Week 49 of 72 Theme/subject Getting On

Learning outcomes Aspect of outcome (e.g. Language Learning activities

or functions; sub-skills, performance
criteria)
Speaking
1. Can give detailed accounts of  Can give clear, systematically  Work in groups. Tell other
experiences, describing developed descriptions. students about the people
feelings and reactions. in your photos on your list.
They can ask questions.

2. Can express feelings (e.g.  Can ask questions and

sympathy, surprise, interest) participate actively in routine  Work in pairs. Choose four
with confidence, using a range and non-routine formal questions from exercise
of expressions. discussions. 1a.Then think of two more
questions of your own.
Take turns to ask and
 Can synthesise and report answer the questions.
information and arguments
3. Can summarise and give from other people.  Complete the
opinions on issues and stories questionnaire. Work in
and answer questions in detail.
pairs and swap
questionnaires.
Tell the class about your
partner’s answers to the
questionnaire.

Listening
1. Can follow an everyday  Can understand the information  Jesse is showing photos
conversation or informal content of the majority of to a colleague. Listen to
interview on common topics. recorded audio material. the audio and find five
mistakes in the sentences
below.
2. Can understand problem and
solution relationships in  Can understand most TV news  Watch and listen to the
informal conversation. and current affairs video. Tick the topics that
programmes. Grace and Hendrik talk
about.

 Can keep up with conversation  Listen to five respondents

and with some effort catch talking about their
much of what is said around answers. Which
him/her. statements are they
discussing? Make notes
about what they say.

Reading
1. Can recognise significant  Can scan quickly through  Read the article. Choose a
points and arguments in several sources and can phrase from exercise 1b to
straightforward newspaper identify the relevance and complete the gaps.
articles on familiar topics. usefulness of particular
sections.

 Can recognise factual  Read the introduction to

information in a short text. the questionnaire. What is
the questionnaire trying to
find out?
  Can understand the description  Read the online message
of events, feelings and wishes that Katarina sent to her
in personal letters well enough old friend Grace. How do
they know each other?
to correspond regularly with a
What does Katarina want
pen friend. to do?

Writing
1. Can write short, simple  Can write short personal letters  Write a similar message to
biographies about real or and notes asking for or Katrina’s message
imaginary people. conveying simple information of following the same
structure. Use the
immediate relevance.
checklist below to help
2. Can take notes while you.
researching a familiar topic.  Can write notes conveying  Read Katarina’s message
simple information of again and complete it with
immediate relevance. the phrases below.
3. Can support a main idea with
explanations and examples in
a structured paragraph on a
familiar topic.  What common beliefs do
 Can write letters highlighting people have about lifestyle
the personal significance of in your country? Make a
events. list.

Assessment activities

Study, Practice and Remember (Pages 132-134)

Unit Test 1

Homework/Independent study/Assignment

MyEnglishLab Assignments:
Language focus 1: Past and present verb forms
Vocabulary: Relationships
Vocabulary: Friendship
Pronunciation: Stressed and unstressed auxiliary verbs
Language live: Responding to how people feel
Writing: Planning and drafting a biography
Resources (Key and/or supplementary)

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 Cutting Edge, 3rd Ed Upper Intermediate Workbook

Week 50 of 72 Theme/subject Ups and Downs

Learning outcomes Aspect of outcome (e.g. Language Learning activities
or functions; sub-skills, performance
criteria)
Speaking
1. Can give detailed answers to  Can maintain a conversation or  Work in pairs and discuss.
questions in a face-to face discussion. Which of these things are
survey. you good/bad at
2. Can express opinions and remembering?
attitudes using a range of basic  Can give detailed accounts of
expressions and sentences. experiences, describing  Work in pairs. Choose four
3. Can express their opinions in feelings and reactions. of the questions above to
discussions on contemporary ask your partner.
social issues and current
affairs.  Can describe the main points  Work in small groups and
of news bulletins. discuss. Do any people in
your class share flashbulb
memories of the same
event or piece of news?
Listening
1. Can follow an everyday  Can follow in outline  Listen to five people
conversation or informal straightforward short talks on discussing the quiz. Which
interview on common topics. familiar topics. question is each speaker
discussing?
2. Can understand TV
documentaries, interviews,  Can generally follow the main  Listen to the three stories
plays and most films in points of extended discussion and match them with the
standard speech. around him/her. pictures. Choose the best
title for each story.

