in Zambia, Africa. Climbing Everest is just one of Bear’s many incredible, dangerous experiences. He has explored part of the

Atlantic Ocean on jet skis and flown over the Himalaya Mountains on a paramotor. He’s visited a variety of inhospitable regions across the world, and can you think of a more inhospitable and dangerous place than a remote mountain peak in Antarctica? Unfortunately, Bear suffered an accident on a wind-powered kite-ski and he broke his shoulder during this expedition. During some of his most extreme television survival shows Man vs Wild, Bear was abandoned in the most dangerous and most hostile areas in the world. As you can imagine, he has also eaten some horrible and unexpected “foods” during his expeditions, including snakes, insects, animal hearts and deer feces, and he’s drunk water from dead camels, snakes. And what’s more disgusting than water from snakes? Water from elephant feces. That’s right: Bear did that, too. These are just some of the amazing experiences of the most intrepid explorer in the world. Could you do anything more extreme than Bear? I know I certainly couldn’t!

Practice

• Answer these questions with the information from the text. 1 Complete this phrase: Bear is the youngest 2 What happened to Bear in Zambia?

Chief scout in history.

He broke 3 vertebrae in his back in a parachuting accident.

3 What happened to Bear in Antarctica?

He broke his shoulder in an accident on a wind-powered kite-ski.

4 In your opinion, what’s the most disgusting or extreme food Bear has

eaten? Listen

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• Listen to Amy and Rob comparing their friends. Write the superlative adjectives

you hear describe each friend. Remember to use complete superlative adjectives.

1 2 3 4 5 6

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Lucy is Polly is Ryan’s house is Ryan is Amy’s the Rob is

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the tallest the laziest the most modern. the strongest best the thinnest

person in the group. person. person in the group. student. person in the group.

THE BEST OF MEXICO Write about it

What do you know about Mexico? What are the tallest, biggest and most spectacular places in Mexico? What makes Mexico so unique?

KEEP GOING

Warm up

• Using the information in the factsheet, describe these aspects of Mexico. Try to use the information to make superlative adjectives:

This is Mexico!

Mexico factsheet

Chihuahua is the largest state in Mexico. Chihuahua – 247,460 km2 area Mexico City – 1,495 km2 area Pico de Orizaba – 5,636 m tall Azteca Stadium – 87,000 capacity Mexico City – 22 million inhabitants Torre KOI – 280 m tall Carlos Slim – $64 billion

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• Do you know another superlative related to Mexico? Think of one, investigate it if necessary and add that information to your text.

Talk about it

• With your partner, describe your town, state or school, using superlative adjectives. The Municipal Stadium is the biggest stadium in the city. It has a capacity of 45,000 spectators. The Riverside Mountain is the tallest point in the state. It’s 2,115 m tall.

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• Compare your descriptions with your classmates. Can they guess the object or

place you’re describing? Do they agree with your information? Check on the internet if you’re not certain or to confirm your answer.

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MY PERSONAL DIARY What do you normally do at the weekends? Practice

WRAP UP

• Complete your personal diary for a typical weekend. • Be sure to include what you normally do at those times each day. • Use a dictionary or the internet to help you with new verbs.

Saturday 20 

Sunday 20 

evening

afternoon

morning

Friday 20 

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• Compare your sentences with your classmates.Do they have a more interesting weekend than you?

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COMPARING PEOPLE AND THINGS Warm up

What adjectives can you use to compare different people or objects?

• Look at the people and objects in the pictures. What can you see? Name all the things you see in the pictures.

Josh, 22

WRAP UP

• Now, think of adjectives to describe each person and object in the pictures. Amilia, 20

Jessica, 19

laptop, $1,500 Isla, 21

Farzana, 45

tablet, $450

Saanvi, 48

coffee, $3

Amina, 38

Fatma, 59

Oscar, 31

Mariam, 36 Jack, 56

Talk about it

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• Use comparative and superlative adjectives to compare and describe the people and objects you see. How many sentences can you make?

