In this lesson, Sts focus on word order in questions. The context for presenting the grammar is an interview with a woman who works for the Department of Tourist Information in the town of Ushuaia in the south of Argentina. Ushuaia is very close to Antarctica. She talks about what it is like to live in a town that has 19 hours daylight in the summer but is dark most of the day in winter. In Vocabulary, Sts learn some more common verbs, and the pronunciation focus is on three more vowel sounds, /ɛr/, /ɑ/, and /aʊ/, and the /y/ sound.

To learn some useful language for giving detailed<br />
descriptions<br />
Language<br />
What&rsquo;s it made of? It&rsquo;s made of cotton. It feels like silk. It looks<br />
like metal. It smells like chocolate.

Writing focus: express opinions<br />
Writing outcome: write an opinion piece (Workbook)<br />
Recycled: vocabulary and structures seen previously<br />
To review vocabulary and structures practised previously<br />
To use vocabulary and grammar from the unit in the context of a song<br />
Recycled: vocabulary and structures seen previously

Reading: read an internet forum &lsquo;Who deserves a high salary?&rsquo;; match information<br />
Recycled: vocabulary and structures seen previously<br />
Extra: firefighters, police, dangerous situations, football stars, athletes, tickets, celebrities, emergency services, entertainment, engineers<br />
Dictionary: discover meaning of words in context<br />
Listening: listen to opinions<br />
Speaking: ask and answer questions about fame and jobs<br />

To use the passive tense to talk about the past<br />
To complete sentences using the past simple passive<br />
Core: You were invented to cook and clean.<br />
To make past simple passive questions<br />
To ask and answer questions using the past simple passive<br />
Core: Is English spoken in the USA? Who was the telephone<br />
invented by?

To understand a short story<br />
To act out a story<br />
Introducing vocabulary through a story<br />
To learn words for talking about the news<br />
To learn how to make adjectives from nouns with -ing<br />
Words: photographer, microphone, flash, lens, reporter, interview, article, news<br />