Unit

Speaking

Grammar

Pronunciation / Listening

Writing / Reading

11

Asking about birthdays; talking about plans for the evening, weekend, and other occasions

The future with be going to; yes/no and Wh-questions with be going to; future time expressions

Reduction of going to Listening to people talk about their evening plans Self-study: Listening to a conversation about summer events

Writing about weekend plans "What are you going to do on your birthday?": Reading about birthday customs in different places

12

Describing health problems; talking about common medications; giving advice for health problems

Have + noun; feel + adjective; negative and positive adjectives; imperatives

Sentence intonation Listening to people talk about health problems; listening for medications Self-study: Listening to sentences and questions about health

Writing advice for health problems "10 Simple Ways to Improve Your Health": Reading about ways to improve your health

13

Talking about stores and other places; asking for and giving directions

Prepositions of place: on, on the corner of, across from, next to, between; giving directions with imperatives

Compound nouns Listening to people talk about shopping: listening to directions Self-study: Listening to people ask for directions

Writing directions “A Walk Up Fifth Avenue": Reading about popular tourist attractions in New York City

14

Asking for and giving information about weekend and vacation activities

Simple past statements with regular and irregular verbs; simple past yes/no questions and short answers

Simple past -ed endings Listening to people talk about their past summer activities Self-study: Listening to conversations about last weekend

Writing about last weekend "Weekend Stories": Reading about three people's weekend experiences

15

Asking for and giving information about date and place of birth; describing school experiences and memories

Statements and questions with the past of be; Wh-questions with did, was, and were

Negative contractions Listening for places and dates of birth Self-study: Listening to an interview with an actress

Writing questions about a famous person's life "Ricky Martin": Reading about a famous singer's life

16

Describing people's locations: making phone calls; leaving phone messages; making, accepting, and declining invitations, making excuses

Prepositional phrases; subject and object pronouns: invitations with Do you want to…? and Would you like to…?; verb + to

Reduction of want to and have to Listening to phone conversations; listening to answering machine messages Self-study: Listening for mistakes in answering machine messages

Writing messages "Miami. Florida: What's on This Saturday?": Reading about shows and events on a Web page