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Yearly plan ........................................................................... Shape up walkthrough .......................................................... Teaching English to children – a fascinating journey ................

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Revision 4 All about Communication! .................................... Unit 9 Let’s Experiment with Art ............................................. Unit 10 Then, now, next ........................................................ Revision 5 All about Art! ....................................................... Unit 11 Technology .............................................................. Unit 12 Our Universe ............................................................ Revision 6 All about Reaching Space! ................................... Games ................................................................................

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Extra resources ..................................................................... Tests ....................................................................................

Answer Keys

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He is so brave that he travelled under a storm.

-ly adverbs: quietly, angrily, slowly, etc

Adverbs of frequency: always, usually, often, sometimes, rarely, never

so… that…

Past simple verbs

Adjectives to describe people’s personalities: curious, brave, intelligent, dete mined, adventurous

Professions: captain, carpenter, servant, steward, sailor, soldier, doctor, cook

Irregular adverbs: hard, well

To list skills necessary for a specific job/profession. To describe the way how people do things.

Pronunciation: Free time activ ties Hobbies Adverbs

Intonation: Sentences and Wh- questions

To learn about early travellers.

To ask and answer about journeys in the past.

To tell the story of a historical journey.

To describe personal qualities.

To learn ab ut life on ships in the times of the conquests.

To describe crew’s duties.

To describe past actions.

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Pronunciation: Jobs on a ship Verbs in the past

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Did they cross the Red Sea? Yes, they did./No, they didn’t.

Skills needed for specific jobs and professions: fitness, rhythm, patience, coordination, creativity

To ask and answer about routines and habits.

Intonation: Sentence stress

Pronunciation: Animals

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Columbus left Spain in August 1942. The ships sailed for a very long time. Who were the first explorers?When did they leave Africa?

She spoke ang ily.

She plays tennis very well.

She talks quickly.

Free time activities: invite friends for a sleepover, watch TV, skip school, play computer games, eat lots of sweets, listen to music

To talk about children’s rights.

Children’s rights: play, healthcare, express yourself, family, food, education, shelter

How often do you listen to music? To talk about habitual actions and to describe frequency.

To describe actions to take care of the environment. To practise use of present perfect.

Endangered and extinct animals: panthers, albatross, dodo

I’ve stopped using plastic bags. I haven’t taken action yet.

I always/usually/often/ sometimes/rarely/never listen to music.

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Science: identifying possible actions to take care of the environment; learning about endangered and extinct animals

School Links & Values

Values: valuing and respecting our friends as they are

Social Studies: identifying different jobs and skills

History: learning about Columbus’s voyage and other early travellers

Values: the importance of developing one’s talents

Social Studies: identifying children’s rights; identifying different skills

Maths: interpreting and drawing a bar graph

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Introductory Unit Take Action!

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Writing a biography of a historical figure; putting the events in chronological order.

Reading: for specific and global information; texts about early travellers; a biography of a historical figure.

Listening for detail and global understanding.

Interaction skills: asking and answering about journeys and explorers.

Describing a journey.

Describing their duties.

Naming people who work on a ship.

Writing: useful techniques and tips for writing a poem; writing a poem based on the model presented.

Reading and understanding a poem about children’s rights.

Interaction skills: asking and answering about one’s routine; talking about people.

Describing the way people do things.

Listening for global understanding and specific information.

Understanding a graph about a routine.

Expressing which right is the most important (giving reasons for choice).

Reading and talking about children’s rights.

Writing about an animal in danger of extinction or about an extinct animal.

Reading about endangered and extinct animals.

Listing things you have not started doing yet.

Listing things you have stopped doing to take care of the environment.

