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English, please!

Pacing Guide

FAST TRACK 9th Grade

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Pacing Guide

Introduction for the teacher

The pacing guide of the English, please! Fast Track series has been designed to provide you with a realistic guide and timeframe which will enable you to meet your and your students’ teaching and learning objectives within the class contact hours available to you, whether you have 5, 4 or 3 45-50 minute-sessions a week.

The following tips may be useful as you use the pacing guide:

•Choosethepacingguidewhichcorrespondstothelevel,module and number of sessions you teach per week (5, 4 or 3).

•Readthroughthepacingguide.

•Selecttheactivitiesyouwanttoteachandintroducethemas presented in the pacing guide, taking into account the amount of time suggested for each activity.

• Insessionswhereyouhave5or10minuteswithoutaproposed activity, use this time to do a warm up activity, wrap up a previous lesson, reinforce skills that need to be developed or carry out assessment activities relevant to students’ learning process.

•Compareyourcurrentprogresswiththepacingguideasyougo and adjust as necessary to ensure you meet your teaching and learning objectives.

•Reviewyourcourseobjectivesandadjustasnecessary.

•ComplementtheuseofthepacingguidewiththeEnglish,please! Fast Track Teacher’s Guide.

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English, please! 1 Pacing Guide: Customizing contents to different time needs3 sessions a week: 45 to 50 minutes each

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Module 1: Your WorldUnit 1: This is me

First week: Lesson 1 Suggested Time

Session 1

Pages 8-9 Introduction

• Objectives

Page 10 Reading / Listening / Speaking

• Activity 1: matching pictures to dialogues• Activity 2: listening and repeating• Activity 3: reading aloud

10 min

5 min10 min15 min

Session 2

Page 11Focus on Vocabulary

• Activity 4: listening, reading and matching▶ Useful vocabulary

Focus on Language

• Activity 5: matching to complete a conversation

Page 12Listening

• Activity 7: Multiple choice▶ Listening tips

15 min

10 min

15 min

Session 3

Page 13Speaking

• Activity 9: short conversations: meeting people

Writing

• Activity 10: writing a short dialogue

20 min

20 min

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Second week: Lesson 2 Suggested Time

Session 1

Page 14 Listening

• Activity 1: matching

Focus on Vocabulary

• Activity 2: repeat the alphabet▶ Say it

• Activity 3: listen, choose and spell names• Activity 4: Listen and write names

5 min

10 min5 min

10 min10 min

Session 2


• Activity 5: Listen and repeat numbers▶ Useful expressions

Page 16Reading

• Activity 7: True and False

Focus on Language

• Activity 8: full and contracted forms

15 min

10 min

15 min

Session 3

Page 17Writing

• Activity 11: Writing a paragraph▶ Writing tip

Speaking

• Activity 12: ask and answer questions to complete a chart▶ Useful expressions

20 min

20 min


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Third week: Lesson 3 Suggested Time

Session 1

Page 18 Listening and Speaking

Focus on Vocabulary

• Activity 1: saying colours and writing country names▶ Useful Vocabulary

• Activity 2: matching adjectives

Listening

• Activity 3: listening and matching

10 min5 min

10 min

15 min

Session 2


• Activity 4: writing nationalities

Reading

• Activity 6: True and False• Activity 7: Completing a chart

Page 20

Focus on Language

• Activity 8: Positive and negative forms of “be”

10 min

10 min5 min

15 min

Session 3

Page 20Listening

• Activity 10: choosing the correct option

Page 21Writing

• Activity 11: completing the text

Speaking

• Activity 14: Telling about your best friend▶ Speaking tip

10 min

15 min

15 min

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Fourth week: Lesson 4 Suggested Time

Session 1

Page 22 Listening

Focus on Vocabulary

• Activity 1: writing family members• Activity 2: completing a chart• Activity 3: matching sentences to pictures

