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Publishedby PearsonInngman A6laEIT 20/F CornwallHouse TaikooPlace 979King'sRoad QuarryBay HongKong fa* +85228569578 email:pea$onlongman@pearsoned.com hk and Associat€dCompaniesthroughout the world O Pearson Education AslaLimited2007 All rightsres€rved; no part of thispublicationmaybe reproduced, storedin a relrievalsystem,or transmittedin anyform or by any means,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,or otherwisewithout the p or lwitlen permissionof thePublishers Firsrp ublished2007 Reprinted2007(thr€etimes) ProducedbyPearson Education AslaLimited,HongKong swTc/04 ISBN-13: 978-962-00-5882-0 ISBN- l0: 962-00-5882-8 Publisher: SimonCampbell ProjectEditor:HowardCheung Editor:ceorgeWells Designersrlunko Funal.j,Annie Chan Illustrator Balic Choy AudioProduction: DavidPopeandSkyProductions (pp T,I T), Forp€rmissionto usecoplrightedimage6,we wouldlike ro tha.k @DexImages,Inc /Corbis(pp B,I B),O G Baden/zefalcorbN (p,23 B),@Tim Wrighr/Corbis @B Bird/zefalcorbis(p 13T, r3 BL),DaveKng @DorlingKndeBley {p 19B),@Richdd Hutchings/Corbis (p 23T), @J Garcia/pholocuisine/Corbis (p,29TR,30TL),@JohnDoe/dfal Corbis(p 29TL),@DavidZimherman/Corbis(p,30BR),@David (p 33T), @PaulA Soudeis/Corbis (p 39T), @l.Riou/photocuisin€/corbis (p 39 B),o fibo! 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SkillsSedesis the definitiveond comprehensive four-levelseriesof skillsbooksfor iunior EFLleomers.Theseries hos beendevelopedoroundoge-oppropriqte, cross-curriolqr topicsthqt developstudents'criticqlthinking qnd exominqtion techniques.It followsan integrotedskillsopproochwith eochof the skillsbroughttogetherqt the end of eqchunit Thetwelvecoreunits in Boost! Writing follow o cleqrond trqnsporentstructureto maketeochingond leqming eosyqnd fun Thewriting skillsbuild ond progressocrossthe four levelsof Boost! Writing qnd qre correlotedto the next generqtionof tests of English Youwi[ nnd the followingin Boost! Writing 2: o o qnd cross-curriculqr Age-qpprcpriqte topics Modelsofgood w ting os well os exomplesofbod wdung Writing procticethot builds from sentenceond porqgrqph levelsto full-lengthpassqges Activities thot provide on opportunity to creoteq wide vo ety of text tt?es (essoys, Ietters,emoils,etc,) Unit Topic Writing Skill Eachunithasanage-appropriate and cross-curricular topic Studentswill findthetopicdirectlyrelates to their ownlivesandstudy beengaged andmotivated to learn A verysimpleintroduction of thetargeted unitskillis provided Studentswill be introduced to thewriting skillina clearand understandable way \Veekend j;:",ftj:-#;f*iJf J1i,"1*H-, o*f.* .4 *-** *.,",";; ::i11""""' ::**',",.,.,.i";::::l:i Before You Write Samples of goodandbadwritingarepresented with a noticing task Studentswill o learnto distinguish goodandbadwriting between discover thewritingskillforthemselves withouttheneedfor longexplanations Audio GD TheCD at the backof the book provides audiosupportfor all readingpassagesplus the audiofor the Integrationlisteningtasks Writing Practice Practice basedarounda writingmodelis followed bymorepersonalized writingpractice Studentswill develop theskillsneededfor accurate and effective writingthroughmodel-based practice a beableto followguidance to writetheirown passages Review Aftereveryt!!o coreunits thereis a reviewwhich consolidates the writing skillsalreadystudied Siudentswill be ableto seetheir progressIn using writjngskills buildon previously taughtskillsto produceaccurate writing Integration Studentswill producewritingpassages basedon reading andspeaking/listening inputs developlanguage skillsneeded for thenext generation of integrated testsof English ;;;:::.