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UNITS

TOPICS TO BE COVERED

1st week

(05-09 October)

Unit 1

EXTREME SPORTS

SPORTS AND OBSESSION

Reading1 :An Interview with Travis Binns (p.4-9)

Reading 2 : Highschool Star Hospitalized for Eating Disorder (p.10-14)

2nd week

(12-16 October)

Unit 1

EXTREME SPORTS

SPORTS AND OBSESSION

Writing:

Vocabulary (p. 15-16)

Grammar (p. 17)

Final Writing Task (p.18-22)

Unit Project (p.23)

3rd week

(19-23 October)

Unit 2

THE CONSEQUENCES OF FRAUD

Reading 1 : Catch Me If You Can: The Frank Abagnale Story (p.26-31)

Reading 2 : The Michelle Brown Story: Identity Theft(p.32-35)

Writing:

Vocabulary (p.36-37)

Grammar (p.38-39)

4th week

(26-30October)

Unit 2

THE CONSEQUENCES OF FRAUD

Unit 3

EXPLORING THE RED PLANET

Writing:

Final Writing Task (p. 40-42)

Writing a paragraph to tell a story(p.43-46)

Unit Project (46)

Reading 1: Mars: Our New Home(p.51-56)

5th week

(02-06 November) (4th Nov.

quiz 1)

Unit 3

EXPLORING THE RED PLANET

Reading 2 : Timeline For a Mission To Mars (p. 57-61)

Writing: Vocabulary (p.62-64)

Grammar (p.65-66)

Final Writing Task (p. 66-71)

Unit Project (p.72-73)

6th week

(09-13 November)

Unit 4

LANGUAGE AND POWER

Reading 1: Men, Women, and Language (p.76-83)

Reading 2: The Question Of Global English(p.83- 88)

7th week

(16-20 November)

Unit 4

LANGUAGE AND POWER

Writing: Vocabulary (p.89-91)

Grammar (p. 91-93)

Final Writing Task (p. 93-98)

Unit Project (p.98)

8th week

(23-27 November)

(24th  Nov.Midterm 1)

MIDTERM 1 -REVISION

MIDTERM 1-REVISION

9th week

(30 November-04 December )

Unit 5

CAREERS OF THE FUTURE

Reading 1: Meet the New Boss:You(p.102-109)

Reading 2: Great Jobs For The Twenty- First Century(p.109-115)

Writing:

Vocabulary (p.115-118)

Grammar (p. 118-121)

10th week

(07-11 December)

Unit 5

CAREERS OF THE FUTURE

Unit 6

What is Ecotourism?

Writing:Final Writing Task (p. 122-126)

Unit Project (p.126-127)

Reading 1: Tourists In A Fragile Land(p.130-136)

11th week

(14-18 December)

(16 th Nov. quiz 2)

Unit 6

What is Ecotourism?

Reading 2 :A Travel Journal (p. 136- 140)

Writing: Vocabulary (p.141-143)

Grammar (p.144-145)

Final Writing Task (p. 146-150)

Unit Project (p.151)

12th week

 (21-25December)

UNIT 7

FINDING A SPOUSE

Reading 1: Finding a Spouse (p. 154-160)

Reading 2:What’s Wrong With Tradition?(p.160-164)

13th week

(28-30 December)

UNIT 7

FINDING A SPOUSE

Writing:

Vocabulary (p.165-167)

Grammar (p.167-169)

Final Writing Task (p.169-174)

Unit Project (p.174-175)

14th week

(04-08 January) (6th anuary Quiz 3)

UNIT 8

IS OUR CLIMATE CHANGING?

Reading 1: Our Climate is Changing…(p. 178-187)

Reading 2: Climate Change: Making Informed Decision (p.187-192)

15th Week

( 11-15 January)

UNIT 8

IS OUR CLIMATE CHANGING?