• Use these adjectives to help you: old young Give More

heavy light

poor tall

short expensive

cheap rich

Compare your answers with your classmates? Do they have different information to you? Platform Three

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LOGICAL THINKING: PLANS FOR TODAY Read

There are 5 basketball players with different talents and different plans for today. They also wake up at different times.

• Can you read the clues to identify the alarm clock of each person?

WRAP UP

Use the object to identify their talent and draw the hands of the clocks to show the alarm time:

• • • •

The singer has her basketball game the day after Monday Evan & Jack can’t dance salsa. Chloe wakes up at 7:15. She can’t play guitar. Evan can’t sing.

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Josh has his basketball game on Wednesday. Jack wakes up at 6:55. Chloe doesn’t read today. She watches TV today. The salsa dancer has a basketball game the day before Saturday. Chloe can’t paint. Today, Jack doesn’t read. He relaxes today. Zoe wakes up at 6:45 today. She can’t play guitar. Who reads today? Josh has plans to read today. Today, Jack doesn’t listen to music. Evan does. Evan has his basketball game on Thursday. The guitar player has his basketball game the day before Tuesday Josh has a talent for languages. He can speak French. Evan can’t speak French, and he can’t play guitar. Jack can play guitar. Zoe can dance salsa. Jack doesn’t surf the internet today. Zoe does. Today, Josh has his alarm for seven o’ clock.

Alarm

Plans for today

read

listen to music

watch TV

relax

surf the internet

Basketball game on

Wednesday

Thursday

Tuesday

Monday

Friday

Name

Josh

Evan

Chloe

Jack

Zoe

FrenchEnglish Dictionary A-Z

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SAY IT RIGHT! In English, we combine vowels with the letter –r to create different sounds. Look at these groups of words and think about the pronunciation. 26

• Now listen to the words to check and practice your pronunciation. ar

or

er

ir

ur

are part Mark garden market

organize sport order support forty

enter player leader other order

bird girl firm stir Birmingham

Thursday burn turn Turner hurt

WRAP UP

Listen

• Some of these combinations are similar to the Spanish pronunciation: ar, or, er. Be ul caref

The ir and ur sounds are not similar to Spanish. They have the same pronunciation as er: fer –fur –fir And you?

AND YOU

• Complete the table with other words you know in English with ar, or, er, ir and ur. Think about the pronunciation. Are there exceptions? Ar

Or

Er

Ir

Ur

FIND THE SOUND! Listen

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• Listen carefully to the sounds and circle the word you hear. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Burn Turn Star Far Bird

/ / / / /

Born Torn Store For Bored

/ / / / /

Barn Tarn Stir Fir Bard

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WONDERFUL WORDS: UNWarm up

We can add un- to a word to make it negative: For example: un + real = unreal un + important = unimportant WRAP UP

• Complete the tables with the examples:

un

Adjective

Adjective

Adjective

Adjective

intelligent popular happy

unintelligent

patriotic

unpatriotic

professional common

unprofessional

conditional social

unconditional unsocial

uncommon

realistic

comfortable interesting

uncomfortable uninteresting

necessary satisfactory

unnecessary unsatisfactory

unpopular unhappy

certain

un

uncertain

unrealistic

Give More

What other words with un- do you know in english? You can use the internet to help you. Write the words here happy sad= un… intelligent stupid= un…

The same or different? • Look at these synonyms of some of the unwords from the table

interesting boring= un… usual/uncommon strange/different = un…

• Read the sentences carefully and use the words from the table to complete the definition. 1. I don’t like this science fiction movie. The effects are very fantastic and extraordinary. Aliens with 5 eyes? This is not normal. It is un realistic . 2. Mr. Evans is a bad worker. He doesn’t do his work well and he has problems with the people in his office. He is un professional . 3. Pete is a student in my class, but he has no friends. He is un social

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4. I don’t like history class. In my opinion it is boring and un interesting . 5. Many people say that La Malinche is an un patriotic doesn’t like her country.

woman, because she

6. I don’t like to sit in the chair in my office, because it’s un comfortable and it gives me problems with my back. 7. Tom is un happy

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at the moment because he’s having problems with his parents.

e e r h T m r Platfo t n e m s s e s As tools Contents:

Project with checklist & rubric Language review Vocabulary review Peer assessment Self assessment

PROJECT

THE ROBOWORKER! Think of a difficult job. Now, invent a robot to help with the job!

