Unit 1 Our world
A Reading and interaction: Life in a day
B Grammar activity: Present continuous passive
C Listening: Two students’ volunteering experiences? Speaking: Talking about your plan for a volunteer project
D Writing: An informal letter about your school life
E Cultural focus: How to study culture; From Ireland to the USA
Unit 2 Places
A Reading and interaction: Where history comes alive
B Grammar activity: Future in the past
C Listening: A happy ending? Speaking: Talking about acts of kindness
D Writing: A travel blog
E Cultural focus: What’s in a name? Nanning: a city in southern China
Unit 3 Choices
A Reading and interaction:The good, the bad and the really ugly
B Grammar activity: Relative clauses with who, whom, which, that and whose
C Listening: Vending machines? Speaking: Talking about having a vending machine in a public location
D Writing: short messages such as invitations and notes
E Cultural focus: A new way of eating: online food delivery services; Food in the UK
Unit 4 My space
A Reading and interaction: The 1940s house
B Grammar activity: Relative Clauses with when, where and why
C Listening: Whose house is it anyway?? Speaking: Making house rules
D Writing: An article to describe a room
E Cultural focus: A house with a history; Pastimes in the past
