UNIT 1: I AM…

Unit 1.1: I’m Brazilian, and you?

Learning objective: Ss can say where they’re from
1. Vocabulary: Countries and Nationalities
Countries: Vietnam, America, Spain, Mexico, etc.
Nationalities: Vietnamese, American, Spanish, Mexican, etc
2. Language in context
3. Grammar: I am/ You are
 Affirmative: I am … / You are … or I’m … / You’re …
 Negative: I am not … (I’m not)/ You are not … (You aren’t)
 Interrogative: Am I …?/ Are you …?
o Yes, I am
o No, I am not
4. Speaking:
Asking about the name, city, nationality and country
Unit 1.2: What’s your last name?
Learning objective: Ss can ask for and give personal information.
1. Language in context
Say “Uh-huh” to show you’re listening.
2. Vocabulary
The alphabet
Personal information: Name, place of work, email address, etc.
3. Grammar: What’s … ?/ It’s …
4. Speaking
Ask questions about the information
Unit 1.3: This is the key
Learning objective: Ss can check in to the hotel
1. Vocabulary
Cardinal & Ordinal numbers: 1 to 10
2. Functional language
Check-in
Tell the phone number
3. Real-world strategy
Checking spelling: How do you spell… ?
4. Pronunciation
Saying /ɪ/ vs /iː/ vowel sounds
5. Speaking
Practice cheking in to a hotel
Unit 1.4: My profile
Learning objective: Ss can write a profile
1. Vocabulary
Jobs: Artist, Doctor, Teacher, Student, etc
2. Reading
Read profiles of 2 artists
3. Grammar
Conjunction: And, But, Too
Using capital letters
4. Writing
Hello, Hi, Hey
 Hello: Formal writing or speaking
 Hi: Informal writing or speaking
 Hey: Informal speaking
Write a profile
Time to speak: People from history
Learning objective: Meet new people
Useful phrases:
 Greeting: Good morning/ Good aftenoon/…
 Introduction: This is…/ Nice to meet you
 Goodbye: See you later/ Bye
Names of famous people in the past

UNIT 2: GREAT PEOPLE

Unit 2.1: A family party
Learning objective: Talk about your family
1. Language in context
Formal & Informal words for family
 Father – Dad
 Mother – Mom
 Grandfather – Grandpa
 Grandmother – Grandma
2. Vocabulary
Family
Numbers: 11 to 100
3. Grammar
Is/ Are in a statement
Yes/ No Questions
4. Speaking
Draw a family tree and talk about people in the family
Unit 2.2: They’re really funny
Learning objective: Describe friends and family
1. Vocabulary
Describing people:
 Age
 Appearance
 Personality
Really/ Very
2. Grammar: Is not/ Are not
3. Speaking: Describe 4 people
Unit 2.3: When is your birthday?
Learning objective: Talk about ages and birthdays
1. Functional language
Asking about ages and birthdays
Saying ages and birthdays
Giving birthday wishes
2. Vocabulary
Months & Dates
Saying the date:
 BrE: May 8th / May eighth
 AmE: 8th May / The eighth of May
3. Real-world strategy
Correcting yourself: No, sorry/ Sorry, I mean…
4. Pronunciation
Saying numbers, pay attention to the stress.
5. Speaking: Say a friend’s birthday
Unit 2.4: Here’s my band
Learning objective: Write a post about friends in a photo
1. Listening
2. Grammar:
Prepositions of place: In, On , At, Between, Next to
3. Pronunciation
Listening for short forms
4. Writing
Write a post about a picture
 Time to speak: True for me
Learning objective: Compare information about friends and family
Useful phrases:
 Not true for me
 True for me

UNIT 3: COME IN
Unit 3.1: Welcome to my home
Learning objective: Talk about your home
1. Vocabulary
Rooms in a house: living room, dining room, kitchen, etc.
2. Language in context
Use “the” when talking about a specific thing in your home
3. Grammar:
Possessive adjective
Possessive ‘s/ s’
4. Speaking
Talk about rooms in a house
Unit 3.2: Is it a new chair?
Learning objective: Talk about furniture
1. Vocabulary: Furniture
2. Language in context: Describe the furniture in one room
3. Grammar
It is/ It’s (+ not)
Is it… ?
4. Speaking
Design something for the house
Draw a picture
Unit 3.3: Coffee or tea?
Learning objective: Offer and accept a drink and snack
1. Vocabulary
Drinks
Snacks
2. Functional language
Making offers
Replying to offers
“Sure” = Yes (Formal speech) (Don’t say “Sure, please”)
3. Real-world strategy
 Asking about words you don’t understand: Sorry, I don’t understand. What’s a …
4. Pronunciation
Saying /k/ at the start of a word
5. Speaking
Unit 3.4: Home-share
Learning objective: Write an email about a home-share
1. Reading
An ad and the emails about Home-share
Scanning
2. Grammar
Information questions with be
Question words: Who, where, how old, how many, etc
3. Writing
Formal , polite emails / Informal, friendly emails
Write an email to the owner of a home-share
Time to speak: A new home
Learning objective: Choose things for a home
Useful phrases:
 It’s (not) good for …
 This … is good for
 What’s important for … ?
Price of furniture

