English,

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Pacing Guide

1 FAST TRACK 9th

Grade
 Pacing Guide

Introduction for the teacher

The pacing guide of the English, please! Fast Track series

has been designed to provide you with a realistic guide and
timeframe which will enable you to meet your and your
students’ teaching and learning objectives within the class
contact hours available to you, whether you have 5, 4 or 3
45-50 minute-sessions a week.
The following tips may be useful as you use the pacing guide:
• Choose the pacing guide which corresponds to the level,
module and number of sessions you teach per week
(5, 4 or 3).
• Read through the pacing guide.
• Select the activities you want to teach and introduce them
as presented in the pacing guide, taking into account the
amount of time suggested for each activity.
• In sessions where you have 5 or 10 minutes without a
proposed activity, use this time to do a warm up activity,
wrap up a previous lesson, reinforce skills that need to be
developed or carry out assessment activities relevant to
students’ learning process.
• Compare your current progress with the pacing guide as you
go and adjust as necessary to ensure you meet your teaching
and learning objectives.
• Review your course objectives and adjust as necessary.
• Complement the use of the pacing guide with the English,
please! Fast Track Teacher’s Guide.
We hope you enjoy using English, please!
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4 sessions a week: 45 to 50 minutes each

Module 1: Your World

Unit 1: This is me

First week: Lesson 1 Suggested Time

Pages 8-9
Introduction
• Objectives 10 min
Session 1 Reading / Listening / Speaking
• Activity 1: matching pictures to dialogues 5 min
• Activity 2: listening and repeating 10 min
• Activity 3: reading aloud 15 min
Page 11
Focus on Vocabulary

• Activity 4: listening, reading and matching 15 min

Session 2 ▶ Useful vocabulary 5 min
Focus on Language
• Activity 5: matching to complete a conversation 10 min
• Activity 6: ordering sentences in a conversation 10 min
Page 12
Listening 15 min
Session 3 5 min
• Activity 7: Multiple choice
15 min
▶ Listening tips
• Activity 8: Checking answers
Page 13
Speaking
Session 4 • Activity 9: short conversations: meeting people 20 min
Writing
• Activity 10: writing a short dialogue 20 min
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Module 1: Your World

Unit 1: This is me

Second week: Lesson 2 Suggested Time

Page 14
Listening 5 min
10 min
• Activity 1: matching
5 min
Session 1 Focus on Vocabulary 10 min
• Activity 2: repeat the alphabet 10 min
▶ Say it
• Activity 3: listen, choose and spell names
• Activity 4: Listen and write names
Page 15
Focus on Vocabulary
• Activity 5: Listen and repeat numbers 15 min
Session 2 ▶ Useful expressions 5 min
Listening
• Activity 6: completing forms 15 min
Page 16
Reading
• Activity 7: True and False 10 min
Session 3
Focus on Language
• Activity 8: full and contracted forms 15 min
• Activity 9: listen and repeat 10 min
Page 17
Writing
• Activity 11: Writing a paragraph 30 min
Session 4 ▶ Writing tip
Speaking
• Activity 12: ask and answer questions to complete a chart 15 min
▶ Useful expressions
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Module 1: Your World

Unit 1: This is me

Third week: Lesson 3 Suggested Time

Page 18
Listening and Speaking

Focus on Vocabulary

Session 1 • Activity 1: saying colours and writing country names 10 min

▶ Useful Vocabulary 5 min
• Activity 2: matching adjectives 10 min
Listening
• Activity 3: listening and matching 15 min
Page 19
Focus on Vocabulary

• Activity 4: writing nationalities 10 min

Session 2 • Activity 5: nationalities suffixes 15 min

Reading
• Activity 6: True and False 10 min
• Activity 7: Completing a chart 5 min
Page 20
Focus on Language
• Activity 8: Positive and negative forms of “be” 15 min
Session 3
• Activity 9: listening and repeating 10 min
Listening
• Activity 10: choosing the correct option 10 min
Page 13
Writing
• Activity 11: completing the text 10 min
• Activity 12: useful language 5 min
Session 4 • Activity 13: completing the text 10 min

Speaking
• Activity 14: Telling about your best friend 20 min
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Module 1: Your World