Procedures

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At the Cinema

Health and fitness: have a go, look good, get smarter, have fun, feel great, be active, eat well

yet/already

Film professions: writer, director, actor, cameraman, designer, composer, stylist

Characteristics of films

Film genres: thriller, romance, animated film, science fiction film, fantasy film, musical, action film, comedy

Expressions related to illnesses: have the flu, have a nosebleed, have a bruise, have a temperature

Climate change: temperature, flood, rise, pollution, dry up, drought, melt, damage

Weather vocabulary

Wildlife: salmon, coral, birds, polar bears, tropical fish

The water in rivers and lakes will dry up.

There won’t be as many trees.

I am going to recycle paper.

Project work: My first fantastic film!

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will vs going to

To talk about ways to keep healthy.

To describe finished and unfinished actions.

To describe one’s creative skills.

To talk about people working in a film set.

To describe past life experiences.

To talk about main characteristics of films.

To learn about different types of films.

Project work: My travelling adventures!

Intonation: Sentence stress with already/yet

Pronunciation: Types of films Film professions

To talk about the future: probable situations with will and definite future plans with going to.

To make predictions about environmental issues based on current evidence.

To discuss key aspects of global warming.

To talk about climate change and the weather.

Game 1: Exploring the Himalayas

To make suggestions about health problems.

To talk about first aid.

To give advice.

To describe different illnesses and ailments.

To express rules and conditions in a programme.

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Revision 2: All about Film-making!

How about talking to your mum and dad?

Why don’t you ask your doctor?

You should drink lots of water./I suggest that you have a wa m bath.

You have a temperature.

You don’t have to do any preparation.

You have to walk.

You can’t run at the swimming pool.

I haven’t bought the d inks yet.

I’ve already bought the food.

Has the designer finished the set yet? Yes, he has./ No, he hasn’t.

Have you ever felt scared in a film? Yes, I have./No, I haven’t.

Revision 1: All about Travelling Merchants!

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Intonation: Sentences giving advice

Pronunciation: Illnesses

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Values: thinking of environmental problems and possible solutions

Science: identifying causes and effects of climate change; discussing the environment and its future

Values: the importance of knowing basic first aid

Science: identifying ways to keep healthy; identifying illnesses and remedies

Values: identifying one’s creative skills

General knowledge: The Oscar Award

Social Studies: identifying film genres; discussing film-related professions and celebrities

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Writing: identifying headings; writing a flyer.

Interaction skills: talking and asking about future plans or probable things in the future.

Listening for specific detail and global understanding.

Reading different types of texts about global warming; about wildlife; information about how to be ‘green’; about cleaning the neighbourhood.

Making predictions about the future based on current evidence.

Talking about climate change and global warming.

Writing: designing a personal fitness chart.

Interaction skills: asking and answering about a fitness programme; giving advice about illnesses and other health issues.

Reading for detail and specific information; different types of texts.

Listening for specific information.

Describing rules or conditions in a fitness programme.

Talking about illnesses and other ailments.

Writing a film review (positive or negative aspects in the film or the overall message; expressing opinion)

Listening for specific information.

Reading different types of texts.

Interaction skills: asking and answering questions about life experiences; asking and answering about making preparations.

Talking about the different people who work in a film.

Describing finished and unfinished actions when making preparations.

Talking about one’s likes and dislikes regarding film genres.

Identifying different film genres.

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I am going to play baseball.

I might visit my uncle.

Music genres: reggae, rock, jazz, classical, hip hop, pop

Means of communication: radio, podcast, forum, blog, books, magazine, website, TV

I was doing my homework.

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Vocabulary related to painting: paper, masterpiece, paint, brushes, artist

If you mix red and yellow, you get orange.

When I eat too much chocolate, I get a stomach ache.

Instructions (experiments): leave, put, pour, stir, choose, add

When you pour hot water on a plant, it dies.

Revision 4: All about Communication! Project work: Roman fun news

I was choosing my dress for the school dance when my f iend Allison called.

He didn’t think John was trying hard enough.

Sentences with present continuous

Intonation: Whquestions

Pronunciation: Music genres

Pronunciation: Food Verbs in t e past Intonation: Sentences with used to

To exp ess preferen es for different news media.