UNIT 4: I LOVE IT
Unit 4.1: Favorite things
Learning objective: Talk about your favorite things
1. Vocabulary
Technology
2. Language in context
3. Grammar
Simple present statements with I, you, we
S + (Don’t/Doesn’t) + V
4. Speaking
Talk about technology
Unite 4.2: My phone is my world
Learning objective: Say how you use technology
1. Language in context
What else?: To ask for more information about a topic.
2. Vocabulary
Using technology
Verb + Nouns
3. Grammar
Simple present Y/N questions with I, You, We
 Do + S + V?
o Yes, S + do
o No, S + don’t
4. Speaking
What do you do on your phone and the Internet?
Cell phone plans
Unit 4.3: What about you?
Learning objective: Talk about how you communicate
1. Functional language
Asking about a new topic
 What about?
 Do you?
Asking for a response
 Do you…, too?
 How about you?
 What about you?
 And you?
2. Real-world strategy
Showing you are listening: Right, Yeah, OK.
3. Pronunciation
Saying stress words
4. Speaking
Ways to communicate with people
Unit 4.4: Great! Five stars
Learning objective: Write product reviews
1. Listening
Listen for product reviews from vloggers.
2. Grammar
A/An
Adjectives before Nouns
3. Pronunciation
Listening for the end of a sentence
4. Writing
Write reviews for a good product & a bad product
 Time to speak: Playlists
Learning objective: Talk about your favorite music
Discuss: Favorite music, make a list of singers, bands & songs
Useful phrases:
 What do you think?
 Do we want … or …?
 Here are our …

UNIT 5: MONDAYS AND FUN DAYS

Unit 5.1: Play or fast-forward?
Learning objective: Talk about weekday and weekend activities
1. Vocabulary
Day and times of day
Everyday activities
2. Language in context
Weekdays / Weekends
Play now / Fast-forward life
3. Grammar
Simple present statements with he, she, they
4. Speaking
Family/Friends’ activities
Unit 5.2: Listen to your body clock
Learning objective: Tell the time and talk about your routines
1. Vocabulary
Telling the time
 A.m: Before 12 noon
 P.m: After 12 noon
 To = Before
2. Language in context
Body clock
Daily routines
3. Grammar
Questions in the simple present
 Y/N ques: Do/Does + S +V0 ?
 Information ques: QW + do/does + S + V0 ?
4. Speaking
Talk about routines
 Unit 5.3: Me, too
Learning objective: Show your agree and have things in common
1. Functional Language
Showing your agree:
 I agree
 That’s true/ That’s right
 Yeah, I know
Showing you have things in common:
 Me, neither
 Me, too
2. Real-world strategy
Short answers with Adv of Frequency
3. Pronunciation
Saying syllables in words
4. Speaking
What do you do and how do you feel about it.
Unit 5.4: A happy life
Learning objective: Write a report about your activities
1. Reading
Article about WRAP: Work, Rest And Play
2. Writing
Write a WRAP report, using headings and numbered lists
Time to speak: Life = 5 + 2
Learning objective: Compare different work weeks
Discuss: Kinds of “week” life and compare
Useful phrases:
 I work from … to …
 Week … is good for me because …
 I have free time from … to …