Unit 2: My family

Fourth week: Lesson 4 Suggested Time

Page 22
Listening

Session 1 Focus on Vocabulary

• Activity 1: writing family members 15 min
• Activity 2: completing a chart 10 min
• Activity 3: matching sentences to pictures 10 min
Page 23
Focus on Language
• Activity 5: Completing texts with possessive adjectives 10 min
Focus on Vocabulary
Session 2 • Activity 6: matching numbers and words 10 min
Listening
• Activity 7: listening and writing numbers 10 min
• Activity 8: answering open questions 10 min
▶ Say it 5 min
Page 24
Reading
• Activity 9: multiple choice 15 min
▶ Reading tip
Session 3 Page 25
Reading and Writing
• Activity 10: Completing a chart 5 min
• Activity 12: Writing an email 25 min
▶ Glossary
Page 25
Speaking
Session 4 • Activity 13: asking and answering questions 10 min
▶ Useful language 5 min
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• Activity 14: presentation about your family 30 min

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Module 1: Your World

Unit 2: My family

Fifth week: Lesson 5 Suggested Time

Page 26
Listening
Session 1 • Activity 1: choosing the correct photo 10 min
• Activity 2: completing a chart 10 min
• Activity 3: completing sentences 15 min
Page 27
Focus on Language
Session 2 • Activity 4: choosing the correct name 10 min
• Activity 5: answering questions 15 min
• Activity 6: writing sentences 15 min
Page 28
Reading
• Activity 7: Completing a family tree 15 min
▶ Glossary
Session 3 • Activity 8: Listening and repeating 15 min
Page 29
Focus on Vocabulary
• Activity 10: Choosing the correct word 10 min
Page 29
Speaking
Session 4 • Activity 11: interviewing a friend 20 min
Writing
• Activity 12: writing about your family 20 min
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Module 1: Your World

Unit 2: My family

Sixth week: Lesson 6 Suggested Time

Page 30
Focus on Vocabulary
• Activity 1: matching jobs to pictures 5 min
Session 1 Listening
• Activity 2. Completing a registration form 5 min
• Activity 3: matching questions and answers 15 min
• Activity 4: asking and answering questions 20 min
Page 31
Reading

Session 2 • Activity 5: completing a chart 10 min

▶ Glossary 5 min
• Activity 6: true and false 10 min
▶ Reading tip 5 min
Page 32
Focus on Language
• Activity 7: ordering words in a question 10 min
• Activity 8: completing questions and answers 10 min
Session 3
Listening
• Activity 9: listening and repeating questions 10 min
• Activity 10: listening and ticking 10 min
▶ Say it 5 min
Page 33
Speaking
• Activity 11: asking questions about a famous Colombian 15 min
Session 4 Writing
• Activity 12: completing the gaps 5 min
• Activity 13: finding the mistakes 5 min
• Activity 14: writing a short text about someone 20 min
▶ Writing tips
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Module 1: Your World

Unit 3: My friends and my school

Seventh week: Lesson 7 Suggested Time

Page 34
Focus on Vocabulary
• Activity 1: Survey on sports 10 min
▶ Say it 5 min
Session 1 • Activity 2: completing a school timetable 5 min
• Activity 3: answering questions 10 min

Speaking
• Activity 4: asking and answering questions on a timetable 15 min
Page 35
Focus on Vocabulary
• Activity 5: names of classroom items 10 min
Session 2 Focus on Language
• Activity 6: A / an 15 min
• Activity 7: finding the mistakes 5 min
• Activity 8: telling about school items 15 min
Page 36
Focus on Language
• Activity 9: useful language 5 min

Speaking

Session 3 • Activity 10: listening and repeating 10 min

▶ Say it 10 min
• Activity 11: say what you see
Listening
• Activity 12: matching people to school subjects 5 min
• Activity 13: answering questions 10 min
Page 37
Speaking
• Activity 14: ordering words to make sentences 5 min
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Session 4 • Activity 15: writing wh questions 10 min

Writing
• Activity 17: ordering sentences in a letter 5 min
• Activity 18: writing a letter to a friend 20 min

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Module 1: Your World

Unit 3: My friends and my school

Eighth week: Lesson 8 Suggested Time

Page 38
Reading
• Activity 1: matching texts and photos 5 min
Focus on Vocabulary
• Activity 2: completing a chart 5 min
Session 1
• Activity 3: correcting sentences 5 min
▶ Glossary 5 min

Speaking
• Activity 4: Multiple choice 5 min
• Activity 5: describing a famous person 20 min
Page 39
Listening
• Activity 6: matching people to characteristics 5 min
Session 2 • Activity 7: completing questions 10 min
• Activity 8: listening and repeating 10 min
• Activity 9: yes/no or wh questions 15 min
▶ Say it 5 min
Page 40
Focus on Language
• Activity 10: Ordering words to make questions 10 min
Session 3 • Activity 11: correcting sentences 10 min
Reading
• Activity 12: matching paragraphs to photos 15 min
▶ Glossary 5 min
Page 41
Reading
• Activity 13: answering questions 5 min
• Activity 14: filling in the blanks 5 min
Session 4
Speaking
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• Activity 15: asking and answering questions 10 min