 Can understand a large part of  Watch and listen to the

many TV programmes on video. Which events from
topics of personal interest such exercise 1 are mentioned?
Are any other events
as interviews, short lectures, mentioned?
and news reports.

Reading
1. Can make simple inferences  Can quickly identify the content  Read the comments
based on information given in and relevance of news items, below. Do you have the
a short article. articles and reports. same or similar
experiences to any of the
2. Can identify key information in  Can find and understand speakers?
an extended text or article. relevant information in
everyday material, such as an  Read the text on page 16
article or brochure. quickly. Then match
paragraphs 1-5 with
comments a-d.
 Can scan longer texts in order
to locate desired information,  Work in pairs. Go online to
and gather information from find out more information
different parts of a text. about one of the questions
above.

Writing
1. Can write about feelings and  Can write short, simple essays  Write a paragraph about
the personal significance of on topics of interest. an important memory.
experiences in detail. Include the information in
2. Can take notes while exercise 1b above.
researching a familiar topic.  Can write straightforward
connected texts on a range of
familiar subjects.
 Assessment activities

Study, Practice and Remember (Pages 135-137)

Unit Test 2

Homework/Independent study/Assignment

MyEnglishLab Assignments:
Vocabulary: Describing how you feel
Listen and read: Favourite films
Vocabulary: Things that make you feel good
Pronunciation: Stressed and unstressed syllables in nouns
Writing: A description of something that happened to you
Resources (Key and/or supplementary)

 Cutting Edge, Audios/Videos

 Cutting Edge, MyEnglishLab
 Cutting Edge, 3rd Ed Upper Intermediate Workbook

Week 39 of 72 Theme/subject Across the Globe

Learning outcomes Aspect of outcome (e.g. Language Learning activities

or functions; sub-skills, performance
criteria)
Speaking
 Write six sentences
1. Can make simple, direct  Can compare and contrast comparing your country to
comparisons between two alternatives. a nearby country.
people or things using common Compare and discuss
adjectives. your answers in groups.

2. Can make simple  Can make his/her opinions and  Work in groups. Take
recommendations for a course reactions understood as turns to talk about your
of action in familiar everyday regards solutions to problems ideal holiday. Other
situations. or practical questions of where members of the group
to go, what to do, how to listen and recommend
organise an event. places to visit/avoid.

3. Can deal with common

situations when making travel  Can deal with most  Work in pairs. Choose a
arrangements or travelling. transactions likely to arise travel problem and write a
whilst travelling, arranging short dialogue. Act out
travel or accommodation. your conversation to the
rest of the class.
Listening
1. Can get the gist of explanations  Can follow a lecture or talk  Carla is visiting London for
of unfamiliar cultural practices within his/her own field, the first time and asks her
and customs, if delivered provided the subject matter is friend Tom for advice.
slowly and clearly. familiar. Listen to the first part of
the conversation and
choose the best summary.
.
2. Can follow the main points of Can follow in outline  Listen to the second part
short talks on familiar topics if straightforward short talks on of Carla and Tom’s
delivered in clear standard familiar topics. conversation. Match the
speech. places Tom recommends
with the ideas in the box.

Reading
 Can scan short texts to locate  Can scan and gather  Read the website quickly.
specific information. information from different parts Would you prefer
of a text. Landon’s holiday or
Valentina’s holiday? Why?

 Can derive the probable  Can identify unfamiliar words  Look at the readers’
meaning of simple unknown from the context on topics comments. Is each
words from short, familiar related to his/her field and comment suggesting visit
contexts. interests. or avoid?

Writing
1. Can make simple comparisons  Can write very brief reports to a  Write six sentences
between people, places or standard format, which pass on comparing your country to
things. routine factual information and a nearby country.
state reasons for actions.
2. Can write about personal  Can write accounts of personal  Write a travel blog for a
experiences in a diary or online experiences, describing journey you made in the
posting, given a model. feelings and reactions in simple past.
connected text.

