Focus On Grammar L2 U1 - Scope & Sequence PDF
Focus On Grammar L2 U1 - Scope & Sequence PDF
Focus On Grammar L2 U1 - Scope & Sequence PDF
PART
Be: Present
1 1
Present of Be: Statements
Page 4
■ Can use the verb be in simple
present affirmative and negative
statements
■ Can use contractions in
Personal Story: Ana and Soccer
■ Can determine the general
meaning of a short, simple
personal description with
and Past THEME Sports speaking and writing visual support
PART
Nouns,
2 4
Count Nouns and
Proper Nouns
■ Can use a/an with singular
count nouns
■ Can use common regular and
Biography: A Photographer and
a Photo
■ Can identify specific
irregular nouns in the plural form information in a short biography
Adjectives, and Page 42 ■ Can identify and use
THEME Photographs and
Prepositions proper nouns
Photographers PRONUNCIATION Plural Noun
Endings
A conversation about athletes ■ Can discuss likes and dislikes ■ Can write personal athlete
■ Can identify key details ■ Can describe something in a information about a fan (n)
about people in conversations simple list of points friend or colleague, in the middle
that are conducted clearly using notes for guidance only
and slowly popular
the rest of
A conversation about ■ Can ask simple questions to ■ Can write a detailed excuse me
classmates find out more about someone list of questions about a office
■ Can recognize and describe ■ Can use brief, everyday familiar place on time
basic information about people expressions to ask for and give right (adj)
in conversations that are personal details room (n)
conducted clearly and slowly
A series of phone messages ■ Can communicate in routine ■ Can write a afraid (of )
■ Can extract key factual tasks that require simple, direct paragraph about a difficult
information from a recorded exchanges of information, personal experience nervous
phone message such as descriptions of the (first day of school) principal (n) AWL
A lecture about art ■ Can give a brief presentation ■ Can write short, basic all over
■ Can identify important about people, places, or things descriptions of people, occasion
details in a brief lecture about places, or things public (n)
a famous artist striking (adj)
to be born
A telephone conversation ■ Can share information about ■ Can write a detailed climate
■ Can recognize details in a known places paragraph about comfortable
conversation about a vacation ■ Can offer opinions and a location that has dry
if delivered slowly and clearly comment on statements personal significance safe (adj)
provided by one’s peers unusual
A recorded description ■ Can give directions to help ■ Can write a short app
■ Can infer information about one’s peers find information invitation to a party dinosaur
a location by recognizing on a map or brochure or event, including huge
important details in a recorded important details like interested
description time and location locate AWL
tour (n)
AWL = Academic Word List item
PART
Imperatives
3 7
Imperatives; Suggestions
with Let’s, Why don’t
■ Can use verbs in the imperative
■ Can make offers and
suggestions with why not/why
don’t you/we . . . ?
Health Article: Secrets to a
Long Life
■ Can recognize an author’s
opinions in a short passage about
we . . . ?
and the ■ Can make suggestions with an academic topic
Page 76
Simple Present let’s and let’s not
THEME Long Life
PART 4
There Is /
11
There is / There are
Page 122
■ Can use there is and there are to
introduce people or things into a
conversation, or to talk about a
location or time of an event
Guidebook Excerpt: The
Dubai Mall
■ Can identify details that
describe a specific location in a
There Are; THEME Places to Shop ■ Can ask yes/no questions with travel brochure or guide
there + be
Possessives
12 ■ Can use possessive adjectives,
nouns, and pronouns
Conversation Transcript: Whose
Composition Is This?