Warm up

WRAP UP

• Design your robot and its special abilities and skills. Be imaginative!

Choose a job.

Use adjectives, comparatives and superlatives to describe the roboworker

Describe your roboworker.

Present your roboworker to the class.

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5

7

1 Step

2

4

6

Choose the skills necessary for this job.

Design and draw your roboworker.

Be imaginative!

Example! The hotel roboworker

He can clean the floors, make the bed and clean the room. The roboworker is faster and more efficient than a human cleaner. He can work well under pressure and he can organize the things in the bedroom. He cleans 20 bedrooms in one day. He can work day and night and he doesn’t sleep. He is the best cleaner in the hotel.

Give More

• After you present your roboworker to the class, talk about

the differences between your classmate’s roboworkers. Use comparatives and superlatives to compare a minimum of 3 different projects and give your opinion. Which is the best? Which is the most expensive? Which is better than your roboworker?

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CHECKLIST • Make sure your project includes all the points on the checklist.

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 Picture of the roboworker  Imaginative, creative name for the roboworker  The job(s) the roboworker is designed for  Min. 4 adjectives to describe the roboworker  Min. 2 skills the roboworker has  Give the roboworker a price  Min. 3 examples of can  Min. 3 sentences in present tense  Min. 4 comparatives & 3 superlatives  Description of the roboworker

RUBRIC • Pay attention to the aspects in this rubric to see how your teacher will grade your project: excellent 2 points

good 1.5 points

unsatisfactory 1 point

roboworker: relevant usefulness & creativity; description

creativity in description & use of roboworker; description is clear with no mistakes in target language

some creativity in description & use of roboworker; small mistakes in target language

little creativity in description & use of roboworker; many mistakes in target language

structure, order & coherence

a clear, organized structure in all the assignment; information is easy to follow and well illustrated

mostly well-organized structure and use of information; does not cause confusion for the reader

incoherent structure; creates confusion for the reader; difficult to follow the information

language

student demonstrates correct use of levelappropriate language and previous language structures; almost no mistakes in target language

student demonstrates general understanding of level-appropriate language and previous language structures, small mistakes in target language

many mistakes in use of level-appropriate and previous structures; causes confusion for the reader; mistakes in target language

vocabulary

student uses a wide range of key vocabulary appropriately; demonstrates comprehension of its meaning

limited use of key vocabulary; some repetition of general vocabulary; more varied use of vocabulary needed

very limited use of general vocabulary; insufficient use of key vocabulary; comprehension of the vocabulary is unclear

some mistakes in spelling and/or presentation; good presentation

many mistakes in spelling and/or punctuation; poor presentation

spelling, almost no spelling or punctuation & punctuation mistakes; presentation excellent presentation

Total

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LANGUAGE REVIEW • Unscramble these words to form sentences or questions from the unit in the correct order: 1.

you / do / can / ? / what

7. my brother / a / not / can / ride / bike My brother can not ride a bike

What can you do? WRAP UP

2.

sports / play / ? / you / do

8. bigger / than / not / is / Guatemala / China Guatemala is not bigger than China

Do you play sports? 3.

don’t / surf / internet / I / the

9. student do / th / don’t their / homework The students don’t do their homework

I don’t surf the internet 4.

you / like / your / do / school / ?

10. in / time / ? / you / do free / what / do / your What do you do in your free time?

Do you like your school? 5.

sister / videogames / my / doesn’t / play My sister doesn’t play videogames

6.

? / relax / on / you / Saturdays / do

11. most / in / is / the / intelligent / student / class / Max / the

Do you relax on Saturdays?

Max is the most intelligent student in the class

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• Change these sentences to negative. Make or add all the necessary changes. 1. Harry can paint.

Harry can’t paint.

