Scope and-sequence

Scope and-sequence

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  Top Notch 1learning objectives are designed for false beginners. Learning Objectives They offer a rigorous review and an expansion of key beginning concepts as well as a wealth of new and challenging material. Unit 1 Getting Acquainted Communication Goals • Meet someone new • Identify and describe people • Provide personal information • Introduce someone to a group Vocabulary • Usage of formal titles • Positive adjectives to describe people • Personal information • Countries and nationalities Going Out page 14 3 The Extended Family • Information questions with be (review and common errors) • Modification with adjectives (review) • Yes / no questions and short answers with be (review) GRAMMAR BOOSTER page 2 2 Grammar • Be: usage and form (review) • Be: common errors • Possessive nouns and adjectives (review) • Accept or decline an invitation • Express locations and give directions • Make plans to see an event • Talk about musical tastes • Music genres • Entertainment and cultural events • Locations and directions • Report news about relationships • Describe extended families • Compare people • Discuss family cultural traditions • • • • • Prepositions of time and place • Questions with When, What time, and Where (review) GRAMMAR BOOSTER • Prepositions of time and place: usage Extended family relationships Marital status Relatives by marriage Describing similarities and differences page 26 • The simple present tense (review): ° Affirmative and negative statements ° Yes / no questions ° Information questions ° Common errors GRAMMAR BOOSTER • The simple present tense: ° Usage, form, common errors ° Questions with Who 4 Food and Restaurants • Ask for a restaurant recommendation • Order from a menu • Speak to a server and pay for a meal • Discuss food and health • Parts of a meal • Categories of food and drink • Communicating with a waiter or waitress • Adjectives to describe the healthfulness of food page 38 5 Technology and You page 50 iv • There is and there are with count and non-count nouns • Anything and nothing: common errors • Definite article the: usage GRAMMAR BOOSTER • Non-count nouns: usage, expressing quantities • How much / How many • Count nouns: Spelling rules • Some and any • Suggest a brand or model • Express frustration and sympathy • Describe features of products • Complain when things don’t work • Electronic products • Household appliances and machines • Features of manufactured products • Ways to state a problem • Ways to sympathize • Positive and negative adjectives • The present continuous (review): ° Actions in progress and future plans ° Statements and questions GRAMMAR BOOSTER • The present continuous: form and spelling rules Conversation Strategies Listening/ Pronunciation Reading Texts: • An enrollment form • Personal profiles • A photo story Skills/strategies: • Infer information • Scan for facts • Begin responses with a question to confirm • Use Let’s to suggest a course of action • Ask personal questions to indicate friendliness • Intensify an informal answer with sure Listening Skills: • Listen for details • Infer information Pronunciation: • Intonation of questions • Use Really? to express enthusiasm • Provide reasons to decline an invitation • Use Too bad to express disappointment • Repeat with rising intonation to confirm information • Use Thanks, anyway to acknowledge an unsuccessful attempt to help Listening Skills: • Infer a speaker’s intention • Listen for main ideas • Listen for details • Listen for locations Pronunciation: • Rising intonation to confirm information Texts: • A music website • An entertainment events page • Authentic interviews • A survey of musical tastes • A photo story Skills/strategies: • Interpret maps and diagrams • Identify supporting details • Make personal comparisons • Use Actually to introduce a topic • Respond to good news with Congratulations! • Respond to bad news with I’m sorry to hear that • Use Thanks for asking to acknowledge an inquiry of concern • Use Well to introduce a lengthy reply • Ask follow-up questions to keep a conversation going Listening Skills: • Infer information • Understand key details • Identify similarities and differences • Listen to take notes • Listen for main ideas • Listen for details Pronunciation: • Blending sounds Texts: • Family tree diagrams • A self-help website • A cultural-information survey • A photo story Skills/strategies: • Interpret a diagram • Confirm facts • Infer information • Use Could you …? to make a polite request • Use Sure to agree to a request • Clarify a request by asking for more specific information • Indicate a sudden thought with Actually • Use I’ll have to order from a server • Increase politeness with please Listening Skills: • Listen to take notes • Infer the location of a conversation • Listen to predict Pronunciation: • The before consonant and vowel sounds Texts: • Menus • A nutrition website • A photo story Skills/strategies: • Interpret a map • Understand from context • Infer information • Use Hey or How’s it going for an informal greeting • Use What about…? to offer a suggestion • Use Really? to indicate surprise • Use You know to introduce a topic • Express sympathy when someone is frustrated Listening Skills: • Listen to predict • Infer meaning • Listen for details Pronunciation: • Intonation of questions Texts: • Newspaper advertisements • A magazine ad for a new product • A photo story Skills/strategies: • Understand from context • Activate language from a text Writing Task: • Write a description of a classmate WRITING BOOSTER • Capitalization Task: • Write a short personal essay about one’s musical tastes WRITING BOOSTER • The sentence Task: • Make a Venn diagram • Compare two people in a family WRITING BOOSTER • Combining sentences with and or but Task: • Write a short article about food for a travel newsletter WRITING BOOSTER • Connecting words and ideas: and, in addition Task: • Write a paragraph describing a product WRITING BOOSTER • Placement of adjectives v
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  LESSON 1 Communication Vocabulary Grammar GOAL Goals Wish someonea good holiday Unit 6 • Plan an activity with someone • Talk about habitual activities • Discuss fitness and eating habits • Describe MODEL someone’s routines • Physical activities • Places for physical activities • Frequency adverbs: expansion CONVERSATION Staying in Shape and listen to a conversation about a holiday. A Read 4:03 page 62 A: I heard there’s going to be a holiday next week. B: That’s right. The Harvest Moon Festival. 4: 05 Types of holidays seasonal historical religious A: What kind of holiday is it? 7 B: It’s a seasonal holiday that takes place in autumn. People spend time with their families and eat from cakes.Adjectives to describe trips and • • Greet someone arriving moon vacations • Intensifiers • Ways to describe good and bad travel experiences a trip A: Well, have a greatAsk about someone’s vacation • Harvest Moon Festival! • you! B: Thanks! Same to Discuss vacation preferences • Describe good and bad travel 4:04 page 74 experiences On Vacation B Rhythm and intonation Listen again and repeat. Then practice the Conversation Model with a partner. Ways to commemorate a holiday VOCABULARY A 8 • Can and have to: meaning, form, and usage • The present continuous and the simple present tense (review) • The present continuous: common errors GRAMMAR BOOSTER • • • • Non-action verbs Frequency adverbs: common errors Time expressions More on can and have to • The past tense of be (review): statements and questions • The simple past tense (review): statements and questions • Regular and irregular verb forms GRAMMAR BOOSTER • The past tense of be: explanation of form • The simple past tense: more on spelling, usage, and form a moon cake 4:06 • Then listen again and Read and listen. Shop and pay for clothes repeat. • • Ask for a different size or color • Navigate a mall or department store • Discuss clothing do’s and don’ts Shopping for Clothes page 86 9 • Discuss set off fireworks schedules and buy Taking Transportation page 98 10 tickets • Book travel services • Understand airport announcements • Describe transportation problems pray• Shopping Smart Ask for a recommendation • Bargain for a lower price • Discuss showing appreciation for service • Describe where to get the best deals Clothing departments • Types of clothing and shoes • Clothing that comes in “pairs” • Interior store locations and directions • Formality and appropriateness in clothing • in parades march Kinds of tickets and trips • • • • • Travel services Airline passenger information Flight problems Transportation problems Means of public transportation • Uses of object pronouns • Object pronouns: common errors • Comparative adjectives GRAMMAR BOOSTER • Direct and indirect objects: usage rules • Spelling rules for comparative adjectives • Modals should and could: have picnics statements and questions • Be going to to express the future: review and expansion GRAMMAR BOOSTER • Modals: form, meaning, common errors • Expansion: future actions • Financial send cards terms • How to bargain • How to describe good and bad deals • Superlative adjectives give each other gifts • Too and enough: usage and common errors GRAMMAR BOOSTER • Superlative adjectives: usage and form • Comparatives (review) • Usage: very, really, and too page 110 Conversation Strategies Listening/ Pronunciation Reading • Use Why don’t we . . . ? to suggest an activity • Say Sorry, I can’t to apologize for turning down an invitation • Provide a reason with have to to decline an invitation • Use Well, how about . . . ? to suggest an alternative • Use How come? to ask for a reason • Use a negative question to confirm information Listening Skills: • Infer meaning • Infer information • Listen for main ideas • Listen for details • Apply and personalize information Pronunciation: • Can / can’t • The third-person singular -s Texts: • A bar graph • A fitness survey • A magazine article • A photo story Skills/strategies: • Interpret a bar graph • Infer information • Summarize • Say Welcome back! to indicate enthusiasm about someone’s return from a trip • Acknowledge someone’s interest with Actually • Decline an offer of assistance with That’s OK. I’m fine. • Confirm that an offer is declined with Are you sure? • Use Absolutely to confirm a response • Show enthusiasm with No kidding! and Tell me more Listening Skills: • Listen for main ideas • Listen for details • Infer meaning Pronunciation: • The simple past tense ending: regular verbs Texts: • Travel brochures • Personal travel stories • A vacation survey • A photo story Skills/strategies: • Activate language from a text • Draw conclusions • Identify supporting details • Use Excuse me to indicate you didn’t understand or couldn’t hear • Use Excuse me to begin a conversation with a clerk • Follow a question with more information for clarification • Acknowledge someone’s assistance with Thanks for your help • Respond to gratitude with My pleasure Listening Skills: • Infer the appropriate location • Infer the locations of conversations • Understand locations and directions Pronunciation: • Contrastive stress for clarification Texts: • A clothing catalogue • Simple and complex diagrams and plans • A travel blog • A personal opinion survey • A photo story Skills/strategies: • Paraphrase • Identify supporting details • Apply information • Use I’m sorry to respond with disappointing information • Use Well to introduce an alternative. • Use I hope so to politely respond to an offer of help • Use Let me check to buy time to get information Listening Skills: • Infer the type of travel service • Understand public announcements • Listen for details • Use reasoning to evaluate statements of fact Pronunciation: • Intonation for stating alternatives Texts: • Transportation schedules • Public transportation tickets • Arrival and departure boards • Newspaper articles • A photo story Skills/strategies: • Make decisions based on schedules and needs • Critical thinking • Use Well to connect an answer to an earlier question • Use How about . . .? to make a financial offer • Use OK to indicate that an agreement has been reached Listening Skills: • Listen for details • Listen for main ideas Pronunciation: • Rising intonation for clarification Texts: • A travel guide • A magazine article • Personal travel stories • A photo story Skills/strategies: • Draw conclusions • Apply information Writing Task: • Write an interview about health and exercise habits WRITING BOOSTER • Punctuation of statements and questions Task: • Write a guided essay about a vacation WRITING BOOSTER • Time order Task: • Write an e-mail or letter explaining what clothes to pack WRITING BOOSTER • Connecting ideas with because and since Task: • Write two paragraphs about trips WRITING BOOSTER • The paragraph Task: • Write a guide to your city, including information on where to stay, visit, and shop WRITING BOOSTER • Connecting contradictory ideas: even though, however, on the other hand Countries and nationalities / Non-count nouns / Irregular verbs ......................................................... page 122 Non count Grammar wish each................................................................................................................................... page 123 Booster other well remember the dead wear costumes Writing Booster ....................................................................................................................................... page 142 B Notch Pop Match the Vocabulary with holidays TopPair work Lyrics ................................................................................................................................ page 149 Everyone wears costumes on . . . and celebrations Disc ............................................................................................................ 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