Possessive Nouns and ■ Can use an apostrophe to ■ Can identify the main
Adjectives; Pronouns; show possession with a variety facts in a conversation in a
Questions with Whose of nouns classroom setting
Page 135 ■ Can form questions with whose
THEME Possessions to ask about possessions
A conversation about holidays ■ Can work with one’s peers ■ Can write a at the stroke of
■ Can take detailed notes to prepare a short presentation paragraph about a culture AWL
on a short conversation, about a holiday or custom favorite holiday or eve
listing both main ideas and ■ Can describe habits tradition, using notes get together
supporting details and routines for support look ahead
tradition AWL
A conversation about ■ Can answer simple questions ■ Can write a simple bother (v)
roommates in a face-to-face survey email that provides easygoing
■ Can identify a speaker’s ■ Can use a limited range personal information messy
likes and dislikes in a simple of fixed expressions to and asks routine outgoing
conversation describe objects, possessions, questions private (adj)
or products stay up
A conversation about dreams ■ Can give and elicit personal ■ Can ask for personal author (n) AWL
■ Can identify key details in a information about sleep habits, details in written form guest
conversation about dreams taking turns with a partner and use the material to nightmare
write an interview remember
unfortunately
A conversation about a place ■ Can gather information ■ Can write a short aquarium
■ Can provide directions about a place from a partner description of a favorite including (prep)
to someone, based on or group, summarize it, and place to shop indoor
information heard in a prior present it to others join
conversation luxury
parking space
A conversation about ■ Can describe an everyday ■ Can write a detailed back (prep)
possessions object in detail, also indicating paragraph that describes composition
■ Can identify ownership of who owns it people in one’s family excellent
possessions in a conversation ■ Can ask and answer grade (n) AWL
that’s delivered slowly questions about possessions recognize
and clearly
PART
Modals: Ability
5 13
Ability: Can or Could
Page 150
■ Can use can and can’t to refer
and possibility
■ Can express ability or lack of
Scientific Article: A Genius Parrot
to present ability or lack of ability ■ Can confirm the validity of
important information in a short
non-fiction article
and Permission THEME Animals and Their ability in the past using could
Abilities and couldn’t
PRONUNCIATION Stress on Can
and Can’t
PART
Present
6 15
Present Progressive:
Affirmative and Negative
■ Can use the present progressive
to refer to situations happening
now or in the extended present
■ Can use common time
Online Article: People Watching
■ Can confirm whether certain
actions or conditions are true,
based on information in an
Statements
Progressive expressions with the present online article
Page 172 progressive
THEME People Watching
PART
Simple Past
7 18
Simple Past: Statements
with Regular Verbs
■ Can refer to past events
using common regular past
simple forms
■ Can use common time
Personal Messages: Greetings
from Brazil
■ Can understand short, simple
personal emails
Page 208 markers such as ago and yesterday
THEME Travel to denote the past
PRONUNCIATION Regular Past
Tense Endings
PART 7 CONTINUES ▼
A conversation between a ■ Can tell a peer or medical ■ Can write a note that dairy
doctor and a patient professional what one can or describes the dietary in common
■ Can identify foods that cannot eat restrictions of oneself nutritious
a patient can or cannot ■ Can communicate simple or of others recipe
have due to allergies or rules and regulations substitute AWL
adverse reactions
A telephone conversation ■ Can describe basic activities ■ Can write a short bored
between friends or events that are happening at narrative about what is departure
■ Can use the information the time of speaking currently happening in detective AWL
from a phone call to describe one’s life or immediate psychologist AWL
A telephone conversation ■ Can rehearse a structured ■ Can write a telephone catch a cold
about family conversation with a partner, conversation between cough
■ Can identify a speaker’s using prompts for guidance friends about seeing a fever
current location and describe ■ Can discuss basic activities famous person scene
what he or she is doing or events that are happening at still (adv)
the time of speaking
A series of phone messages ■ Can express a variety of ■ Can write a short connect
■ Can identify a speaker’s likes and dislikes to one’s peers fictional story about constantly AWL
main purpose in a phone call ■ Can collaborate with peers everyday events, using feature (n) AWL
or recorded message to prepare for and participate an illustration as improve
in a debate a prompt waterproof
A conversation about a trip ■ Can give a description of ■ Can write a detailed cancel
to Japan everyday topics, such as past email about a vacation freeze
■ Can confirm the length habits, plans, and experiences land (v)
of time that someone did ■ Can ask and answer simple miss (v)
something in a conversation questions about the past pick up
about travel
PART
The Future
8 22
Be going to for the Future
Page 258
■ Can use be going to to state
facts about the future, make
predictions, and discuss
future plans
Letters to the Editor: Why We Go
to College
■ Can recognize opinions
expressed in letters to the editor
THEME City and Campus ■ Can use the present progressive
Planning to talk about future plans
■ Can use be going to with
common future time markers
PRONUNCIATION Going to and Gonna
PART 8 CONTINUES ▼
A story about the past ■ Can use time markers to ■ Can write a short appear
■ Can confirm important tell a story that has a sequence descriptive story border (v)
details from an oral story of events fight (v)
about past events ride (v)
run away
unlucky
A conversation about a movie ■ Can take turns with a ■ Can write a series of exact
■ Can take detailed notes partner, asking questions questions and answers jealousy
during a conversation, using about their favorite book, play, about the life of a mystery (n)
them to answer detailed or movie famous person play (n)
wh- questions based on that ■ Can ask and answer pride (n)
