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Traditions

BE

Carpets ofDagestan

What's your favorite
place in town?

A Very Indian
Wedding

1. Where are the women?

2. What are they like? How are they different fromother people in the photo?

3. Do you ever wear traditional clothes? When?

UNIT CONTENTS
Vocabulary Categories; clothes and objects
Grammar Simple present review with be and have; whose and possessives
Listening Whose shoes are they?

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Vocabulary: Categories
1. Label the sets of traditional and modern pictures with the correct words.
artclothing✓ music

foodplaces

a

b

c

1.

music

2.

e

f

g

sports

d

h

4.

3.
j

i

k

l

6.

5.

NOTICE IT

1.02

Another word for clothing is
clothes. Clothing is usually used
for the general category. Clothes isusually used for specific items.
There are two clothing stores in
the mall.
I need some new clothes.

2. Listen, check, and repeat.
3. Do the pictures in Exercise 1 show modern or traditional things?
Check (✓) the correct answers.

Photo

a

Traditional✓

Modern

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

i

j

k

l

✓

Speaking: Likes and dislikes
4. YOUR TURN Work with a partner. Do you like traditional or modern things for the
categories in Exercise 1? Can you name any traditional and modern things for eachcategory?
I like modern music. Hip-hop is modern. I don’t like traditional music. Jazz is traditional.
I like traditional and modern sports. Sumo wrestling is traditional. Basketball is modern.
Workbook, p. 2

Reading At Home in Two Worlds; Our Summer Tradition; Colorful Hands and Heads
Conversation Keeping a conversation going
Writing A description of a family tradition

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OLD and NEW
At Home in
Two Worlds
Meet Maria! She is 14, and she lives in Otavalo, Ecuador. She has a traditional anda modern life. She lives in a modern house with her family. Maria has a brother. He’s
17. She also has a sister. She’s 12. Maria and her family make traditional art, andthey sell it at a big market in Otavalo. They sell their art online, too. Maria’s brother andfather are also musicians, and they play traditional music. Maria likes traditional music,
but she also listens to modern rock music at home.
Maria doesn’t have modern clothes. She wears traditional clothes and jewelry. Sheeats traditional food with her family. She has meat with corn, potatoes, or beans. After
school, she sometimes eats in modern restaurants with her friends. Maria speaks
Quechua, an ancient Incan language, with her parents. She speaks Spanish with her
brother, sister, and friends. She and her sister also have English classes at school. Maria
likes her traditional and modern life!

DID YOUKNOW . . .?

Reading: An article about life in
Otavalo, Ecuador

The market in
Otavalo has
clothing, art, andfood. It’s popularwith people from
Ecuador and fromaround the world.

1. Look at the photos. Is the family modern or traditional?
1.03

2. Read and listen to the article. Who is in Maria’s family?
What do they do?
3. Read the article again. Check (✓) the things that are true
for Maria. Sometimes both answers are possible.
1.

lives in a traditional house

lives in a modern house2.

has a younger sister

has an older sister3.

has one brotherhas two brothers

4.

listens to traditional music

listens to modern music

5.

wears traditional clothes

wears modern clothes

6.

eats traditional foodeats modern food

4. YOUR

TURN

Work with a partner. How are you like Maria? How are you different?

Maria is 14, and I’m . . .

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Grammar: Simple present review with be and have
5. Complete the chart.
Use the simple present of be to identify people and give locations and dates.
Use the simple present of have to talk about possessions, characteristics, and relationships.
behave
Wh- questions and answers

Where are you?
I’m in Otavalo. I’m

When do you
art class?
I have art at 10:00. I don’t have art at 9:00.

in Quito.

she?
How old
She’s 14. She isn’t 17.

What does she have for dinner?
meat. She doesn’t have fish.
She

Who are they?
They
Maria’s parents.
They aren’t her grandparents.

What do they have?
They have a computer. Theya desk.

Yes/No questions and answers
you in Otavalo?
Yes, I am. / No, I’m not.

