Viewpoint Level 2 Scope and sequence

Conversation Speaking
Functions / Topics Grammar Vocabulary strategies naturally
Unit 1 • Talk about types of • Use auxiliary • Idiomatic • Use stressed • Stressing
literature, reading verbs, to, one, expressions for auxiliary verbs auxiliaries
A great read
habits, and favorite and ones to understanding (I (do, does) before for emphasis
pages 10–19
authors. avoid repeating can’t make heads main verbs to page 138
• Discuss the pros words and or tails of it) and add emphasis.
and cons of reading phrases. remembering (It’s • Use if so to
and writing blogs. on the tip of my mean “if this is
• Analyze and tongue) true”, and if not
interpret a poem. • Synonyms to mean “if this
(enduring - is not true.”
lasting)

Unit 2 • Talk about • Add • Compound • Use adverbs like • Stress in

technology and its information to adjectives to predictably and noun
Technology
impact on your life. nouns with describe apparently to phrases
pages 20–29
• Discuss the issue of different types technology express what page 138
privacy vs. security. of expressions. (high-speed, you predict,
• Evaluate the pros • Use two-part energy-efficient) expect, etc.
and cons of modern conjunctions • Suffixes • Emphasize that
conveniences. like either . . . or (innovation, something is
• Discuss how you to combine radical ) impossible with
respond to new ideas. can’t / couldn’t
technologies. possibly.

Unit 3 • Talk about different • Use participle • Expressions with • Express a • Stress in
social pressures that clauses to link take (take contrasting view expressions
Society
you and others face. events and add advantage of, with expressions of contrast
pages 30–39
• Discuss the information take credit for ) like having said page 139
challenges of about time or • Synonyms (often that and then
starting college and reason. – frequently; again.
other new • Add emphasis show – reveal ) • Use even so and
experiences. with so . . . that, even then to
• Discuss how such . . . that, introduce a
children put even, and only. contrasting idea.
pressure on parents.
• Evaluate gender
differences in
language.

Checkpoint 1 Units 1–3 pages 40–41

Unit 4 • Talk about the • Use future • Expressions to • Use expressions • Stress in
natural world. perfect forms to describe the like What’s more adding
Amazing
• Present information talk about the behavior of to add and focus expressions
world
about a member of past in the wildlife on new ideas. page 139
pages 42–51
the animal future. (hibernate, • Use in any case
kingdom. • Use predator) and in any event
• Consider the impact prepositions • Suffixes with to strengthen
that humans have and -able arguments and
on nature. prepositional (remarkable, reach
phrases to valuable) conclusions.
combine ideas.

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 Vocabulary
Listening Reading Writing notebook Grammar extra
The blogosphere A brief history of • Write a review of a Heads or tails • More on auxiliary verbs
• A presenter shares poetry book you have • Think of to avoid repetition
statistics about • An article about enjoyed. situations when • too, either, so, neither,
blogging. different types of • Describe, evaluate, you can use and (to) do so
My interpretation poetry through and recommend certain idioms. • More on using to to avoid
is . . . history a book. repeating verb phrases
• Someone gives an • Coordinate • More on one /ones to
interpretation of a adjectives. avoid repeating countable
poem. • Avoid errors with nouns
yet. pages 144–145

Privacy or As technology • Write a report High-tech gadgets • Adjectives after nouns

convenience? changes, so do about Internet use. • Use compound • Negative phrases after
• Two friends discuss adoption life • Describe graphs, adjectives with nouns
privacy and cycles. charts, and tables. nouns to say • More on two-part
fingerprinting. • An article about • Describe and something true conjunctions
How do you the willingness of compare statistics. about your life. • Two-part conjunctions
multitask? consumers to • Avoid errors with with phrases and clauses
• Three invest in new as can be seen, etc. pages 146–147
conversations technology
about multitasking

It’s an issue . . . Spring semester • Write an evaluation Take credit! • Clauses with prepositions
• Two people discuss courses in of a course. • Write sentences and conjunctions + -ing
the challenges Language and • Plan and write an that paraphrase • Passive forms of
when kids become Society evaluative report. the meaning participle and time
more independent. • Course outlines • Express results in of new clauses
Language and of classes about writing. expressions. • More on so and such
gender language and • Avoid errors with • More on even and only
• A professor society therefore. pages 148–149
introduces a course
on language and
gender.

