Inglés - Nivel 3

BOOK USED: TOP NOTCH 2A

UNIT 1: Greetings and small talk

Communication Goals:

• Get reacquainted with someone
  
• Greet a visitor to your country
  
• Discuss gestures and customs
  
• Describe an interesting experiences

Vocabulary:

• Tourist activities
  
• Participial adjectives to describe experiences

Grammar:

• The present perfect
  
• Statements and yes / no questions
  
• Form and usage
  
• Past participles of irregular verbs
  
• With already, yet, ever, and before
  
• Common errors
  

GRAMMAR BOOSTER

• The present perfect
  
• Past participles: regular and irregular
  
• Questions with What or Which
  
• Yet and already: expansion
  
• Ever, never, and before
  
• Common errors

Conversation Strategies:

• Use I don`t think so to soften a negative answer
  
• Say I know! To exclaim that you`ve discovered an answer
  
• Use Welcome to ____ to greet someone to a new place
  
• Say That’s great to acknowledge someone’s positive experience

Listening/ Pronunciation:

Listening Skills:

• Listen to associate
  
• Listen for details
  

Pronunciation:

• Sound reduction in the present perfect

Reading:

Texts:

• A poster about customs
  
• A magazine article about non-verbal communication
  
• A geographical map
  
• A photo story
  

Skills/strategies

• Identify supporting details
  
• Personalize information

Writing:

Task:

• Write a description of a fascinating, strange, thrilling, or frightening experience
  

WRITING BOOSTER

• Avoiding run-on sentences

UNIT 2: Movies and entertainment

Communication Goals:

• Apologize for being late
  
• Discuss preferences for movie genres
  
• Describe and recommend movies
  
• Discuss effects of movie violence on viewers

Vocabulary:

• Explanations for being late 
  
• Movie genres
  
• Phrases to describe preferences
  
• Adjectives to describe movies

Grammar:

• The present perfect
  
• With for and since
  
• Other uses
  
• Would rather  + base form
  
• Form and usage
  
• Statements, questions, and answers
  
• Common errors
  

GRAMMAR BOOSTER

• The present perfect continuous
  
• The present participle: spelling
  
• Expressing preferences: review

Conversation Strategies:

• Apologize and provide a reason when late
  
• Say That’s fine to reassure
  
• Offer to repay someone with How much do I owe?
  
• Use What would you say to ____? To propose an idea
  
• Soften a negative response with To tell you the truth...

Listening/ Pronunciation:

• Listening Skills:
  
• Listen for main ideas
  
• Listen to infer meaning
  
• Dictation
  

Pronunciation:

• Reduction of h

Reading:

Texts:

• A movie website
  
• Movie reviews
  
• A textbook excerpt about violence in movies
  
• A photo story
  

Skills/strategies:

• Confirm content
  
• Evaluate ideas

Writing:

Task:

• Write an essay about violence in movies and on TV
  

WRITING BOOSTER

• Paragraphs
  
• Topic sentences

UNIT 3: Staying in Hotels

Communication Goals:

• Check into a hotel
  
• Leave and take a telephone message
  
• Request hotel housekeeping services
  
• Choose hotels and explain reasons for choices

Vocabulary:

• Hotel room types and features
  
• Hotel services
  
• Hotel room amenities and services

Grammar:

• Had better
  
• Usage
  
• Vs. should
  
• Contradictions
  
• The future with will
  
• Form and usage
  
• Contradictions
  
• Obligation: have to / must
  
• Suggestions and advice: could / should / ought to / had better
  
• Expectation: be supposed to
  
• Will: other uses; vs. be going to

Conversation Strategies:

• Say Let’s see to indicate you’re checking information
  
• Make a formal, polite request with May I ___?
  
• Say Here you go when handing someone something
  
• Use By the way... to introduce new information
  
• Say Would you like to leave a message? If someone isn’t available

Listening/ Pronunciation:

Listening Skills:

• Listen to take phone messages
  
• Listen for main ideas
  
• Listen for details
  

Pronunciation:

• Contradictions with will

Reading:

Texts:

• A hotel website
  
• Phone message slips
  
• A hotel guide book
  
• A city map
  
• A photo story
  

Skills/strategies:

• Draw conclusions
  
• Identify supporting details
  
• Interpret a map

Writing:

Task:

• Write a paragraph explaining the reasons for choosing a hotel
  

WRITING BOOSTER

• Avoiding sentence fragments with because or since

UNIT 4: Cars and Driving

Communication Goals:

• Describe a car accident
  
• Report a problem with a car
  
• Rent a car
  
• Discuss good and bad driving

Vocabulary:

• Car types
  
• Car parts
  
• Ways to show concern
  
• Causes of car accidents
  
• Phrasal verbs for talking about cars
  
• Aggressive driving behavior

Grammar:

• The past continuous
  
• Form and usage
  
• Vs. the simple past tense
  
• Direct objects with phrasal verbs
  

GRAMMAR BOOSTER

• The past continuous: other uses
• Nouns and pronouns: review

Conversation Strategies:

• Express concern about another’s condition after an accident
  
• Express relief when hearing all is OK
  
• Use Only to minimize the seriousness of situation
  
• Use actually to soften negative information
  
• Empathize with I’m sorry to hear that

Listening/ Pronunciation:

Listening Skills:

• Listen to summarize
  
• Listen to infer outcomes
  
• Listen for main ideas
  

Pronunciation:

• Stress of particles in phrasal verbs

Reading:

Texts:

• A rental car brochure
  
• Rental car case studies
  
• A feature article about defensive driving
  
• A driving behaviour survey
  
• A photo story
  

Skills/strategies:

• Understand from context
  
• Critical thinking

Writing:

Task:

• Write a paragraph comparing good and bad drivers
  

WRITING BOOSTER

• Connecting words and sentences: and, in addition, furthermore, and therefore

UNIT 5: Personal care and appearence

Communication Goals:

• Ask for something in a store
  
• Request salon services
  
• Discuss ways to improve one’s appearance
  
• Define and discuss the meaning of beauty

Vocabulary:

• Salon services
  
• Personal care products
  
• Ways to discuss beauty

Grammar:

• Indefinite quantities and amounts
  
• Some and any
  
• A lot of, many, and much
  
• Indefinite pronouns: someone / no one / anyone 
  

GRAMMAR BOOSTER

• Some and any: indefiniteness
  
• Too many, too much, and enough
  
• Indefinite pronouns: something, anything, and nothing

Conversation Strategies:

• Use Excuse me to initiate a conversation with salesperson
  
• Confirm information by repeating it with rising intonation
  
• Use Not at all to show you don’t mind an inconvenience

Listening/ Pronunciation:

Listening Skills:

• Listen to summarize
  
• Listen to take notes
  

Pronunciation:

• Pronunciation of unstressed vowels

Reading:

Texts:

• A hotel spa advertisement
  
• A health advice column
  
• A photo story
  

Skills/strategies:

• Predict
  
• Confirm content
  
• Apply information

Writing:

Task:

• Write a letter on how to improve appearance
  

WRITING BOOSTER

• Writing a formal letter