8-1: Changing Schools

Materials
  • 8-1 Reading

    Changing Schools

  • 8-1 Grammar

    Noun Clauses: Introduction

  • 8-1 Speaking

    The Future of Schools

  • 8-1 Listening

    What Shapes Our World?

  • 8-1 Vocabulary

    New Industries
Objectives
  • Students will read and learn about how technology can change schools.
  • Students will be able to describe orally and in writing about how technology can change schools.
  • Students will be introduced to noun clauses.
Content
  • Vocabulary

    industry, state, educator, institute, lecture, chemistry, biology, finance, entrepreneur, tuition, higher educations, accompany, undergraduate degree, attainable, accredited, kiosk, slum, literate, academic, mentor

  • Grammar

    Learning about noun clauses: 8-1 Grammar Noun Clauses: Introduction

8-2: New Sounds

Materials
  • 8-2 Reading

    New Sounds

  • 8-2 Grammar

    Noun Clauses as Subjects

  • 8-2 Speaking

    Trendsetting Music

  • 8-3 Media

    An Eco-Friendly Home

  • 8-2 Vocabulary

    Ways to Shape Our World
Objectives
  • Students will read and learn about how music has changed.
  • Students will be able to describe orally and in writing about how music has changed.
  • Students will be introduced to noun clauses as subjects.
Content
  • Vocabulary

    timeless, one-hit wonder, obscurity, composer, notable, cello, classical, orchestral, trendy, duo, cover, viral, tour, music video, advent, streaming, audience, reinterpret, re-enactment, trendsetter

  • Grammar

    Using noun clauses as subjects: 8-2 Grammar Noun Clauses as Subjects

8-3: Making Good Money

Materials
  • 8-3 Reading

    Making Good Money

  • 8-3 Grammar

    Noun Clauses as Appositives

  • 8-3 Speaking

    A Modern Business

  • 8-2 Listening

    What One Person Can Do

  • 8-3 Vocabulary

    Living in a Digital Age
Objectives
  • Students will read and learn about businesses that create positive social impact.
  • Students will be able to describe orally and in writing about businesses that create positive social impact.
  • Students will be introduced to noun clauses as appositives.
Content
  • Vocabulary

    bottom line, net, income, profit, corporation, social enterprise, prioritize, profitable, incur, monetary, marine, carbon footprint, accounting, kerosene, inventory, marketing, distribution, literacy, seminar, sweatshop

  • Grammar

    Using noun clauses as appositives: 8-3 Grammar Noun Clauses as Appositives

8-4: Shaping Our Food

Materials
  • 8-4 Reading

    Shaping Our Food

  • 8-4 Grammar

    Noun Clauses as Direct Objects

  • 8-4 Speaking

    The Future of Our Food

  • 8-1 Media

    Feeding the World with Insects

  • 8-4 Vocabulary

    Modern Inventions
Objectives
  • Students will read and learn about innovations to solve problems with food.
  • Students will be able to describe orally and in writing about innovations to solve problems with food.
  • Students will be introduced to noun clauses as direct objects.
Content
  • Vocabulary

    roughly, crises, famine, poverty, spectrum, obesity, preventable, livestock, degradation, biodiversity, greenhouse gas, emission, journalist, food critic, textured, flesh, fetal, slaughter, viable, meatless

  • Grammar

    Using noun clauses as direct objects: 8-4 Grammar Noun Clauses as Direct Objects

8-5: Getting Around

Materials
  • 8-5 Reading

    Getting Around

  • 8-5 Grammar

    Noun Clauses as Indirect Objects

  • 8-5 Speaking

    Transportation of the Future

  • 8-3 Listening

    Half Full or Half Empty?

  • 8-2 Media

    Self-Driving Cars
Objectives
  • Students will read and learn about the future of cars and transportation.
  • Students will be able to describe orally and in writing about the future of cars and transportation.
  • Students will be introduced to noun clauses as indirect objects.
Content
  • Vocabulary

    futuristic, routinely, combat, strides, manufacturing, transition, propeller, classified, feasible, reliable, device, eject, stable, fuel, inconvenience, sheer, input, prototype, seamless, garage

  • Grammar

    Using noun clauses as indirect objects: 8-5 Grammar Noun Clauses as Indirect

8-6: The Shape of Our Planet

Materials
  • 8-6 Reading

    The Shape of Our Planet

  • 8-6 Grammar

    Noun Clauses as Objects of Prepositions

  • 8-6 Speaking

    The Future of Our World

  • 8-4 Media

    Ways to Fix the Climate
Objectives
  • Students will read and learn about an environmental activist and an eco-neighborhood.
  • Students will be able to describe orally and in writing about an environmental activist and an eco-neighborhood.
  • Students will be introduced to noun clauses as objects of prepositions.
Content
  • Vocabulary

    tackle, individual, profound, district, disused, base, self-sustaining, excess, grid, passive, sacrifice, coin, give up, cyclist, tramway, solar panel, host, ecological, summit, impassioned

  • Grammar

    Using noun clauses as objects of prepositions: 8-6 Grammar Noun Clauses as Objects
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