Writing
• Activity 16: writing an interview 25 min

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Module 1: Your World

Unit 3: My friends and my school

Ninth week: Let’s work together / Self Assessment Suggested Time

Page 42
Project Work: A family collage
Session 1 • Activity 1: make groups of three 5 min
• Activity 2: bring photos 10 min
• Activity 3: choose 15 min
Page 43
Project Work: A family collage
Session 2 • Activity 4: write a brief description of photos 25 min
• Activity 5: check language 5 min
• Activity 6: make your collage 10 min
Page 43
Session 3 Project Work: A family collage
• Activity 7: Present your collage 40 min
Page 44
Self Assessment
• Activity 1: English language skills 10 min
• Activity 2: English study skills 10 min
Session 4
Page 45
Self Assessment
• Activity 3: Let’s work together 10 min
• Activity 4: Look back and review 10 min

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Module 2: Around the World

Unit 1: From day to day

First week: Lesson 1 Suggested Time

Pages 46 - 47
Introduction
• Objectives 10 min
Page 48
Reading / Focus on Vocabulary
Session 1
• Activity 1: matching pictures to sentences 5 min
• Activity 2: spelling and writing activities 10 min
Listening
• Activity 3: writing sentences under the correct name 15 min
▶ Glossary 5 min
Page 49
Focus on Vocabulary

• Activity 4: matching activities with time 5 min

Session 2 • Activity 5: listening and checking answers 10 min
• Activity 6: listening and numbering routines 10 min
▶ Useful vocabulary 5 min
• Activity 7: writing sentences about activities 15 min
Page 50
Focus on Language
• Activity 8: writing statements to describe routines 10 min
Session 3 • Activity 9: true and false 5 min
• Activity 10: telling about routines 10 min
• Activity 11: comparing habits 10 min
• Activity 12: listening and choosing the right option 5 min
Page 51
Reading
• Activity 13: identifying the right sequence of routines 20 min
Session 4
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Writing
• Activity 14: writing about your daily routine 20 min
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Module 2: Around the World

Unit 1: From day to day

Second week: Lesson 2 Suggested Time

Page 52
Focus on Vocabulary
• Activity 1: matching 5 min
Session 1 • Activity 2: answering yes/no questions 10 min
▶ Say it 5 min
Speaking
• Activity 3: asking and answering questions 15 min
Page 53
Listening
• Activity 4: listening and writing questions 5 min
• Activity 5: listening and writing yes/no answers 5 min

Session 2 Focus on Vocabulary

• Activity 6: writing words in the correct order to make 10 min
questions
• Activity 7: answering questions 5 min
• Activity 8: reading and writing questions correctly 10 min
• Activity 9: asking and answering questions 10 min
Page 54
Reading
• Activity 10: true and False 20 min
▶ Glossary 5 min
▶ Useful expressions 5 min
Session 3
Page 55
Focus on Vocabulary
• Activity 12: completing a mind map 10 min
▶ Vocabulary
Page 55
Listening
• Activity 13: writing a questionnaire about free time 15 min
activities.
Session 4
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• Activity 14: applying a questionnaire 10 min

Writing
• Activity 15: completing a diagram 10 min
• Activity 16: writing the results of a survey 10 min

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Module 2: Around the World

Unit 1: From day to day

Third week: Lesson 3 Suggested Time

Page 56
Focus on Vocabulary

• Activity 1: writing daily activities in a chart 10 min

Session 1 Listening
• Activity 2: writing the correct word 10 min
▶ Useful expressions 5 min
• Activity 3: completing statements 10 min
Page 57
Reading
• Activity 4: ordering activities in the correct sequence 10 min
Session 2 ▶ Useful expressions 5 min
Focus on Language
• Activity 5: answering questions 10 min
• Activity 6: multiple choice 10 min
Page 58
Listening
• Activity 7: completing a chart of daily routines 10 min
Session 3
Focus on Vocabulary

• Activity 8: matching verbs with phrases 15 min

• Activity 9: completing the sentences with verb phrases 15 min
Page 59
Writing
• Activity 10: finding time expressions 10 min
▶ Glossary
Session 4 • Activity 11: writing a family member routine 10 min
▶ Writing tip
Speaking
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• Activity 12: asking and answering questions about daily 20 min

routines

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Module 2: Around the World

Unit 2: Local colour

Fourth week: Lesson 4 Suggested Time

Page 60
Focus on Vocabulary
• Activity 1: writing sentences about activities 10 min
Session 1 10 min
• Activity 2: finding the different option
Listening
• Activity 3: multiple choice 15 min
Page 61
Reading