^*" " "";;l,il,: " ","i]T:.f" p.8 Evaluation My \{eekenil At the Circus and Culture People Using pronouns writingan Artsand Entertainmentintroduction Writesentencesp pronouns usrn9 Writeaboutan exciting thing at thecircus p p Review1 Par$r time! Sports and Leisure Writing cards Writeyourown forspecial invitation and p events thank-you card Proteet our Planet Sclence and Nature Planan Writingabout essayabout our a topicor issue protecting planet p.27 Review2 Riiklles CiSr Seasons Review3 p.23 Sports and Leisure Culture and People Writing descriptive sentences Writeyourown riddles Writingbody paragraphs Write para9rapns describing p.33 inyour se.asons crty p.29 , Writea travel wnt|noaooul weoDaoe aDout D.Jv exctflno ' otaces a crryyouKnow Arounil the Worlil Geography andHistory An lnteresting Place Writingan essayto SocialStudies describe a place Writean essay about an Inrereslnq place 0.43 p.47 Review Magical Actors Writefactsand Artsand Writingfacts ooinions about P 4Y Entertainmentandopinions HarryPotter actors,' Superheroes Artsand Writinga Entertainmentconclusion Writeabout youropinion of comicbooks p.53 p.57 Review Opinions Online Science and Technology Write Responding to comment5 online anicles aDouran on ne )9 article Dinosaurs Science and Nature Writeandedit Editingessays anessay about p.63 dinosaurs Review p.67 Extra Writing Sheets p.69 Unit Using pronouns Unit Writing an introduction Unit Writingcardsfor special events Unit Writingabouta topicor issue Unit Writing descriptive sentences Unit Writing bodyparagraphs Unit Writingaboutexcitingplaces Unit Writinganessayto describe a place Unit Writing factsandopinions Unit 1(, Writing a conclusion Unit 11 Responding to onlinearticles Unit 12 Editingessays Weekend iJ rii lir tir) , rrj :a ;.ti xnrap.:n(l r r a r r : F r { a _j " i [ , i ! r r r : r a aavefl!rez k ds> rrom VaoaV'manavri k ds> J u l e < l ! l L en a d v e ' i l r r e z To I t// H i , J ul i et w i t h f r i e n d N a m ei s L u c V ' I Froni fo Jul e H e l l o ,I y a n d yI there' too very kind Brotherwas kitchen.ls prefty and nolsV v i d e og a m e s l s v e r y l s y o u n g e rt h a n a n c ll i k e s H o u s ei s v e r y b i q F r i e n dd o e s n ' tl i k e N/landY Julie a rlni : ire InFif"rtciiofa Why is MoDdys emoil confusing? Add words to lvlondy'semdil so thcltit is edsierto undelstond lJsingpronouns Personalpronouns(he/him,she/henl/me, you/you,they/them,we/us,it/ it) showwho is pronounslhis,her,my,your,ther",tu., /ts] showwho something doingwhat [to who] Possessive to belongs Completethe passageby using the correct pronouns your his my he our they you him them it its My weekend On Sqturdqy night (t) (2) my friend Tony.(3) movie ond (5) t7) stqyedup very lote wotching movies with | fovo te movie But ofter thot (5) fqther told to go to bed.It wqs q.m ond (8) On Sundqymorning (e) wqs trying to sleepl went to the pqrk to fly kites (10) kiteslookedso pretty tlying in the skyl (11) weresohigh up, (r2) But then (1s) couldn't 9et (17) could qlmost not stoyedup o long time too! (14) see (13) t fovo te wqtched (4) kite got stuck in q tree (16) out ogoin becouse(r8) tqil wqs cought on q tree bronch A boy in the pqrk helped (19) (20) climbedlhe treeond got the kite for (21) "Here's(22) kite," (23) soid.(24) sqid thqnk (2s) wenthome.whot o greqt On Sundoy ofternoon 1zz; weekend(2s) 10 wcrsI -l 'l \ inions Online 'i) sti ! no* ao people give their opinions online? Discussyour answers R e a dt h e o n l i n ea r t i c l ea n d c o m m e n t s http://wwwk,dznewz ier Bullyinga problemat school Bullyingrsstill a big problemat schoolsMore rhan2570of studenrs havebeenbulliedat schoolin some way More than507 saytheyhaveseensomebodybeingbullied.Some mesolderstudentswantother studentsto give themlunchmoneyor otherbelongings In somecflses,bulllesjust pick on studentswho arequietor different.Thesestudentssaytheyfeel scaredat school.and it stopsthemfrom studyingwell ) Comments I thinklchoolsshoulddo a lot moreto stopbulliesFora starl.thercshouldbe moreteacheN outin theschoolyard to stopbullresAlso.theschoolshouldcallrhepareuts of bulliesto