Teaching Notes



Top Secret 1

Senior A

Components

• Top Secret Senior A Students’ Book

• Top Secret Senior A Workbook

• Top Secret Senior A Companion

• Top Secret Senior A Grammar

• Top Secret Senior A Test Book

• Top Secret Senior A Students’ e-Book

Also:

• Teacher’s Resource Book

• Teacher’s Editions of Workbook, Companion, Grammar and Test Book, with overprinted answers

• Class Audio CDs

• Teacher’s e-Book for Interactive Whiteboard

Teaching Notes

• Top Secret is a three-level course for young learners in Senior classes A-C. By incorporating exciting mystery elements and codebreaking activities, Top Secret makes English learning fun and stimulating.

• Each unit consists of a mission, during which students find clues and use their special codebreaker to crack a code and find a password that allows them access to more fun activities in the Top Secret digital e-Book.

• In Top Secret 1, the main characters are Agents Ben, Lily, Emma and Matt. Students can also follow the adventures of cartoon characters Danny, AJ, Bonzo and Nipper in the ongoing adventure story, Mystery Island.

• In Top Secret, your students will also discover interesting true facts about English-speaking countries.

• Each Student’s Book has ten separate units or ‘Missions’, which as well as covering grammar, vocabulary and skills, also present the students with a codebreaking challenge every time. Clues are given throughout the unit, so students can crack the code by the time they reach the end of each Mission.

• Other special features include Discover Words, Discover Grammar and Discover Functions sections, all with clear presentations/explanations. Grammar and vocabulary is recycled regularly throughout the book. The Talking Tips sections include everyday expressions which will prove useful for students. The Writing Zones sections cover different writing tasks, and the Writing File at the back of the Students’ Book gives clear models as well as tips.

• Pronunciation is addressed in a comprehensive and relevant way – with particular attention to the difficulties Greek learners have with the English language.

• Songs, raps, projects and tips are all included regularly throughout the book.

Organisation of the syllabus

• Students’ book: The book is divided into ten topic-based units or ‘Missions’. The Mission and the codebreaking task are introduced by one of the Agents each time, and they give students the first clue for the codebreaking task. Then Lesson a, b and c incorporate vocabulary, grammar and skills. Every second Mission has a Lesson d, which provides extra skills practice. Every Mission ends with a Mission Complete page, with a puzzle, a tip or a rap, and the Top Secret Agent Test, where students find the final clue and the solution to the codebreaking task. There is also a Let’s Revise section at the end of every Mission.

• Workbook: The Workbook provides extra practice of the grammar and vocabulary items presented in each Students’ Book unit. Special quizzes, games and puzzles ensure the young students are kept interested and motivated. There are also Detective Nick mystery stories in the skills lessons, and Be Careful! exercises which are also hosted by Detective Nick.

• Grammar Book: The Grammar Book follows the Students’ Book lesson by lesson and provides further details of the structure as well as extra practice activities. There are clear grammar tables with explanations in Greek, and there is a Review section at the end of every Mission. Each grammar point is presented through an amusing cartoon featuring Detective Nick.

• Companion: The Companion is a lesson by lesson guide to the vocabulary in the Students’ Book. The Greek translation and an example sentence are given for every word. Extra features make the Companion an invaluable component of the series.

• Test Book: There are Mission tests for every unit, testing grammar and vocabulary, as well as skills tests for every second unit. There are also mid-year, end-of-year and final tests, which cover grammar and vocabulary as well as reading and writing. There are A and B versions of all the Mission tests and the Progress tests.

• Teacher’s Resource Book: The Teacher’s Resource Book has clear and practical suggestions for every lesson, as well as ideas for extra activities. Answers are overprinted. At the back of the Teacher’s Resource Book, there are photocopiable activities, games, quizzes and two plays.

• Class CDs: All the Discover Words vocabulary is included on the class CDs, as well as presentation dialogues and reading texts, songs and raps.

• Students’ e-Book: The Students’ e-Book includes all the Students’ Book spreads, audio files (except the listening exercises) and there are also extra self-correcting interactive exercises and Top Secret games for each Mission. In addition there are some video clips, a pronunciation guide and the lesson by lesson word list.

Suggestions

• Before beginning the course, it is recommended that you read the introductory section of the Teacher’s Resource Book. It gives you a clear overview of the course, as well as providing more detail about some of the standard classroom procedures which will prove useful in teaching Top Secret to your students.