Session 2 • Activity 4: identifying details 10 min

▶ Reading tip 5 min
• Activity 5: true and false 10 min
▶ Glossary 5 min
Page 62
Focus on Language
• Activity 6: choosing between options 10 min
Session 3 • Activity 7: completing a text with the correct verb form 10 min
• Activity 8: listen and repeat 10 min
Listening
• Activity 9: multiple choice 10 min
Page 63
Focus on Vocabulary
• Activity 10: listening and writing adjectives 5 min
• Activity 11: completing sentences with the correct word. 5 min
Session 4
Speaking
• Activity 12: interviewing a friend 15 min
Writing
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• Activity 13: writing a report about someone’s activities 20 min

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Module 2: Around the World

Unit 2: Local colour

Fifth week: Lesson 5 Suggested Time

Page 64
Focus on vocabulary

Session 1 • Activity 1: matching types of weather to pictures 10 min

• Activity 2: matching speaker to pictures 10 min
• Activity 3: matching adjectives to pictures 10 min
• Activity 4: describing the weather 10 min
Page 65
Reading / Focus on Vocabulary
Session 2 • Activity 5: matching people to seasons 15 min
▶ Glossary 5 min
• Activity 6: multiple choice 15 min
Page 66
Focus on Language
• Activity 7: finding adverbs of frequency 10 min
▶ Glossary 5 min
• Activity 8: completing sentences 5 min
Session 3 ▶ Useful language 5 min
Focus on Vocabulary
• Activity 9: matching words to clothes 5 min
Listening
• Activity 10: true and false 5 min
• Activity 11: telling about clothes and weather 5 min
Page 67
Writing
• Activity 12: writing an email about weather, clothes and 20 min
Session 4 activities
• Activity 13: say it 5 min
Speaking
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• Activity 14: giving a short presentation 20 min

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Module 2: Around the World

Unit 2: Local colour

Sixth week: Lesson 6 Suggested Time

Page 68
Focus on Vocabulary
Session 1 • Activity 1: matching music likes to people 10 min
• Activity 2: completing a chart about likes 10 min
• Activity 3: comparing answers 15 min
Page 69
Reading / Focus on Vocabulary
• Activity 4: answering yes /no questions 10 min
Session 2 • Activity 5: finding adjectives ending in –ing 15 min
• Activity 6: completing sentences with adjectives 10 min
• Activity 7: say it 5 min
• Activity 8: comparing answers 5 min
Page 70
Listening / Focus on Language

Session 3 • Activity 9: answering yes/no questions 10 min

• Activity 10: matching sentence halves 10 min
• Activity 11: true and false 10 min
▶ Useful expressions 5 min
Page 71
Focus on Language / Speaking
• Activity 12: completing questions 10 min
Session 4 ▶ Useful language
• Activity 14: writing yes/no questions 15 min
Writing
Activity 15: writing a short paragraph 20 min
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Module 2: Around the World

Unit 3: Special days

Seventh week: Lesson 7 Suggested Time

Page 72
Listening

Session 1 • Activity 1: matching celebrations to pictures 5 min

• Activity 2: writing a list of festivals 10 min
• Activity 3: completing a chart 10 min
• Activity 4: completing sentences 10 min
Page 73
Reading
• Activity 5: matching celebrations to pictures 5 min
Session 2
• Activity 6: answering open questions 10 min
• Activity 7: completing sentences 10 min
▶ Glossary 5 min
▶ Useful words 5 min
Page 74
Focus on Vocabulary

• Activity 8: completing sentences with the correct verb form 10 min

• Activity 9: completing sentences with phrases 10 min
Session 3
Listening
• Activity 10: listening and writing words 10 min
• Activity 11: say it 5 min
• Activity 12: listening and circling the number 5 min
Page 75
Speaking
• Activity 13: completing a chart about celebrations 15 min
Session 4 • Activity 14: sharing and comparing ideas 5 min
• Activity 15: comparing the celebration of special occasions 10 min

Writing
• Activity 16: writing a paragraph about celebrations 15 min
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Module 2: Around the World

