Unit 1. Our Multicultural Class
We are here to:
- READ
maps and do a geography quiz, reports about countries, landforms and nationalities
- TALK about
countries and their culture, school subjects and every day activities
- LISTEN TO
pupils talking about school projects
- WRITE
reports about countries and people’s everyday activities
- LEARN how to use the Present Simple and the Present Continuous tense
Keywords: Information, Communication, Culture, Personal Safety, Stereotypes, Conflict
Unit 2. Going shopping
We are here to:
- READ a supermarket flyer, a shopping list, a school canteen menu, a receipt, an internet site
- TALK about shopping goods and their prices
- LISTEN TO people talking in supermarkets and department stores
- WRITE shopping lists and on-line orders
- LEARN about countable and uncountable nouns and how to use a/an, some/any, a few/few, a little/ little, how much, how many
Keywords: Organization, Categories, Decision Making, Reasoning, Information
Unit 3. Imaginary creatures
We are here to:
- READ an acrostic poem, about monsters and creatures, and a literature extract (a play)
- TALK about similarities and differences of monsters/creatures, people's appearance and personality, and act out a scene of a play
- LISTEN TO a ghost story
- WRITE the appearance/personality /skills of monsters, creatures or people
- LEARN about the comparisons of adjectives and adverbs, and opposite adjectives
Keywords: Similarities and Differences, Self-Awareness, Information, Communication, Culture
Unit 4. The history of the aeroplane
We are here to:
- READ biographies of inventors, an e-mail and attached files and a poem about the “Fall of Icarus”
- TALK about Deadalus and Icarus and a painting
- LISTEN TO the myth of Deadalus and Icarus and a dialogue about an incident during a flight
- WRITE a biography and a poem
- LEARN about the technology of aeroplanes and how to use Simple Past, Past Continuous and linking words
Keywords: Time and Place, Information,
Interaction, Communication, Culture, Progress, Change
Unit 5. Travelling through time
We are here to:
- READ a questionnaire / a diary / the lyrics of a song / a museum leaflet
- TALK about memories of the past / past habits / photos of the past
- LISTEN TO a song / a museum guide / a recorded message with museum information
- WRITE an informal letter
- LEARN about how to ask for information or directions / how to give information or directions / how to talk about past habits with used to … / about the public transport system in London
Keywords: Communication, Culture, Information, Multiculturalism, Internet, Tradition, Similarities and Differences
Unit 6. Me, myself and my future job
We are here to:
- READ job profiles, job advertisements, safety rules in a working environment, and a job interview questionnaire
- TALK about skills/abilities, interests, personal traits, future careers, a job interview
- LISTEN TO professionals while they are working and
- WRITE new year resolutions, safety rules, job profiles
- LEARN about the use of modals (can, may, should) expressing ability, possibility, permission and advice, the use of Future in predictions, promises, warnings, requests, offers, decision on the spot and the use of going to expressing intention or something pre-arranged.
Keywords: Self-Awareness, Personal Development, Information, Communication, Interaction, Change, Progress, Reasoning
Unit 7. Share your experiences
We are here to:
- READ a questionnaire / newspaper extracts / a poster
- TALK about
swimming styles / theatre shows / world and Olympic records / past experiences
- LISTEN TO
a radio programme
- WRITE a report about a Paralympics Champion / a page of the class book of records / about your personal records
- LEARN about
the World Book of Records and famous record holders / how to set a class record / how to play BINGO / how to protect the environment / about past experiences and activities connected to the present
Keywords: Sports, Olympic Spirit, Information, Communication, Progress, Team Spirit, Differences & Similarities
Unit 8. Blow your own trumpet
We are here to:
- READ a music festival leaflet / a magazine article about pocket money
- TALK about musical instruments / festivals / money / personal safety
- LISTEN TO different musical instruments / a song about money / people talking about what they would spend their money on
- WRITE an e-mail about a museum of musical instruments / a letter to a magazine advice page
- LEARN how to express something likely to happen now or in the future / how to express something impossible or unlikely to happen now or in future / how to give advice
Keywords: Information, Communication, Culture, Personal Safety, Stereotypes, Conflict
Unit 9. Earth Day everyday
We are here to:
- READ a questionnaire, an earth day story and a play about pollutants
- TALK about pollution, endangered species and protection of the environment
- LISTEN TO a presentation about endangered species in an environmental centre
- WRITE
emails about environmental problems and a poster
- LEARN about
how to describe activities that happened before another action in the past, how to explain why something happens and how to express the result of an action or a situation.
Keywords: Environment, Pollution, Industrial waste, Extinct, Dumping
Unit 10. Time for fun
We are here to:
- READ a questionnaire, an article about James Bond, signs and notices, film reviews
- TALK about films and books
- LISTEN TO a dialogue about films
- WRITE an e-mail about a book, a poster, signs and notices, a film review
- LEARN how to express suggestions, how to emphasise the action rather than the doer.
Keywords: Culture, Communication, Self-Awareness, Information, Organisation