Do you have art at 10:00?
. / No, I don’t.
Yes, IIs she 14?
Yes, sheshe have meat for dinner?
Yes, she does. / No, she doesn’t.

. / No, she isn’t.

Are they Maria’s parents?
Yes, they are. / No, theyDo they have a computer?
Yes, they do. / No, they.

.

Check your answers: Grammar reference, p. 106

6. Match the questions with the answers.

1. Is your brother tall? ca. I have three.

2. Are they from Ecuador?

b. I’m in my English class.

3. Where are you?

c. No, he’s not.

4. How many sisters do you have?

d. No, he doesn’t.

5. Does Jake have a truck?

e. Yes, they are.

7. Complete the conversations with the correct form of be or have.

your music class?

1. A: Whenon Monday.

B: It
2. A:

Kate and Dennis. They

B: Yes, they
3. A:

two trucks.

your parents home?
. They

B: No, they
4. A:

a truck?

at work right now.

your house small?

B: No, it

. It

big.

Speaking: My life
8. YOUR TURN Work with a partner. Tell your partner about something
modern and something traditional in your life.

BE

Find out about carpet makers
in Russia. What is life like in
Dagestan? (Workbook, p. 72)

I have a traditional house. It’s very old. My clothes are modern. They . . .

1.1 CARPETS OF DAGESTANWorkbook, p. 3

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MYThings
Listening: Whose shoes are they?
1. Do your parents or grandparents have things from the past? What do they have?
1.04

a

1.04

2. Listen to Wendy and Josh talk about old things in their grandparents’ house.
Check (✓) the people the things belong to.
father

grandfather

great-grandfather

mother

grandmothergreat-grandmother

3. Listen again. Circle the adjectives that describe the things Wendy and Josh find.
There is more than one answer for each item.

1. First object:

big / small / heavy / colorful / slow

2. Second object: new / old / cool / old-fashioned
3. Third object:white / black / big / small

Vocabulary: Clothes and objects
1.05

b

4. Match the words with the correct pictures. Then listen and check your answers.
1. e a computer

6.

a photograph / a photo2.

a dress

7.

a telephone / a phone

3.

a hat

8.

a television / a TV4.

a jacket9.

a watch

5.

a pen

10.

shoes

f

e

d

c

h
g

j
i

5. YOUR

TURN

Work with a partner. What are the items in Exercise 4 like today?

TVs are big today, and they have flat screens. TV shows are in color.

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Grammar: whose and possessives
6. Complete the chart.
Use whose to ask about possession.
Use a name/noun + ’s, a possessive adjective, or a possessive pronoun to show possession.
Whose

computer is it? / Whose is it?
Whose shoes are they? / Whose are they?

Possessive ’s or s’

It’s Dad’s computer.
shoes.
They’re our grandmotherThat’s our grandparents’ house.

Possessive
adjectives

It’s his computer.
They’re her shoes.

my yourThat’s their house.

ourIt’s his.
They’re hers.

mine
his

That’s theirs.

ours

Possessive
pronouns

her its

yours
its

Check your answers: Grammar reference, p. 106

7. Write questions and answers for the information in the chart. Use possessive ’s ands’ for the answers.

Doug

Sofia
✓

1. hat✓

2. TV
3. pens

my cousins

Get it RIGHT!
Do not confuse whose with who’s:
who’s = who is.
Whose phone is this?
NOT: Who’s phone is this?

✓

1. Whose hat is it? It’s Sofia’s hat.
2.
3.
8. Rewrite the sentences two ways. Use possessive adjectives andpossessive pronouns.

1. It’s my sisters’ soccer ball.

It’s their soccer ball. It’s theirs.

2. They’re Jack’s paintings.
3. It’s my aunt’s jacket.

Speaking: Whose is it?
9. YOUR TURN Work with a small group. Each person puts two small items
in a bag. The others don’t look. Take out an item and have the others guess
whose it is. Take turns.

Whose pen is it?

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It’s Doris’ pen.

1.06

Say it RIGHT!