• It is advisable before each lesson to read the corresponding pages in the Teacher’s Resource Book and collect all the appropriate material needed for the lesson.

WEEK 1

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|Students' Book |Workbook |Companion |Grammar |Teacher’s Resource Book |Test Book and |

| | | | | |e-Book |

|The Top Secret Box |Welcome to Top Secret! |The Top Secret Box |Welcome | | |

|Pages 6-7 |Page 5 |Pages 7-8 |Pages 6-7 | | |

|[introduce characters, introductions, a/an, | | | | | |

|plurals, objects, this, that, these, those, | | | | | |

|countries] | | | | | |

|Top Secret Code | | | | | |

|[page 8] | | | | | |

|Alphabet / colours, Top Secret Agent test | | | | | |

| | | | | | |

| | |Top Secret Code | | | |

| | |Pages 9-10 | | | |

| | | | | | |

| | |Welcome Grammar | | | |

| | |Page 11 | | | |

WEEK 2

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|Students' Book |Workbook |Companion |Grammar |Teacher’s Resource Book |Test Book and |

| | | | | |e-Book |

|Mission 1 - People |1b |1b |1b |1b Lesson Quiz |Do the e-Book activities for |

|Pages 12-15 |Pages 8-9 |Pages 14-15 |Pages 10-13 |Page 152 |this week’s lessons |

|[Have got – questions and short answers, possessive | | | | | |

|adjectives, possessive ‘s] |1 c |1c | |1c Lesson Quiz | |

| |Pages 10-11 |Pages 16-17 | |Page 153 | |

WEEK 3

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|Students' Book |Workbook |Companion |Grammar |Teacher’s Resource Book |Test Book and |

| | | | | |e-Book |

|Mission 1 - People |Let’s Revise! |Let’s revise! |Review |Mission 1 Game |Mission 1 |

|Pages 19-20 |Pages 14-15 |Pages 20-21 |Pages 14-17 |Page 142 |Test A / B |

|[Let’s Revise!] | | | | |Pages 5-7 |

| | |Mission 1 Grammar |Test 1 | | |

| | |Page 22 |Pages 113-114 | |Finish all e-Book activities for|

| | | | | |Mission 1 |

| | | | | | |

|Notes |

|Refer students to the Writing File on SB page 119 for a model of a personal profile. |

WEEK 4

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|Students' Book |Workbook |Companion |Grammar |Teacher’s Resource Book |Test Book and |

| | | | | |e-Book |

|Mission 2 – Homes |2b |2b |2b |2b Lesson Quiz |Do the e-Book activities for |

|Page 24-25 |Pages 18-19 |Pages 25-26 |Pages 20-21 |Page 154 |this week’s lessons. |

|[countable and uncountable nouns, some and | | | | | |

|any] | | | | | |

| | | | | | |

|Notes |

|Refer students to the Writing File on SB page 119 for a model of a poster. |

WEEK 5

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|Students' Book |Workbook |Companion |Grammar |Teacher’s Resource Book |Test Book and |

| | | | | |e-Book |

|Mission 2 - Homes | |Mission 2 Complete | | |Do the e-Book activities for |

|Page 28 | |Page 28 | | |this week’s lessons. |

|[Mission Complete] | | | | | |

| | | | | | |

|Notes |

|At the end of the even lessons (2, 4, etc.), you might have extra time available as there is no skills spread in these lessons. Use the time to deal with any queries, look again at any areas students are |

|unsure of, etc. |

WEEK 6

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|Students' Book |Workbook |Companion |Grammar |Teacher’s Resource Book |Test Book and |

| | | | | |e-Book |

| |Let’s Revise! |Let’s Revise! |Review |Mission 2 Game |Mission 2 |

| |Pages 22-23 |Pages 29 |Pages 24-27 |Page 143 |Test A / B |

| | | | | |Pages 9-12 |

| | |Mission 2 Grammar |Test 2 | | |

| | |Page 30 |Pages 115-116 | |Finish all the e-Book activities|

| | | | | |for Mission 2. |

|Notes |

|Students could do the Mission Tests from the Test Book as homework. |

WEEK 7

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|Students' Book |Workbook |Companion |Grammar |Teacher’s Resource Book |Test Book and |