2. I listen to music every weekend. I don’t listen to music every weekend 3. My sister watches movies on TV. My sister doesn’t watch movies on TV 4. The subway is cheaper than a car. The subway isn’t cheaper than a car 5. Teenagers use social networks a lot. Teenagers don’t use social networks a lot 6. Bad students do homework. Bad students don’t do homework 7. Salespeople can persuade other people. Salespeople cannot/can’t persuade other people 8. Managers work well under pressure. Managers don’t work well under pressure 9. In my school, we play sports, study and use technology. In my school, we don’t play sports, study and use technology 10. This is the biggest stadium in Mexico. This isn’t the biggest stadium in Mexico 11. These workers can work well as part of a team. These workers cannot/can’t work well as part of a team

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• Circle the correct option to complete each sentence. 1. In my opinion, history is easier than/more easier than/easiest/the easiest than science. In fact, it’s my favorite class. I think that history is the goodest/the best/the better/better than class in school.

WRAP UP

2. Of all the people I know, Mark is the intelligentest /more intelligent/the most intelligent/most intelligent. He is a perfect student and he studies every day. I think he is more intelligent than/more intelligent/intelligenter/the most intelligent the teacher. 3. I have one brother, Matt, and one sister, Helen. We are all very different people. For example, Matt plays sports and he is the energeticest/more energetic than/the most energetic/more energeticer than my sister and I. Of the three siblings, I am the lazier than/the most laziest/the laziest/more lazier. Helen is very shy. She is quieter than/more quieter than/the most quietest/the quietest than her brothers. 4. I love the art museum in the city. It’s beautiful and enormous. It’s the bigger/the more big/the most big/the biggest concert venue in the country and it’s more modern/most modern/more moderner/ most moderner than many other concert halls in Latin America. 5. Transport in our city is a big problem. For example, the subway system is old and dirty. We also have buses, but they are older and dirtier/more older and more dirtier/most dirty and most old/the oldest and dirtiest than the subway. I prefer to cycle, but cycling in this city is the most dangerousest/the most dangerous/the most dangerouser/the more dangerouser option. / 10

• Read these sentences carefully and put the adjectives in the correct comparative or superlative form. 1. The new soccer stadium is the (big) stadium in the state. biggest 2. The new highway between the city and the beach is very convenient and fast, but it’s more expensive (expensive) than the old highway. more popular 3. Soccer is the most popular (popular) sport in Mexico and the world. It is (popular) than baseball and boxing, which are also popular. the best 4. Gary is (good) player on our soccer team, but Joe is also good. Joe is taller worst (tall) than Gary. our next game is against the (bad) team in the league, so I hope we win! more modern 5. The new, expensive subway system for our city is (modern) and more expensive quicker (quick) than the old system, but it’s also (expensive). but, I like to use it because it protects the environment. Obviously, of all the options, walking is the best (good) option for the environment, but this is only useful for short distances. / 10

My progress

Total

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35-40 Excellent! You’ve learnt everything. You’re ready for platform two! 25-34 Good progress. Study the parts you’re unsure about before you continue. 15-24 Study more. Go back and review the points you didn’t understand.  0-14 Oops! You need to repeat this unit before you continue.

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VOCABULARY REVIEW • Add the missing vowels to complete the vocabulary from the unit. You can check the pages of the unit to help you.

talents s_ng i

skills

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u o o _r c_w_rk_rs u o o e s_pp_rt y_

i p_a _nt

o e o e s_lv_ pr_bl_ms

u i a i u e a pl_y _ m_s_c_l _nstr_m_nt a age a u_ e _k _ f_r__gn l_ng_ a a o ei sp_ a a a e d_nc_ s_ls_

e a e _d_r o o_d l_ a e b_ _ g_ i e a e e a io g_v_ _ pr_s_nt_t_ _n e o i _t_ w_th _th_rs ae i o e n_g_t_

