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UNIT 1 - IN THE LIMELIGHT  (enternainment, past tenses, a narrative)

LEARNING SITUATION What are the teenagers' reading and viewing habits and how do they compare with those in the past? Conduct a survey and present the findings. 

VOCABULARY

• Vocabulary Entertainment

• Documentary video Can social media save reading?

READING

• Reading The rise of news influencers

• Vocabulary -ed / -ing adjectives

GRAMMAR

• Past tenses

• Past simple and past perfect simple

• Past perfect simple and past perfect continuous

• Past simple, used to and would

LISTENING AND SPEAKING

• A podcast Newsworthy stories

• A monologue A personal story

• Vocabulary Emotions, sensory words

• Speaking Showing interest

WRITING

• Task A narrative

• WRITING STRATEGY Using linkers of time

VOCABULARY EXTENSION

• Word families: suffixes

• Language focus Word-building: suffixes

• Pronunciation -ed endings

UNIT 2  CUTTING-EDGE (technology, future tenses, an opinion essay)

LEARNING SITUATION What can we do with the e-waste that we produce? Film a short advert to promote a school e-waste recycling event

VOCABULARY

• Vocabulary Technology

• VOCABULARY STRATEGY Writing example sentences

• Documentary video AI in space

READING

• Reading Game changers

• Vocabulary Research verbs

• READING STRATEGY Reference words

GRAMMAR

• Future tenses

• will, be going to, present simple and present continuous

• Future continuous and future perfect

LISTENING AND SPEAKING

• A podcast E-waste

• An interview How to reduce the e-waste that we produce

• Vocabulary Prefixes, adjectives to describe gadgets

• LISTENING STRATEGY Listening for main ideas

• Speaking Describing function

WRITING

• Task An opinion essay

• Useful phrases Expressing opinions

• WRITING STRATEGY Using linkers of time

VOCABULARY EXTENSION

• Understanding prefixes

• Language focus Word-building: the meaning of prefixes

• Pronunciation Word stress in nouns and verbs

UNIT 3  FIT AS A FIDDLE (health, modal verbs, a review)

LEARNING SITUATION How can students at our school improve their well-being? Design a leaflet to promote a five-day school well-being challenge

VOCABULARY

• Vocabulary Health and well-being

• VOCABULARY STRATEGY Using word webs to record vocabulary

• Documentary video The Healthy Mind Platter

READING

• Reading Goodbye FOMO, hello JOMO!

• Vocabulary Transitive and intransitive phrasal verbs

• READING STRATEGY Skimming and scanning

GRAMMAR

• Modal verbs

• Ability and permission

• Advice, obligation and prohibition

• Possibility, probability and certainty

• Modal perfects

LISTENING AND SPEAKING

• An educational talk The science of sleep

• A podcast Sleep techniques

• Vocabulary Sleep idioms, extreme adjectives

• LISTENING STRATEGY Identifying key words to know what to listen for

• Speaking Asking for and giving advice

WRITING

• Task A review of an app

• Useful phrases A review of an app

• WRITING STRATEGY Using linkers of contrast

VOCABULARY EXTENSION

• Transitive and intransitive phrasal verbs

• Language focus The grammar of phrasal verbs

• Pronunciation Silent letters

UNIT 4  - DROP ME A LINE (communication voc., reported speech, informal email)

LEARNING SITUATION How do we communicate with different people? Record a podcast featuring interviews with guest speakers

VOCABULARY

• Vocabulary Communication

• VOCABULARY STRATEGY Using a dictionary to expand your vocabulary

• Documentary video Native languages in the UK

READING

• Reading The role of women in language innovation

• Vocabulary Idioms

• READING STRATEGY Topic sentences

GRAMMAR

• Reported Speech

• Reported statements

• Reported questions

• Reporting verbs and structures

LISTENING AND SPEAKING

• An interview First impressions

• A podcast Being polite

• Vocabulary Meeting people, dependent prepositions

• LISTENING STRATEGY Listening for synonyms of key words

• Speaking Making small talk

WRITING

• Task An informal email

• Useful phrases An informal email

• WRITING STRATEGY Using ellipsis

VOCABULARY EXTENSION

• Dependent prepositions

• Language focus Dependent prepositions

• Pronunciation Short and long vowel sounds

UNIT 5  HIT THE ROAD (travel, the passive, for-and-against essay)

LEARNING SITUATION  How can we reduce the environental impact of tourism? Design a website to encourage people to travel locally

VOCABULARY

• Vocabulary Travel and transport

• VOCABULARY STRATEGY Compound nouns

• Documentary video Sustainable tourism on El Hierro

READING

• Reading When film and TV locations become hot travel destinations

• Vocabulary Phrasal verbs

• READING STRATEGY Finding paraphrases in a text

GRAMMAR

• The passive

• The passive: use and form

• Grammar animation video

LISTENING AND SPEAKING

• A talk Disappearing places

• A discussion Should some places be off-limits to tourists?

• Vocabulary Adjectives for describing places, compound adjectives

• LISTENING STRATEGY Identifying wrong answers

• Speaking Describing places

WRITING

• Task A for and against essay

• Useful phrases For and against essays

• WRITING STRATEGY Using formal language

VOCABULARY EXTENSION

• Compound words

• Language focus Compound words

• Pronunciation /dʒ/, /j/ and /k/

UNIT 6  - ON THIN ICE (the environment, conditionals, a description)

LEARNING SITUATION How can we help people in our community? Design a series of social media posts to raise awareness of issues affecting our community and encourage young people to get involved in local projects.

VOCABULARY

• Vocabulary Global problems

• VOCABULARY STRATEGY Recording pronunciation

• Documentary video Activist art

READING

• Reading The young activists shaping our future

• Vocabulary Compound adjectives

• READING STRATEGY Making inferences

GRAMMAR

• Conditionals

• Conditionals: usage and form

• unless, in case, as long as, only if / even if

LISTENING AND SPEAKING

• A podcast Unusual weather

• A radio programme How to cope with Barcelona's frequent heatwaves

• Vocabulary The weather, three-part phrasal verbs

• LISTENING STRATEGY Predicting content

• Speaking Describing photos

WRITING

• Task A description

• Useful phrases Descriptive language

• WRITING STRATEGY Using similes

VOCABULARY EXTENSION

• Compound adjectives

• Language focus Forming compound adjectives

• Pronunciation Word stress in multisyllabic words

UNIT 7  PASS WITH FLYING COLOURS (education, relative clauses, a formal email)

LEARNING SITUATION: What should we learn at school?  Create a present a proposal for a subject or skill that should be taught at our school.

VOCABULARY

• Vocabulary Education

• VOCABULARY STRATEGY Testing yourself

• Documentary video Gamification

READING

• Reading Should schools teach 'adulting' skills?

• Vocabulary Phrasal verbs

• READING STRATEGY Summarizing a text

GRAMMAR

• Relative clauses

• Defining relative clauses

• Omitting relative pronouns

• Defining and non-defining relative clauses

LISTENING AND SPEAKING

• A talk Improving our memory

• A discussion Discussing a talk

• Vocabulary Learning, idioms

• LISTENING STRATEGY Identifying facts and opinions

• Speaking Giving a short talk

WRITING

• Task A formal email

• Useful phrases A formal email

• WRITING STRATEGY Using indirect questions

VOCABULARY EXTENSION

• Phrasal verbs: understanding particles

• Language focus Understanding particles in phrasal verbs

• Pronunciation The letters ea