To describe past actions (with past simple and past continuous .

To talk about one’s attitude toward the media.

To identify different kinds of media and means of communication.

Intonation: Whquestions Sentence stress (past continuous)

Pronunciation: The media

Values: showing respect for different music preferences

Social Studies: identifying music genres; discussing the importance of music

Writing the steps and instructions for an experiment.

Listening for specific information; listening to and singing a song.

Interaction skills: talking about things which always happen in one’s life or are generally true.

Talking about art in one’s life.

Talking about everyday things and everyday facts.

Talking about one’s attitude towards experiments.

Describing the steps in an experiment.

Reading descriptions of and instructions for experiments.

Values: the importance of art as a way of expressing one’s own ideas and feelings

Science: discussing the results of experiments; learning about colour mixing

Writing headlines for news articles; writing a newspaper article.

Reading a web page; a blog; short pieces of news.

Telling a story.

Listening for global understanding and specific information.

Expressing preferences for different news media.

Interaction skills: asking and answering about actions that happened at a specific time in the past.

Describing actions in the past.

Expressing one’s attitude towards the media.

Talking about local news.

Writing: making notes; adding details; writing an article about life in the past and today.

Reading different types of texts about life in Roman times and today.

Comparing past and present habits.

Interaction skills: talking about global preferences today; talking about past habits.

To expand vocabulary to describe experiments.

Intonation: Sentence stress when describing steps in an experiment

Pronunciation: Vocabulary for experiments

Values: the importance of being aware of the world around us

Social Studies: identifying different types of media and the kind of information they convey

Values: the importance of finding out about the past to understand the world better

Describing popular clothes and food today.

Social Studies: learning about Roman habits

Listening for global understanding and specific information.

Talking about ancient buildings and children’s education in Roman times.

History: identifying places in a Roman town

Writing a review about a concert or a CD.

Reading a web page; an e-mail; reviews about recent CDs.

Expressing personal feelings about music and different music genres.

Listening for specific information.

Interaction skills: asking and answering about future plans, arrangements and possible activities.

Talking about personal experiences when buying tickets for a concert.

Talking about music, concerts and buying tickets for a concert.

To talk about colour preferences.

To talk about mixing colours (using zero conditional).

To talk about painting.

To talk about everyday facts using the present tense with when.

To express one’s attitude and feelings towards doing experiments.

To describe the steps in an experiment.

To follow a simple science experiment.

Game 2: Who wants to be the New Gazillionaire?

Media: business, sports, local news, entertainment, world news, weather

She was talking to someone on her mobile phone.

To compare a specific aspect of life in the times of the Romans and life today.

To talk about present habits (present simple).

To talk about past habits with used to.

To talk about children’s studies in Roman times.

To discuss popular clothes and food today.

To talk about the Romans and the way they lived.

To describe possible or undecided future activities using might/going to.

To express personal preferences about music genres.

To talk about future plans and arrangements (use of present continuous).

To talk about music and one’s attitude towards music.

To talk about buying tickets and going to a concert.

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What were you doing yeste day at 4 o’clock?

Romans didn’t use to eat pizza and pasta.

Romans used to eat bread with fruit or vegetables for dinner.

I used to play in the park after school.

most/all of…./some/none

Places in ancient Rome: market, ci cus, aqueduct, stadium, ruins, temple, baths

Food and accessories: purse, sandals, belt, necklace, honey, toga, grapes, olives, tunic

Project work: Poster competition

None of the poor children went to school.

All boys and girls learn English.

Some girls play computer games.

Most children watch TV.

Revision 3: All about Habitats!

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Roman Life

Concerts: seat, ticket, special guest, row, admission, sold out, venue

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I am visiting my grandparents.

What are you doing on Satu day?

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Common verb phrases: sleeping in, going on holidays, writing letters, skipping the rope, playing the piano, playing outdoors, going to the cinema, reading comics, playing the guitar, playing records

We shouldn’t spend so much money.