explaiD rheir behaviorLast.bnlliesshouldbepunrshed morestlongly To sumup.schools shouldtry hardcrto stopthen Linda,12,No h Carolina,USA Bulliesarebad.so b^d Theyaremean 'Ibrr!,Il, 'iJ London, UK Answer the questionsand follow the instructions 'l Who showedtheir opinion better, Lindo or Terry?Why you think so? Underlinethe words Lindq usedto show order (first, second ) qnd opinions Circle her conclusron 59 R e s p o n d i n gt o o n l i n e a r t i c l e s youl.opinion Explaining onlneis not likewritingan essayThewritingis shorterandless foama Youdo not needto writean ntroducton Howeverustnga topc sentenceanda good concuson makeyouropinion staonger @ Comptetethe commentsby using words from the box Second / All in qll / I believe / I think / Firstofoll / lnmyopinion / To sum up / A l s o / F o r o s t o r t Homework horrors Most studentshove neverliked doing homework However,there is somebqd newson the woy Someschoolsqre soying they wqnt to give studentsmore homeworkthon before They ore doing this to prcpore elementoryschoolstudentsbetter for high school > C o m m e n t s P o s Ly o LI c o m n € n t (1) needlessl(2) , studentsthesedqys not need more homework.They , too much homeworkis reolly unheolthy It stopsstudcntsfrom ploying ond exercising (3) , homework is bo ng qnd mokesstudentsfeel sqd qnd stressed.(4) (s) studentsolrcody hove too much homework Mark, 11, B angkok, Thailand (5) it is o good ideo to give more homeworkto elementory schoolstudents.(7) their time (8) , studentsploy too much ond wqste , being better preporedwill help students not feel too stressedwhen they reoch high school.(9) more homeworkwill help studentso lot Tina, 13,SAoPaulo, Brazit 60 G Write your own comments Privatetutors on the rise More ond more pqrentsore poying for privqte tutors to help their chrldren well in schoolqnd possimportont tests.The number of porents thot useprivate tuto6 for their children hos neorly doubled in the post three yeors.The most common subjects for privote tutors to teqch ore mqth, scienceqnd English ) Comments Postvourcomment Supermanreturnswith a bang The movie tupermanRefurnsopenedin movie theotersocrossthe country lost week Theotersin mony ports of the country reportedrccord numbers of peoplegoing to see Supermqnin qction After the movie, one viewer sqid, "Thot is the best movie I hove seenqll yeor." Another viewer,howevet felt the movie wos "boring qnd too long." > Comments Remember to incudeyoLrr name,age,c ty andcountry Askthree classmates their opinionsand take notes Whot you think of getting more homework?Why? Student1: Student2: Student3: Write a paragraphabout your classmates'opinions from Activity F Dinosaurs @ *n, oovouthinkdinosaursare extinct? Discussyour answers Readthe passage Do you think it would be good to hove dinosoursliving lodoy?Exploin your opinion Nodinoseurs today! *oo.t'#iY"' Mi:[ peopte thrhk dinorrrr, "r"'in1",.[ii,"dl?ao, don'tbelieveit wouldbe goodto havedinosaurslivingtoday wouldbeenoughspacefor drnosaurs Aldon'tthinkthere Theyare reallybig creaturesandthey needa lot of roomto lnaddition antna s And;thi:ywouldusethe spacethet otheranimalneed movearound .mmale extinct.Butthevare therefore,t believe manvotheranimalcouldbecome cecona Theycoutddamage interestingereatures.lDrhoseurs ere reallydangerous! B;lldil';""a *,, Miit tf[""ue" t rnery '""., ffiay trytoeatpeopte ""* conclude I dan t think ainasaws livinq in the warla Tocone{*sionr fdon+believeit would-begood+ohave oft,oday is a gooa idea {ivingtoday dinosaurs @ r-ootat eachcorrectionand discusswhy it was done E d i t i n ge s s a y s It is important to edityouT essays ior mistakes Makesureyoui t correctanyspeling oagaammar mistakes separatedifferentpafagfaphs 6ndconclusion andinclude 6n introduction aemove sentences that dont suooortthe main dea useformalioinino wordsandwordsthat showofder Rewrite the passage by fixing the problems in red Whot killed the dinosours? I think the dinosoursqlg killed by on osteroid many dinosours.lSecond, the ostercidmoke o very big dork cloud fhis stoppedoll the sonshine the dinosqur bobieswere scoredofthe dork:l The plgg! couldn't grow for q long the dinosqu$ hod no eot So qll the other dinosoursdied, too.ll! conclude,I believeo big ostercidsis the reosonwhy the dinosqursqre extinct todoy 64 Writean essayabout the topic Edityour writing for mistakes Do you think dinosours ore interesting? Why or why not? Title-> -> Introduction Body1 > -> I conclusion - ald p ar yoJrFqqay Brarn.