UNIT 1 “LET'S GET STARTED”Breaking the Ice!

Table of Contents:

Aims

Give personal information

Talk about likes and

dislikes.

Read online chat & text

about unusual jobs

Listen to a dialogue

for gist / detail.

Write a class contract.

Write a personal description.

Aims

Recognize and use vocabulary (daily routines and household chores).

Understand & use Present simple/continuous + -ing

Practise pronunciation: sentence stress

Develop students' learning strategies.

Integrate & foster key competences.

Assess progress & participation in the learning process

Contents

Oral and written skills:

Language awareness

Sociocultural aspects & intercultural awareness

Oral & written skills: listening to

A dialogue (hobbies) &

identifying sport.

5 sentences

and

writing them

A dialogue & completing

sentences with words

from a box.

Oral & written skills: oral interaction

Talking about rights and

duties: class contract.

Role-playing dialogue

about hobbies.

Oral & written skills: oral production

Students' introduction

in English

Talking about a member

of your family.

Expressing likes and

dislikes (hobbies)

Oral & written skills: reading

A text for gist for

unusual jobs.

Inferring activities

from photos.

Online chat &

answering True / False

& I don't know questions

Oral & written skills: writing

Completing a table

using personal

information.

Drafting notes for

a description.

Writing a final version of a description

from previous notes.

Language awareness:

Functions and linguistic exponents:

1. Expressing tastes & preferences

2. Debating class behaviour rules/modals:

can, cannot

3. Describing daily activities & household chores.

4. Frequency adverbs: present simple &

continuous

Language awareness:

Vocabulary:

personal information, hobbies, jobs, routines &

household chores: go climbing, listen to music,

microwave, dishwasher, lay the table, make lunch,

lawnmower, etc.

Pronunciation: sentence stress

Language awareness

Reflection upon learning:

Use of strategies to organise, acquire, remember

and use vocabulary and expressions related to the

topics of the unit.

Sociocultural aspects & interculturalawareness

Reading a text about hobbies, activities & filling the gaps in it. Listening to a recording about Sweden; answering true/false & matching people-activities

Reading a text about Carnegie Hall & matching

pictures/sentences

STUDENTS ACTIVITIES

SESSION 1 A Pact with the Devil A1Lead-in: students and I will introduce ourselves.

15’

A2Brainstorming on useful expressions of the

English class 10’

A3Drafting rights & duties for a class contract

to be agreed and signed by everyone 20’

A4Listening to a clip about daily activities;

matching pictures and words 10’

SESSION 2 Familiarize with the topic

A1Vocabulary Matching sentences & music,

leisure activities 10'

A2ICTGrammar Identifying grammatical rules:

present simple vs. present continuous 20'

A3 ICT Vocabulary Household chores + -ing form 10'

A4Writing Activities from a list of verbs by including

the time you do the activities 15'

SESSION 3 Dealing with routines and activities

A1Reading a text (online meeting) two friends for gist 10'

A2Listening to text again for detail by answering

sentences; matching people/activity (T/F) 20'

A3 ICT Grammar Matching sentences & daily routine

pictures; completing text with verb form 10'

A4Writing 4 true sentences & a false one (relatives)

Speaking asking if they are true/false 15'

SESSION 4 Between Grammar & the Deep blue Sea!

A1 Reading a text (daily activities) for gist / detail,

answering, matching options 20'

A2 Listening Warm up. To a text (household chores),

repeating voc. & pronunciation 5'

A3 ICT Vocabulary (Verb+ -ing form) Matching

household chores with correct room 10'

A4ICT Grammar Applying grammatical rules:

present simple vs. present continuous 20'

SESSION 5 Brush up your knowledge!

A1 ICTReading Doing a puzzle (computers),

identifying extra letters & writing sentences 10'

A2 Grammar Warm up. Completing with –ing form,

writing sentences, questions(likes &dislikes) 15'

A3 Vocabulary Translating words & sentences

(biography verbs, hobbies, daily activities) 10'

A4 ICT Speaking After writing 4 household chores in a table, asking & answering questions 15'

SESSION 6 Enhancing your views & skills

A1Reading a text (unusual jobs at N. Y’s Carnegie Hall)

practicing skimming & scanning 20'

A2Listening After reading for detail, answering

questions & listening to it to check 15'

A3 ICT Grammar Doing a puzzle (household

chores) & review of vocabulary “The Hangman” 20'

SESSION 7 Logging, logging, logged!

A1Listening to a text (two classmates) for gist;

again for detail & fill in the gap 10'

A2 Writing 5 sentences after listening to them twice 10'

A3 ICT Listening to a dialogue (hobbies) for gist

Pronunciation of words about tastes 10'

A4 ICT Speaking perform a dialogue following model;

take part in a new role interaction 25'

SESSION 8 Get Cracking! Reinforcing contents Reinforcing contents

A1Reading as a warm- up a text about a girl’s profile &

matching activities with paragraphs 10'

A2Writing-Final task Completing a table about daily routines

making notes & writing profile 25'

A3Self-assessment doing check-test of the unit 20'