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Focus on Language

• Activity 5: Completing texts with possessive adjectives

15 min10 min10 min

10 min

Session 2


• Activity 6: matching numbers and words

Listening

• Activity 8: answering open questions▶ Say it

Page 24Reading

• Activity 9: multiple choice▶ Reading tip

5 min

10 min

30 min

Session 3

Page 25Reading and Writing

• Activity 10: Completing a chart• Activity 12: Writing an email▶ Glossary

Speaking

• Activity 13: asking and answering questions▶ Useful language

• Activity 14: presentation about your family

5 min20 min

5 min

20 min

Module 1: Your WorldUnit 2: My family


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Fifth week: Lesson 5 Suggested Time

Session 1

Page 26 Listening

• Activity 1: choosing the correct photo• Activity 2: completing a chart• Activity 3: completing sentences

10 min10 min15 min

Session 2

Page 27Focus on Language

• Activity 4: choosing the correct name• Activity 5: answering questions

Page 28Reading

• Activity 7: Completing a family tree▶ Glossary

10 min15 min

15 min

Session 3


• Activity 10: Choosing the correct word

Speaking

• Activity 11: interviewing a friend

Writing

• Activity 12: writing about your family

10 min

15 min

15 min


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Sixth week: Lesson 6 Suggested Time

Session 1

Page 30 Focus on Vocabulary

• Activity 1: matching jobs to pictures

Listening

• Activity 2. Completing a registration form• Activity 3: matching questions and answers• Activity 4: asking and answering questions

5 min

5 min15 min20 min

Session 2

Page 31Reading

• Activity 5: completing a chart▶ Glossary


• Activity 7: ordering words in a question

Listening

• Activity 9: listening and repeating questions

10 min

10 min

20 min

Session 3

Page 33Speaking

• Activity 11: asking questions about a famous Colombian

Writing

• Activity 12: completing the gaps• Activity 13: finding the mistakes• Activity 14: writing a short text about someone▶ Writing tips

15 min

5 min10 min15 min



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Seventh week: Lesson 7 Suggested Time

Session 1


• Activity 1: Survey on sports▶ Say it

• Activity 2: completing a school timetable• Activity 3: answering questions


• Activity 5: names of classroom items

10 min

5 min10 min

10 min

Session 2


• Activity 6: A / an• Activity 7: finding the mistakes

Focus on Language

• Activity 9: useful language

Speaking

• Activity 10: listening and repeating

Listening

• Activity 12: matching people to school subjects

15 min5 min

5 min

10 min

10 min

Session 3

Page 37Speaking

• Activity 14: ordering words to make sentences• Activity 15: writing wh questions

Writing

• Activity 17: ordering sentences in a letter• Activity 18: writing a letter to a friend

10 min10 min

10 min15 min

Module 1: Your WorldUnit 3: My friends and my school

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Eighth week: Lesson 8 Suggested Time

Session 1

Page 38Reading

• Activity 1: matching texts and photos

Focus on Vocabulary

• Activity 2: completing a chart

Speaking

• Activity 4: Multiple choice• Activity 5: describing a famous person

10 min

5 min

5 min20 min

Session 2

Page 39Listening

• Activity 6: matching people to characteristics• Activity 7: completing questions


• Activity 10: Ordering words to make questions• Activity 11: correcting sentences

Reading

• Activity 12: matching paragraphs to photos▶ Glossary

5 min10 min

10 min10 min

10 min

Session 3

Page 41Reading

• Activity 13: answering questions

Speaking

• Activity 15: asking and answering questions

Writing

• Activity 16: writing an interview

10 min

10 min

25 min



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Ninth week: Let’s work together / Self Assessment Suggested Time

Session 1

Page 42 Project Work: A family collage

• Activity 1: make groups of three• Activity 2: bring photos• Activity 3: choose photos

Page 43 Project Work: A family collage

• Activity 4: write a brief description of photos• Activity 5: check language• Activity 6: make your collage

