FACULTAD DE EDUCACIN Planeamiento Curricular en Ingls Profesor Miquias Rodrigues Syllabus Design

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UNITS UNIT I MY CULTURE GRAMMAR The past simple tense Sequence markers Adverbs of frecuency Words related to traditional Celebrations, music and dances ABILITIES Listening To use previous knowledge to predict content To identify specific information To recognize participants in a communicative situation To discriminate between main and secondary ideas Reading To identify type and purpose of a text To infer meaning of words from context To organize textual elements To identify the sequence of events Writing To organize ideas to complete paragraph To present information in graphic organizers Speaking To talk about a topic To use everyday English Listening: To use previous knowledge to predict content To identify intonation patterns To relate ideas with sentence connectors To discriminate between main and secondary ideas Reading: To use key words to identify text organization To recognize type of text from visual clues To relate cause and effect To identify logical order of ideas VALUES The importance of preserving our cultural expressions Acceptance and respect for cultural and social diversity

Unit II HEALTH AND LIFE

Modal verbs to express possibility, obligation and no obligation Question words for countable and uncountable nouns Words related to: feelings and moods, physical activities, study habits

The importance of a healthy life, diet and habits to preserve our body Respect for life and human dignity

FACULTAD DE EDUCACIN Planeamiento Curricular en Ingls Profesor Miquias Rodrigues Syllabus Design

Writing: To complete dialogues and sentences To write instructions Speaking: To express possibility, obligation and no obligation To role-play communicative situations To use everyday English Listening: To identify speakers To identify purpose of a message To extract specific information To use key words to get the general meaning Reading: To use key words to identify general meaning To identify references markers To use cognates to predict content To distinguish main and secondary ideas Writing: To write sentences To complete a fact file Speaking: To exchange information To express opinions Listening: To identify speakers To identify purpose of a message To extract specific information To use key words to get the general meaning Reading: To identify type and purpose of a text To use cognates to predict content To learn about, appreciate and respect ways of life in different countries To reflect on the importance of English all over the world.

UNIT III DIFFERENT LIVES AROUND THE WORLD

Superlatives The present perfect Conditional sentences Words in American and British English

UNIT IV PEOPLE AND PLACES

Prepositions of time and place Question words Words to express inventions and professions

To learn about events and people in the past

FACULTAD DE EDUCACIN Planeamiento Curricular en Ingls Profesor Miquias Rodrigues Syllabus Design To identify text organization To distinguish main and secondary ideas To discriminate between inferences and statements Writing: To complete a time line To complete a biography Speaking: To give biographical information

FACULTAD DE EDUCACIN Planeamiento Curricular en Ingls Profesor Miquias Rodrigues Syllabus Design

UNIT

TOPICS Lesson 1: Holydays and Celebrations Lesson 2: A Chilean Celebration Quiz #1 Lesson 3: Top of the pops Lesson 4: Chilean myths and legends Quiz #2 Lesson 5: Chiles national dance Test 1 Lesson 1: How Fit are you? Lesson 2: Whos in control? Quiz #3 Lesson 3: Learning to learn

ACTIVITIES

HOURS

DATES Week: 8 12 March

Unit 1: My culture Unit 2: HEALTH AND LIFE

Lesson 4: Help for you! Quiz #4 Lesson 5: Bullying You are not alone Test 2 Lesson 1: Experiences in a foreign country Lesson 2: International English Quiz #5

UNIT 3: DIFFERENT LIVES AROUND THE WORLD

FACULTAD DE EDUCACIN Planeamiento Curricular en Ingls Profesor Miquias Rodrigues Syllabus Design

Lesson 3: Do you like jokes? Lesson 4: Festivals around the world Quiz #6 Lesson 5: Do you study hard? Test 3 Lesson 1: Folk heroes Lesson 2: A magic role Quiz #7 UNIT 4: PEOPLE AND PLACES Lesson 3: My biography Lesson 4: People that changed Quiz #7 Lesson 5: A special place for children Test 4