Unit overview

Learning outcomes

• Reading: articles on marine ecosystems; key details, vocabulary in context, idioms and figurative language.
• Language: adjectives, including participles as adjectives and compound adjectives.
• Listening: a podcast about whales and conservation.
• Writing: a short story with a three-part structure.
• Speaking: opinions on marine life and conservation; making complaints and answering them persuasively.

Lessons

• A Colorful Underwater City; The Ocean's Gentle Giants; The Underwater World; Into the Depth of the Ocean; Ocean Legends and Storytelling.