| | | | | |e-Book |

|Mission 3 – Action! |3b |3b |3b |3b Lesson Quiz |Do the e-Book activities for |

|Pages 34-35 |Pages 26-27 |Pages 34-35 |Pages 30-31 |Page 155 |this week’s lessons. |

|[can / can’t] | | | | | |

| | | | | | |

|Notes |

|Use the Extra activities on the Teacher’s Resource Book pages as fillers. |

WEEK 8

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|Students' Book |Workbook |Companion |Grammar |Teacher’s Resource Book |Test Book and |

| | | | | |e-Book |

|Mission 3 – Action! |3d |3d | | |Unit 3 |

|Pages 38-39 |Pages 30-31 |Pages 37-38 | | |Skills Test |

|[Discover Skills] | | | | |Pages 47-48 |

| | | | | | |

| | | | | |Do the e-Book activities for |

| | | | | |this week’s lessons |

WEEK 9

|( |( |( |( |( |( |

|Students' Book |Workbook |Companion |Grammar |Teacher’s Resource Book |Test Book and |

| | | | | |e-Book |

|Mission 3 – Action! |Let’s Revise! |Let’s Revise! |Review |Mission 3 Game |Mission 3 |

|Pages 41-42 |Pages 32-33 |Pages 39-40 |Pages 34-37 |Page 144 |Test A / B |

|[Let’s Revise!] | | | | |Pages 13-16 |

| | |Mission 3 Grammar |Test 3 | | |

| | |Page 41 |Pages 117-118 | |Finish all the e-Book activities|

| | | | | |for Mission 3. |

WEEK 10

|( |( |( |( |( |( |

|Students' Book |Workbook |Companion |Grammar |Teacher’s Resource Book |Test Book and |

| | | | | |e-Book |

|Mission 4 – Daily Life |4b |4b |4b |4b Lesson Quiz |Do the e-Book activities for |

|Pages 46-47 |Pages 36-37 |Pages 44-45 |Pages 40-41 |Page 157 |this week’s lessons. |

|[present simple – negative, frequency | | | | | |

|adverbs] | | | | | |

|Notes |

|Refer students to the Writing File on SB page 120 for a model email. |

WEEK 11

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|Students' Book |Workbook |Companion |Grammar |Teacher’s Resource Book |Test Book and |

| | | | | |e-Book |

|Mission 4 – Daily Life | |Mission 4 Complete | | |Do the e-Book activities for |

|Page 50 | |Page 46 | | |this week’s lessons. |

|[Mission Complete] | | | | | |

| | | | | | |

WEEK 12

|( |( |( |( |( |( |

|Students' Book |Workbook |Companion |Grammar |Teacher’s Resource Book |Test Book and |

| | | | | |e-Book |

| |Let’s Revise! |Let’s Revise! |Review |Mission 4 Game |Mission 4 |

| |Pages 40-41 |Page 47 |Pages 44-47 |Page 145 |Test A / B |

| | | | | |Pages 17-20 |

| | |Mission 4 Grammar |Test 4 | | |

| | |Page 48 |Pages 119-120 | |Finish all the e-Book activities|

| | | | | |for Mission 4. |

|Notes |

|Try to make time for the play A Christmas Surprise – Teacher’s Resource Book, pages 138-139. |

WEEK 13

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|Students' Book |Workbook |Companion |Grammar |Teacher’s Resource Book |Test Book and |

| | | | | |e-Book |

|Mission 5 – Having Fun |5b |5b |5b |5b Lesson Quiz |Do the e-Book activities for |

|Pages 56-57 |Pages 44-45 |Pages 51-53 |Pages 51-53 |Page 158 |this week’s lessons. |

|[present continuous – questions and short | | | | | |

|answers] | | | | | |

| | | | | | |

WEEK 14

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|Students' Book |Workbook |Companion |Grammar |Teacher’s Resource Book |Test Book and |

| | | | | |e-Book |

|Mission 5 – Daily Life |5d |5d | | |Unit 5 |

|Pages 60-61 |Pages 48-49 |Pages 56-57 | | |Skills test |

|[Discover Skills] | | | | |Pages 49-50 |

| | | | | | |

| | | | | |Do the e-Book activities for |

| | | | | |this week’s lessons. |

|Notes |

|Refer students to the Writing File on SB page 120 for a model of a diary entry. |

