Unit 1 Facebook Challenge: Designing a personal emblem for someone
Skills: Greeting people; Sharing personal information
Fluency: Back-channelling to show you are listening Language: Interrogatives; Verb phrases; Infinitives; Personal information

Unit 2: Personal Motto Challenge: Making and explaining a personal motto
Skills Skills: Expressing opinions and explaining what something means Fluency: Asking for clarification
Language: State of being verbs; Adjectives; Prepositions

Unit 3 Tall Tales Challenge: Telling stories in a true/lie game Skills: Telling a story
Fluency: Referring back to something the speaker said Language: Past progressive tense & Past simple tense; Sequencing expressions; Storytelling expressions; Adjectives Project 1 : Digital Story; Recycling themes and language from Unit 3; Making a story and presenting it in an electronic format

Unit 4 Keepsakes
Challenge: Presenting a personal item and explaining why it is special Skills: Describing the past
Fluency: Shadowing the speaker's words
Language: Keepsake items; Time expressions; Past simple tense; Present perfect tense; Present perfect continuous tense

Unit 5 Team Spirit Challenge: Discussing and presenting ways to develop good relationships
Skills: Making suggestions to improve the class Fluency: Disagreeing with someone else's ideas Language: Plural/singular nouns; Infinitives; Discussion expressions

Unit 6 Hot Sports
Challenge: Making an advertisement and recommending a business Skills: Describing likes and dislikes Fluency: Responding to suggestions Language: Locations; Adjectives; Gerunds & infinitives; Activities Project 2 : Radio Ad; Recycling themes and language from Unit 6; Advertising an upcoming event

Unit 7 Class Cookbook Challenge: Making and explaining an interesting food recipe Skills: Giving instructions Fluency: Slowing down the conversation Language: Cooking related vocabulary; Imperatives; Sequencing expressions

Unit 8 Business Venture
Challenge: Planning and presenting a new business idea Skills: Explaining key features of a business Fluency: Hesitating Language: Business; Definite or indefinite articles; Business vocabulary

Unit 9 Job Interview Challenge: Role-playing interviewing someone and being interviewed Skills: Describing work and experience and abilities Fluency: 'Mirroring' the speaker Language: Verb phrases; Some or any; Modals and related expressions; Job related vocabulary Project 3 : Job Fair; Recycling themes and language from Unit 9; Researching careers and presenting ideas

Unit 10 TV Preview
Challenge: Performing a trailer for a TV show or movie Skills: Describing likes and dislikes and what something is about Fluency: Speaking dramatically Language: TV show and movie vocabulary; Relative clauses; Adjectives

Unit 11 Public Opinion
Challenge: Telling a story about a problem and asking classmates what they would do
Skills: Presenting a story and predicting reaction Fluency: Introducing opinions
Language: Gerunds; Hypothetical situations; Reporting results

Unit 12 Mini Debate Challenge: Planning a debate issue and debating in small groups Skills: Expressing opinions, supporting argumentsxxxagreeing and disagreeing Fluency: Illustrating your point (giving examples) Language: Nobody, somebody, everybody; position statements; Debate issues
Project 4 : Future plans; Evaluating progress and successes from Unit 12; Self-evaluation and presentation

"Active skill for Communication is an exciting new three-level series that develop learners' speaking and listening skills. Written by ELT specialists Curtis Kelly and Chuck Sandy, with series consultant Neil J. Anderson, the series uses the ACTIVE approach to help learners become more fluent, confident-and-active speakers of English. Each unit contains easy-to-follow, step-by-step activities that lead towards a major speaking task. The tasks are based on real-life situations and are designed to increase self confidence and foster positive attitudes towards learning English." (Publisher's Website)