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Unit 1: Let’s start

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Lesson	Title	Topic	PDF	PowerPoint	Supplement	Download
1A:	Names and introductions	Greetings, basic actions			Mixed message
1B:	All about me	Writing a self introduction, saying goodbye
2A:	Numbers of things	Asking how people feel, numbers 0-10			1-10 fun
2B:	What’s your number?	Saying phone numbers, short phone conversations
3A:	FREE LESSON: Letters and words	The alphabet, numbers 11-20			11-20 fun Contact details
3B:	FREE LESSON: Asking questions	Exchanging personal information, using pronouns
4A:	Things in class	Classroom objects, numbers 21-100			21-100 fun Classroom Contract
4B:	Rules & help	Class rules, asking for help

Unit 2: Time, place and family

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Lesson	Title	Topic	PDF	PowerPoint	Supplement	Download
1A:	Times and days	Telling the time, times of day and days of the week			Guess the age What time is it?
1B:	Timetables	School subjects and schedules
2A:	People and places	Countries and nationalities			Wh Question match up
2B:	Favorite places	Colors, describing places
3A:	City and country	Features in nature and in cities			East and west reading questions
3B:	A new country	Presenting information about a country
4A:	Families at home	Your family and where you live			Family tree info gap
4B:	Meet the family	Families and their homes

Unit 3: Leisure and interests

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Lesson	Title	Topic	PDF	PowerPoint	Supplement	Download
1A:	My free time	Free time activities and how often you do them			How often bar chart
1B:	Free time survey	Class interviews about free time activities
2A:	Things you do	Sports, games and other activities			It’s true! Board game
2B:	Sports and games	Sport and sport preferences
3A:	Helping out	Personal preferences, hobbies & pastimes			What do you think?
3B:	Likes and dislikes	Giving opinions about things people do
4A:	My world	Daily routines and the times that you do things			Personal profile mixed up
4B:	What are you like?	Asking and answering about daily routines

Unit 4: We can do it!

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Lesson	Title	Topic	PDF	PowerPoint	Supplement	Download
1A:	I can sing	Abilities and how good you are at them			Can you Pictionary
1B:	I’m good at it	Asking and answering about abilities
2A:	The body in question	Parts of the body and face			Monster body
2B:	Describing people	Describing how people look
3A:	Kids can do it	How well you can do things			Incredible kids – Reading activity
3B:	Challenges	Creating a physical and metal exercise survey
4A:	Animal facts	Saying what animals are like			Match the animals
4B:	Animal abilities	Giving information about animals and their lives

Unit 5: When was it?

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Lesson	Title	Topic	PDF	PowerPoint	Supplement	Download
1A:	It’s her birthday	Birthdays and birthday celebrations			Birthday wishes
1B:	When’s your birthday?	Creating a class birthday chart
2A:	Everyone together	Celebrations and festivals			Wedding anniversary reading gap fill
2B:	Important dates	Years and large numbers
3A:	Days and dates	Time phrases, dates and past events			Dates match up
3B:	Special days	Describing past events
4A:	A day to remember	Talking about last summer. Describing the weather.			Weather Forecast
4B:	Seasons and climate	Talking about seasons and the climate in your country

Unit 6: Having fun

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Lesson	Title	Topic	PDF	PowerPoint	Supplement	Download
1A:	A night out	Going out with friends			In or out?
1B:	Going out and staying in	Different activities to do at night
2A:	Movie time	Types of films and film preferences			Movie time!
2B:	Movie habits survey	Film viewing habits of your classmates
3A:	Books and authors	Books and people who write them			Books match up
3B:	Types of books	Different types of books and book preferences
4A:	In the news	News topics and news sources			Magazine vocab quiz
4B:	News topics	Interesting news topics and articles

Unit 7: Out & about

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Lesson	Title	Topic	PDF	PowerPoint	Supplement	Download
1A:	Eat and drink	Food and drink preferences			A-Z food challenge
1B:	Food around the world	Food from around the world and using plurals
2A:	Let’s go shopping	Shopping and supermarket jobs			Mini-Supermarket
2B:	Supermarket shopping	Deciding what to buy for a trip from a supermarket
3A:	Money, money, money	Buying things and say how much they cost			Who said that?
3B:	What shall we buy?	Shopping plans and your shopping preferences
4A:	Something to wear	Describing what people wear and discussing fashion			Dress up George
4B:	Can I help you?	Describing clothes and shopping in a clothing outlet

Unit 8: Looking back

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Lesson	Title	Topic	PDF	PowerPoint	Supplement	Download
1A:	Back then	Life stages and age groups			How old are they?
1B:	A helping hand	Problems and giving advice
2A:	Home sweet home	Describing houses and homes			Rooms & furniture
2B:	Grandma’s house	Different types of home, your dream home
3A:	Old school	School and the classroom, education in the past			School subjects
3B:	Time for class	School subjects, welcoming exchange students
4A:	Back in the day	Exploring years, events and people from the past			Historic figures – missing information
4B:	History and heroes	Historical books, impressive historical people

Unit 9: Good to talk

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Lesson	Title	Topic	PDF	PowerPoint	Supplement	Download
1A:	The texting debate	Electronic devices and texting.			Telecoms mind map
1B:	Just text it	Texting survey and texting habits
2A:	Let’s chat	Communication methods, writing text messages			Misunderstandings
2B:	An unusual message	Traditional and unusual means of communication
3A:	Search engines	Searching for information, using search engines			Student profile
3B:	Online habits	Internet usage survey
4A:	Speak up	Animal communication, non-verbal communication			The five senses
4B:	Communication	Body language, insect communication

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