SUGGESTED CURRICULUM STRUCTURE ENGLISH FOR DIVERSITY

AND EQUITYGRADES 6th TO 11th

What is the Green Book about?

The Green book is a suggested curriculum made by the Colombian Government as a tool for the students to reach a high level of English which allows them to communicate, interact and share knowledge, and at the same time, to improve their human and professional abilities.

STRUCTURE

The curricular scheme is comprised by the following elements:

Scope and sequence Syllabus

These are recommendations that can help schools and teachers implement this proposal in their own study plans and syllabus ( Institutional Autonomy, law 115)

Scope and Sequence

Basic learning rightsModule 1: Democracy and

peace.Module 2: Health

Module 3: SustainabilityModule 4: Globalization

Level A1 – Suggested grade: 6th

MODULE 1 GOAL FUNCTIONS OBJECTIVESDEMOCRACY

AND PEACE

Recognize self as an individual and a member of the class.

Give and ask for personal information.

Identify words and phrases related to personal information and daily activities in simple oral and written texts.

Vertical progression of transversal topics

SUGGESTED GRADE

6th

TRANSVERSAL TOPIC: HEALTH

Establish a physical care routine

Components of the Syllabus Articulation of:GoalsObjectivesStandardsLanguage functionsDiscourse and linguistic contentsIndicators

Suggested Performance Indicators

KNOWING DOING BEINGRecognize opinions and points of view

Identify ideas related to the effect of ICT in daily life in oral

and written descriptive texts

used in class

Show respect and tolerance for

different points of view

Suggested ContentsLEXICAL GRAMMAR PRONUNCIATIO

NDISCOURSE SOCIOLINGUISTIC

- INTERCULTURAL• Information

technologiesDownload/ upload

Connectors of cause and effect

For this reason

Expressions to suggest

If I were you, I would…..

Expressions to give and opinión

I agree with

Conditional Recognition of expression such as pronunciation and blendings

Isa / iza

Compare and contrast

Valuation of different opinions

SCOPE AND SEQUENCE

BASIC LEARNING RIGHTS

MODULES (GOAL)

TASKS

6° to 11° grades

MODULE 4GLOBALIZATION

MODULE 1DEMOCRACY AND

PEACE

MODULE 2HEALTH

MODULE 3SUSTAINABILITY

LANGUAGE FUCTIONS

PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

GOALS

OBJECTIVES SUGGESTED CONTENT

KNOWING DOING BEING15

BASIC STANDARD OF COMPETENCES

READINGLISTENING WRITING MONOLOGUE CONVERSATION

CONCLUSION

We insist that each school must make its own decisions related to how it will approach the implementation of this document.The success of this suggested curriculum, depends on each teacher´s motivation and creativity among other conditions.

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH !