Teaching Notes



Top Secret 3

Senior C

Components

• Top Secret Senior C Students’ Book

• Top Secret Senior C Workbook

• Top Secret Senior C Companion

• Top Secret Senior C Grammar

• Top Secret Senior C Test Book

• Top Secret Senior C 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.

• In Top Secret 3, the main characters are SpyMasters Adam, Jack and Chloe. Students can also learn fascinating real-life facts, and read about contemporary issues and mysteries.

• 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. 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.

• 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 are included regularly throughout the book.

Organisation of the syllabus

• Students’ book: The book is divided into ten topic-based units or ‘Missions’. The Mission is introduced by one of the Agents each time. 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, where students find the clues 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.

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• 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 and songs.

• 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 |

|SpyMasters |Welcome to Top Secret! |SpyMasters |Welcome | | |

|Pages 6-7 |Pages 4-5, Excs. 6-10 |Pages 8-9 |Pages 4-6 | | |

|[introduce characters, review will / going | | | | | |

|to, should / shouldn’t, conditional | | | | | |

|sentences, adverbs of manner, quantity, | | | | | |

|relative pronouns] | | | | | |

|Top Secret Codebreaker | | | | | |

|[page 8] | | | | | |

|Top Secret Agent test | |Welcome Grammar | | | |

| | |Page 10 | | | |

WEEK 2

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

| | | | | |e-Book |

|Mission 1 - Talents |1b |1b |1b |1b Lesson Quiz | |

|Pages 12-15 |Pages 8-9 |Pages 15-16 |Pages 10-14 |Page 152 | |

|[past forms, used to, future forms] | | | | | |

| |1 c |1c | |1c Lesson Quiz | |

| |Pages 10-11 |Pages 17-19 | |Page 153 | |

|Notes |

|Refer students to the Writing File on SB page 119 for a model of an email |

WEEK 3

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

| | | | | |e-Book |

|Mission 1 - Talents |Let’s Revise! |Let’s Revise |Review |Mission 1 Activity |Mission 1 |

|Pages 19-20 |Pages 14-15 |Pages 22-23 |Pages 15-18 |Page 142 |Test A / B |

|[Let’s Revise!] | | | | |Pages 5-7 |

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

| | |Pages 24-25 |Pages 129-130 | | |

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|Notes |

|Refer the students to SB page 119 for a model of a letter of complaint. |

WEEK 4

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

| | | | | |e-Book |

|Mission 2 – Crime |2b |2b |2b |2b Lesson Quiz | |

|Page 24-25 |Pages 18-19 |Pages 29-30 |Pages 21-23 |Page 154 | |

|[present perfect continuous] | | | | | |

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|Notes |

|Encourage your students to use all the tenses that they have learnt so far when they are speaking and writing, so they become confident. |

WEEK 5

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

| | | | | |e-Book |

|Mission 2 - Crime | | | | | |

|Page 28 | | | | | |

|[Mission Complete] | | | | | |

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|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 Activity |Mission 2 |

| |Pages 22-23 |Page 33 |Pages 27-30 |Page 143 |Test A / B |

| | | | | |Pages 9-12 |

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

| | |Page 34 |Pages 131-132 | | |

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|Notes |

|Make some time to review all the tenses students have learnt so far before you move on to Mission 3. |

WEEK 7

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

| | | | | |e-Book |

|Mission 3 – Travel |3b |3b |3b |3b Lesson Quiz | |

|Pages 34-35 |Pages 26-27 |Pages 38-39 |Pages 33-35 |Page 155 | |

|[infinitive of purpose, obligation] | | | | | |

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|Notes |

|The Teacher’s Resource Book has a number of Extra activities for this lesson spread. |

WEEK 8

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

| | | | | |e-Book |

|Mission 3 – Travel |3d |3d | | |Unit 3 |

|Pages 38-39 |Pages 30-31 |Pages 42-43 | | |Skills Test |

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

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|Notes |

|Refer the students to SB page 119 for a model of an e-mail letter giving information. |

WEEK 9

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

| | | | | |e-Book |

|Mission 3 – Travel |Let’s Revise! |Let’s Revise |Review |Mission 3 Activity |Mission 3 |

|Pages 41-42 |Pages 32-33 |Page 44 |Pages 39-42 |Page 144 |Test A / B |

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

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

| | |Page 45 |Pages 133-134 | | |

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WEEK 10

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

| | | | | |e-Book |

|Mission 4 – Love |4b |4b |4b |4b Lesson Quiz | |

|Pages 46-47 |Pages 36-37 |Pages 49-50 |Pages 45-46 |Page 157 | |

|[past perfect simple + ever, never, just, | | | | | |

|already, after, as soon as, before] | | | | | |

WEEK 11

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

| | | | | |e-Book |

|Mission 4 – Love | | | | | |

|Page 50 | | | | | |

|[Mission Complete] | | | | | |

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|Notes |

|Try to build in plenty of practice of both defining and non-defining clauses so that your students become familiar with the use of both types. |

