| Title/Topics | Functions | Grammar | Listening/Pronunciation | Writing/Reading | Interchange Activity |
| Unit 1 Pages 2–7 | Page IC-2 & IC-4 Unit 1 | ||||
| Please call me Chuck. Introductions and greetings; | Introducing yourself; introducing someone; checking information; asking about someone; exchanging personal information | Wh-questions and statements with be; yes/no questions and short answers with be; contractions; subject pronouns; possessive adjectives | Recognizing formal and informal names; listening for personal information Intonation of clarification | Writing questions requesting personal information “Meeting and Greeting Customs”: Reading about greeting customs | “Getting to know you”: Collecting personal information fromclassmates |
| Unit 2 Pages 8–13 | Page IC-3 Unit 2 | ||||
| How do you spend your day? Occupations, workplaces, and school; daily schedules; clock time | Describing work and school; asking for and giving opinions; talking about daily schedules | Simple present Wh-questions and statements; time expressions: at, in, on, around, until, before, after, early, and late | Listening to descriptions of jobs and daily schedules Unstressed words | Writing a description of an occupation “The Daily Grind”: Reading about students with part-time work | “Common ground”: Finding similarities in classmates’ daily schedules |
| Unit 3 Pages 14–19 | Pages IC-5 Unit 3 | ||||
| How much is it? Spending habits, shopping, and prices; clothing and personal items; colors and materials | Talking about prices; giving opinions; talking about preferences; making comparisons; buying and selling things | Demonstratives: this, that, these, those; one and ones; questions: how much and which; comparisons with adjectives | Listening to people shopping; listening for items, prices, and opinions Linked sounds | Writing a comparison of prices in different countries “Shop Till You Drop”: Reading about different kinds of shopping | “Swap meet”: Buying and selling things |
| Unit 4 Pages 20–25 | Page IC-6 Unit 4 | ||||
| Do you like jazz? Music, movies, TV programs; | Talking about likes and dislikes; giving opinions; making invitations and excuses | Simple present yes/no and Wh-questions with do; question: what kind; object pronouns; modal verb would; verb + to + verb | Identifying musical styles; listening for likes and dislikes; listening to invitations Question intonation | Writing invitations and excuses “The Sound of Music”: Reading about musicians from around the world | “What an invitation! What an excuse!”: Making up unusual invitations and excuses |
| Review of Units 1–4 Pages 26–27 | Review of Units 1–4 | ||||
| Unit 5 Pages 28–33 | Page IC-7 Unit 5 | ||||
| Tell me about your family. Families and family life | Talking about families and family members; exchanging information about the present; describing family life | Present continuous yes/no and Wh-questions, statements, and short answers; determiners: all, nearly all, most, many, a lot of, some, not many, a few, and few | Listening for family relationships; listening to information about families and family life Blending with does | Writing a description of family life “The Changing Family”: Reading about an American family | “Family facts”: Finding out information about classmates’ families and family members |
| Unit 6 Pages 34–39 | Page IC-8 Unit 6 | ||||
| How often do you exercise? Sports and exercise; routines | Asking about and describing routines and exercise; talking about frequency; talking about abilities | Adverbs of frequency: always, almost always, usually, often, sometimes, seldom, hardly ever, almost never, never; questions with how: how often, how much time, how long, how well, how good; short answers | Listening to people talk about free-time activities; listening to routines; listening to descriptions of sports participation Sentence stress | Writing a description of favorite activities “Smart Moves”: Reading about | Page ic-8 Unit 6 “Fitness quiz”: Interviewing about fitness habits |
| Unit 7 Pages 40–45 | Pages IC-9 and IC-10 Unit 7 | ||||
| We had a great time! Free-time and weekend activities; vacations | Talking about past events; giving opinions about past experiences; talking about vacations | Past tense yes/no and Wh- questions, statements, and short answers with regular and irregular verbs; past tense of be | Listening to descriptions and opinions of past events and vacations Reduced forms of did you | Writing a postcard “Vacation Postcards”: Reading about different kinds of vacations | “Vacation photos”: Telling a story using pictures |
| Unit 8 Pages 46–51 | Page IC-11 Unit 8 | ||||
| How do you like the neighborhood? Stores and places in a city; neighborhoods; houses and apartments | Asking about and describing locations of places; asking about and describing neighborhoods; asking about quantities | There is/there are; one, any, some; prepositions of place; questions: how much and how many; countable and uncountable nouns | Listening for locations of places; listening to descriptions of places in neighborhoods Reduced forms of there is and there are | Writing a description of a home “City Scenes”: Reading about neighborhood life in cities around the world | “Neighborhood survey”: Comparing two neighborhoods |