If a name ends in -s, add ’s after the
final -s. You can also just use an
apostrophe (’) after the final -s. Bothare correct, and they are pronounced
the same way. For example, Lucas’sand Lucas’ both sound like Lucases.
Listen to the sentences.
Lucas has hats. = They’re Lucas’s
hats. / They’re Lucas’ hats.
Pay attention to the way you
pronounce your classmates’ nameswith the possessive in Exercise 9.

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1.2 WHAT'S YOURREAL TALK FAVORITE PLACE

TRADITIONSIN TOWN?

Conversation: A cool tradition
1.07

1. REAL TALK Watch or listen to the teenagers. Check (✓) their favorite places.
a bedroom

a gym

a restaurantan ice cream shop

a computer lab

a librarya stadiuma movie theatera parka malla supermarket

2. YOUR
1.08

TURN

What's your favorite place in town? Tell your partner.

3. Listen to Tom telling Eva about a family tradition. Complete the conversation.
USEFUL LANGUAGE: Keeping a conversation going
Tell me about it.

That’s interesting.

Really?

Then what?

Eva: Hey, what’s that?
Tom: It’s my grandfather’s old watch. Well, now it’s my watch!
Eva:

1

Tom: Yeah. We have this cool tradition for my grandfather’sbirthday.
Eva:

2

Tom: Well, we always have a party in the park. It’s his favorite
place. We eat traditional food. We have burgers and, ofcourse, birthday cake.
Eva:

3

Tom: Well, we never give gifts to my grandfather. After we eat,he gives us gifts.
4

Why does hedo that?
Tom: He wants us to have his things. So, now I have his cool watch!
Eva:

4. Practice the conversation with a partner.
5. YOUR TURN Repeat the conversation in Exercise 3,
but change the words in purple. Use the informationin the chart for one conversation and your own ideas
for another.

My ideas
Person

aunt

Item

scarf

Place

in a restaurant

Food

tacos

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Our Summer Tradition
by Carla Lucero
I have a big Italian family, and we have an unusual tradition.
On the last day of school, we always have dinner at an Italianrestaurant. We celebrate the start of summer! There arealways a lot of people at the restaurant – my parents, mygrandparents, my brother, my sister, my cousins, and me!
We have traditional Italian food. There are many great dishes
on the menu, like minestrone soup and pasta. We also have dessert. Thereis traditional Italian music at the restaurant, too. After dinner, we go to my
grandparents’ house and watch an Italian movie. Then we look at family photos.
It ’s really fun.

Reading to write: A family tradition
6. Look at the photo. Where are the people? Who do you
think they are? Read the article to check.

Focus on CONTENT
When you write about a tradition, include thisinformation:- what- why- when- who- where7. Read Carla’s article again. Find examples for the
categories in the Focus on Content box.

Writing: My family
tradition
PLAN
Choose a tradition in your family.
Make a word web with the topics fromthe Focus on Content box.
When

Focus on LANGUAGE
there is / there are
Use there is / there are to give information about
what, when, where, why, and who in a description ofsomething, such as a family tradition.
- There is a big table in the restaurant.
- There are many musicians at our summer picnic.
8. Find examples of There is / There are in Carla’s article.
9. Complete the sentence with There is or There are.

Who
What

Where

Why

WRITE
Now write about the tradition. Useyour notes to help you. Write at least
60 words.

1.

a lot of modern art at the museum.

CHECK

2.

three birthdays in my family in June.

Check your writing. Can you answer“yes” to these questions?

3.

many books in our house.

4.

a singer in the restaurant.

5.

a lot of people at the wedding.

6.

a good show on TV.

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• Do you use there is and there arecorrectly?

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COLORFUL
HANDS
HEADS
AND

The Romanian soccer
team at the World Cup

What color is your hair? In many
cultures, people change their haircolor for some traditions. Faceand body painting is a traditionin many places, too. These
traditions are new and old!