UNIT 6: ZOOM IN, ZOOM OUT

Unit 6.1: Good places
Learning objective: Talk about places in the city
1. Language in context
No way! : Show surprise
2. Vocabulary
Places in cities
3. Grammar
There’s/ There are/ A lot of/ Some/ No
4. Speaking
Talk about the things in your neighborhood
Unit 6.2: City life, wild life
Learning objective: Talk about nature in your area
1. Vocabulary
Nature
2. Language in context
Test whether you like nature
3. Grammar
Count & Non-count nouns
 Count: Singular & Plural forms
 Non-count: No singular or plural forms
4. Speaking
Talk about the nature in a city in a country
Unit 6.3: Is it near here?
Learning objective: Ask for and give directions
1. Functional language
Asking for directions
Giving directions
2. Real-world strategy
Checking information: Say So… and repeat the information
3. Pronunciation
Saying /ɪr/ and /er/ sounds
4. Speaking
Ask for directions and change roles
Unit 6.4: A forest in the city
Learning objective: write a fact sheet about a place in nature
1. Listening
2. Pronunciation
Listening for important words
3. Writing
Write a fact sheet about a place in nature
Time to speak: A good place to live
Learning objective: Plan a new neighborhood for a city
Discuss:
 Which places are important to have near your home?
 What does your person want in the new neighborhood?
 UNIT 7: NOW IS GOOD
Unit 7.1: A good time to call
Learning objective: talk about activities around the house
1. Language in context
This isn’t a good time to talk
2. Vocabulary
Activities around the house
3. Grammar
Present continuous statements: S + be (+not) + V_ing
4. Speaking
Choose time to have a call
Unit 7.2: Texting on the run
Learning objective: ask and answer questions about travel
1. Vocabulary
Transportation
2. Language in context
Ha ha (informal writing): something is funny
3. Grammar
Present continuous questions
 Y/N Ques: Be + S + V_ing?
 Information Ques: QW + be + S + V_ing?
4. Speaking
Talk about where are you going and what are you carrying
Unit 7.3: A new life
Learning objective: Share news on the phone
1. Functional language
Answering the phone and greeting people
Asking people how they are
Responding
2. Real-world strategy
Reacting to the news:
 Good news: Oh, Wow!
 Ordinary news: Oh.
 Bad news: Oh, no!
3. Pronunciation
Saying -ing at the end of the word
4. Speaking
 Unit 7.4: Chaos!
Learning objective: write a blog about things happening now
1. Reading
Read a blog
2. Writing
Write a blog about the activities happening around you
Use And, Also, But at the beginning of sentences in speaking and informal writing.
Time to speak: Your life these days
Learning objective: Ask what people are doing these days
Role play: Talk to different people about different topics at a party
Useful phrases:
 I think … is interesting/boring.
 … is a popular topic.
 A lot of people are doing …

UNIT 8: YOU’RE GOOD!

Unit 8.1: She likes music, but she can’t dance
Learning objective: talk about your skills and abilities.
1. Vocabulary
Verbs to describe skills
2. Language in context
So: To start talking about a topic
3. Grammar
Can & Can’t for ability
Well
 Can/Can’t + V + well
4. Speaking
Talk about skills everyone can do
Unit 8.2: Happy worker = Great workers?
Learning objective: Say what you can/can’t do at work or school
1. Language in context
2. Vocabulary
Work
3. Grammar
Can & Can't for possibility
4. Speaking
Talk about things you can and can't do at your company
 Unit 8.3: Are you the right person?
Learning objective: say whay you’re right person for a job
1. Functional language
Asking for opinions:
 What do you think?
 Why do you think (that)…?
Giving opinions:
 I (don’t) think…
 I think so
2. Real-world strategy
Explaining and saying more about an idea: I mean
3. Pronunciation
Saying groups of words
4. Speaking
Role play: Interviewer and Interviewees
Unit 8.4: Computers and our jobs
Learning objective: write an online comment with your opinion
1. Listening
The podcast Technology Talks
2. Pronunciation
Listening Can / Can't
3. Writing
Write an online comment.
Time to speak: National skills
Learning objective: talk about what people in your country are good at.
Discuss:
 Where can people do the things really well?
 Compare ideas with others
Useful phrases:
 Where can people …?
 What can we do really well in this country?
 What are your ideas?

UNIT 9: PLACES TO GO
Unit 9.1: I love it here!
Learning objective: talk about travel and vacations
1. Language in context
Places in a vacation
2. Vocabulary
Travel
3. Grammar
This & These
4. Speaking
Talk about the people in the pictures
Unit 9.2: San Francisco, here we come!
Learning objective: Make travel plans
1. Language in context
A vacation video
2. Vocabulary
Travel arrangements
3. Grammar
Like to, want to, need to, have to + V0
4. Speaking
Talk about the things you need to do for your trip
Unit 9.3: They’re two for $15
Learning objective: ask for information in a store
1. Functional language
Asking for information:
 How much is that?
 Where is the …?
 What time does the … ?
Giving information:
 It’s …
 It opens in
2. Real-world strategy
Asking someone to repeat something:
 Sorry, can you say that again?
 Can you repeat that, please?
3. Pronunciation
Saying prices
4. Speaking
Role play: A store clerk and a customer: Buy something
Unit 9.4: A great destination
Learning objective: Write a decription of a place
1. Reading
Taqile island
2. Writing
Write a review of a place
Imperative verb: an action a speaker or writer wants someone else to do
 Imperative verb + S + Punctuation ( !/.)
 Use in informal writing to give advice
 People use verb forms with S in formal writing
Time to speak: Vacation plans
Learning objective: plan a vacation for someone
Discuss: Make a plan for a vacation for 2 weeks
Useful tips:
 I think S likes to … on vacation.
 My ideas are…
 Let’s think of one new idea for …
 A good thing to do is …
 We’re planning a vacation for…