Unit 3: Special days

Eighth week: Lesson 8 Suggested Time

Page 76
Focus on Vocabulary
Session 1
• Activity 1: matching sentences to pictures 10 min
• Activity 2: asking and answering questions 15 min
▶ Useful expression 5 min
Page 77
Listening
• Activity 3: completing questions on an interview 5 min
• Activity 4: answering questions 10 min
▶ Glossary 5 min
Session 2 ▶ Useful expressions 5 min
Focus on Language
• Activity 5: Placing words in order to make questions 5 min
• Activity 6: writing wh questions 10 min
▶ Useful language
• Activity 7: say it 5 min
Page 78
Reading
Session 3
• Activity 8: true and false 20 min
• Activity 9: sway it 5 min
Page 79
Speaking
• Activity 10: writing and asking questions about holidays 10 min
Session 4
• Activity 11: asking and answering questions about holidays. A15 min
Writing
Activity 12: writing a paragraph about holidays 20 min
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Module 2: Around the World

Unit 3: Special days

Ninth week: Let’s work together / Self- Assessment Suggested Time

Page 80
Project Work: A special place (poster)
• Activity 1: review topics 5 min
• Activity 2: discuss topics 5 min
• Activity 3: choose specific topic 5 min
Session 1 • Activity 4: collect information 5 min
• Activity 5: find unusual facts 5 min

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Project Work: A special place (poster)
• Activity 6: make your poster 20 min
Page 81
Session 2 Project Work: A family collage
• Activity 7: make your poster 40 min
Page 82
Self-Assessment
• Activity 1: English language skills 20 min
Session 3
Page 83
Self-Assessment
Activity 2: English study skills 20 min
Page 83
Self-Assessment
Session 4
• Activity 3: Let’s work together 20 min
• Activity 4: Module 2 20 min
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Module 3: How we live

Unit 1: What we eat

First week: Lesson 1 Suggested Time

Page 85
Introduction
• Objectives
Page 86
Focus on Vocabulary
Session 1 • Activity 1: Food Vocabulary/ likes and dislikes 5 min
Speaking
• Activity 2: Pronunciation of plural ends /s/ or /z/ 5 min
• Activity 3: Dialogue “I like…”, “I don’t like” 15 min
• Activity 4: Dialogue “What time do you eat…?”, “What do you 15 min
eat?”
Page 87
Focus on Language
• Activity 5: Countable / Non-countable nouns 10 min
• Activity 6: Countable / Non-countable nouns plural forms 10 min
Session 2
Listening
• Activity 7: listening for details 5 min
• Activity 8: filling in a chart 5 min
• Activity 9: describing meals 15 min
Page 88
Reading
Session 3 • Activity 10: matching 5 min
• Activity 11: True/false 5 min
• Activity 12: Completing descriptions 15 min
Page 89
Focus on Language
• Activity 13: There is(n’t) / are(n’t). 15 min
Session 4
• Activity 14: A /an 15 min
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• Activity 15: Dialogue 15 min

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Module 3: How we live

Unit 1: What we eat

Second week: Lesson 2 Suggested Time

Page 90
Focus on Vocabulary
• Activity 1: Food Groups Vocabulary / completing the gaps 15 min
Session 1
Listening
• Activity 2: Predicting information 10 min
• Activity 3: Filling in a chart 10 min
Page 91
Reading
Session 2 • Activity 4: Matching 10 min
• Activity 5: Multiple choice 15 min
• Activity 6: Definitions 15 min
Page 92
Focus on Language
Session 3 • Activity 7: How much/ How many 20 min
• Useful language 5 min
• Activity 8: Say it 5 min
Page 93
Speaking
• Activity 9: Filling in a chart. How much/ how many 10 min
Session 4
Writing
• Activity 10: Answering open questions 15 min
• Activity 11: Writing an email 20 min
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Module 3: How we live

Unit 1: What we eat

Third week: Lesson 3 Suggested Time

Page 94
Focus on Vocabulary
• Activity 1: Matching Food Vocabulary 10 min
Session 1 • Activity 2: Say it 5 min
Page 95
Listening
• Activity 4: Matching 15 min
Page 95
Speaking
• Activity 5: Dialogue 15 min
Page 96
Session 2 Reading
10 min
• Activity 6: Multiple choice
• Glossary
• Useful language
• Activity 7: Open questions 20 min
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Focus on Language
• Activity 8: Matching 5 min
• Activity 9: A little / A few 10 min
Session 3
Page 97
Reading / Speaking
• Activity 10: True / False 5 min
• Activity 11: Eating habits Survey 15 min
Page 97
Session 4 Writing
• Activity 12: Writing a report 40 min
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Module 3: How we live

Unit 2: Take good care

Fourth week: Lesson 4 Suggested Time

Page 98
Reading / Focus on Vocabulary

Session 1 • Activity 1: Containers 10 min

• Activity 2: Say it 5 min
• Activity 3: Complete the conversation 10 min
• Activity 4: Practice the dialogue 15 min
Page 99
Listening

