This unit focuses on talking about growing up and memories from childhood, school, and teenage years. It reviews using the simple past tense and time expressions to discuss past experiences. The lessons cover discussing childhood memories, favorite classes in school, conversation strategies for correcting yourself, and interviews about teenage years. The unit aims to help users talk about and recall memories from their own childhood and school experiences in the past.

1. UNIT FIVE
GROWING UP
In unit three, you learn how to…..
Use the simple past in statements and questions (review)
Use time expressions to talk about the past
Use all, most, a lot of, a few, etc
Talk about memories of childhood, school, and your teenage years.
Correct yourself with expressions like Wait, Actually, and I mean.
Before you begin….
Warm up: Do you have memories like these? Do you remember …
Sleepovers with your friends?, a time you got into trouble?, learning to swim?, your first
class friend? Add other memories of your own
LESSON A: CHILDHOOD
 Listen and complete information
 Grammar: be born; simple past (review); time expressions
 Speaking naturally: did you
LESSON B: FAVORITE CLASSES
 Building language: What languages did you learn in school?
 Grammar: Determiners
 Building vocabulary: School subjects
 Survey: What were your best subjects?
 Vocabulary notebook: I hated math!
LESSON C: WELL, ACTUALLY …
 Listening activity: Conversation strategy correcting things you say
 Pair work conversation
 Strategy plus: I mean
 Listening and speaking activity: I don’t remember exactly….
 Free talk: In the past

2. LESSON D: TEENAGE YEARS
 Reading: an interview with ….
 Listening: a long time ago
 Writing: An interview