-o o , a sep.a.epie.Foi papFr U,etopicserte'lce5 !5a!showyoL'oo 1io1,s-pportedw tl derail, Do you think it would be good to hqve your own dinosqur qs o pet? Why or why not? -l thieves big and proTec!my house what it likesto when it sleeps how to feed it learna lot Dinosaur-Agreatpet not likeother pets impress friends veryspecral playtogether Title:Dinosqur- A greqtpet IntroductioniPeoplehovemqny I think q dinosqur would be Bodyparagraph1; Leorno lot Topicsentence: Details:when it sleepsond eots,whot it likes to do, how to feed it Bodyparagraph2: Topicsentence: Details: big qnd strong,looksscqrt protectogoinstthieves conclusion:Tosum up, I leom q lot from a dinosourqnd it couldprotdctmy house Thercfore,I believe Usethe plan to write an essayon a separatepieceof paper /.,1) Completethe comment with opinion phrasesand words that show order E;"" intown Cirque du fomous -"'"::'"*: modern circus from Montreal in "" Soleil, ":'"'1the :^ :"'": (own Conodo.orrivedin this weel lheir sho\a.Drolion,i\ o combinotion ofEostern ond Westernort, music, donce ond th r +c Ti.L6+c 16.-llin^ F ^ c + ^qnd n.l n o^hl6 c^^'f f omqzing circus ^qcts people Tickets^ore selling ing fost fo seemr!€ry > Comments , Cirque du Soleilis the best clrcus oct ever , they don't use onimols in their shows,and I like thot it is cruei to use onimols in showsfor people becouse , I hedrd thot the doncing ond muslc ore truly spectoculor it is going to be the bestqct in town Melisso,12.CopeTown,SouthAftic? trg, *rt " yourowncomment More trees for schools The governmenthqs decidedto moke schooisprcttier ond heolthier by plqnting more trees.Eoch schoolwili receiveyoung treesond seeds.Studentsond teochersot eqch schoolwill help plont the trees Loter,studentswill needto woter ond tdke cqre of the trees > Comrnents Postyor Lonrf r'L @ ao't and rewritethe essay No cloning dinosqurs! Somepeoplewont to clone dinosoun I don't think it is o good ideos Cloning is not o good thing to Mcrnypeoplesoy cloning qre donger.And, if we clone dinososond it works, moybe sciencetistswill wont to stqrt cloning people,too I think dinosqurscon't live in the worlds of todqys.I think dinosorswould hurt people.It would hurt or kill much other onimql, too In sum all, I don't think it is q oood ideq to clone dinosouls oo ExtraWriting Sheets Unit_ Photocopiable O PearsonEducationAsia Limited2007 Activity_ Page_ Boost!Writing ExtraWriting Sheets Unit Activity_ Page_ Title: Introduction: Bodyparagraph1: Topicsentence: Details: Bodyparagraph2: Topicsentence: Details: Conclusion: Boost!Writing2 Photocopiable @ PearsonEducationAsia Limited2007 ExtraWriting Sheets -> Introduction Body1 > Body2 > -> Conclusion Photocopiable @ PearsonEducationAsia Limited2007 Boost!Writing2 ExtraWriting Sheets Unit Activity - Page To: Froml Dote: subt€ct: BoostlWriting2 Photocopiable AsiaLimited2007 O PearsonEducation Boostl Writing Audio CD B 1i8 7 0r43 :20 t3 t8 :22 I i58 3i01 10 t0 I r5l 11 tl 12 Ii13 l:17 0:58 14 0r48 G 6 G B B t6 1:43 1)4 1l B B 12 15 G B B 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 115 0r51 126 l:39 1:38 120 615 [...]