A reading text about the most dangerous road in the world and other geographical superlatives provides the context to present and practice superlative adjectives and the lexis of places and buildings. The lesson starts with Vocabulary where Sts learn the words for buildings and landmarks in a town or city. In Grammar, Sts make the logical progression from comparatives to superlatives, and look at some “extreme” places in the world, e.g. the busiest station , the longest bridge, etc. Pronunciation focuses on consonant groups, which occur in superlatives, e.g.

Workbook page 60-61

The context of this lesson is quiz shows through which comparative adjectives are presented and practiced, and high numbers are introduced. This lesson starts with a vocabulary focus on numbers greater than 1 ,000. In Listening and Speaking, Sts decide if they think some statements are true or false and then listen to contestants answering the questions on a quiz show. The quiz questions lead into the grammar focus on comparative adjectives and a pronunciation focus on stress in comparative sentences, and the sound fai in than and in -er endings. In Speaking,

Workbook page 58-59

This lesson continues the theme of food and focuses on sugar and salt, which were both known at different times in history as “white gold.” The lesson begins with a vocabulary focus on containers, e.g. package and can. The context for the grammar presentation is the amount of sugar and salt that there is in some common food items, and Sts learn about quantifiers, e.g. much , a lot of, and asking about quantity, e.g. how much sugar is there in dark chocolate ?

Workbook page 56-57