Full Description
Next Generation Grammar seamlessly blends course work and online content to optimize instruction and provide a 21st century learning experience that will engage and motivate learners.
In class = Teacher directed
Thematic lessons, concise presentations and meaningful communicative activities integrate skills with grammar.
Online = Student directed
Dynamic practice activities and rich feedback support instruction...whenever, wherever. Also includes a Grammar Coach for quick, engaging review in a student-friendly video format. Ongoing assessment allows teachers to track progress and students to monitor their learning.
The four-level series includes:
Course book available in print or eText format.
ActiveTeach, a powerful electronic resource for exciting whole-class teaching — allows instructors to project course book pages, play video and audio, and create annotations. Also includes teaching notes.
Contents
Unit 1 BACK TO SCHOOL
Chapter 1 Welcome, Students!
Nouns and pronouns
Simple present; Statements with be
Chapter 2 The Class of 2016
Simple present: Yes / No questions and short answers with be
This, that, these, those
Simple present: Wh- questions with be
Unit Assessments
Unit 2 A DAY IN THE LIFE
Chapter 3 Journal Writing
Simple present: Statements
Third person singular: Irregular and other forms
Chapter 4 Blogging
Simple present: Yes / No quesitons
Simple present: Wh- questions
Unit Assessments
Unit 3 WHERE IN THE WORLD?
Chapter 5 Mapping It Out
Simple present: There is and There are
Prepositions of place
Chapter 6 Traveling Through Time
Simple past: There + be statements
Simple present and past: Be + there questions
Unit Assessments
Unit 4 ENGLISH FUN
Chapter 7 Proverbs
Parts of speech: Nouns, pronouns, verbs, prepositions, and adjectives
Sentences: Subjects, verbs, and objects
Question forms
Chapter 8 Changing Language
Sentence patterns with be
Prepositional phrases / Object pronouns
Unit Assessments
Unit 5 GENERATIONS
Chapter 9 Different Points of View
Expressing advice: Should infinitives
Chapter 10 Generational Differences
Possessive nouns and adjectives
Gerunds
Unit Assessments
Unit 6 WE'RE COOKING NOW
Chapter 11 Culinary Science
Present progressive: Statements
Present progressive: Questions
Simple present vs. present progressive
Chapter 12 Around the Global Dinner Table
Count and noncount nouns
How many . . .? How much . . .? / Quantifiers
Unit Assessments
Unit 7 THE FUTURE IS COMING SOON
Chapter 13 My Future
Future: Be going to
Future: Present progressive
Chapter 14 Our Future
Future: Will
Quantifiers: Comparisons
Unit Assessments
Unit 8 ARCHITECTURE
Chapter 15 House and Climate
Descriptive adjectives
Very, too, enough
Chapter 16 International Designs
Comparative adjectives
As . . . as and other expressions
Unit Assessments
Unit 9 HIDDEN HISTORY
Chapter 17 Uncovering the Past
Simple past: Regular verbs
Simple past: Irregular verbs
Chapter 18 City of Angels
Simple past: Questions
Time signals
Unit Assessments
Unit 10 PATHWAYS
Chapter 19 Their Stories
Past progressive: Statements
Past progressive: Questions
Chapter 20 Intersecting Lives
Time clauses: While and when
Simple past vs. past progressive
Unit Assessments
Appendices
A Spelling rules for -s endings on regular plural nouns
B Spelling of irregular plural
C Pronunciation and spelling rules for final -s on verbs with he, she, it subjects
D Subject pronouns, object pronouns, and possessive adjectives
E Spelling rules for -ing endings
F Non-action verbs: Verbs not commonly used in progressive tenses
G Noncount nouns
H Spelling rules for comparative adjectives
I Spelling rules for -ed endings
J Verbs with irregular simple past forms
K World Map