Assessment activities

Study, Practice and Remember (Pages 138-140)

Unit Test 3

Homework/Independent study/Assignment

MyEnglishLab Assignments:
Language focus 1: Comparatives and superlatives
Listen and read: Unusual holidays
Language focus 2: Different ways of comparing
Vocabulary: Adjectives for describing places
Language live: Travel problems
Writing: Postcards
Resources (Key and/or supplementary)

 Cutting Edge, Audios/Videos

  Cutting Edge, MyEnglishLab
 Cutting Edge, 3rd Ed Upper Intermediate Workbook

Week 40 of 72 Theme/subject Real Lives

Learning outcomes Aspect of outcome (e.g. Language Learning activities

or functions; sub-skills, performance
criteria)
Speaking
1. Can give simple reasons to  Can take part in routine formal  Work as a class. Take
justify a viewpoint on a familiar discussion of familiar subjects turns to make nomination
topic. which involves the exchange of speeches like the ones in
factual information.
the recording.
2. Can express belief, opinion,  Can give or seek personal
agreement and disagreement  Work in pairs and discuss.
views and opinions in
politely. discussing topics of interest.

3. Can give detailed accounts of  Can give straightforward

experiences, describing descriptions on a variety of  Work in small groups.
feelings and reactions. familiar subjects Take turns to explain your
lifelines and answer any
questions.
Listening
1. Can follow the main points of  Can follow in outline  Work as a class. Choose
short talks on familiar topics if straightforward short talks on three people from the
delivered in clear standard familiar topics photos and listen to their
speech. nominations. What
reasons do the speakers
give for each nomination?
2. Can understand a large part of  Can understand the information
many TV programmes on content of recorded or  Watch and listen to the
familiar topics. broadcast material. video about Charles
Dickens and tick four
reasons that Simon
Callow gives for admiring
Dickens.

3. Can identify a simple

chronological sequence in a  Can understand the main  Watch and listen to four
recorded narrative or dialogue. points of simple recorded people talking about a
material. great writer, artist or
leader they would like to
meet. Number the people
1-4 in the order they are
mentioned.
Reading
1. Can scan short texts to locate  Can find and understand  Read the text and mark
specific information. relevant information in the statements below true
everyday material. (T), false (F) or not sure
(NS). Underline the part of
the text that gives you the
answer.

2. Can make simple inferences  Can identify the main  Read the extract from
based on information given in conclusions in short articles. Agassi’s autobiography
a short article.
 and answer the questions.

3. Can derive the probable  Can extrapolate the meaning of

meaning of simple unknown occasional unknown words
words from short, familiar from the context and deduce  Find the words in the box.
contexts. sentence meaning. Circle them in blue if they
relate to tennis and in red
if they relate to Andre’s
feelings of fear.
Writing
1. Can write detailed descriptions  Can write clear, detailed  Write a paragraph about
of real or imaginary people. descriptions of real or the person you nominated
imaginary events and for the Inspiration Award.
Explain why you
experiences.
nominated him/her.

2. Can write short, simple  Can write clear descriptions on  Choose one of the people
biographies about real or a variety of subjects related to you have researched and
imaginary people. his/her field of interest. write a short paragraph
about his/her life.

Assessment activities

Study, Practice and Remember (Pages 141-143)

Unit Test 4

Homework/Independent study/Assignment

MyEnglishLab Assignments:
Language focus 1: Present perfect and Past simple
Pronunciation: Linking in time phrases
Listen and read: Johnny Depp
Vocabulary: Life events
Vocabulary: Personal qualities
Resources (Key and/or supplementary)

 Cutting Edge, Audios/Videos

 Cutting Edge, MyEnglishLab
 Cutting Edge, 3rd Ed Upper Intermediate Workbook

Week 41 of 72 Theme/subject Go for It!

Learning outcomes Aspect of outcome (e.g. Language Learning activities
or functions; sub-skills, performance
criteria)
Speaking
1. Can express belief, opinion,  Can give or seek personal  Work in pairs. Which
agreement and disagreement views and opinions in quotes do you think are
politely. discussing topics of interest. true? Which don’t you
agree with? Why?
.
 On your own decide which
2. Can give simple reasons to  Can take part in routine formal three candidates should
justify a viewpoint on a familiar discussion of familiar subjects go through to the final
topic. which involves the exchange of and who should be fired.
factual information. Tell the class what you
decided and why.

3. Can leave phone messages  Can leave phone messages  Work in pairs Student A:
containing detailed information. giving simple information of Turn to page 128. Student
immediate relevance to friends, B: Turn to page 130. Read
service people, teachers and your instructions then act
others who feature in his/her out the conversation.
everyday life.

Listening
1. Can recognise a speaker’s  Can understand the description  Listen to a radio
feelings or attitudes. of events, feelings and wishes. programme about people
at a career crossroads.
Answer the questions.
2. Can follow the main points of
short talks on familiar topics if  Can follow in outline  Listen to the board
delivered in clear standard straightforward short talks on discussing the candidates’
speech. familiar topics qualities and make notes.
Compare your answers
with other students.

Reading
1. Can understand simple  Can understand texts that  Are you ambitious or not?
questions in questionnaires consist mainly of high Do the quiz to find out.
on familiar topics. frequency everyday or job-
related language

2. Can scan short texts to locate  Can scan short simple texts in  Read about the reality TV
specific information. order to locate desired show The Executive and
information. answer the questions.

3. Can compare a resume/CV  Can find and understand

against a job posting to relevant information in  Look at the words and
determine if key requirements everyday material, such as
phrases in bold in Sean’s
have been met. letters, brochures and short
official documents. CV. Match them with the
definitions below.

Writing
1. Can write a description of a  Can write simple connected  Write five sentences about
future event or activity. text on topics which are familiar yourself using future forms
or of personal interest. and the prompts below.
2. Can take messages,
communicate enquiries and  Can take messages conveying  Work in pairs. Watch and
explain problems. simple information of listen to conversation 2.
 immediate relevance. Rewrite the secretary’s
part to make it more polite.
3. Can write a basic letter of  Can write personal letters and
application with limited notes asking for or conveying  Write the first draft of your
supporting details. simple information of CV. Use the checklist
immediate relevance, getting below to help you.
across the point he/she feels to
be important.

Assessment activities

Study, Practice and Remember (Pages 144-146)

Unit Test 5

Homework/Independent study/Assignment

MyEnglishLab Assignments:
Pronunciation: Word stress in word families
Vocabulary: Work
Language focus 2: Future clauses with if, when, unless etc.
Writing: A letter of reference
Language live: Making a telephone call
Resources (Key and/or supplementary)

 Cutting Edge, Audios/Videos

 Cutting Edge, MyEnglishLab
 Cutting Edge, 3rd Ed Upper Intermediate Workbook

Week 42 of 72 Theme/subject True Stories

Learning outcomes Aspect of outcome (e.g. Language Learning activities

or functions; sub-skills, performance
criteria)
Speaking
1. Can discuss films, books or  Can express his/her thoughts Work in pairs and discuss
plays in simple terms, using about abstract or cultural topics why you think the article is
fixed expressions. such as music, films etc. called ‘A twist of fate’?

2. Can express opinions using  Can give reasons and Work in pairs and discuss
simple language. explanations for opinions and whether you think their
plans. story is a sad or happy
one.
 Can narrate a story or relate
3. Can narrate a story. the plot of a book or film. Work in groups. Retell the
a. discuss films, books or n express his/her second part of the story to
plays in simple terms, thoughts about your group.
using abstract o

Listening

1. Can understand the main  Can understand the main  Listen to the first part of
points of narratives and points of clear standard speech the story. Which questions
 conversations about familiar on familiar matters including can you answer?
topics (e.g. work, leisure) narratives.
delivered in clear standard
speech.  Look at the key phrases in
 Can relate details of
2. Can listen to a short narrative exercise 2. Some key
and predict what will happen predictable occurrences. phrases are important in
next. the second part of the
story. Can you guess what
happens in the second
part of the story?
 Can catch the main points in
3. Can identify the main point of  Watch and listen to the
TV news items reporting TV programmes on familiar
first part of the video and
events, accidents, etc. where topics. check your answers to
the visual supports the exercise 2. Briefly say
commentary. what happened in your
own words.
Reading
1. Can scan short texts to  Can scan quickly through  Read the article and
locate specific information. several sources and identify answer the questions.
the relevance and usefulness
of particular sections.
2. Can follow chronological
sequence in a formal  Can understand the main  The story starts with the
structured text. points in a text. moment that the twins
met. Did the actions in
exercise 3 happen before
or after they met?
3. Can search the internet  Can scan longer texts in order
for specific everyday or to locate desired information,  Go online to find out more
work-related information. and gather information from about some of the
different parts of a text incidents. Answer the
questions.
Writing

1. Can write a story with a simple  Can write a story or the plot of  Write a ghost story of your
linear sequence. a book or film and describe own.
reactions.