Session 2 • Activity 5: Healthy / Unhealthy food 10 min

• Activity 6: How many times a day…? 10 min
• Activity 7: Multiple choice 5 min
• Activity 8: Open questions 15 min
Page 100
Reading

Session 3 • Activity 9; Complete the dialogue 20 min

Focus on Language
• Activity 10: I do / I don’t. I would / I wouldn’t 20 min
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Writing / Speaking
Session 4 • Activity 11: Complete the sentences 10 min
• Activity 13: Practice the dialogue 15 min
• Activity 14: Writing a restaurant dialogue 20 min
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Module 3: How we live

Unit 2: Take good care

Fifth week: Lesson 5 Suggested Time

Page 102
Focus on Vocabulary
Session 1 • Activity 1: Completing a chart 10 min
• Activity 2: Comparing answers 10 min
• Activity 3: Expanding answers 15 min
Page 103
Reading
Session 2
• Activity 4: Multiple choice quiz 15 min
• Activity 5:True / false 15 min
Page 104
Listening
• Activity 6: Listening for details 30 min
Session 3
Focus on Language
• Activity 7: Should / Shouldn’t 15 min
• Activity 9: Writing: giving advice 25 min
Page 105
Speaking / Writing
Session 4
• Activity 10: giving advice 20 min
• Activity 11: making a poster 20 min

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Module 3: How we live

Unit 2: Take good care

Sixth week: Lesson 6 Suggested Time

Page 106
Focus on Vocabulary
Session 1 • Activity 1: Health vocabulary 10 min
• Activity 2: Completing sentences 10 min
• Activity 3: telling your partner 20 min
Page 107
Reading / Focus on Language
Session 2 • Activity 4: Completing the gaps 10 min
• Activity 5: Identifying intensifiers 10 min
• Activity 6: Writing sentences with Intensifiers 20 min
Page 108
Listening / Focus on Language
• Activity 7: True / False 5 min
Session 3 • Activity 8: Completing sentences: Intensifiers 10 min
• Activity 9: Answering questions 10 min
• Activity 10: Normal and extreme adjectives 10 min
• Activity 11: Writing sentences 10 min
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Speaking / Writing
• Activity 13: Asking about /giving an opinion 20 min
Session 4
Writing
• Activity 14: Identifying a topic statement 20 min
• Activity 15: Writing an opinion 20 min
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Module 3: How we live

Unit 3: Time for fun

Seventh week: Lesson 7 Suggested Time

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Reading / Speaking
• Activity 2: completing sentences 10 min
• Activity 3: matching 10 min
Session 1
Page 111
Focus on Vocabulary
• Activity 4: matching 10 min
• Activity 5: classifying 10 min
Page 112
Reading
• Activity 6: completing a diary 10 min
• Activity 7; True/ False 5 min
Session 2
Focus on Language
• Activity 8: completing a chart 10 min
• Activity 9: Matching 5 min
• Activity 10: read, listen and repeat 10 min
Page 113
Listening
• Activity 11: answering wh questions 10 min
Session 3 • Activity 12: Matching: adjectives 10 min
Speaking
• Activity 12: Play/go/do 20 min
Page 113
Session 4 Writing
• Activity 13: Writing a paragraph 40 min
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Module 3: How we live

Unit 3: Time for fun

Eighth week: Lesson 8 Suggested Time

Page 114
Focus on Vocabulary
Session 1 • Activity 1: matching: How to be polite 10 min
• Activity 2: completing the sentences 10 min
• Activity 3: speaking 20 min
Page 115
Reading
Session 2
• Activity 4: matching: Eating habits 20 min
• Activity 5: True / False 20 min
Page 116
Listening
• Activity 6: completing sentences 5 min
Focus on Language
Session 3
• Activity 7: Can / Can’t 15 min
• Activity 8: Say it 5 min
• Activity 9: Write the word you hear 5 min
• Activity 10: order words to make questions 5 min
• Activity 11: ask and answer questions 10 min
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Speaking / Writing
Session 4
• Activity 12: matching 20 min
• Activity 14: writing an email 20 min
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Module 3: How we live

Unit 3: Time for fun

Ninth week: Let’s work together / Self- Assessment Suggested Time

Page 118
Project Work: Healthy lifestyle
• Activity 1: Prepare your leaflet 20 min
Session 1
Page 119
Project Work: Healthy lifestyle
• Activity 2: Make your leaflet 20 min
Page 119
Session 2 Project Work: Healthy lifestyle
• Activity 3: Present your leaflet 40 min
Page 120
Self-Assessment
Session 3
• Activity 1: English language skills 20 min
• Activity 2: English study skills 20 min
Page 121
Self-Assessment
Session 4
• Activity 3: Let’s work together 20 min
• Activity 4: Module 20 min