WEEK 15

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|Students' Book |Workbook |Companion |Grammar |Teacher’s Resource Book |Test Book and |

| | | | | |e-Book |

|Mission 5 – Daily Life |Let’s Revise! |Let’s Revise! |Review |Mission 5 Game |Mission 5 |

|Pages 63-64 |Pages 50-51 |Pages 58-59 |Pages 56-59 |Page 146 |Test A / B |

|[Let’s Revise!] | | | | |Pages 21-24 |

| | |Mission 5 Grammar |Test 5 | | |

| | |Page 60 |Pages 121-122 | |Mid-Year |

| | | | | |Test |

| | | | | |A / B |

| | | | | |Pages 55-61 |

| | | | | | |

| | | | | |Finish all the e-Book activities|

| | | | | |for Mission 5. |

|Notes |

|Allow enough time for extra practice on subject and object pronouns, to make sure students understand the difference and are completely comfortable about which form to use. |

WEEK 16

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|Students' Book |Workbook |Companion |Grammar |Teacher’s Resource Book |Test Book and |

| | | | | |e-Book |

|Mission 6 – Sport |6b |6b |6b |6b Lesson Quiz |Do the e-Book activities for |

|Pages 68-69 |Pages 54-55 |Pages 63-64 |Pages 62-64 |Page 160 |this week’s lessons. |

|[present simple and present continuous, | | | | | |

|question words] | | | | | |

|Notes |

|Refer students to the Writing File on SB page 121 for a model review. |

WEEK 17

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|Students' Book |Workbook |Companion |Grammar |Teacher’s Resource Book |Test Book and |

| | | | | |e-Book |

|Mission 6 - Sport | |Mission 6 Complete | | |Do the e-Book activities for |

|Page 72 | |Page 66 | | |this week’s lessons. |

|[Mission Complete] | | | | | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | | | |

|Notes |

|Review subject and object pronouns when you teach possessive pronouns; make sure students are clear about each of the forms. |

WEEK 18

|( |( |( |( |( |( |

|Students' Book |Workbook |Companion |Grammar |Teacher’s Resource Book |Test Book and |

| | | | | |e-Book |

| |Let’s Revise! |Let’s Revise! |Review |Mission 6 Game |Mission 6 |

| |Pages 58-59 |Page 67 |Pages 66-69 |Page 147 |Test A / B |

| | | | | |Pages 25-28 |

| | |Mission 6 Grammar |Test 6 | | |

| | |Page 68 |Pages 123-124 | |Finish all the e-Book activities|

| | | | | |for Mission 6. |

WEEK 19

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|Students' Book |Workbook |Companion |Grammar |Teacher’s Resource Book |Test Book and |

| | | | | |e-Book |

|Mission 7 – Lessons |7b |7b |7b |7b Lesson Quiz |Do the e-Book activities for |

|Pages 78-79 |Pages 62-63 |Page 71 |Pages 73-74 |Page 161 |this week’s lessons. |

|[past simple – affirmative – regular | | | | | |

|verbs] | | | | | |

| | | | | | |

|Notes |

|Now that students know the past simple of regular and irregular words, their ability to express themselves has widened considerably. Encourage them to use the past tense as often as possible. |

WEEK 20

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|Students' Book |Workbook |Companion |Grammar |Teacher’s Resource Book |Test Book and |

| | | | | |e-Book |

|Mission 7 - Lessons |7d |7d | | |Unit 7 |

|Pages 82-83 |Pages 66-67 |Pages 74-75 | | |Skills test |

|[Discover Skills] | | | | |Pages 51-52 |

| | | | | | |

| | | | | |Do the e-Book activities for |

| | | | | |this week’s lessons. |

|Notes |

|Refer students to the Writing File on SB page 121 for a model of a review. |

WEEK 21

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|Students' Book |Workbook |Companion |Grammar |Teacher’s Resource Book |Test Book and |

| | | | | |e-Book |

|Mission 7 - Lessons |Let’s Revise! |Let’s Revise! |Review |Mission 7 Game |Mission 7 |

|Pages 85-86 |Pages 68-69 |Pages 76 |Pages 78-81 |Page 148 |Test A / B |

|[Let’s Revise!] | | | | |Pages 29-32 |

| | |Mission 7 Grammar |Test 7 | | |

| | |Page 77 |Pages 125-126 | |Finish all e-Book activities for|

| | | | | |Mission 7. |

WEEK 22

|( |( |( |( |( |( |

|Students' Book |Workbook |Companion |Grammar |Teacher’s Resource Book |Test Book and |