... o l l o wt h e i n s t r u c t i o n ln eochriddle,underlinethc woldsusedto showhow thrngslook,sound,smell lccl,tosteor move 29 Writing descriptivesentences Todescribethingswell,usesentencesthat showhowthingslook,sound,smell,taste or feel Youcan usethese patterns: ' ' lthing] + looklsl/sound [s] /eellsl/smellls]/tasrelsl+ ladjective) [thing] + looktsysoundls]/eel {s) /smelllsl/tasrelsl+ like + {anotherrhingl... Topicsentence2; Whqt is the most exciting plqce in your city? lntroduction: Topicsentence1: showsthe The ntroduction mainideaof the essa,andthetopic supportthatrdea sentences Readthe passageand choosethe best introduction Introduction: A First peoplehove o chonceto seeonimqls Mqybe they hqve neverseentheseqnimols before Circuses oflen hqvebig elephants,fiercetigers, monkeys,horses,dogs,lions ond even snokes Going... sentence)you chosethe best wqy to stort this possqge? 2 Circle the topic sentenceofeoch pqrqgroph Writing an introduction Theintroduction bodyandconclusion Inessaystherearethreebasicparts:the introductron, startsthe writingandtellsus whatthe writingis aboutlt canbe onelongsentenceor a short paragraph Choosethe best introdu(tion whot is your fqvorit€ circus qct qnd why? A First,I'm reolly into qmozinqstunts My... con seepicturesond qsk questions Second,peoplecon go out into the countryside.They con seenoturc with their own eyes They con seethe lond ond the onimols Bodyparagraph1: Topicsentence:Peoplecon visit a museum Details: Bodyparagraph2: Countryside Topicsentence: Details:seenoture with own eyes,seelond ond onimqls 24 Brainstormand planan essayand write it on a separatepieceof paper Whot ore some woys your... Topicsentence1: First, therc qrc mony different octs to see Topicsentence2: Second,qlmost everyone loves to wotch creqtiveperformqnces 14 There ore clowns moking silly jokesqnd doing funny tdcks I think the circusis populqr becousethereqre somony omozingoctsond peformonces Writea short introductionand two topic sentences, Whqt is the most exciting thing to see ot o circus? Topicsentence1: Topicsentence2;... Listenand completethe riddles.Thenguessthe answers, Whqt is it? You con find it in (1) like (2) It Iooks ond it con be very (3) It (4) Whqt is it? Youcon find this (r) It usuqlly hos (2) It mqkes (3) lt is {4) Answer: Workwith a classmate and comeup with your own riddle.Let the restof the classguessthe answer Whot is it? 82 /.\ Lrtv Deasons lJ ,trlr-,, l ' - L ' i trt - _ !g !J lllr2 -_E , t., I iliorrr:... To: Dote: Subiect: Brainstormand planan essayand write it on a separatepieceof paper \4r'hqt ore some of the woys students con improve their English obility? Bodyparagraph1: Topicsenten(e; Bodyparagraph2; Topicsenten(e: Riddles W h a t i s a ! ' i d d l e ?D i s c u s sy o u r a n s w e r s jrtt -i,,li )l i',t i, tt.'.t !t!t lttil2 yrP(to) R e a dt h e r i d d l e s {:an you guess the answers? You cdn... parties above.Write a thank-youcard to the personwho had the party 22 Protect Our Planet J How can we protect the Planet?Discussyour answers Look at the brainstorm diagram and read the plan' Whot ore someof the woyswe con protect our plonet? plonet in many woys Body paragraph 1: Stopgreenhouse goses \' Topicsentence:First of qll, we coo moke lessgreenhousegoses irotectlng our Planet ' s :t 3 op greenhouse... Completethe sentencesusing words or phrasesfrom the box flowersqnd fresh roin / solty / little qnts / qn elephont / big boxes / quite scory / wet green rope / warm ond pleqsont / tiny The seoweedlooks like (1) qnd it smells He soundslike (3) qnd the qir smellslike (6) From obove,the buildings look like ond he looks (4) 30 qround like (9) Writea riddlefor eachpicture Wha1;is it? You can lind thie SATE! 3l Listenand... -:.1 qases - ; recycleand usethlngs agaln , I invent new cleanPower Llselesscoal a n do i l Follow th€ instructions, lnvent new CleOnpower Body paragraph 2: Soveanimals Topicsentence: Second,we con sovethe onimals on the plonet L On the broinstolm diogrom, crossout the ideosthe writer chosenot to write obout On the plon, circle the introduction ond the two moin ideqs 23 Writing about a topic or issue