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Module 4: Protect the Earth

Unit 1: The world we live in

Page 122-123 Suggested Time

Pages 122 - 123
Introduction
• Objectives 10 min
Page 124
Session 1 Focus on Vocabulary
• Activity 1: matching words to pictures 5 min
• Activity 2: completing sentences 10 min
• Activity 3: completing a text 10 min
▶ Glossary 5 min
Page 125
Reading
Session 2 • Activity 4: true/false 15 min
▶ Glossary 5 min
▶ Reading tip 5 min
Page 126
Listening
• Activity 5: writing descriptive words 10 min
Session 3 • Activity 6: completing sentences 10 min
Focus on Vocabulary
• Activity 7: completing a table 10 min
▶ Useful language 5 min
Page 127
Writing
• Activity 8: writing the correct options 10 min
Session 4 • Activity 9: say it 5 min
• Activity 10: writing a description of an eco-park 15 min
Speaking
• Activity 11: comparing descriptions 15 min
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Module 4: Protect the Earth

Unit 1: The world we live in

Second week: Lesson 2 Suggested Time

Page 128
Focus on Vocabulary
Session 1
• Activity 1: matching expressions to pictures 20 min
• Activity 2: taking a quiz 20 min
Page 129
Reading
• Activity 3: describing pictures 20 min
Session 2 • Activity 4: identifying main ideas 10 min
▶ Glossary 5 min
▶ Reading tip 5 min
• Activity 5: true/false 10 min
Page 130
Focus on Language
• Activity 6: identifying instructions 5 min
• Activity 7: completing sentences with the correct word 5 min
Session 3 • Activity 8: writing sentences in the correct order 10 min
Listening
• Activity 9: listening for main ideas 10 min
• Activity 10: listening for specific purposes 10 min
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Speaking
• Activity 11: telling about frequency of activities 10 min
Session 4 • Activity 12: giving and following instructions 10 min
Writing
• Activity 13: making a poster 25 min
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Module 4: Protect the Earth

Unit 1: The world we live in

Third week: Lesson 3 Suggested Time

Page 132
Focus on Vocabulary
Session 1 • Activity 1: matching animal pictures to words 10 min
• Activity 2: classifying animals in categories 10 min
• Activity 3: matching animals to descriptions 10 min
Page 133
Listening
• Activity 4: listening for details 5 min
Session 2 • Activity 5: listening for specific information 5 min
• Activity 6: completing sentences about obligations 10 min
• Activity 7: choosing the correct options 5 min
• Activity 8: say it 5 min
• Activity 9: discussing questions 10 min
Page 134
Reading
• Activity 10: predicting from pictures and title 5 min
Session 3 • Activity 11: reading for details 10 min
▶ Glossary 5 min
• Activity 12: completing a table 10 min
• Activity 13: placing numbers in order 10 min
▶ Useful language 5 min
Page 135
Speaking
• Activity 14: describing pictures 10 min
▶ Useful expressions
Session 4 • Activity 15: giving opinions 10 min
▶ Useful expressions
Speaking
• Activity 16: writing an opinion paragraph 25 min
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Module 4: Protect the Earth

Unit 2: Problems and solutions

Fourth week: Lesson 4 Suggested Time

Page 136
Focus on Vocabulary
Session 1
• Activity 1: matching phrases to pictures 20 min
• Activity 2: making a list 20 min
Page 137
Listening
• Activity 3: ordering a list of examples 10 min
Session 2 • Activity 4: listening for details 10 min
▶ Glossary 5 min
• Activity 5: say it 5 min
• Activity 6: repeating for emphasis 0 min
Page 138
Focus on Language

Session 3 • Activity 7; reading sentences 10 min

▶ Useful language 5 min
• Activity 8: completing sentences 10 min
• Activity 9: completing sentences with verb 10 min
Page 139
Reading
• Activity 10: reading a poster 5 min
• Activity 11: classifying sentences 5 min

Session 4 ▶ Glossary
Writing
• Activity 12: preparing a poster 15 min
Speaking
• Activity 13: using a poster to give a presentation 20 min
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Module 4: Protect the Earth