information questions about the life of a
famous writer
A conversation about a ■ Can take turns with a ■ Can write a short admire
quiz show partner or group, asking autobiographical base on
■ Can answer wh- questions questions about famous people passage, using a series notice
based on information in a and past events of wh- questions routine
short conversation ■ Can discuss one’s childhood for guidance statue
in detail and prompt similar
responses from others
A conversation about ■ Can describe future plans ■ Can write a letter or against
a building and intentions using a variety email that expresses and announce
■ Can follow a slow-paced of time markers defends an opinion on a gain
conversation about a location ■ Can discuss a life-changing controversial topic increase
or place and provide key event with a partner or in my opinion
details about it small group tuition
PART
Count /
9 26
Articles with Count
and Non-Count Nouns;
■ Can use indefinite articles
to refer to general subjects
and definite articles to refer to
specific subjects
Restaurant Review: Kassandra’s
Food Reviews
■ Can understand
recommendations in
Some / Any
Non‑Count ■ Can use some and any as restaurant reviews
Page 308 quantifiers with count and
Nouns; non‑count nouns
THEME Restaurants
Much / Many; and Food PRONUNCIATION Indefinite Articles
Quantifiers
27 ■ Can ask for information about
quantity with how much/many
Conversation Transcript:
International Desserts
How much and How many; ■ Can use a lot, a few, and a little ■ Can identify the quantities of
Quantifiers to refer to quantities with nouns things that were listed in a short
Page 322 ■ Can describe quantities using conversation about food
THEME Desserts (not) any, a lot, much, or many
A conversation about a trip ■ Can explain why certain ■ Can write a weather commute (n)
■ Can distinguish what actions objects or actions might be report that makes flood (v)
a speaker takes when he or necessary in certain situations predictions about the highway
she is debating among several ■ Can explain reasons and present and future mild
possibilities possibilities for different predict (v)
situations and events storm (n)
■ Can discuss possible or
tentative plans with a partner
or small group
A lecture about design ■ Can discuss career ■ Can write a career
■ Can identify how a speaker interests with a partner or in paragraph about chef
feels about his or her job after small groups future career goals and compete
listening to a short lecture ■ Can use a short aspirations, detailing deadline
questionnaire to elicit how these goals will lawyer
information from others be achieved salary
and then communicate that
information to one’s peers
A conversation about party ■ Can use simple phrases to ■ Can write a review atmosphere
preparations order a meal of a restaurant that delicious
■ Can recognize a great ■ Can offer recommendations includes information main course
number of details in to others about food and about its prices, food menu
a conversation about restaurants quality, atmosphere, reservation
everyday topics and service service (n)
A conversation about a recipe ■ Can work with others ■ Can write a simple ingredient
■ Can list the ingredients in a to answer items on a quiz conversation between in season
recipe that was discussed in a about desserts a shopper and a clerk, neighborhood
conversation about food ■ Can research and discuss referring back to a list prepare
how much of an item is of items pretty good
needed to make a specific kind taste
of food
A conversation about ■ Can describe the pros and ■ Can write a letter cosmopolitan
real estate cons of living in the city versus to a newspaper or crime
■ Can recognize and the suburbs blog that describes a pollution
recall specific details about ■ Can provide a list of major problem in one’s traffic
apartments described in criticisms about one’s hometown or city transportation AWL
a conversation hometown or city unemployment
PART 10
Modals: Advice
29
Advice: Should and
Had better
■ Can use should, shouldn’t, or
ought to to offer or ask for advice
and suggestions
■ Can give strong advice with
Business Article: Global Business
■ Can identify important
customs or habits that
predominate in different cultures
and Necessity Page 348 had better (not)
THEME Dos and Don’ts of
the Business World
PART 11
Comparisons
31
The Comparative
Page 376
■ Can make comparisons with
regular, shorter adjectives + -er
■ Can make comparisons with
more + longer adjectives
Magazine Article: A Tale of
Two Portlands
■ Can identify details that
describe and distinguish two
THEME Cities ■ Can use the irregular different places
comparative forms of common
adjectives like good and bad
A conversation about a ■ Can describe cultural and ■ Can write one or two confusion
business trip business customs in one’s paragraphs that provide head for
■ Can recognize and recall home country and around someone with advice on insult (v)
specific details about someone the world how to do business in reception
else’s travel or work plans ■ Can explain the meaning one’s home country timing (n)
of different body language in
one’s home country
A conversation about a city ■ Can describe the similarities ■ Can write a coast (n)
■ Can identify what changes and differences between paragraph that diverse AWL
are happening in a speaker’s popular locations compares and contrasts personality
hometown or current ■ Can compare and contrast the different ways population
environment the transportation systems of one can get around a wonder (v)
two major cities major city
■ Can identify and recall levels of emotion, such as talent, providing specific audience
specific instructions in a talk excitement or anger examples of the actions fact
or a lecture given at a slow, ■ Can describe the way one does well joke (n)
clear pace someone is performing serious
an action
A quiz show about animals ■ Can conduct a survey, ■ Can write a centimeter
■ Can, after listening to reporting the results to paragraph that provides extinct
a speaker, recall detailed one’s peers a thorough description inch
information and distinguishing ■ Can discuss the of animals encountered kilogram
characteristics about animals characteristics of different at a zoo or in one’s pound (n)
animals in detail local area species