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UNIT 1. FASHION
- Grammar focus
- Comparison of adjectives and adverbs
- Not as…as
- Theme/Lexical focus
- Fashion/Fashion nouns & verbs
- Fashion adjectives
- Functional focus – Shopping for clothes: Can I try it on? etc.
- Writing task
- Write an email to a friend recommending a shop where you have bought clothes. Explain why it’s worth visiting.
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UNIT 2. LANGUAGE LEARNING AND LIVING ABROAD
- Grammar focus
- Present tense review
- Adverbs
- Theme/Lexical focus – Living abroad/Language learning
- Functional focus – Apologising
- Writing task
- Imagine you have moved to live in another country for a year. Write a letter or email to a friend describing your new life.
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UNIT 3. EXTREME SPORTS
- Grammar focus – Present Perfect Simple and Continuous
- Theme/Lexical focus – Extreme sports
- Functional focus – Asking for opinions
- Writing task – Write a letter showing interest in an extreme sport, asking for information.
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UNIT 4. HERITAGE
- Grammar focus – Past Tense review including used to and would
- Theme/Lexical focus – Archaeology/ Historical
- Functional focus – Making recommendations
- Writing task – Write a magazine article describing a visit to a site of historical interest.
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UNIT 5. ADVERTISING
- Grammar focus – So/such/too/enough
- Theme/Lexical focus
- Advertising
- Advertising nouns and verbs
- Functional focus – Expressing disbelief
- Writing task – Write a report comparing two advertising campaigns you have seen
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UNIT 6. TECH WORLD
- Grammar focus
- Conditionals review
- Unless
- Theme/Lexical focus – Computers & the Internet/Technology nouns and verbs
- Functional focus – Giving warnings
- Writing task
- Write an essay describing how life would be different if you didn’t have The technology you do have.
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UNIT 7. THE ANIMAL KINGDOM
- Grammar focus
- Future tenses
- Future perfect
- Theme/Lexical focus – Animals & plants/Describing animals and plants
- Functional focus – Making suggestions
- Writing task – Write an article suggesting how we can stop animals from becoming extinct.
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UNIT 8. RELATIONSHIPS AND FAME
- Grammar focus – Phrasal verb focus
- Theme/Lexical focus
- Prizes and celebrity
- Culture/Relationships
- Functional focus – Starting and finishing conversations
- Writing task
- ‘Too many people these days want to be famous.’
- Do you agree?
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UNIT 9. INVENTIONS AND CREATIVITY
- Grammar focus – The passive
- Theme/Lexical focus – Inventions
- Functional focus – Expressing ability
- Writing task
- ‘What are the three most important inventions ever made?’ Write an article comparing three great inventions.
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UNIT 10. CHILDHOOD AND RULES
- Grammar focus – Modals: obligation, necessity, permission
- Theme/Lexical focus – Childhood/Childhood verbs
- Functional focus – Asking for and giving permission
- Writing task
- ‘Children need rules.’
- Write an essay saying whether you agree with this statement.
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