Unit 2: Problems and solutions

Fifth week: Lesson 5 Suggested Time

Page 140
Focus on Vocabulary
Session 1
• Activity 1: matching pictures to natural disasters 20 min
• Activity 2: speaking about natural disasters 20 min
Page 141
Speaking
• Activity 3: discussing questions 10 min
Session 2 Reading
• Activity 4: reading a blog post 15 min
▶ Glossary 5 min
• Activity 5: choosing the correct option 10 min
Page 142
Listening
• Activity 6: Listening to a conversation 5 min
• Activity 7: completing sentences 5 min
• Activity 8: writing contractions 10 min
Session 3 5 min
• Activity 9: using contractions
Focus on Language
• Activity 10: reading sentences 5 min
• Activity 11: choosing the correct option 5 min
• Activity 12: writing sentences in negative form 10 min
Page 143
Speaking
• Activity 14: discussing a plan raising plan 10 min
Session 4 • Activity 15: presenting a fund raising plan 10 min
Writing
• Activity 16: taking notes on presentations 10 min
• Activity 17: writing about presentations 15 min
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Module 4: Protect the Earth

Unit 2: Problems and solutions

Sixth week: Lesson 6 Suggested Time

Page 144
Focus on Vocabulary
Session 1
• Activity 1: matching speech bubbles with pictures 20 min
• Activity 2: Completing sentences 20 min
Page 145
Listening
• Activity 3: choosing the correct option 10 min
Session 2 ▶ Listening tip 5 min
Focus on Language
• Activity 4: choosing the correct option 10 min
• Activity 5: completing sentences with the present continuous 15 min
Page 146
Reading
• Activity 6: answering questions 10 min
Session 3 ▶ Glossary 5 min
▶ Useful Language 5 min
• Activity 7: say it 5 min
• Activity 8: marking intonations 10 min
Page 147
Speaking

Session 4 • Activity 9: finding differences 20 min

Writing
• Activity 10: writing a formal letter 20 min
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Module 4: Protect the Earth

Unit 3: Changes to make

Seventh week: Lesson 7 Suggested Time

Page 148
Speaking
Session 1 • Activity 1: predicting the future
15 min
• Activity 2: classifying sentences (positive/negative)
10 min
• Activity 3: completing a chart
10 min
Page 149
Listening
• Activity 4: completing sentences with will / won’t 15 min
▶ Useful expressions 5 min
Session 2
Focus on Language
• Activity 5: answering questions 10 min
• Activity 6: unscrambling words 5 min
• Activity 7: say it 5 min
Page 150
Reading
Session 3
• Activity 8: choosing the correct option 35 min
▶ Glossary 5 min
Page 151
Focus on Vocabulary
• Activity 9: completing sentences 15 min
Session 4 Speaking
• Activity 10: evaluating predictions 20 min

Writing
• Activity 10: writing a formal letter 40 min
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Module 4: Protect the Earth

Unit 3: Changes to make

Eighth week: Lesson 8 Suggested Time

Page 152
Focus on Vocabulary
Session 1 • Activity 1: true/false 10 min
• Activity 2: writing adjectives with their opposites 10 min
• Activity 3: adding adjectives 10 min
Page 153
Reading
• Activity 4: answering questions 10 min
Session 2 ▶ Reading tip 5 min
▶ Useful language 5 min
• Activity 5: organizing words in a diagram 10 min
• Activity 6: talking about a town 15 min
Page 154
Listening
• Activity 7: choosing the correct sentences 10 min
▶ Glossary 5 min
Session 3
• Activity 8: say it 5 min
Focus on Language
• Activity 9: answering questions 10 min
• Activity 10: writing sentences in simple past 15 min
Page 155
Speaking
• Activity 11: say it 5 min
• Activity 12: organizing years in the correct sequence 5 min
Session 4
• Activity 13: speaking about the past 10 min
Writing
• Activity 14: writing a place in the past 25 min
▶ Useful expressions
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Module 4: Protect the Earth

Unit 3: Changes to make

Ninth week: Let’s work together / Self- Assessment Suggested Time

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Project Work: Create an infographic about the environment
Session 1 • Activity 1: think about the environment 10 min
• Activity 2: discuss the topic 10 min
• Activity 3: choosing pictures and graphs 15 min
Page 157
Project Work: Create an infographic about the environment

• Activity 4: deciding the topic 5 min

Session 2 • Activity 5: finding information on the topic 20 min
• Activity 6: selecting figures and facts 5 min
• Activity 7: making your infographic 15 min
▶ Project tip
Page 157
Session 3 Project Work: Create an infographic about the environment

• Activity 8: Present your infographic 40 min

Page 158
Self-Assessment
• Activity 1: English language skills 10 min

Session 4 Page 159

Self-Assessment
• Activity 2: English study skills 10 min
• Activity 3: Let’s work together 10 min
• Activity 4: Module 4 10 min
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