This title presents a three-level course for pre-teenage students which bridges the gap between primary and secondary learning styles.

LEVEL 1; UNIT 1; Meet the Livewires (story); Learning objectives; greetings and introductions; identifying objects; spelling; Language; the verb to be; questions; indefinite article: a/an; this/that; UNIT 2; Where's Buzz (story); Learning objectives; asking about and describing location; Language; prepositions: in, on, under, behind, near; questions; the verb to be; definite article: the; UNIT 3; X-ray vision (story); Learning objectives; describing rooms; giving instructions; making suggestions; Language; let's; there is/isn?t; imperatives; UNIT 4; Into the book (story); Learning objectives; counting in English; asking someone?s age; describing family relationships; learning countries and capitals of the world; Language; numbers 1-20; members of the family; verb to be; UNIT 5; The Livewires express (story); Learning objectives; describing objects; expressing quantity; Language; colours; plurals; verb to be; there are/aren't; numbers up to 100; REVISION: UNITS 1-5; UNIT 6; Sparks' house (story); Learning objectives; talking about possessions; telling the time; Language; have got; the time; UNIT 7; Ms Brush (story); Learning objectives; expressing wants; making informal requests; letter-writing; Language; present simple tense: want; Can I have ...?; a blue one / a red one; UNIT 8; Flick's birthday (story); Learning objectives; describing clothes; shopping; saying when your birthday is; expressing likes and dislikes; Language; clothes; ordinal numbers up to 31st; questions: How much ... ? and When ... ?; present simple: like; UNIT 9; Iceman! (story); Learning objectives; expressing abilities; talking about different activities; giving instructions; Language; can/can't to express ability; imperatives; UNIT 10; Fast food (story); Learning objectives; ordering food in a restaurant; discussing prices; expressing strong likes and dislikes; Language; countable and uncountable nouns; some and any; questions with How many ...?; REVISION: UNITS 6-10; UNIT 11; New York! (story); Learning objectives; asking about and describing actions in progress; MIMING; Language; present continuous tense; spelling rules with the -ing ending; UNIT 12; The escape (story); Learning objectives; learning about people from other countries; talking about where you live; Language; present simple tense: live; countries and nationalities; animals; UNIT 13; The rainforest (story); Learning objectives; describing people; describing animals; Language; animals; parts of the body; adjectives used to describe people; UNIT 14; The end of Iceman (story); Learning objectives; predicting the future; expressing intention; talking about the weather and holiday activities; Language; days of the week; the going to future; the weather and seasons; UNIT 15; The storm (story); Learning objectives; talking about daily / weekly routines; Language; present simple tense for routines; prepositions on, at, in with times and days; REVISION: UNITS 11-15; PROJECTS; GRAMMAR SUMMARY