UNIT 10: GET READY

Unit 10.1: White night
Learning objective: make outdoor plan for the weekend
1. Language in context
Read an email
White nights: light for 24 hours in June
2. Vocabulary
Going out
3. Grammar
Statement with be going to
 S + be going to + V0
4. Speaking
Talk about an outdoor plan
Unit 10.2: But it’s summer there!
Learning objective: discuss what clothes to wear for different trips
1. Vocabulary
Clothes
Seasons
2. Language in context
Oh, I know!: think of a good idea or an answer to a problem
3. Grammar
Question with be going to
 Y/N ques: Be + S + going to + V0 ?
  Information ques: QW + be + S + going to V0 ?
4. Speaking
Plan what clothes you’re going to take with
Unit 10.3: Let’s meet at the hotel
1. Functional language
Making suggestions
Accepting suggestions
Refusing suggestions
2. Real-world strategy
Saying why you can't do something: I’m sorry, I can't… I have to
3. Pronunciation
Saying the letter s
4. Speaking
Suggest something to do in a city in the evening
Unit 10.4: A 24-hour city
Learning objective: write an online invitation
1. Listening
Listen to a TV travel show
2. Pronunciation
Listen for Going to
3. Writing
Write an invitation to an exciting day/night.
Contractions: Often use in informal writing.
Time to speak: 48 hours in your city
Learning objective: Plan and present a fun weekend in your city
Discuss: Plan a fun weekend (48 hours) in your city.
Useful phrases:
 We’re going to have ….
 Are you going to have …
 First, we’re going to …

UNIT 11: COLORFUL MEMORIES

Unit 11.1: Flashback Friday
Learning objective: describe people, places, and things in the past
1. Language in context
Read an article about 2 pictures in the past
2. Vocabulary
Describing things, people and places
3. Grammar
Statement with was/were
Talk about things in the past
4. Speaking
Talk about your memories
Unit 11.2: Our old phone was white
Learning objective: Talk about colors and memories
1. Language in context
Oh yeah: Say when you remember something
2. Vocabulary
Colors
3. Grammar
Questions with Was/Were
 Y/N Ques: Was/Were + S + …?
 Information Ques: QW + was/were + S?
4. Speaking
Talk about a room in your house in the past
Unit 11.3: I have no idea
Learning objective: talk about movies and actors
1. Functional language
Expressing uncertainty
 Very unsure: I don’t know, I have no idea
 A litte unsure: I think …, Not it’s …
2. Real-world strategy
Taking time to think: Let me think, Uh, Um
3. Pronunciation
Saying /oʊ/ & /ɑː/ vowel sounds
4. Speaking
Talk about a movie
Unit 11.4: Things we keep
Learning objective: write an email about things you keep from the past
1. Reading
Read the article about Picturing memories
2. Writing
Use emojis in texts, social media posts, informal emails
Write an email to a friend about old things
Time to speak: TV memories
Learning objective: Talk about TV shows from your childhood
Discuss: A TV show you remember from your childhood
Useful phrases:
 What do you remember?
 I remember … from my childhood
 We’re talking about …

UNIT 12: STOP, EAT, GO

Unit 12.1: Backpacking and snacking
Learning objective: talk about snacks and small meals
1. Vocabulary
Snacks and small meals
Plural forms of Nouns
2. Language in context
3. Grammar
Simple past statements: S + Ved/2
Regular / Irregular Verbs
4. Speaking
Talk about food you ate last week
Unit 12.2 What did you eat?
Learning objective: Talk about meals in restaurants
1. Vocabulary
Food, drinks and desserts
2. Language in context
Waiter/Waitress/Server
3. Grammar
Simple past questions
 Y/N Ques: Did + S + V0?
 Information Ques: QW + did S + V0?
Any
4. Speaking
Talk about favorite meal you had in the past
Unit 12.3: Please pass the butter
Learning objective: Offer and accept food and drink
1. Functional language
Offering food & drink
Requesting food & drink
Responding to requests
Use Any in questions / Use Some: A question is a request
2. Real-world strategy
Using so & really to make words stronger: So + Adj / Really + V
3. Pronunciation
Saying /h/ and /r/ sounds
4. Speaking
Have a conversation about food or drink
Unit 12.4: What did the reviewers say?
Learning objective: Write a restaurant review
1. Listening
2. Pronunciation
Listening to Do you want to … ?
3. Writing
In informal writing: Can ask & answer your own questions.
Write a review of a restaurant
Time to speak: Recipe for a great restaurant
Learning objective: Create a menu for a restaurant
Discuss: Talk about
 A great and a bad restaurant
 What make a great restaurant
 Create a menu
Useful phrases:
 What’s the name of the restaurant?
 What kind of food?
 Let’s plan a great menu
 What would you like to eat/drink?