5 min5 min5 min

20 min5 min5 min

Session 2Page 43

Project Work: A family collage

• Activity 7: Present your collage 40 min

Session 3

Page 44Self Assessment

• Activity 1: English language skills• Activity 2: English study skills

Page 45Self Assessment

• Activity 3: Let’s work together• Activity 4: Look back and review

10 min10 min

10 min10 min

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Pages 46 - 47Introduction

• Objectives

Reading / Focus on Vocabulary

• Activity 1: matching pictures to sentences• Activity 2: spelling and writing activities

Listening

• Activity 3: writing sentences under the correct name• Glossary

10 min

5 min10 min

15 min5 min

Session 2


• Activity 4: matching activities with time• Activity 5: listening and checking answers• Activity 6: listening and numbering routines▶ Useful vocabulary

• Activity 7: writing sentences about activities

5 min10 min10 min

5 min15 min

Session 3

Page 50

Focus on Language

• Activity 8: writing statements to describe routines• Activity 10: telling about routines

Page 51

Reading

• Activity 13: identifying the right sequence of routines

Writing

• Activity 14: writing about your daily routine▶ Writing tip

5 min10 min

15 min

15 min

Module 2: Around the World Unit 1: From day to day

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Session 1


• Activity 1: matching• Activity 2: answering yes/no questions▶ Say it

Speaking

• Activity 3: asking and answering questions

5 min10 min5 min

15 min

Session 2

Page 53Listening

• Activity 4: listening and writing questions• Activity 5: listening and writing yes/no answers

Focus on Vocabulary

• Activity 6: writing words in the correct order to make questions

• Activity 8: reading and writing questions correctly

10 min10 min

10 min

10 min

Session 3

Page 54

Reading

• Activity 10: true and false▶ Glossary▶ Useful expressions


• Activity 12: completing a mind map▶ Vocabulary

Listening

• Activity 13: writing a questionnaire about free time activities.

Writing

• Activity 15: completing a diagram• Activity 16: writing the results of a survey

5 min

10 min

10 min

10 min10 min


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Session 1


• Activity 1: writing daily activities in a chart

Listening

• Activity 2: writing the correct word▶ Useful expressions

• Activity 3: completing statements

10 min

10 min5 min

10 min

Session 2

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Reading

• Activity 4: ordering activities in the correct sequence▶ Useful expressions

Focus on Language

• Activity 5: answering questions• Activity 6: multiple choice

10 min5 min

10 min10 min

Session 3


• Activity 7: matching verbs with phrases

Page 59Writing

• Activity 9: finding time expressions▶ Glossary

• Activity 10: writing a family member routine▶ Writing tip

Speaking

• Activity 11: asking and answering questions about daily routines

10 min

15 min

10 min

10 min



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Session 1

Page 60

Focus on Vocabulary

• Activity 1: writing sentences about activities • Activity 2: finding the different option

Listening

• Activity 3: multiple choice

10 min10 min

15 min

Session 2

Page 61

Reading

• Activity 4: identifying details▶ Reading tip

• Activity 5: true and false▶ Glossary

10 min5 min

10 min5 min

Session 3

Page 62

Focus on Language

• Activity 6: choosing between options• Activity 7: completing a text with the correct verb form

Focus on Vocabulary

• Activity 10: listening and writing adjectives

Speaking

• Activity 12: interviewing a friend

Writing

• Activity 13: writing a report about someone’s activities

5 min5 min

10 min

15 min

10 min

Module 2: Around the World Unit 2: Local colour

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Session 1

Page 64

Focus on Vocabulary

• Activity 1: matching types of weather to pictures• Activity 2: matching speaker to pictures• Activity 3: matching adjectives to pictures• Activity 4: describing the weather

10 min10 min10 min10 min

Session 2

Page 65

Reading / Focus on Language

• Activity 5: matching people to seasons▶ Glossary

Page 66

Focus on Language

• Activity 7: finding adverbs of frequency▶ Glossary

Focus on Vocabulary

• Activity 9: matching words to clothes

15 min

15 min

5 min

Session 3

Page 66Listening

• Activity 10: true and false• Activity 11: telling about clothes and weather

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Writing

• Activity 12: writing an email about weather, clothes and activities

Speaking

• Activity 14: giving a short presentation

5 min5 min

10 min

30 min

Module 2: Around the World Unit 2: Local Colour

Module 1: Your WorldUnit 1: This is me!