2. Can develop a clear written  Can summarise, report and  Choose a story type from
description or narrative with give his/her opinion about exercise 1a on page 56
relevant supporting detail and accumulated factual and invent the introduction
examples. information on familiar routine to a story.
and non-routine matters.

 Write a paragraph about

3. Can use common connectors to  Can write straightforward one of the incidents you
tell a story or describe an event connected texts on a range of researched. Use the
in writing. familiar subjects.
prompts below to help
you.

Assessment activities

Study, Practice and Remember (Pages 147-149)

Unit Test 6
 Homework/Independent study/Assignment

MyEnglishLab Assignments:
Language focus 1: Past perfect
Language focus 2: Reported speech
Listen and read: The world's funniest jokes
Vocabulary: Adverbs for telling stories
Writing: Checking for mistakes
Resources (Key and/or supplementary)

 Cutting Edge, Audios/Videos

 Cutting Edge, MyEnglishLab
 Cutting Edge, 3rd Ed Upper Intermediate Workbook

Week 43 of 72 Theme/subject Must See!

Learning outcomes Aspect of outcome (e.g. Language Learning activities

or functions; sub-skills, performance
criteria)
Speaking
1. Can discuss films, books or  Can express his/her thoughts  Work in pairs and hold a
plays in simple terms, about abstract or cultural topics discussion about films
using fixed expressions. such as music, films etc. using the questions below.

2. Can give or seek personal  Work in groups and

 Can give reasons and
views and opinions in discuss. How would you
discussing topics of interest. explanations for opinions and
like to change TV and/or
plans.
radio in your country?

3. Can express and respond to  Work in pairs. Discuss

feelings (e.g. surprise,  Can react to and express
how you would feel in the
happiness, interest, feelings and wishes. following situations.
indifference).
Listening
1. Can follow everyday  Can generally follow the main  Listen to four people
conversation, with some points of extended discussion speaking about something
repetition of particular words around him/her. they have seen. Which
and phrases. questions does each
speaker answer and what
do they say?
2. Can extract key factual  Can understand
information from a phone straightforward factual  Karina has a spare ticket
conversation on a familiar for a gig tonight. Watch
information about common
topic. and listen to the video and
everyday or job related topics,
answer the questions.
identifying both general
messages and specific details

Reading
1. Can make basic inferences or  Can deduce meaning and  Read the news headlines
predictions about text content make predictions of text below. Can you guess
 from headings, titles or content from headings, titles or what the article is about?
headlines headlines.

2. Can make simple inferences  Can deduce meaning and  Read articles 1-4 quickly
based on information given in make a conclusion based on and match them with
a short article. information given. headlines A-D. Were your
answers to exercise 2
correct?
3. Can derive the probable  Can extrapolate the meaning of  Find the words in the
meaning of simple unknown occasional unknown words articles with these
words from short, familiar from the context and deduce meanings.
contexts. sentence meaning.
Writing
1. Can write a simple review of a  Can summarise, report and  Write a review of a film,
film, book or TV programme give his/her opinion about musical or concert that
using a limited range of accumulated factual you have seen recently.
language. information on familiar routine
and non-routine matters.

