Use the picture to elicit the part of the house they are in. Ask: "Where is the computer?" (on the table). Put SS into pairs to look at the picture and answer questions 1-5 in ex 1(a), p 79. Monitor and notice whether SS to use the present continuous and any technology or family vocabulary, but don't correct any errors at this stage. In pairs, ask SS to answer the questions. Monitor and notice how much house vocabulary the SS can produce and whether they attempt to use any in/on/at + place phrases. Take feedback as a class, asking SS to report back one new thing they learned about their partner.

Ask SS to match the words with the pictures. Play the recording in ex 1A, p 80 for SS to listen and check their answers. Check answers as a class. Drill the words. Have SS to complete the exercises in Vocabulary Focus 10A on SB p.153. For Exercise a, give SS one minute to look at the picture of the house and find the six objects. Put SS into pairs to ask and answer where the objects are. Ask SS to do Exercise b individually. Play the recording for SS to check their answers. Ask SS to do Exercise c individually. Check answers as a class. Tell SS to go back to SB p.80 in ex 1B.

For Exercise 1, play the recording in ex 1C, p 80 for SS to listen and practice saying the sounds and words. Make sure SS are putting their tongue behind their upper teeth for /tj/ and between both their upper and lower teeth for /0/. For Exercise 2, play the recording in ex 1c, p 80 for SS to listen and out the words in the correct place in the table. Have SS to compare answers in pairs. Check answers as a class. For Exercise 3, ask SS to discuss the question as a class and write the answers on the board in ex 1C, p 80. For Exercise 4, put SS into pairs to practice saying the words in ex 1C, p 80. Monitor and check that they're pronouncing them correctly.

Ask SS to look at the picture and ask: "What can you see?", "Can you describe your home?", or "Which kind of home would you like in your future life?"

Point to the three pictures of Grace's flat on SB p.81. Play the recording in ex 2A, p 81 for SS to listen for general meaning and put the rooms in the order that Grace talks about them.

Give SS time to read the sentences. Check that they understand "light" by pointing to an area of the room that has a lot of light and contrasting it with an area that doesn't have much light. Play the recording in ex 2B, p 80 again for them to choose the correct answers. Have SS to compare answers in pairs. Check answers as a class and ask SS to correct the false statements. Ask: "Does Grace like her flat?" (yes).

Give SS one minute to make notes about what they will their partners about their home and the rooms it has in ex 2D, p 80. Then put SS into pairs. Give them up to three minutes to talk together. Take feedback as a class. Ask: "Are your homes similar or very different?" Give SS one minute to think about some of the objects inn one room in their home in ex 2E, p 80. Give SS about three minutes to talk together. Take feedback as a class. Ask: "Do you and your partner have the same objects in each room?" Open class feedback.

Ask SS to read the text message quickly and find out if they are for people who are hear or far away in ex 2A, p 81. Check the answers as a class.

Give SS two minutes to read the messages more carefully and decide where each writer is in ex 3B, p 81. Point out that there is sometimes more than one possible answer.

Put SS into pairs to discuss the question in ex 3C, p 81. Take feedback as a class.

Write the following gapped sentence and word in brackets on the board: We____ the match. It's Brazil and Germany (watch). Elicit and/ or write in the missing verb form ('re watching). Discuss the question in 4a as a class in ex 4A, p 81. Discuss the rule as a class and write the form on the board in ex 4B, p 81. Play the recording in ex 4C, p 81 for SS to listen for the stressed words. Check the answer as a class. Drill the sentence. Give SS one minute to find and underline more examples of the present continuous in the messages in 3a in ex 4D, p 81.

Ask SS to read the information in Grammar Focus 10A on SB p.130. Draw attention to the spelling of having (NOT haveing) and sitting (NOT siting) and to the use of contractions (I'm, she's, etc.). Play the recording where indicated and ask SS to listen and repeat in ex 4E, p 81.

Have SS to complete Exercise a on SB p.131. Check answers as a class and write the words on the board, so SS can check the spelling. Have SS to complete Exercise b. Monitor and check that SS are using contractions and "-ing" forms correctly. Check answers as a class. Tell SS to go back to SB p.81 in ex 4E.

Divide the class into pairs and assign A and B roles. Student As look at the pictures on SB p.115 and think about what the people are doing, especially in picture 2. Student Bs do the same on SB p.112, focusing on picture 6. Without saying the picture number, Student A uses the notes to describe what he/she is doing in picture 2. Student B listens and identifies the picture. Then they swap roles, with Student B talking about picture 6 and Student A identifying the picture in ex 5(speaking), p 81. Note down any common mistakes with the target language to deal with when giving feedback.