sw_m i

o a a a e _m a o w_rk _s p_rt _f _ t_

a o pl_y _ sp_rt a

o e u e e u e w_rk w_ll _nd_r pr_ss_r_

r_d_ _ b_k_ i e a i e

u e e oo _s_ t_chn_l_gy

opposite adjectives u f_ll

a d_rk

e _mpty

i br_ght

i th_n

a i i o n_l a tr_d_t__

a f_t

o e m_d_rn

u i e_t q__

a e ou s d_ng_r__

o ud l__

a e s_f_

a l_zy

o str_ng

e e e i _n_rg_t_c

eak w__

ea n cl__

o s_ft

i d_rty

a h_rd

dr_y

e a vy h__

e w_t

i l_ght

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activities

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a ch_t

a e u w_k_ _p

u st_dy

i e o u i l_st_n t_ m_s_c

a t_lk

a o pl_y sp_rt

a r_o _d

a w_tch tv

e sl_e _p

e a r_l_x

e_ a_t

i dr_nk

u_s_ s_c_ e o i a_l n_tw_rks e o

i e wr_t_

o d_ h_m_w_rk o e o

u e i e e s_rf th_ _nt_rn_t /18

city infrastructure

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a d_m

e a fr_e _w_y

o i a h_sp_t_l

u e s_bw_y

i a h_ghw_y

e e o u i a i o_ns t_l_c_mm_n_c_t_

a i _m u st_d_

a tr_m

u e _m u m_s_

a e tr_ e _tm_nt a e a w_t_r pl_nt

o e st_t_ a io p_w_r _n

e o m_tr_

a i t_x_

o o _th o t_ll b_

o_v_rp_ss e a

o e e c_nc_rt h_ll

i e br_dg_

a _lw_y i a r_

PEER ASSESSMENT • Together with your partner, check your grades from the language review, vocabulary review and evaluation diagnosis to check the most appropriate box about your progress. I need more practice

almost perfect

a piece of cake!

Talk about abilities and talents Step 1: Language: can Vocabulary: talents and skills

Describe my habits and what I do everyday Step 2: Language: present simple Vocabulary: everyday activities

Compare 2 or more people, places or objects Step 3: Language: Comparatives Vocabulary: City infrastructure

Describe 1 person, place or object in relation to all others Step 4: Language: Superlatives Vocabulary: Opposite adjectives

WHAT’S NEXT? • After analyzing your partner’s language and vocabulary reviews and based on the

grades you gave your partner above, answer these questions to help your partner.

1 What are your partner’s strong points in the topics you learned this period?

2 What are your partner’s weak points in the topics you learned this period?

3 What should your partner do to improve his/her language score?

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SELF-ASSESSMENT • Look at the grades and comments your partner gave you in the peer as-

sessment and your grades from the project, language review and vocabulary review to answer these questions.

1 What parts of your progress and learning of this period are you happy with?

2 What parts of your progress and learning of this period are you not happy with?

3 Why? How can you improve? Give concrete actions.

Based on all of this information, what grade would you give yourself this period?

My grade

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VERB LIST

Add Answer Ask Associate Attend Be Can Chat Check Chill out Choose Circle Clean Communicate Compare Complete Dance Describe Design Dictate Do Drink Eat Fly Get (to)

Give Go Guess Have Help Interview Invent Investigate Know Learn Like Listen Look at Make Match Negotiate Organize Paint Persuade Play Practice Prefer Pronounce Put Read Register

Relax Remember Research Review Ride Sell Share Sing Solve Speak Spell Stick Study Support Surf Swim Talk Think (about) Underline Use Wake up Watch Work Write

CREDITS Platform 1 www.manythings.org

Platform 2 www.priceoftravel.com www.wikipedia.com www.lonelyplanet.com www.worldweatheronline.com www.worldatlas.com www.time.com www.unsdsn.org www.telegraph.co.uk www.universetoday.com www.livescience.com

Platform 3 www.buzzfeed.com www.time.com www.cracked.com www.womansday.com www.lifewithoutlimbs.org www.nickvujicic.com www.attitudeisaltitude.com www.listverse.com www.all-that-is-interesting.com www.enkivillage.com

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Publisher: Saúl Dávalos Morales Diseño: David Pérez Diagramación: David Pérez y Cecilia Lomas Captura del texto: Fernanda de Ávila Cuidado del texto: Michael John Pryor Fotografías: Thinkstock y Pixabay

Step 1 se terminó de imprimir en mayo de 2016 en los talleres de Visual e Impresos S.A. de C.V. Calle 54 núm. 814, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México.