Grammar Review Guide booklet is enclosed with the Grammar skills book.

Includes a reading supplement, writing workshops, appendices and index.

"Avenues 1: English Skills, Second Edition is an integrated skills book for high-beginner to low-intermediate students of English as a second language. Written by Lynne Gaetz, Avenues 1 maps out a clear and structured path to success." (Book Cover)

SCOPE AND SEQUENCE

CHAPTER 1: Self-Reflections
START UP: Identify Yourself
READING: Identifying main and supporting idea - Read a narrative blog, a “how-to” article, and an opinion text
READING 1.1: “Roommate Hunt: Are They Compatible?”
SPEAKING: Compatibility - Finding the Ideal Roommate
LISTENING: Internal Clock
LISTENING/WATCHING: Listen for pronouns - Listen to phone messages - Listen for main ideas - Listen to a reading text - Listen to an interview on lateness
READING 1.2: “How to Change Bad Habits”
SPEAKING: Good and Bad Habits - Make introductions - Share information on habits, attitudes, and compatibility - Interview a partner - Pronounce pronouns and sentences - Present oral topics
WRITING: Reflections - Write simple present (third-person singular) sentences - Analyze character and motives - Write paragraphs on habits and values - Edit a paragraph
WATCHING: Home: Two Points of View - Watch videos on the meaning of home
READING 1.3: “The Trouble with Adulthood”
VOCABULARY: Learn personal identification terms - Learn verbs related to habits - Vocabulary Boosts: alone, lonely, only - telling the time
GRAMMAR: Form questions - Learn capitalization rules - Write birthdates - Use third-person singular subjects - Identify pronoun errors
TAKE ACTION!
REVISING AND EDITING: Revise for adequate support - Edit for pronoun usage

CHAPTER 2: Health and Happiness
START UP: Health and Lifestyle
READING 2.1: “My Panic Attacks”
READING: Identify main and supporting ideas - Recognize content clues - Read a narrative blog, an online article, and an opinion essay
SPEAKING: Strong Emotions - Use question words - Discuss health and internal organs - Interview a partner - Pronounce verbs ending in –s - Pronounce sentences
WATCHING 2.1: Living in Denmark
LISTENING: Listen to verbs ending in –s or –es - Listen to a reading text
READING 2.2 WITH LISTENING: “Developing Resilience”
SPEAKING: Pleasure
READING 2.3: “The Truth about Happiness”
SPEAKING: Daily Happiness Exercises
WRITING: Write about health and lifestyle - Brainstorm ideas - Write a topic sentence - Practice the simple present - Write interview questions - Edit a paragraph
WATCHING 2.2: Meditation and Its Effects on the Brain - Watch a video about living in Denmark - Watch a video on meditation effects

VOCABULARY: Practice question words - Learn emotion vocabulary - Vocabulary Boosts: body parts - fun, funny and humour
GRAMMAR: Use question words - Practice subject-verb agreement and present and past tenses - Use adjectives - Identify present tense errors TAKE ACTION!
REVISING AND EDITING: Revise for main idea (add a topic sentence) - Edit for present tense verbs

CHAPTER 3: Consumer Trends
START UP: Trends
READING: Identifying main and supporting idea - Recognize context clues - Read an informative article, a narrative blog, and an audio transcript
WRITING: Write about consumer culture - Write interview questions - Summarize main ideas - Write a paragraph based on a partner’s responses - Use transition words - Edit a paragraph
READING 3.1: “Marketing New Trends”
WATCHING 3.1: Fake Online Reviews - Watch videos about fake online reviews and consumer power
LISTENING: Generic Brands - Listen to large numbers and verb pronunciation - Listen to a reading text - Listen to “Generic Brands”
SPEAKING: Name That Product
READING 3.2 WITH LISTENING: “The Compulsive Shopper”
SPEAKING: Fashion Trends - Interview a partner about fashion trends - Ask questions - Discuss clothing - Present past, present, and future trends
WATCHING 3.2: Damn Heels - Watch Dragon’s Den
READING 3.3: “The Sharing Economy”
WATCHING 3.3: Consumer Power
SPEAKING: Interview about Trends
VOCABULARY: Describe trends - Vocabulary Boost: for sale, on sale, and sell - Learn clothing vocabulary - Identify numbers
GRAMMAR: Use present, present progressive, and future verbs - Use adjectives - Form questions - Identify progressive verb errors
TAKE ACTION!
REVISING AND EDITING: Revise for transitional expressions - Edit for present progressive verbs