| | | | | |e-Book |

|Mission 8 – Places |8b |8b |8b |8b Lesson Quiz |Do the e-Book activities for |

|Pages 90-91 |Pages 72-73 |Pages 80-81 |Pages 84-85 |Page 163 |this week’s lessons. |

|[comparatives] | | | | | |

| | | | | | |

|Notes |

|Refer students to the Writing File on SB page 121 for a model of a postcard. |

WEEK 23

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|Students' Book |Workbook |Companion |Grammar |Teacher’s Resource Book |Test Book and |

| | | | | |e-Book |

|Mission 8 - Places | |Mission 8 Complete. | | |Do the e-Book activities for |

|Page 94 | |Page 82 | | |this week’s lessons. |

|[Mission Complete] | | | | | |

| | | | | | |

WEEK 24

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|Students' Book |Workbook |Companion |Grammar |Teacher’s Resource Book |Test Book and |

| | | | | |e-Book |

| |Let’s Revise! |Let’s Revise! |Review |Mission 8 Game |Mission 8 |

| |Pages 76-77 |Page 83 |Pages 88-91 |Page 149 |Test A / B |

| | | | | |Pages 33-36 |

| | |Mission 8 Grammar |Test 8 | | |

| | |Pages 84-85 |Pages 127-128 | |Finish all the e-Book activities for |

| | | | | |Mission 8. |

WEEK 25

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|Students' Book |Workbook |Companion |Grammar |Teacher’s Resource Book |Test Book and |

| | | | | |e-Book |

|Mission 9 – Tomorrow |9b |9b |9b |9b Lesson Quiz |Do the e-Book activities for |

|Pages 100-101 |Pages 80-81 |Page 88 |Pages 94-95 |Page 164 |this week’s lessons. |

|[going to – future plans] | | | | | |

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WEEK 26

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|Students' Book |Workbook |Companion |Grammar |Teacher’s Resource Book |Test Book and |

| | | | | |e-Book |

|Mission 9 - Tomorrow |9d |9d | | |Unit 9 |

|Pages 104-105 |Pages 84-85 |Page 90 | | |Skills test |

|[Discover Skills] | | | | |Pages 53-54 |

| | | | | | |

| | | | | |Do the e-Book activities for |

| | | | | |this week’s lessons. |

WEEK 27

|( |( |( |( |( |( |

|Students' Book |Workbook |Companion |Grammar |Teacher’s Resource Book |Test Book and |

| | | | | |e-Book |

|Mission 9 - Tomorrow |Let’s Revise! |Let’s revise! |Review |Mission 9 Game |Mission 9 |

|Pages 107-108 |Pages 86-87 |Page 91 -92 |Pages 98-101 |Page 150 |Test A / B |

|[Let’s Revise!] | | | | |Pages 37-40 |

| | |Mission 9 Grammar |Test 9 | | |

| | |Page 93 |Pages 129-130 | |Finish all the e-Book activities|

| | | | | |for Mission 9. |

WEEK 28

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|Students' Book |Workbook |Companion |Grammar |Teacher’s Resource Book |Test Book and |

| | | | | |e-Book |

|Mission 10 – Adventure |10b |10b |10b |10b Lesson Quiz |Do the e-Book activities for |

|Pages 112-113 |Pages 90-91 |Page 96 |Pages 104-105 |Page 166 |this week’s lessons. |

|[revision of tenses] | | | | | |

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WEEK 29

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|Students' Book |Workbook |Companion |Grammar |Teacher’s Resource Book |Test Book and |

| | | | | |e-Book |

|Mission 10 – Adventure | |Mission 10 Complete | |Mission 10 Game |Do the e-Book activities for |

|Pages 116 | |Page 98 | |Page 151 |this week’s lessons. |

|[Mission Complete] | | | | | |

| | | | | | |

|Notes |

|There is scope this week (Week 29) to look again at areas where students have difficulties. |

WEEK 30

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|Students' Book |Workbook |Companion |Grammar |Teacher’s Resource Book |Test Book and |

| | | | | |e-Book |

|Use this lesson for any unfinished items, or for | | | |Try to allow time for the |Final Test A / B |

|extra activities | | | |play Stop Thief! |Pages 71-77 |

| | | | |Pages 140-141 | |

| | | | | |Finish all the e-Book activities|

| | | | | |for Mission 10. |

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