Inglés - Nivel 8

Book Used: Summit 1B

Unit 6: Animals

• Vocabulary:
  • Ways animals are usedor treated
  • Describing pets
  • Describing characters traits
    
• Conversation Strategies:
  • Use I´ve heard to introduce a statement of popular opinion
  • Use For one thing to provide one reason among several in supporting an argument
  • Use Believe it or not to introduce surprising information
    
• Discussion topics:
  • The treatment of animals
  • The advantages and disadvantages of different pets
  • Animal characters in books, cartoons, TV programs, and movies
  • The value of animal conservation
    
• Grammar:
  • The passive voice with modals
  • Grammar and pronunciation boosters
    
• Grammar booster:
  • Modals and modal-like expressions: sumary
  • Pronunciation booster
  • Sound reduction
    
• Listening tasks:
  • Rephrase descriptions
  • Dtermine the moral of a story
  • Identify character traits
  • Focus on details
    
• Readings:
  • The Chinese Zodiac
  • A discussion board about the humane treatment of animals
  • Ana rticle about animal conversation
    
• Writing:
  • Express an opinion on animal treatment
  • Writing skill: Persuasion

Unit 7: Advertising and Consumers

• Vocabulary:
  • Describing low prices and high prices
  • Shopping expressions
  • Ways to persuade
    
• Conversation Strategies:
  • Soften a wish or a stament of intent with I think
  • Ask questions to narrow scope
  • Say Of course to make an affirmative answer stronger
  • Discussion topics
  • Appropiate pricing
  • Smart shopping
  • Reactions to ads
  • Advertising techniques
  • Compulsive shopping
    
• Grammar:
  • Passive forms of gerunds and infinitives
  • Grammar and pronunciation boosters
    
• Grammar booster:
  • Grammar for writing: Past forms of gerunds and infinitives: active and pasive voice
  • Pronunciation booster
  • Vowel sounds /i/ and /l/
    
• Listening tasks:
  • Identify points of view
  • Rephrase what people are doing
  • Match advertising techniques to ads
  • Determine people´s attitudes
    
• Readings:
  • Interviews: reactions to ads
  • Apresentation of eight advertising techniques
  • A magazine article about compulsive shopping
    
• Writing:
  • Explain an article you read
  • Writing skill: Writing a summary

Unit 8: Family trends

• Vocabulary:
  • Examples of bad behavior
  • Describing parent and teen behaviorWord Skill: transforming verbs and adjectives into nouns
    
• Conversation Strategies:
  • Use I hate to say, but to introduce unwelcome information
  • Respond with I suppose to indicate partial agreement
  • Use But to introduce a dissenting opinion
  • Discussion topics
  • Conflicts in relationships
  • Birthrates and life expectancy
  • Parent-teen issues
  • Changing family demographics
  • Generational issues and concerns
  • Current family trends
  • Care for the eldery
    
• Grammar:
  • Repeated comparatives and double comparatives
  • Grammar and pronunciation boosters
    
• Grammar booster:
  • Making comparisons: summary
  • Other uses of comparatives, superlatives and comparisons with as...as
  • Pronunciation booster
  • Stress placement: prefixes and suffixes
    
• Listening tasks:
  • Summarize demographic information
  • Rephrase people´s points of view
  • Focus on details
  • Classify information to compare two generations
  • Apply logic to information
    
• Readings:
  • A brochure about falling birthrates
  • A newspaper article about China´s elderly population
  • Case studies: aging parents
    
• Writing:
  • Describe your relationship with a family memeber Writing skill: Avoiding comma splices and run-on sentences

Unit 9: History´s Mysteries

• Vocabulary:
  • Ways to say “I don´t know”
  • Ways to express certaintyWord Skill: using adjectives with the suffix -able
    
• Conversation Strategies:
  • Use Well to introduce an encouraging statement
  • Say You´re probably right to acknowledge another´s encouragement
  • Ask a question with Why else to confirm one´s own opinion
  • Discussion topics
  • Theories that best explain mysteries
  • The credibility of stories
  • Trustworthy news sources
    
• Grammar:
  • Indirect speech with modals
  • Perfect modals in the passive voice for speculating about the past
  • Grammar and pronunciation boosters
    
• Grammar booster:
  • Reporting verbs say, ask and tell: summary
  • Grammar for writing: other reporting verbs
  • Pronunciation booster
  • Reduction and linking in perfect modalas in the passive voice
    
• Listening tasks:
  • Summarize main ideas
  • Identify information that supports ana rgument
  • Infer what people mean
    
• Readings:
  • “The world´s easiest Quiz”
  • Descriptions of bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, and the Bermuda Triangle
  • Encyclopedia entries about well-known mysteries
  • A magazine article about the world´s greatest hoaxes
    
• Writing:
  • Write a news article
  • Writing skill: Avoiding sentence fragments

Unit 10: Your free time

• Vocabulary:
  • Ways to express fear and fearlessnessWord Skill: using collocations for leisure activitiesWord
  • Skill: modyfing with adverbs
    
• Conversation Strategies:
  • Use kind of to soften an assertion
  • Use I hate to say this, but to excuse oneself for disagreeing
  • Use Well, even so to acknowledge someone´s point but disagree politely
  • Discussion topics
  • The benefits of leisure activities
  • Hobbies and interests· Your use of leisure time
  • Extreme sports· Risk-taking vs. Risk-avoidance
    
• Grammar:
  • Order of modifiers
  • Grammar and pronunciation boosters
    
• Grammar booster:
  • Intensifiers
  • Adverbs of manner
  • Pronunciation booster
  • Vowel sounds
    
• Listening tasks:
  • Classify information to define terms
  • Match activities with people, according to the information they imply
    
• Readings:
  • Statics comparing technological promises vs.reality
  • Case studies: stresssful situations
  • Message-board posts about unusual hobbies
  • A magazine technology and leisure time
    
• Writing:
  • Comment on another´s point of view
  • Writing skill: Expressing and supporting your opinion