CHAPTER 4: Memories of Our Lives
START UP: Memory Games
WATCHING 4.1: Memory Wizards
READING 4.1: “Why Childhood Memories Disappear”
READING: Identifying main and supporting ideas - Read an informative article and personal narratives - Synthesize information
WRITING: Write about your childhood - Write present and past questions - Edit a paragraph
SPEAKING: Birth Order and Childhood Memories - Play memory games - Discuss birth order and memories
READING 4.2 WITH LISTENING: “My Lazy Years”
SPEAKING: Life-Changing Event - Pronounce past verbs and sentences - Speak about a life-changing event
WATCHING 4.2: Humans of New York - Watch Memory Wizards and Humans of New York
SPEAKING: Photo Memories
READING 4.3: “The Silent Generation”
LISTENING: Home: Two Points of View - Listen for main ideas - Listen to a reading text - Listen to an interview about the 1990s
SPEAKING: The Current Generation
VOCABULARY: Vocabulary Boosts: remember, memory, souvenir and memoir - Family members - Learn two-word expressions
GRAMMAR: Form past questions - Identify past verbs - View verbs in context - Identify past verb errors
TAKE ACTION!
REVISING AND EDITING: Revise for supporting details - Edit for past tense verbs

CHAPTER 5: Around the World
START UP: Name That Country
READING WITH LISTENING 5.1: “Giving Gifts in Asia”
READING: Identifying the thesis and topic sentences - Recognize context clues - Read an online article, an informative article, and a personal narrative
WRITING: Write an introduction - Write questions and definitions - Write about travel - Write about a partner’s responses - Edit an essay
WATCHING 5.1: Gringo Trails
READING 5.2: “Body Language around the Globe”
SPEAKING: Travel Experiences - Name countries - Interview a partner about travel - Ask questions in a variety of tenses - Discuss gestures
LISTENING: Travel Tips - Listen for main and supporting ideas - Listen to details on prices, dates, and places - Listen to directions - Listen to travel tips
READING 5.3: “Laughing through the Fog”
WATCHING 5.2: Rip Currents - Watch videos on travel and riptides
VOCABULARY: Discuss travel plans - Learn about countries and nationalities - Vocabulary Boosts: travel terms - Learn vocabulary related to gestures and directions
GRAMMAR: Form questions - Use the - Use will - Identify modal and verb errors - Practice present, past, and future tenses
TAKE ACTION!
REVISING AND EDITING: Revise for an introduction - Edit for modals

CHAPTER 6: Risk-Taking and Survival
START UP: Extreme Sports
READING 1.1: “Adrenaline Adventures”
READING: Identifying the message - Read online articles, an interview, and a book excerpt - Identify main idea and details - Recognize context clues - Do team-reading
WRITING: Practice dictation - Write questions and definitions - Summarize information - Write about risk-taking
Write a conclusion - Edit an essay
WATCHING 6.1: Extreme Climber - Watch videos on extreme climbing and survival skills
SPEAKING: Sports - Discuss extreme sports
READING 6.2 WITH LISTENING: “BMX Rider: Interview with Kara Bruce”
LISTENING: Lost in the Wild - Listen for main ideas and details - Identify silent letters - Listen to an interview on survival
READING 6.3: “The Rules of Survival”
WATCHING 6.2: Survival Skills
READING 6.4: “A Lesson in Brave Parenting”
SPEAKING: Parenting Rules - Discuss parenting rules - Pronounce words with silent letters - Interview a role model
VOCABULARY: Use action verbs and adjectives - Vocabulary Boosts: make, do, play, and go - let, leave - Learn bike parts - Use comparative adjectives
GRAMMAR: Use modals - Form questions - Give advice - Practice tenses - Make comparisons - Identify plural errors
TAKE ACTION!
REVISING AND EDITING: Revise for a conclusion - Edit for plural and comparative form errors

CHAPTER 7: Life Online
START UP: Tech Life
READING 7.1 WITH LISTENING: “I Am a Phone Addict”
READING: Respond to a text - Identify main and supporting ideas - Read an online article and a short story - Identify the message
WRITING: Write present, past, and future questions - Write comparisons - Write about social media and addictions - Support opinions
SPEAKING: One-Day Tech Challenge - Discuss apps and social media - Discuss present and past technology - Discuss a short story and share ideas - Pronounce t and th
WATCHING 7.1: Distracted Drivers
READING 7.2: “Your Social Life Is Not Your Social Media”
WATCHING 7.2: The Power of Online Shaming - Watch videos on online shaming and texting while driving
SPEAKING: Social Media Etiquette
READING 7.3: “The Magic App”
LISTENING: Finding Love Online - Pronounce t and th - Listen for main and supporting ideas - Listen to an interview on online dating
SPEAKING: Dating World - Discuss online dating
VOCABULARY: Vocabulary Boost: technology - Use comparative adjectives - Make guesses on word meanings
GRAMMAR: Give commands - Practice question forms - Use modals - Make comparisons
TAKE ACTION!
REVISING AND EDITING: Revise for sentence variety - Edit for mixed errors

READING STRATEGIES

WRITING WORKSHOPS
WRITING WORKSHOP 1: Writing a Paragraph
WRITING WORKSHOP 2: Writing an Essay
WRITING WORKSHOP 3: Revising and Editing

APPENDICES
APPENDIX 1: Oral Presentations
APPENDIX 2: Names and Titles
APPENDIX 3: Dates and Numbers
APPENDIX 4: Pronunciation

Index

Photo Credits

Intended for high-beginner to low-intermediate ESL students.
A2-B1 (CEFR)