Plan of Book 1

Plan of Book 1

Title/Topics	Functions	Grammar	Listening/ Pronunciation	Writing/Reading	Interchange Activity
Unit 1 Pages 2–7					Unit 1
Please call me Chuck. Introductions and greetings; names and titles; countries and nationalities	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 questions	Writing questions requesting personal information “Meeting and Greeting Customs”: Reading about greeting customs	“Getting to know you”: Collecting personal information from classmates Page IC-2
Unit 2 Pages 8–13					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 Page IC-3
Unit 3 Pages 14–19					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 Pages IC-4 and IC-5
Unit 4 Pages 20–25					Unit 4
Do you like jazz? Music, movies, TV programs; entertainers; invitations and excuses; dates and times	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 Page IC-6
Review of Units 1–4 Pages 26–27
Title/Topics	Functions	Grammar	Listening/ Pronunciation	Writing/Reading	Interchange Activity
Unit 5 Pages 28–33					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 Page IC-7
Unit 6 Pages 34–39					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 fitness for the brain	“Fitness quiz”: Interviewing about fitness habits Page IC-8
Unit 7 Pages 40–45					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 Pages IC-9 and IC-10
Unit 8 Pages 46–51					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 Page IC-11
Review of Units 5–8 Pages 52–53
Title/Topics	Functions	Grammar	Listening/ Pronunciation	Writing/Reading	Interchange Activity
Unit 9 Pages 54–59					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 Pages IC-12 and IC-14
Unit 10 Pages 60–65					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 Page IC-13
Unit 11 Pages 66–71					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 Page IC-15
Unit 12 Pages 72–77					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 Page IC-16
Review of Units 9–12 Pages 78–79
Title/Topics	Functions	Grammar	Listening/ Pronunciation	Writing/Reading	Interchange Activity
Unit 13 Pages 80–85					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 Pages IC-17 and IC-18
Unit 14 Pages 86–91					Unit 14
The biggest and the best! World geography; countries; the environment	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 Page IC-19
Unit 15 Pages 92–97					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 Page IC-20
Unit 16 Pages 98–103					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 Page IC-21
Review of Units 13–16 Pages 104–105

Unit Summaries Pages S-2–S-17

Appendix