Writing:

Vocabulary (p.193-195)

Grammar (p.195-197)

Final Writing Task (p.197-202)

Unit Project (p.203-204)

16th Week (19-20 January)

MIDTERM 2

MIDTERM 2

UNITS

TOPICS TO BE COVERED

1st week

(1-5 March)

Unit 1 Genius: Nature or nurture?

Reading 1: A Genius Explains (p. 6)

Reading 2: 10.000 Hours to Mastery (p. 13)

Connect the Readings (p. 16)

Focus on Writing (p. 17)

2nd week

(28-12 March)

Unit 1 Genius: Nature or nurture?

 Unit 2 Facing Life’s Obstacles

Final writing task (p. 25)

Unıt Project (p.32)

Reading 1: The Education of Frank McCourt (p. 38)

Reading 2: Marla RUNYAN (p. 45)

Connect the Readings (p. 49)

3rd week

(15-19 March)

Unit 2 Facing Life’s Obstacles

Focus on Writing (p. 50)

Final writing task (p. 55)

Unıt Project (p.60)

4th week

(22-26 March) ( 24 March quiz 4)

Unit 3 Making Medical Decisions

Reading 1: Genetic testing and disease: Would you want to know? (p. 66)

Reading 2: Norman Cousin’s Laughter Therapy (p. 73)

Connect the Readings (p. 76)

Focus on Writing (p. 77)

5th week

(29 March- 2 April)

Unit 3 Making Medical Decisions

 Unit 4 Instinct or Intellect?

Final writing task (p. 83)

Unıt Project (p.88)

Reading 1: Extreme Perception and Animal Intelligence (p. 95)

Reading 2: How smart are animals? (p. 100)

Connect the Readings (p. 105)

6th week

(5-9 April

Unit 4 Instinct or Intellect?

Focus on Writing (p. 108)

Final writing task (p. 113)

Unıt Project (p.121)

7 th week

(12-16 April) (13 April Midterm 3)

REVISION

Checking the assignments

General revision

8th week

(19-22 April)

Unit 5 Too much of a Good Thing?

Reading 1: Death Do Us Part (p. 126)

Reading 2: Toward Immortality: the Social Burden of the Longer Lives  (p. 134)

Connect the Readings (p. 138)

Focus on Writing (p. 139)

9th week

(26-30 April)

Unit 5 Too much of a Good Thing?

Focus on Writing (p. 139)

Final writing task (p. 147)

Unıt Project (p.152)

10th week

(3-7 May) (5 May quiz 5)

Unit 6 Making a Difference

Reading 1: Justin Lebo (p. 159)

Reading 2: Some Take the Time Gladly(p. 165)

Connect the Readings (p. 169)

Focus on Writing (p. 170)

11th week

(10-13 May)

Unit 6 Making a Difference

Focus on Writing (p. 170)

Final writing task (p. 179)

Unıt Project (p.187)

12th week

 (17-21 May)

Unit 7 The Empty Classroom

Reading 1: Teaching to the World From Central New Jersey (p. 192)

Reading 2: The Fun They Had (p. 198)

Connect the Readings (p. 202)

Focus on Writing (p. 203)

13th week

(24-28 May) ( 26 May Quiz 6)

Unit 7 The Empty Classroom

Focus on Writing (p. 203)

Final writing task (p. 211)

Unıt Project (p.222)

14th week

(31 May- 4 June)

Unit 8 Managing Your Classroom

Reading 1: Addicted to Your Smartphone (p. 227)

Reading 2: Unplugging Wired Kids: A Vacation from Technology and Social Media(p. 236)

Connect the Readings (p. 240)

Focus on Writing (p. 242)

15th week

(7-11 June)

Unit 8 Managing Your Classroom

Focus on Writing (p. 242)

Final writing task (p. 250)

Unıt Project (p.258)

16th week

(14-18 June) ( 15-16 june Midterm 4)

REVISION

Checking the assignments

General revision