WEEK 12

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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 4 Activity |Mission 4 |

| |Pages 40-41 |Page 54 |Pages 49-53 |Page 145 |Test A / B |

| | | | | |Pages 17-20 |

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

| | |Page 55 |Pages 135-136 | | |

|Notes |

|Try to make time for the play The Game – 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 – Our Environment |5b |5b |5b |5b Lesson Quiz | |

|Pages 56-57 |Pages 44-45 |Pages 58-59 |Pages 56-57 |Page 158 | |

|[second conditional] | | | | | |

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WEEK 14

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

| | | | | |e-Book |

|Mission 5 – Our Environment |5d |5d | | |Unit 5 |

|Pages 60-61 |Pages 48-49 |Pages 62-63 | | |Skills test |

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

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|Notes |

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

WEEK 15

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

| | | | | |e-Book |

|Mission 5 – Our Environment |Let’s Revise! |Let’s Revise |Review |Mission 5 Activity |Mission 5 |

|Pages 63-64 |Pages 50-51 |Pages 64-65 |Pages 62066 |Page 146 |Test A / B |

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

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

| | |Page 66 |Pages 137-138 | |Mid-Year |

| | | | | |Test |

| | | | | |A / B |

| | | | | |Pages 55-61 |

WEEK 16

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

| | | | | |e-Book |

|Mission 6 – Identity |6b |6b |6b |6b Lesson Quiz | |

|Pages 68-69 |Pages 54-55 |Pages 69-71 |Pages 69-70 |Page 160 | |

|[so / such] | | | | | |

WEEK 17

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

| | | | | |e-Book |

|Mission 6 - Identity | | | | | |

|Page 72 | | | | | |

|[Mission Complete] | | | | | |

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|Notes |

|Build in plenty of practice in all forms of comparisons before moving on to the review activities. |

WEEK 18

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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 6 Activity |Mission 6 |

| |Pages 58-59 |Pages 74-75 |Pages 73-77 |Page 147 |Test A / B |

| | | | | |Pages 25-27 |

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

| | |Page 76 |Pages 139-140 | | |

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WEEK 19

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

| | | | | |e-Book |

|Mission 7 – Technology |7b |7b |7b |7b Lesson Quiz | |

|Pages 78-79 |Pages 62-63 |Pages 79-80 |Pages 80-82 |Page 161 | |

|[passive] | | | | | |

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WEEK 20

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

| | | | | |e-Book |

|Mission 7 – Technology |7d |7d | | |Unit 7 |

|Pages 82-83 |Pages 66-67 |Page 82-83 | | |Skills test |

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

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|Notes |

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

WEEK 21

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

| | | | | |e-Book |

|Mission 7 – Technology |Let’s Revise! |Let’s Revise! |Review |Mission 7 Activity |Mission 7 |

|Pages 85-86 |Pages 68-69 |Pages 84-85 |Pages 85-89 |Page 148 |Test A / B |

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

| | | |Test 7 | | |

| | |Mission 7 Grammar |Pages 141-142 | | |

| | |Page 86 | | | |

WEEK 22

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

| | | | | |e-Book |

|Mission 8 – Health and Happiness |8b |8b |8b |8b Lesson Quiz | |

|Pages 90-91 |Pages 72-73 |Pages 89-90 |Pages 92-93 |Page 163 | |

|[gerund and noun phrases] | | | | | |

|Notes |

|Include some extra activities to consolidate the first and second conditionals. |

WEEK 23

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

| | | | | |e-Book |

|Mission 8 – Health and Happiness | |Mission Complete | | | |

|Page 94 | |Page 93 | | | |

|[Mission Complete] | | | | | |

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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 Activity |Mission 8 |

| |Pages 76-77 |Page 94 |Pages 97-100 |Page 149 |Test A / B |

| | | | | |Pages 33-36 |

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

| | |Page 95 |Pages 143-144 | | |

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WEEK 25

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

| | | | | |e-Book |

|Mission 9 – Newspapers |9b |9b |9b |9b Lesson Quiz | |

|Pages 100-101 |Pages 80-81 |Pages 98-99 |Pages 105-107 |Page 164 | |

|[reported questions] | | | | | |

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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 - Newspapers |9d |9d | | |Unit 9 |

|Pages 104-105 |Pages 84-85 |Page 102-103 | | |Skills test |

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

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|Notes |

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

WEEK 27

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

| | | | | |e-Book |

|Mission 9 - Newspapers |Let’s Revise! |Let’s Revise! |Review |Mission 9 Activity |Mission 9 |

|Pages 107-108 |Pages 86-87 |Page 105 |Pages 111-115 |Page 150 |Test A / B |

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

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

| | |Page 106 |Pages 145-146 | | |

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WEEK 28

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

| | | | | |e-Book |

|Mission 10 – Stories |10b |10b |10b |10b Lesson Quiz | |

|Pages 112-113 |Pages 90-91 |Pages 109-110 |Pages 118-120 |Page 166 | |

|[modal perfect] | | | | | |

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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 – Stories | |Mission Complete | |Mission 10 Activity | |

|Pages 116 | |Page 112 | |Page 151 | |

|[Mission Complete] | | | | | |

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|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 The Ice Queen |Pages 71-77 |

| | | | |Pages 140-141 | |

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