People want to learn more about the universe.

We have to think about the future.

I haven’t been to Pairs yet.

I have been to Rome. I went there two years ago.

Most people haven’t travelled into space yet.

Intonation: Whquestions Sentences with used to

Pronunciation: Everyday activities Verbs in the past

Intonation: Whquestions

Pronuncia ion: Computing jargon

The planets: Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Jupiter, Venus, Mercury, Mars, Earth

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Intonation: Sentence stress

To highlight useful expr ssi ns for advantages and disadvantages.

Game 3: Secrets of the Universe

To compare actions finished in the past (past simple) and actions that started in the past but still continue into the present (present perfect).

To talk about experiences in life.

Values: thinking of the importance of recording family events

Social Studies: identifying key moments in one’s past; identifying plans and ambitions for the future

Values: the importance of protecting the Earth for future generations

Science: The Solar System

Science: identifying different space objects; identifying environment suitable for humans

Values: thinking about technology and how it affects the way people relate to each other

History: learning about technology through the ages

Writing an article about the advantages and disadvantages of a project; contrasting arguments.

Reading: texts about space travel; an article; identifying advantages and disadvantages.

Listening for specific information and global understanding.

Discussing advantages and disadvantages of projects.

Interaction skills: talking about places you have already been to, specifying when you went there and saying which places you have not been to yet; talking about the future.

Discussing the issue of spending money on space travel.

Talking about our universe.

Delivering a presentation about a piece of technology.

Writing: making notes; a presentation about a piece of technology.

Working on useful expressions for presentations.

Listening for specific information and global understanding.

Interaction skills: asking and answering about a product.

Reading different types of texts about technology and social networking sites; a presentation about technology.

Expressing one’s opinion about technology.

Talking about technology.

Writing: identifying time expressions used to describe a person’s biography; a biography including details about the person’s past, present and his/her intentions for the future.

Listening for specific details.

Reading an e-mail; different types of texts.

Interaction skills: talking about habits in the past; talking about people one knows; talking about intentions for the future.

Listening for specific details.

Talking about past habits of people in the family.

Formal assessment provided in Shape up: • a unit test to be given at the end of each of the twelve units in the book. The tasks in the unit tests assess listening, reading, writing skills as well as grammar and vocabulary in context. • a self-assessment check at the end of each unit, in the ‘Making progress’ section. Self-assessment checks are ideal to help pupils gauge how well they know the new language presented in the unit. • two more comprehensive tests: one which can be given halfway through the school year and the other one which can be used as an end-of-year test. These two include more tasks than the unit tests.

Project work: Space travelling

Pronunciation: Space vocabulary

To give an opinion about spending money on space travel.

To learn vocabulary related to space and space travel.

To focus on vocabulary related to computing and to highlight word collocations.

To talk about computers and social networking.

To say what an object is made of, who it is made by, what it is made for.

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In 1998, we started to build a space station.

When was the first camera built? It was built in 1015.

To express one’s attitude towards technology and mobile phones.

To talk about mobile phones: advantages and disadvantages.

To name different gadgets.

To talk about intentions for the future.

To describe somebody’s life.

To describe one’s habits in the past.

To talk about habits in the past of people in the family.

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I use my computer to send e-mails.

Mobile phones are made of plastic.

Space/Different environments: the Solar System, galaxy, universe, constellation, comet, meteorite, black hole, planet, moon, Milky Way, outer space, gravity, atmosphere, space station

Computers: GoogleTM, profile, download, save, click, e mail, burn, screen, profile, disk, mouse

It is used for measu ing energy use.

The bags are made by a woman.

Gadgets: e-book, MP4 player, smart phone, games console, laptop, personal computer, mobile phone

Who is a games console used by? It is used by children.

Project work: Feeling art!

If I get married, I’ll have a big party.

When I’m 18, I’ll go to university.

We didn’t use to have a TV.

I used to play outside.

What did you use to do in your free time?

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