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Session 1

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Focus on Vocabulary

• Activity 1: matching music likes to people• Activity 2: completing a chart about likes• Activity 3: comparing answers

10 min10 min15 min

Session 2

Page 69

Reading / Focus on Vocabulary

• Activity 4: answering yes /no questions• Activity 6: completing sentences with adjectives• Activity 8: comparing answers

Page 70

Listening / Focus on Language

• Activity 10: matching sentence halves• Activity 11: true and false ▶ Useful expressions

10 min10 min

5 min

10 min10 min

Session 3

Page 71

Focus on Language / Speaking

• Activity 12: completing questions▶ Useful language

• Activity 14: writing yes/no questions

Writing

• Activity 15: writing a short paragraph

10 min

10 min

25 min

Module 2: Around the World Unit 2: Local Colour

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Session 1

Page 72

Listening

• Activity 1: matching celebrations to pictures• Activity 2: writing a list of festivals• Activity 4: completing sentences

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Reading

• Activity 5: matching celebrations to pictures• Activity 7: completing sentences▶ Glossary▶ Useful words

5 min10 min10 min

5 min10 min

Session 2


• Activity 8: completing sentences with the correct verb form• Activity 9: completing sentences with phrases

Listening

• Activity 10: listening and writing words• Activity 11: say it• Activity 12: listening and circling the number

10 min10 min

10 min5 min5 min

Session 3

Page 75

Speaking

• Activity 13: completing a chart about celebrations• Activity 14: sharing and comparing ideas• Activity 15: comparing the celebration of special occasions

Writing

• Activity 16: writing a paragraph about celebrations

5 min10 min10 min

20 min

Module 2: Around the World Unit 3: Special days


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Session 1

Page 76

Focus on Vocabulary

• Activity 1: matching sentences to pictures• Activity 2: asking and answering questions▶ Useful expression

Page 77

Listening

• Activity 3: completing questions on an interview• Activity 4: answering questions▶ Glossary▶ Useful expressions

10 min15 min

5 min10 min

Session 2

Page 77

Focus on Language

• Activity 5: Placing words in order to make questions• Activity 6: writing wh questions▶ Useful language

Page 78

Reading

• Activity 8: true and false

5 min10 min

20 min

Session 3

Page 79

Speaking

• Activity 10: writing and asking questions about holidays• Activity 11: asking and answering questions about holidays.

Writing

• Activity 12: writing a paragraph about holidays

10 min15 min

20 min


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Ninth week: Let’s work together / Self- Assessment Suggested Time

Session 1

Page 80Project Work: A special place (poster)

• Activity 1: review topics• Activity 2: discuss topics• Activity 3: choose specific topic• Activity 4: collect information• Activity 5: find unusual facts

Page 81

Project Work: A special place (poster)

• Activity 6: make your poster

5 min5 min5 min5 min5 min

20 min

Session 2Page 81

Project Work: A family collage

• Activity 7: present your poster 40 min

Session 3

Page 82

Self-Assessment

• Activity 1: English language skills

Page 83

Self-Assessment

• Activity 2: English study skills• Activity 3: Let’s work together • Activity 4: Module 2

10 min

10 min10 min10 min


Module 3: How we liveUnit 1: What we eat


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Session 1

Page 85 Introduction

• Objectives


• Activity 1: Food Vocabulary/ likes and dislikes

Speaking

• Activity 3: Dialogue “I like…”, “I don’t like”• Activity 4: Dialogue “What time do you eat…?”, “What do you

eat?”