Citrus College fansat a soccer game

Some sports teams color their hair with their team colors. For
example, a high school swim team has blue hair for a swimming
event. A professional soccer team has yellow hair for the World Cup.
Sports fans often paint their faces with school colors, too. At manysports events, there are people in school colors from head to toe!

A wedding in, India

In some traditional weddings in India, the bride has designs
on her hands with henna, a special paint. During the wedding,the groom colors the middle of the bride’s hair red. It is asymbol of marriage.

A teenager in the
Omo Valley

It is hot and sunny in the Omo Valley in Africa. Mursi and Surmapeople paint their faces, heads, and bodies with clay from theearth. It protects them from the sun. It is a tradition, and it isalso art. They have white, yellow, red, and gray designs on theirfaces and bodies. They have colorful clay in their hair, too, andsometimes they make and wear interesting hats.

New or old, hair coloring and face painting are interesting traditions!

Culture: Hair coloring and facepainting traditions

DID YOUKNOW . . .?

1. Look at the photos. Where are the people? What colors do you see?
1.09

Face painting
and body painting
are thousands ofyears old. There
are natural colors
in things from theearth, like plants
and clay. People
use these forpaint.

2. Read the article. Complete the text with the headings. Then listen
and check your answers.

Tradition and Art
An Old Wedding Tradition

A New Sports Tradition

3. Read the article again. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)?

1. A bride in India has paint on her hands.
2. A bride in India has blue paint in her hair.
3. It is cold in the Omo Valley.
4. Sports players never have colored hair.
4. YOUR

TURN

BE

Find out about a traditional
Indian wedding. What aresome of the traditions?
(Workbook, p. 73)

Work with a partner. Ask and answer the question.

What are some sports and wedding traditions fromyour culture?
1.3 A VERY INDIAN WEDDING

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UNIT 1 REVIEW
Vocabulary

Grammar

1. Label the photos with the correct categories.

3. Circle the correct words.

art

food

placesclothingmusic

sportsVicky: Hey, Paolo! 1Is / Are / Do / Does you
have an art class this year?
Paolo: Yes, I 2am / am not / do / don’t.
I 3am / is / has / have two art classes.
Vicky: 4Is / Are / Do / Does Mrs. Meyers oneof your teachers?
Paolo: No, she 5is / isn’t / does / doesn’t.
Why?

2.

1.

Vicky: Oh, she 6is / isn’t / does / doesn’t myaunt. She 7is / are / has / have threeart classes this year.
Paolo: I see. My art teachers 8is / are / has /have Mr. Klein and Ms. Rodriguez.

4.

3.

4. Match the sentences with the same meaning.

6.

5.

1. It’s my volleyball.

a. It’s mine.

2. It’s Sandra’s dress.

b. It’s yours.

3. It’s Ted’s pen.

c. It’s his.

4. It’s your sandwich.

d. It’s hers.

2. Complete the sentences with the correct words.

Useful language

computer

hat

photo

TV

jacket

phone

shoes

watch

5. Circle the correct answers.

1. A: We have an unusual tradition in my family.

1. I have aon my head.

2. I use myto do my homework.

3. There are a lot of good shows on
.

a. on

b. in

c. about? Me, too.

B:

a. Whenover my5. It’s cold! I have on ashirt.
6. See thisfrom 1980!

it.

2. A: We always have a big dinner for mybirthday.

. Do you want to

4. Lori is on the
talk to her?

B: Tell me

b. Reallyc. Then

3. A: Why is your face green?
B: Oh, it’s for the soccer game.

of my mother? It’sa. alwaysby

7. Sam and Ann left their
the door.
8. I don’t have atime on my phone.

. Is green your school color?

A: That’s, so I check theb. neverc. interesting

4. A: We always have a picnic at the park on
Saturdays.
B: Thena. what?
b. whyc. where

A: We usually play games.

PROGRESS CHECK: Now I can . . .
■ identify and talk about modern and traditional things.

■ keep a conversation going.

■ talk about modern and traditional things in my life.

■ write about a family tradition.

■ ask and answer questions about possessions.

■ talk about sports, weddings, and other traditions.

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