Checkpoint 1 Units 1–3 pages 40–41

The Antarctic How nature • Write a persuasive Golden eggs • More on the future
• An expert answers inspires science essay about an • Notice the use perfect
questions about – a look at some environmental of specialized • The future perfect for
Antarctica. notable inventions concern. vocabulary in predictions and
The genius of the • An article about • Use academic general English assumptions
natural world how nature prepositions and or in idioms. • Formal prepositional
• A presenter shares inspires impersonal one. expressions
ideas about how innovation • Avoid errors with • More on the fact that;
biomimicry could upon. prepositions + perfect
solve problems. forms
pages 150–151

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Functions / Topics Grammar Vocabulary strategies naturally
Unit 5 • Talk about • Use adverbs • More formal • Use expressions • Stress in
inventions, progress, with continuous adjectives like Let’s put it expressions
Progress
and human and perfect (obsolete, this way to make page 140
pages 52–61
achievements. forms of the portable) a point.
• Evaluate the passive. • Adjectives into • Use expressions
motivation of • Use past nouns like Maybe (not),
people who are modals with the (convenient – Absolutely (not),
driven to perform passive. convenience; and Not
dangerous feats. easy – ease) necessarily in
• Discuss the pros and responses.
cons of research.
• Discuss inventions
and innovations.

Unit 6 • Talk about business • Use relative • Verbs that mean • Use negative • Prepositions
and retail. clauses that attract and deter and tag in relative
Business
• Consider the begin with (entice, questions to clauses
studies
motivations behind pronouns or discourage) persuade others page 140
pages 62–71
shopping habits. prepositions. • Adjectives of your point of
• Evaluate the benefits • Use some, any, (malicious, view.
of online and instore other, others, vulnerable) • Use granted to
shopping. and another to concede points.
• Present the refer to people
advantages of big and things.
business and small
business.

Checkpoint 2 Units 4–6 pages 72–73

Unit 7 • Talk about • Use conditional • Binomial • Use expressions • Binomial

relationships, sentences expressions with like in the end pairs
Relationships
marriage, and without if to and, or, but (give and in a word to page 141
pages 74–83
family life. hypothesize. and take, sooner summarize or
• Discuss the most • Use wh- or later, slowly finish your
important issues to clauses as but surely) points.
consider before subjects and • Building • Use then and in
getting married. objects. synonyms that case to draw
• Talk about the best (see – perceive; a conclusion
ways to meet improve – from something
people. enhance) someone said.
• Evaluate the pros
and cons of
monitoring family
members.

Unit 8 • Talk about people • Use the perfect • Adjective • Use expressions • Saying
and events in infinitive to antonyms like Let’s not go perfect
History
history. refer to past (lasting – there to avoid infinitives
pages 84–93
• Determine what time. temporary; talking about a page 141
makes a historical • Use cleft superficial – topic.
event sentences profound) • Respond with
“world-changing.” beginning with • Metaphors (sift, That’s what I’m
• Talk about the It to focus on bring to life) saying to focus
importance of one’s certain nouns, on your
family history. phrases, and viewpoint.
clauses.

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Listening Reading Writing notebook Grammar extra
Kristen Ulmer – a Invention: inspired • Write an opinion Old or ancient? • Adverbs in present and
world-class extreme thinking or essay about • Learn synonyms past passive verb phrases
skier accidental technological to express basic • Adverbs in perfect verb
• A reporter relates discovery? progress. concepts in phrases
her conversation • An article about • Compare and formal writing. • Adverbs and past modal
with Kristen Ulmer. how inventions contrast arguments. verb phrases
What’s the point of come about • Use it clauses + • Questions with passive
research? passive to say what past modals
• Two people discuss people think. pages 152–153
the benefits and • Avoid errors with
drawbacks of affect and effect.
research.

Too good to be true? Data leakage – Are • Write a report on It’s tempting. • Pronouns and numbers in
• Four consumer you protected? data security. • Write word relative clauses
experts talk about • An article about • Use modals to avoid family charts. • Nouns in relative clauses
special promotions. keeping a being too assertive • other, every other, other
The top threats business’s and to make than
• A business expert information recommendations. • More on another
discusses the risks secure • Use expressions to pages 154–155
of running a describe cause
business. (This may be the
result of . . . ).
• Avoid errors with
can and could.

Checkpoint 2 Units 4–6 pages 72–73

Bringing up baby? Technology – is it • Write a magazine Now or never • More on inversions

• A student talks driving families article about how to • Use expressions • More on what clauses
about his apart? enhance friendships. in sentences • what clauses with passive
experience with a • An article about • Express number that are verbs and modals in
“baby simulator.” how technology and amount with personally writing
Keeping tabs on the impacts family expressions like a meaningful. pages 156–157
family dynamics number of, a great
• A family counselor deal of.
discusses using • Avoid errors with a
technology to keep number of, etc.
track of family • Use expressions
members. like affect, have
an effect on to
describe effects.

Tracing family The Ancient Lives • Write a narrative Deep, low, high • More on perfect
histories Project essay about your • Look up the infinitives
• Two friends talk • An article about family or someone synonyms and • The perfect infinitive after
about their family the collaboration you know. antonyms of adjectives and nouns
backgrounds. between experts • Order events in the new words. • More on cleft sentences
Citizen participation and volunteers in past. with it + be
projects piecing together • Avoid errors with • it + be + noun phrase in
• A lecturer describes the past in the end and writing
projects that help at the end. pages 158–159
uncover the past.