| Review of Units 5–8 Pages 52–53 | Review of Units 5–8 | ||||
| Unit 9 Pages 54–59 | Pages IC-12 & IC-14 Unit 9 | ||||
| What does he look like? Appearance and dress; clothing and clothing styles; people | Asking about and describing people’s appearance; identifying people | Questions for describing people: What . . . look like, how old, what color, how long, how tall; modifiers with participles and prepositions | Listening to descriptions of people; identifying people Contrastive stress | Writing a description of someone “Hip-Hop Fashions”: Reading about clothing styles | “Find the differences”: Comparing two pictures of a party |
| Unit 10 Pages 60–65 | Page IC-13 Unit 10 | ||||
| Have you ever ridden a camel? Past experiences; unusual events | Describing past experiences; making plans; exchanging information about past experiences and events | Present perfect yes/no questions and statements; regular and irregular past participles; already and yet; present perfect and past tense contrast | Listening for time and place of an event; listening to descriptions of events Pronunciation of have | Writing a description of an unusual activity “Taking the Risk”: Reading about unusual or dangerous sports | “Lifestyles survey”: Finding out about a classmate’s lifestyle |
| Unit 11 Pages 66-71 | Page IC-15 Unit 11 | ||||
| It’s a very exciting city! Cities; hometowns; countries | Asking about and describing cities; asking for and giving suggestions; talking about travel and tourism | Adverbs and adjectives; conjunctions: and, but, however, and though; modal verbs can and should | Listening to descriptions of cities and hometowns; listening for incorrect information Pronunciation of can’t and shouldn’t | Writing a description of an interesting city “Famous Cities”: Reading about cities around the world | “City guide”: Creating a city guide |
| Unit 12 Pages 72-77 | Page IC-16 Unit 12 | ||||
| It really works! Health problems; medications and remedies | Talking about health problems; asking for and giving advice; making requests; asking for and giving suggestions | Infinitive complements; modal verbs can, could, and may for requests | Listening to advice; listening to requests in a drugstore Reduced form of to | Writing about a home remedy “Grandma Knows Best!”: Reading about home remedies | “Talk radio”: Giving advice to callers on a radio program |
| Review of Units 9–12 Pages 78–79 | Review of Units 9–12 | ||||
| Unit 13 Pages 80–85 | Pages IC-17 & IC-18 Unit 13 | ||||
| May I take your order, please? Food and restaurants | Expressing likes and dislikes; agreeing and disagreeing; ordering a meal | So, neither, too, and either; modal verbs would and will for requests | Listening to people make dinner plans; listening to restaurant orders Stress in responses | Writing a restaurant review “To Tip or Not to Tip?”: Reading about tipping customs | “Are you ready to order?”: Ordering a meal in a restaurant |
| Unit 14 Pages 86-91 | Page IC-19 Unit 14 | ||||
| The biggest and the best! World geography; countries; | Describing countries; making comparisons; expressing opinions; talking about distance and measurements | Comparative and superlative of adjectives; questions with how: how far, how big, how high, how deep, how long, how hot, and how cold | Listening to a TV game show; listening for information about a country Intonation in questions of choice | Writing about an interesting or beautiful place “Things You Can Do to Help the Environment”: Reading about the environment | “How much do you know?”: Taking a quiz on general knowledge |
| Unit 15 Pages 92-97 | Page IC-20 Unit 15 | ||||
| I’m going to see a musical. Invitations; leisure-time activities; telephone messages | Talking about plans; making invitations; accepting and refusing invitations; giving reasons; taking and leaving messages | Future with present continuous and be going to; messages with tell and ask | Listening for information about invitations; receiving telephone messages Reduced forms of could you and would you | Writing a request to give a message “Ways to Keep Phone Calls Short”: Reading about telephone manners | “What are you going to do?”: Finding out about classmates’ weekend plans |
| Unit 16 Pages 98-103 | Page IC-21 Unit 16 | ||||
| A change for the better! Life changes; plans and hopes for the future | Exchanging personal information; describing changes; talking about plans for the future | Describing changes with the present tense, the comparative, the past tense, and the present perfect; verb + infinitive | Listening to descriptions of changes; listening to hopes for the future Reduced form of to | Writing about future plans “The Future Looks Bright”: Reading about the plans of three successful students | “Unfold your future!”: Planning a possible future |
| Review of Units 13–16 Pages 104–105 | Review of Units 13-16 | ||||
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| Unit Summaries Pages s-2–s-17 | Unit Summaries | ||||
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| Appendix | |||||