5 min

5 min

15 min15 min

Session 2

Page 87

Focus on Language

• Activity 5: Countable / Non-countable nouns• Activity 6: Countable / Non-countable nouns plural forms

Listening

• Activity 7: listening for details• Activity 8: filling in a chart

10 min10 min

10 min10 min

Session 3

Page 88Reading

• Activity 10: matching• Activity 11: True/false


• Activity 13: There is(n’t) / are(n’t).• Activity 14: A /an

5 min5 min

15 min15 min

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Session 1


• Activity 1: Food Groups Vocabulary/ completing the gaps

Listening

• Activity 2: Predicting information• Activity 3: Filling in a chart

15 min

10 min10 min

Session 2

Page 91Speaking

• Activity 4: Matching• Activity 5: Multiple choice• Activity 6: Definitions

Page 92

Focus on Language

• Activity 7: How much/ How many• Useful language

5 min10 min15 min

15 min

Session 3

Page 93Speaking

• Activity 9: Filling in a chart. How much/ how many

Writing

• Activity 10: Answering open questions• Activity 11: Writing an email

15 min

15 min15 min



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Session 1


• Activity 1: Matching Food Vocabulary

Page 95

Listening

• Activity 4: Matching

Page 95

Speaking

• Activity 5: Dialogue

5 min

15 min

25 min

Session 2

Page 96Reading

• Activity 6: Multiple choice• Glossary• Useful language

• Activity 7: Open questions

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Focus on Language

• Activity 8: Matching A lot / A few• Activity 9: A little / A few

10 min

20 min10 min

Session 3

Page 97Reading / Speaking

• Activity 10: True / False• Activity 11: Eating habits Survey

Writing

• Activity 12: Writing a report

5 min15 min

20 min

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Session 1

Page 98 Reading / Focus on Vocabulary

• Activity 1: Containers• Activity 3: Complete the conversation

Page 99Listening

• Activity 5: Healthy / Unhealthy food• Activity 7: Multiple choice• Activity 8: Open questions

10 min10 min

10 min5 min

10 min

Session 2

Page 100Reading

• Activity 9; Complete the dialogue

Focus on Language

• Activity 10: I do / I don’t. I would / I wouldn’t

20 min

20 min

Session 3

Page 101Writing / Speaking

• Activity 11: Complete the sentences• Activity 13: Practice the dialogue• Activity 14: Writing a restaurant dialogue

10 min10 min25 min

Module 3: How we liveUnit 2: Take good care


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Session 1


• Activity 1: Completing a chart• Activity 3: Expanding answers

Page 103Reading

• Activity 4: Multiple choice quiz• Activity 5:True / false

5 min10 min

15 min15 min

Session 2

Page 104Listening

• Activity 6: Listening for details

Focus on Language

• Activity 7: Should / Shouldn’t• Activity 9: Writing: giving advice

15 min

5 min25 min

Session 3

Page 105Speaking / Writing

• Activity 10: giving advice• Activity 11: making a poster

20 min20 min


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Session 1

Page 106 Focus on Vocabulary / Speaking

• Activity 1: Health vocabulary• Activity 2: Completing sentences

Page 107

Reading / Focus on Language

• Activity 4: Completing the gaps• Activity 5: Identifying intensifiers

10 min10 min

10 min10 min

Session 2

Page 108Listening / Focus on Language

• Activity 7: True / False• Activity 8: Completing sentences: Intensifiers• Activity 9: Answering questions• Activity 10: Normal and extreme adjectives• Activity 11: Writing sentences