Assessment activities

Study, Practice and Remember (Pages 150-152)

Unit Test 7
Mid-Course Test

Homework/Independent study/Assignment

MyEnglishLab Assignments:
Vocabulary: Entertainment and television
Language focus 2: The passive
Pronunciation: Word stress
Listen and read: Customer reviews
Language live: Making a social arrangement
Writing: Email invitations
Resources (Key and/or supplementary)

 Cutting Edge, Audios/Videos

 Cutting Edge, MyEnglishLab
 Cutting Edge, 3rd Ed Upper Intermediate Workbook

Week 44 of 72 Theme/subject Social Life

Learning outcomes Aspect of outcome (e.g. Language Learning activities

or functions; sub-skills, performance
criteria)
Speaking
1. Can make requests related to  Can communicate in simple  Work in pairs. Rewrite the
immediate needs using basic and routine tasks using simple conversations to make
 fixed expressions. phrases to ask for and provide them more polite. Then
things act them out.
2. Can express opinions and  Can make his/her opinions and
react to practical suggestions reactions understood .  Work in pairs. Write
of where to go, what to do, etc. conversations similar to
the one in exercise 2. Act
out your conversations for
the class.

3. Can describe future plans and  Can describe dreams, hopes  Write a conversation using
intentions using fixed I’ll or I am going to. Act out
and ambitions and briefly give
expressions. that conversation.
reasons and explanations for
plans.

Listening
1. Can generally follow changes  Can understand the main points  Listen to five excerpts
of topic in discussions related of clear standard speech on from a conversation about
to their field if conducted slowly familiar matters. the issues in a quiz.
and clearly. Answer the questions.

2. Can follow the main points in

TV programmes on familiar
 Can understand a large part of
 Watch the video about
many TV programmes on
topics if delivered in clear gaming addiction. Choose
topics.
standard speech. the best way to complete
each sentence.

Reading
1. Can identify key information in  Can find and understand  Read the article then work
an extended text or article. relevant information in in pairs. Explain why the
everyday material. things below are important
in each person’s night out.

2. Can make simple inferences  Can deduce meaning and  Read the article again
based on information given in make a conclusion based on then answer the
a short article. information given. questions.

 Look at these expressions

3. Can derive the probable  Can extrapolate the meaning of from the text. Can you
meaning of simple unknown occasional unknown words guess the meaning of the
words from short, familiar from the context and deduce
words and phrases in
contexts. sentence meaning.
bold?

Writing
1. Can give advice, including  Can convey information of  Write out the best tips
reasons. immediate relevance, getting about the topic you chose
across the point he/she feels to with your group.
be important.
2. Can summarise factual  Can summarise, report and  Write a paragraph about
information within their field give his/her opinion about the addiction you
of interest. accumulated factual researched. Include
information answers to the questions
in exercise 5b.

Assessment activities

Study, Practice and Remember (Pages 153-155)

Unit Test 8
 Homework/Independent study/Assignment

MyEnglishLab Assignments:
Language focus 1: Polite requests
Pronunciation: Polite intonation in requests
Language focus 2: will and shall for instant responses
Listen and read: Culture clash
Vocabulary: Talking about norms and customs
Resources (Key and/or supplementary)

 Cutting Edge, Audios/Videos

 Cutting Edge, MyEnglishLab
 Cutting Edge, 3rd Ed Upper Intermediate Workbook

Week 45 of 72 Theme/subject Stuff!

Learning outcomes Aspect of outcome (e.g. Language Learning activities

or functions; sub-skills, performance
criteria)
Speaking

1. Can discuss every day, practical  Can enter unprepared into  Work in pairs. Student A:
issues when the conversation is conversation on topics that are Read text 1. Student B:
conducted slowly and clearly. familiar, of personal interest or Read text 2. Tell your
pertinent to everyday life. partner about what you
read.

2. Can summarise and comment on  Can summarise and give his or  Work in groups. Choose at
a short story or article and her opinion about a short story, least one question each
answer questions in detail. article or talk. about the article to ask the
group.

3. Can discuss the main points of  Can summarise and give his or  Read the introduction to
news stories about her opinion about a short story. the article and look at the
familiar topics. photos and headings.
What do you think the
article is about?

