2 BATX

UNIT 1  HIT IT OFF (relationships, reported speech,  writing an article)

LEARNING SITUATION  How can we expand our network of friends? Create an informational leaflet

VOCABULARY

• Vocabulary Relationships

• VOCABULARY STRATEGY Checking the meaning of new words

READING

• Reading Finding our people: the power of belonging

• Vocabulary Verbs with reflexive pronouns

• READING STRATEGY Answering multiple-choice questions

GRAMMAR

• Reported speech

• Reported speech

• Reporting verbs

• Reported questions

• Grammar animation video

LISTENING AND SPEAKING

• A podcast Unconscious bias

• A radio programme The #EqualEverywhere project

• Vocabulary Dependent prepositions, human rights issues

• LISTENING STRATEGY Listening for alternatives of key words

• Speaking Persuading

WRITING

• Task An article

• Useful phrases Involving the reader

• WRITING STRATEGY Using emotive language

VOCABULARY EXTENSION

• Reflexive pronouns

• Language focus Reflexive pronouns

• Pronunciation Connected speech 1

UNIT 2  IN GOOD TIME (Time, gerunds and infinitives, writing a narrative)

LEARNING SITUATION  How can we effectively manage our time to revise for exams? Create a study planner for exam revision

VOCABULARY

• Vocabulary Time

• VOCABULARY STRATEGY Understanding different meanings of words

• Documentary video What is time?

READING

• Reading Time: stranger than you think

• Vocabulary Homonyms

• READING STRATEGY Matching words to definitions

GRAMMAR

• Gerunds and infinitives

• Gerunds and infinitives

• Verb + both gerund and infinitive

• Verb + object + infinitive

LISTENING AND SPEAKING

• A podcast The changing lives of teenagers

• A radio programme How teenagers are portrayed in the media

• Vocabulary Phrasal verbs, behaviour

• LISTENING STRATEGY Multiple choice: identifying distractors

• Speaking Agreeing and disagreeing

WRITING

• Task A narrative

• Useful phrases Sequencing

• WRITING STRATEGY Making your writing interesting by using adverbs, comparisons and adjectives

VOCABULARY EXTENSION

• Homonyms

• Language focus Homonyms

• Pronunciation Homonyms

UNIT 3  MAKE IT BIG! (media, modal verbs, writing a for-and-against essay)

LEARNING SITUATION  How can we deal with misinformation online? Create a guide that helps your friends and family consume online media responsibly.

VOCABULARY

• Vocabulary Media

• VOCABULARY STRATEGY Categorizing words

• Documentary video The nudge effect

READING

• Reading The rise of AI influencers

• Vocabulary Prefixes

• READING STRATEGY Answering open questions 1

GRAMMAR

• Modal verbs

• Ability, permission and prohibition

• Advice

• Obligation and lack of obligation

• Possibility and deduction, modal perfects

• Grammar animation video

LISTENING AND SPEAKING

• A radio interview Advertising

• A podcast Misinformation

• Vocabulary Advertising, prefixes

• LISTENING STRATEGY Types of distractors

• Speaking Debating

WRITING

• Task A for and against essay

• Useful phrases Arguing for or against

• WRITING STRATEGY Introducing examples to support arguments

VOCABULARY EXTENSION

• Adjectives from verbs

• Language focus Forming adjectives from verbs

• Pronunciation Weak and strong forms of can

UNIT 4   PLAY WITH FIRE (resilience, conditionals, writing an opinion essay)

LEARNING SITUATION  How can we build resilience? Create a toolkit for coping with difficult situations

VOCABULARY

• Vocabulary Decisions and risk

• VOCABULARY STRATEGY Writing example sentences for easily confused words

• Documentary video The risk-takers

READING

• Reading The bystander effect: should you intervene?

• Vocabulary Verb suffixes

• READING STRATEGY Identifying reasons supporting arguments

GRAMMAR

• Conditionals, wishes and regrets

• Conditionals

• Mixed conditionals

• Wishes and regrets

• Grammar animation video

LISTENING AND SPEAKING

• An interview with an expert Taking risks

• A podcast Volcano surfing

• Vocabulary Idioms, movement and speed

• LISTENING STRATEGY Using questions to identify main topic areas

• Speaking Making a convincing argument

WRITING

• Task An opinion essay

• Useful phrases Writing an opinion essay

• WRITING STRATEGY Using participle clauses

VOCABULARY EXTENSION

• Binomial pairs

• Language focus Binomial pairs

• Pronunciation Connected speech 2

UNIT 5  TOUCH WOOD (the senses, the passive, writing a review)

LEARNING SITUATION  How can we organize our personal space to feel better and improve well-bieng? Write a design plan for a room or space in your home

VOCABULARY

• Vocabulary The senses

• VOCABULARY STRATEGY Recording antonyms

• Documentary video Multisensory art

READING

• Reading Interoception: your body's secret language

• Vocabulary Phrasal verbs

• READING STRATEGY Assessing true or false sentences

GRAMMAR

• The passive

• Active and passive forms

• Sentences with two objects

• Impersonal and infinitive forms

• The causative

LISTENING AND SPEAKING

• A podcast Synaesthesia

• A radio programme Famous synesthetes

• Vocabulary Idioms about the senses, music

• LISTENING STRATEGY Predicting answers

• Speaking Comparing and contrasting photos

WRITING

• Task A review

• Useful phrases Writing a review

• WRITING STRATEGY Using intensifiers

VOCABULARY EXTENSION

• Idioms

• Language focus Types of idioms

• Pronunciation Strong and weak forms of be

UNIT 6  THE SKY'S THE LIMIT (your career, grammar review, cover mail)

LEARNING SITUATION  Plan a career day and pitch it to the head teacher

VOCABULARY

• Vocabulary Qualities

• VOCABULARY STRATEGY Repeating words to memorize them

• Documentary video The happiness industry

READING

• Reading Is being an influencer a viable career?

• Vocabulary Noun suffixes

• READING STRATEGY Answering open questions 2

GRAMMAR

• Review

• Tense review

• Modals and conditionals

LISTENING AND SPEAKING

• A debate Should students have part-time jobs?

• An interview How to prepare for a job interview

• Vocabulary Idioms, work-related skills

• LISTENING STRATEGY Activating existing knowledge

• Speaking Checking and clarifying information

WRITING

• Task A cover email

• Useful phrases Writing a cover email

• WRITING STRATEGY Using linkers

VOCABULARY EXTENSION

• Noun suffixes

• Language focus Noun suffixes

• Pronunciation The schwa