Top Notch: of Content and Skills
Top Notch: of Content and Skills
Top Notch: of Content and Skills
UNIT
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Getting Acquainted
Conversation Strategies
Grammar
Further explanation of usage and form: be Further explanation of form: possessive adjectives
Use As a matter of fact The verb be : to introduce surprising Yes / no questions information Contractions Begin responses with a Information questions question to clarify Possessive nouns and Provide information adjectives beyond Yes or No when answering a question
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Going Out
Top Notch Song: Going Out
Further explanation The verb be: Use Really? to show enthusiasm Questions with When, of usage: prepositions What time, and Where Use Id love to to of time and place Contractions accept an invitation Use Id love to, but... or Prepositions of time Thanks, but... to decline and place: On, in, at Use Excuse me to approach a stranger Start answers with Well The simple present to give oneself time to tense: Statements think Yes / no questions Information questions Use Thats great! to show enthusiasm Ask follow-up questions to keep a conversation going Initiate polite conversation with So Further explanation of usage and form: the simple present tense
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Talking about Families
Family relationships Ways to describe similarities and differences Marital status and relationships
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Coping with Technology
Descriptive adjectives Electronics Ways to sympathize Machines at home and at work Machine features Ways to state a complaint
Use Hows it going? and Hey to greet someone informally Use word stress to clarify meaning Use What about...? to make a suggestion Use Really? to ask for confirmation Use Hello? to answer the telephone
The present Spelling rules for the continuous: for actions present participle in progress and the Further explanation future of form: the present continuous
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Eating in, Eating out
Top Notch Song: The World Caf
Menu items Use I think Ill have to Count and non-count soften food orders nouns / there is and Categories of food there are What to say to a waiter Use Good idea! to A, an, the accept a suggestion or waitress enthusiastically Food and health
Categories of noncount nouns Verb agreement: noncount nouns Expressing quantities: non-count nouns How much / How many Spelling rules: plural nouns Some / any
*In Top Notch, the term vocabulary refers to individual words, phrases, and expressions.
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Speaking
Exchange personal information Clarify and confirm information Offer to introduce someone Introduce someone Shift to informality Offer, accept, and decline invitations Ask and answer questions about events Ask for and give directions Talk about music likes and dislikes Identify family relationships Ask about and describe family members Compare people Discuss family size
Pronunciation
Rising and falling intonation for questions
Listening
Conversations about people Task: listen for names, occupations, and nationalities
Reading
Writing
Short introductions Introduce a to people who travel classmate for their jobs Introduce Student descriptions yourself
Invitations to events Task: identify the events and times Phone calls to a box office Task: identify events, times, and ticket prices
Newspaper Describe your entertainment own musical listings tastes Arts festival website Peoples descriptions of their musical tastes Music survey Compare two people in your own family Compare two siblings in another family
Descriptions of family Article about members different family Task: listen for peoples sizes marital status or relationship Article comparing An interview about a brother a brother and Task: determine similarities sister and differences Descriptions of families Task: determine size of family and number of children Complaints about machines Task: identify the machines Radio advertisements Task: listen for adjectives that describe machines Complaints to a hotel front desk Task: identify the problem and room number Problems with machines Task: write the problem Ads from electronics catalogs
Ask for and make suggestions Offer reasons for purchasing a product Express frustration and offer sympathy Describe features of machines Complain when things dont work
Describe one of your own machines Describe all the problems in a picture
Discuss what to eat Order, get the check, and pay for a meal Describe your own diet Discuss food and health choices
Pronunciation Conversations about food Task: listen for and classify of the before food items consonant and vowel sounds Conversations in a restaurant Task: predict a diners next statement Conversations while eating Task: determine the location of the conversation
Describe a traditional food in your own country Write a story based on a picture
TOP NOTCH 1
UNIT
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Staying in Shape
Top Notch Song: A Typical Day
Physical and everyday Use Sorry, I cant to activities decline regretfully Places for sports and Provide an explanation games for declining an Talking about health invitation habits Use Actually to introduce contrast
Further explanation of form: can / have to Non-action verbs Further explanation of usage and form: frequency adverbs / time expressions
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Finding Something to Wear
Categories of clothing Clothing described as pairs Types of clothing and shoes Interior locations and directions Describing clothes
Comparative Use Excuse me to indicate that you need adjectives assistance in a store Object pronouns: as Use Excuse me? when direct objects and in you dont understand prepositional phrases or didnt hear
Further explanation of spelling and usage: comparative adjectives Further explanation of usage: direct and indirect objects
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Getting Away
Top Notch Song: My Dream Vacation
Types of vacations Adjectives for travel conditions Adjectives to describe vacations Travel problems
The past tense of be Use actually to acknowledge anothers The simple past tense: interest regular and irregular Say Im fine to decline verbs assistance After answering a question, ask What about you? to show reciprocal interest Say Oh no to indicate dismay Say Let me check to buy time to find the answer to a question Could and should Be going to for the future
Further explanation of usage and form: the past tense of be Further explanation of usage and form: the simple past tense Spelling rules: regular verbs in the simple past tense Further explanation of meaning: can, should, could Explanation of form: modals Comparison of ways to express the future
Tickets and trips Travel services Airline passenger Taking information Transportation Means of transportation Transportation problems
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Shopping Smart
Top Notch Song: Shopping for Souvenirs
Use can to indicate Superlative adjectives willingness to bargain Too and enough Use demonstratives to clarify intention
Contrasting the comparative and the superlative Spelling rules for superlatives Intensifiers too, really, and very
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Speaking
Suggest and plan an activity Provide an excuse Ask about and describe daily routines Discuss exercise and diet
Pronunciation
Listening
Reading
Writing
Can / cant Conversations about immediate Third-person plans Task: identify destinations singular endings Descriptions of exercise and diet routines Task: identify each persons health habits Conversations about diet and exercise Task: complete the statement
Graph showing Report about calories burned a classmates by activity typical day Health survey Recount Article about your own Brooke Ellisons typical day daily schedule
Discuss where you shop Ask a clerk for help Shop and pay for clothes Ask for and give directions within a building Discuss culturally appropriate dress
Conversations about clothing needs Task: choose the clothing item Directions in a store Task: mark the store departments Conversations about clothes Task: determine the location of the conversation
Clothing store Give advice website about Article about clothing for clothing tips for visitors to your country travelers Personal dress Plan clothing for a trip and code survey explain reasons
Greet someone arriving from a trip Describe travel conditions Talk about leisure activities Discuss vacation preferences Complain about travel problems Discuss schedules and buy tickets Ask for and give advice Book travel services Discuss travel plans Describe transportation problems
Simple past- Descriptions of vacations Task: identify the vacation tense endings problems Descriptions of travel experiences Task: choose the correct adjective
Vacation ads Describe a Travel agency past brochure vacation Vacation survey Describe Student articles another about vacations persons vacation
Airport Recount Intonation of Requests for travel services Task: identify the service requested transportation departure alternatives problems on schedule Airport announcements Task: listen for delays and a past trip Travel survey News clippings Imagine your cancellations next trip about Conversations about transportation transportation problems Task: complete the statement problems Conversations about transportation Task: match the conversation with the picture Rising intonation to clarify information Recommendations for electronic products Task: identify the product Shopping stories Task: listen for products and prices Conversations about electronics purchases Task: check satisfactory or not satisfactory to the customer Travel guide Narrate a about money true story and shopping about a Article about shopping tipping experience customs Create a Tipping survey shopping Story about a guide for shopping your city experience
Ask for and give a recommendation Discuss price range Bargain for a lower price Discuss tipping customs Describe a shopping experience
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