Listening
1. Can identify objects, places or  Can understand straightforward  Listen to four
people from short spoken factual information about conversations and answer
descriptions. common everyday or job the questions.
related topics.
2. Can identify a simple  Listen again and number
chronological sequence in a  Can understand the information the phrases in bold in the
recorded narrative or dialogue. content of the majority of order you hear them.
recorded or broadcast audio
material.  Listen to Fadil, Abigail and
3. Can identify key details in a  Can follow in outline Joel. Write down six things
simple recorded dialogue or they say you should take
straightforward short talks on
narrative.
familiar topics. on a trip.
Reading
1. Can derive the probable  Can identify unfamiliar words  Work in pairs. Read the
meaning of simple unknown from the context on topics text, then discuss the
words from short, familiar related to his/her field and meaning of the words and
contexts. interests and deduce their phrases below with your
meaning. partner.
2. Can use a monolingual  Can scan texts in order to  Match the words in the
dictionary to check the meaning locate desired information, and box with the prompts
of words without needing to gather information from below. Then write
refer to a bilingual dictionary. different parts of a text. definitions for them using
which, that, who, whose or
where.
Writing
1. Can write very simple personal  Can write personal letters and  Write a informal message
emails/letters expressing thanks notes asking for or conveying to thank a person. Choose
and apology. simple information of an appropriate form for the
immediate relevance. message.(text, card,
2. Can write a formal email/letter of  Can write personal letters and email, etc.)
thanks or apology with notes asking for or conveying  Write a formal message to
appropriate conventions. simple information of thank a person. Choose
immediate relevance an appropriate form for the
message.(text, card,
email, etc.)

Assessment activities

Study, Practice and Remember (Pages 156-158)

Unit Test 9

Homework/Independent study/Assignment

MyEnglishLab Assignments:
Listen and read: eBay
Vocabulary: How gadgets work
Pronunciations: Stress patterns in compound words
Language focus 2: Quantifiers
Language live: Buying things
Writing: Formal and informal styles
Resources (Key and/or supplementary)

 Cutting Edge, Audios/Videos

 Cutting Edge, MyEnglishLab
 Cutting Edge, 3rd Ed Upper Intermediate Workbook

Week 46 of 72 Theme/subject Society and Change

Learning outcomes Aspect of outcome (e.g. Language Learning activities

or functions; sub-skills, performance
criteria)
Speaking
1. Can express hopes for the  Can describe dreams, hopes  Work in groups. Read the
future using a range of fixed and ambitions article again and discuss.
expressions.
 How do you say the
 Can find out and pass on following figures? Listen
2. Can use a range of language to and practice saying them.
straightforward factual
make detailed comparisons of
quantities. information.
 Choose five questions
 Can develop an argument well from exercise 3a to ask
3. Can speculate about causes, enough to be followed without another student. Work in
consequences or hypothetical difficulty. pairs and take turns to ask
situations. and answer the questions.
Listening
1. Can understand the main  Can understand the main  Listen to four people from
points of narratives and points of clear standard speech Peakoilia and answer the
conversations about familiar on familiar matters. questions about each
topics (e.g. work, leisure) person.
delivered in clear standard
speech.
 Can understand the information  Listen to a radio
2. Can understand the key programme about how
content of the majority of
points about a radio things are changing. What
programme on a familiar topic. recorded or broadcast audio
is the ‘big question” that
material. experts have been
asking? What do you think
the answer is?
3. Can follow the main points in  Can follow in outline
TV programmes on familiar straightforward short talks on  Watch and listen to the
topics if delivered in clear video and answer the
familiar topics.
standard speech. questions.

Reading
1. Can generally understand  Can read straightforward  Read the article and find
straightforward factual texts factual texts on subjects related the answers to the
on familiar topics. to his/her field and interest questions below.

2. Can search the internet for  Can scan longer texts in order  Look at the items below.
specific everyday or work- to locate desired information, Go online to find out about
related information. and gather information from issues and ideas related
different parts of a text. to the items.
Writing
1. Can summarise factual  Can summarise, report and  Choose one of the ideas
information within their field of give his/her opinion about you researched in
interest. accumulated factual exercise 7and write a
short paragraph about it.
information

Assessment activities

Study, Practice and Remember (Pages 159-161)

Unit Test 10

Homework/Independent study/Assignment

MyEnglishLab Assignments:
Language focus 1: Making predictions
Language focus 2: Hypothetical possibility with if
 Pronunciation: 'll or 'd in connected speech
Listen and read: Stuck on a desert island?
Vocabulary: Society

Resources (Key and/or supplementary)

 Cutting Edge, Audios/Videos

 Cutting Edge, MyEnglishLab
 Cutting Edge, 3rd Ed Upper Intermediate Workbook