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Functions / Topics Grammar Vocabulary strategies naturally
Unit 9 • Talk about feats, • Use -ever • Vocabulary of • Use expressions • Intonation of
challenges, and words in talking engineering like given or background
Engineering
developments in about unknown projects (erect, considering to information
wonders
engineering. people or install) introduce facts page 142
pages 94–103
• Evaluate the things. • Verbs (interact, that support your
priorities in • Use negative determine) opinions.
research and adverbs (never, • Emphasize
development. not only) + negative phrases
• Discuss the inversion to with at all and
usefulness of start a sentence whatsoever.
robots. for emphasis.

Checkpoint 3 Units 7–9 pages 104–105

Unit 10 • Talk about the • Use continuous • Noun and verb • Highlight topics • Stress and
news, who reports infinitive forms collocations by putting them intonation
Current
it, and how. to report events (undergo at the start or page 142
events
• Discuss if speed or in progress. surgery, contain end of what you
pages
accuracy is more • Use the an oil spill) say.
106–115
important in news subjunctive to • Vocabulary to • Use this and
reporting. describe what express truth or these to
• Evaluate how much should happen, fiction (verify, highlight
you trust what you what is fabricate) information and
hear or read in the important, and that and those to
news. to refer to refer to known
demands and information.
recommendations.

Unit 11 • Talk about whether • Use be to to • Idioms and • Use expressions • Stress in
information is true refer to fixed or phrasal verbs like That doesn’t longer
Is it real?
or not. hypothetical with turn (turn seem right to idioms
pages
• Consider how you future events. over a new leaf, express page 143
116–125
would handle an • Use passive turn around) concerns.
emergency. verb • Words in context • Use to me, to
• Talk about white complements. (lucrative, her, etc. to
lies and if they’re laborious) introduce an
ever acceptable. opinion.
• Discuss if art
forgers are still true
artists.

Unit 12 • Talk about being • Use objects + • Phrasal verbs • Use expressions • Stress with
independent, the -ing forms after (go by, pick like I can see it reflexive
Psychology
psychology of prepositions up on) from both sides pronouns
pages
attraction, and the and verbs. • Expressions with and by the same page 143
126–135
brain. • Use reflexive be, do, go, have, token.
• Discuss the pronouns take (be close to, • Use to put it +
differences between — including to have to do with) adverb to
online and add emphasis indicate your
in-person — and each meaning behind
relationships. other / one an opinion.
• Discuss another.
stereotypes.

Checkpoint 4 Units 10–12 pages 136–137

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Other amazing feats Robots • Write an essay How do you do • whatever, whichever, and
• Three • An article about about whether it? whoever as subjects and
documentaries the widespread robots can replace • Ask yourself objects
describe marvels of use of robots in humans. questions using • Patterns with however
engineering. society • Express new vocabulary. and whatever
Is she for real? alternatives. • More on inversion
• A radio interview • Avoid errors with • Inversion with modals
about a robot. would rather / and in passive sentences
rather than. pages 160–161

Checkpoint 3 Units 7–9 pages 104–105

Journalism Establishing the • Summarize an Trust your • Simple vs. continuous

• A guest on a radio truth: How article. instincts infinitives
program discusses accurate are news • Use subject-verb • Find multiple • More on perfect
trends in reports? agreement. verbs that continuous infinitives
journalism. • An article about • Avoid subject-verb collocate with • More on the subjunctive
issues in news agreement errors the same noun. • The subjunctive and
reporting in relative clauses. conditional sentences
pages 162–163

Online lies Authenticating art • Write an essay Use it or lose it. • More on be to; be due to,
• Two friends talk • An article about about fake • Use new be meant to
about the lies that the techniques designer goods. vocabulary in • be to for orders and
people tell about used to identify • Share your views imaginary instructions
themselves online. art forgeries and those of conversations • More on passive perfect
Fakes of art! others. with a friend. infinitives
• A radio program • Use academic • would rather
profiles artist John conjunctions and pages 164–165
Myatt. adverbs.
• Avoid errors with
provided that.

“Helicopter” parents The developing • Write a report Pick and choose • Common verbs,
• A mother and son brain using statistics. • Create a adjectives, and nouns +
talk about • An article about • Compare statistics. thesaurus. object + -ing
overprotective how brain • Use expressions • More on reflexive
parents. development like twice as likely, pronouns
Understanding the relates to four times more • Referring to unknown
brain – outcomes behavior often. people
• Four professionals • Avoid errors with pages 166–167
lecture about the twice.
impact of brain
research on their
fields.

Checkpoint 4 Units 10–12 pages 136–137

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