Session 3


• Activity 13: Asking about /giving an opinion

Writing

• Activity 14: Identifying a topic statement• Activity 15: Writing an opinion

10 min

15 min20 min



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Session 1

Page 110 Reading / Speaking

• Activity 2: completing sentences• Activity 3: matching


• Activity 4: matching• Activity 5: classifying

5 min10 min

15 min15 min

Session 2

Page 112Reading

• Activity 6: completing a diary• Activity 7; True / False

Focus on Language

• Activity 8: completing a chart• Activity 9: Matching

10 min10 min

10 min5 min

Session 3

Page 113Listening

• Activity 11: answering wh questions• Activity 12: Matching: adjectives

Page 113Writing

• Activity 13: Writing a paragraph

10 min10 min

20 min

Module 3: How we liveUnit 3: Time for fun

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Session 1


• Activity 1: matching: How to be polite

Page 115

Reading

• Activity 4: matching: Eating habits• Activity 5: True / False

10 min

15 min15 min

Session 2

Page 116Listening

• Activity 6: completing sentences

Focus on Language

• Activity 7: Can / Can’t• Activity 8: Say it• Activity 9: Write the word you hear• Activity 10: order words to make questions• Activity 11: ask and answer questions


10 min

Session 3


• Activity 12: matching• Activity 14: writing an email

20 min20 min



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Ninth week: Let’s work together / Self-Assessment Suggested Time

Session 1

Page 118 Project Work: Healthy lifestyle

• Activity 1: Prepare your leaflet

Page 119 Project Work: Healthy lifestyle

• Activity 2: Make your leaflet

20 min

20 min

Session 2Page 119

Project Work: Healthy lifestyle

• Activity 2: Present your leaflet 40 min

Session 3

Page 120Self-Assessment

• Activity 1: English language skills• Activity 2: English study skills

Page 121Self-Assessment

• Activity 3: Let’s work together• Activity 4: Module

10 min10 min

10 min10 min



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Module 4: Protect the EarthUnit 1: The world we live in


Session 1

Pages 122 -123 Introduction

• Objectives


• Activity 1: matching words to pictures• Activity 2: completing sentences• Activity 3: completing a text ▶ Glossary

10 min

5 min10 min10 min

Session 2

Page 125

Reading

• Activity 4: rue/false▶ Glossary▶ Reading tip

Page 126

Listening

• Activity 5: writing descriptive words• Activity 6: completing sentences

Focus on Language

• Activity 7: Completing a table▶ Useful language

15 min

10 min10 min

10 min

Session 3

Page 127

Writing

• Activity 8: writing the correct options• Activity 10: writing a description of an eco-park

Speaking

• Activity 11: comparing descriptions

15 min15 min

15 min

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Session 1


• Activity 1: matching expressions to pictures• Activity 2: taking a quiz

Page 129

Reading

• Activity 3: describing pictures• Activity 4: identifying main ideas▶ Glossary▶ Reading tip

10 min10 min

10 min10 min

Session 2

Page 130

Focus on Language

• Activity 6: identifying instructions• Activity 8: writing sentences in the correct order

Listening

• Activity 9: listening for main ideas

• Activity 10: listening for specific purposes

5 min10 min

10 min10 min

Session 3

Page 131

Speaking

• Activity 11: telling about frequency of activities• Activity 12: giving and following instructions

Writing

• Activity 13: making a poster

10 min10 min

25 min


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Session 1


• Activity 1: Matching animal pictures to words• Activity 3: matching animals to descriptions

Page 133

Listening

• Activity 4: listening for details• Activity 5: listening for specific information• Activity 6: completing sentences about obligations• Activity 7: choosing the correct options

10 min10 min

5 min5 min

10 min5 min

Session 2

Page 134

Reading

• Activity 10: predicting from pictures and title• Activity 11: reading for details▶ Glossary

• Activity 12: completing a table• Activity 13: placing numbers in order▶ Useful language

5 min10 min5 min

10 min10 min5 min

Session 3

Page 135

Speaking

• Activity 14: describing pictures▶ Useful expressions

• Activity 15: giving opinions▶ Useful expressions

Writing

• Activity 16: writing an opinion paragraph

10 min

10 min

20 min

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Module 4: Protect the EarthUnit 2: Problems and solutions


Session 1


• Activity 1: matching phrases to pictures• Activity 2: making a list

Page 137

Listening

• Activity 3: ordering a list of examples• Activity 4: listening for details▶ Glossary

