Unit 1 Across the globe
A Reading and interaction: Making school meaningful
B Grammar activity: The future in different forms
C Listening: Deciding on a new school club? Speaking: Choosing what new club to start
D Writing: Writing a description of a place
E Cultural focus: Songlines; Reindeer girls
Exploring literature 1: Two poems
Unit 2 Things that matter
A Reading and interaction: The stuff in our lives
B Grammar activity: The subject clause
C Listening: Creating an exhibit ? Speaking: Selecting exhibits to display at a museum
D Writing: Writing a story for a storytelling competition
E Cultural focus: Saved or stolen? Museums
Unit 3 Mind and body
A Reading and interaction: Searching for balance in life
B Grammar activity: The verb-ed form as predicative
C Listening: Plastic surgery? Speaking: Presenting one’s views on body image and self-esteem
D Writing: Writing a letter to a newspaper about teenagers’ concerns about body image
E Cultural focus : Frankenstein; Great British writers
Exploring literature 2: "After Twenty Years"
Unit 4 Words
A Reading and interaction: Words, words, words
B Grammar activity: Modal verbs referring to the past
C Listening: The future of public libraries? Speaking: Doing a survey on the services of a new public library
D Writing: Writing a review of a fiction book
E Cultural focus : A writer for all time: Look it up!
