Step Forward 3
2nd Edition, New Readers Press
2nd Edition, New Readers Press
Table of Contents
Themes:
Greeting others
Parts of speech
Grammar Focus:
Verb tense review
Parts of speech
Key Objectives:
Meet classmates
Alphabetize names
Review parts of speech
Themes:
Study skills and the US educational system
Express uncertainty
Grammar Focus:
Review present and past verb forms
Yes/no questions and answers
Adjectives and adverbs to describe skills
Key Objectives:
Discuss study skills and the US educational system
Write a paragraph about your feelings the first day of class
Describe study habits and learning
Talk about career choices, strengths, and weaknesses
Identify educational resources
Show that you are listening
Themes:
Community involvement
Express a preference
Grammar Focus:
Review be going to and will
Future plans and promises
Future predictions
Express preferences with would rather + verb
Key Objectives:
Identify and locate places to go for fun
Write an email asking for information to plan a party
Talk about future plans
Identify some causes of stress
Identify the benefits of walking in the park
Check your understanding
Themes:
Work environment
Respond to feedback
Grammar Focus:
Comparisons
Superlatives
Key Objectives:
Identify computer and office vocabulary
Write an email describing the rules
Use comparisons to choose the best product to buy
Respond to negative feedback
Learn about work-based training and education
Learn what to do when you don't understand the speaker.
Themes:
Job search
Persuade
Grammar Focus:
The present perfect
For and since with the present perfect
Contractions with the present perfect
Key Objectives:
Identify job interview vocabulary
Write a thank you letter after a job interview
Use the present perfect to talk about past events
Interview for a promotion
Identify ways to get a promotion
Show a willingness to learn at work
Themes:
Community involvement
Express interest
Grammar Focus:
Yes/no questions with the present perfect
Use ever, already, and yet with the present perfect
Simple past and present perfect
Key Objectives:
Identify and locate community resources
Identify community problems and write an email asking for assistance
Use yes/no questions in the present perfect to ask about personal, work, and academic experiences
Express interest in volunteering
Identify ways to reduce trash and protect the environment
Give helpful suggestions
Themes:
Recipes and cooking
Express uncertainty
Grammar Focus:
Separable phrasal verbs
Inseparable phrasal verbs
Possessive pronouns
Key Objectives:
Identify kitchen vocabulary
Describe the steps to cook a favorite recipe
Use phrasal verbs
Express uncertainty
Identify ways to protect yourself from food poisoning
Identify ways to safely store food
Interrupt someone to ask a question
Themes:
Banking and money management
Asking about a problem
Grammar Focus:
Real conditionals
Questions with real conditionals
Time clauses to discuss future events
Key Objectives:
Identify bank vocabulary
Identify ways to reach your financial goals
Use real conditionals to talk about ways to save money
Use real conditionals to talk about possible outcomes
Ask about a problem
Identify ways to protect yourself against identity theft
Disagree with someone
Themes:
Health problems and hospitals
Make and accept suggestions
Grammar Focus:
Used to
Used to in questions and answers
Present perfect continuous
Key Objectives:
Identify organs and parts of the body and locate hospitals
Identify ways to improve your health
Use used to
Learn ways to make and accept suggestions
Learn about the information on prescription medication labels
Help teammates participate
Themes:
Car ownership
Make a deal
Grammar Focus:
Describe events with time clauses
Compare time clauses
And...too, and... not either, but
Key Objectives:
Identify automotive vocabulary
Write a post about a memorable vacation
Use time clauses to describe events
Use time clauses to talk about life experiences
Negotiate a price
Learn about the lemon law
Compare cars
Build consensus
Themes:
Crime and community safety
Sequence events
Grammar Focus:
Gerunds as subjects
Compare gerunds and the present continuous
Review infinitives and gerunds
Key Objectives:
Identify safety vocabulary
Identify home security features adn write a letter asking for assistance
Use gerunds as subjects to talk about home security
Report a crime
Identify careers in public safety
Show a positive attitude
Themes:
Life events
Respond to news
Grammar Focus:
Present passive
Active and passive voice
The passive with by
Be able to + verb for ability
Key Objectives:
Identify life-event vocabulary
Write an email to reschedule a meeting
Use the present passive to describe scheduled events at a retirement community
Show excitement or concern when you respond to good or bad news
Identify when and why people move
Praise someone
Themes:
Civic rights and responsibilities
Describe possible reasons
Grammar Focus:
Verbs + infinitives
Verbs + gerunds or infinitives
Key Objectives:
Identify civic rights and responsibilities
Identify a community problem and write an email asking for assistance
Use verbs plus infinitives to plan an event
Write and report requests
Learn about the Civil Rights Movement
Help someone understand