10 min10 min

10 min10 min

Session 2

Page 138

Focus on Language

• Activity 7: reading sentences▶ Useful language

• Activity 8: completing sentences• Activity 9: completing sentences with verb

10 min

10 min10 min

Session 3

Page 139

Reading

• Activity 10: reading a poster• Activity 11: classifying sentences▶ Glossary

Writing

• Activity 12: preparing a poster

Speaking

Activity 13: using a poster to give a presentation

10 min10 min

10 min

10 min


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Session 1


• Activity 1: matching pictures to natural disasters

Page 141

Speaking

• Activity 3: discussing questions

Reading

• Activity 4: reading a blog post▶ Glossary

• Activity 5: choosing the correct option

10 min

10 min

10 min

15 min

Session 2

Page 142

Listening

• Activity 6: Listening to a conversation• Activity 7: completing sentences• Activity 8: writing contractions

Focus on Language

• Activity 10: reading sentences• Activity 11: choosing the correct option• Activity 12: writing sentences in negative form

5 min5 min

10 min

5 min5 min

10 min

Session 3

Page 143

Speaking

• Activity 14: discussing a plan raising plan• Activity 15: presenting a fund raising plan

Writing

• Activity 16: taking notes on presentations• Activity 17: writing about presentations

5 min10 min

15 min15 min

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Session 1

Page 144

Focus on Vocabulary

• Activity 1: matching speech bubbles with pictures

• Activity 2: Completing sentences

Page 145

Listening

• Activity 3: choosing the correct option▶ Listening tip

Focus on Language

• Activity 5: completing sentences with the present continuous

10 min10 min

10 min

15 min

Session 2

Page 146

Reading

• Activity 6: answering questions▶ Glossary▶ Useful Language

• Activity 7: Say it• Activity 8: marking intonations

10 min5 min5 min5 min

10 min

Session 3

Page 147

Speaking

• Activity 9: finding differences

Writing

• Activity 10: writing a formal letter

20 min

20 min


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Module 4: Protect the EarthUnit 3: Changes to make


Session 1

Page 148

Speaking

• Activity 2: classifying sentences (positive/negative)• Activity 3: completing a chart

Page 149

Listening

• Activity 4: completing sentences with will / won’t

Focus on Language

• Activity 5: answering questions• Activity 6: unscrambling words

10 min10 min

10 min

10 min5 min

Session 2

Page 150

Reading

• Activity 8: choosing the correct option▶ Glossary

Page 151

Focus on Language

• Activity 9: completing sentences

20 min

15 min

Session 3

Page 151

Speaking

• Activity 10: evaluating predictions▶ Useful expressions

Writing

• Activity 11: writing about and giving opinion on predictionss

20 min

20 min

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Session 1

Page 152

Focus on Vocabulary

• Activity 1: true/false• Activity 2: writing adjectives with their opposites

Page 153

Reading

• Activity 4: answering questions▶ Reading tip▶ Useful language

• Activity 5: organizing words in a diagram

10 min10 min

10 min

10 min

Session 2

Page 154

Listening

• Activity 7: choosing the correct sentences▶ Glossary

Focus on Language

• Activity 9: answering questions• Activity 10: writing sentences in simple past

10 min

10 min20 min

Session 3

Page 155

Speaking

• Activity 12: organizing years in the correct sequence• Activity 13: speaking about the past

Writing

• Activity 14: writing a place in the past▶ Useful expressions

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Ninth week: Let’s work together / Self- Assessment Suggested Time

Session 1

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• Activity 1: think about the environment• Activity 2: discuss the topic• Activity 3: choosing pictures and graphs

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Project Work: Create an infographic about the environment

• Activity 4: deciding the topic• Activity 5: finding information on the topic• Activity 6: selecting figures and facts• Activity 7: making your infographic▶ Project tip

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Session 2

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Project Work: Create an infographic about the environment

• Activity 8: present your infographic 40 min

Session 3

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Self-Assessment

• Activity 1: English skills

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Self-Assessment

• Activity 2: English study skills• Activity 3: Let’s work together • Activity 4: Module 4

10 min

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