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DATE LESSON PLAN HOMEWORK2
09.07. INTRO LESSON ICEBREAKER: The Cloud Game, Concentric Circles Bring ideas about the show to watch
2019 BOX_HO_Island Adventure to practice speaking and together
discussion.
Write about your favourite TV Series and then share as
Gallery Walk.
NOTE: Decide on tv series based on interests (Black
Mirror/Elementary/The Simpsons/The
Crown/Westworld/Billions/Prison
Break/Smallville/Fringe/The big bang theory/Breaking
Bad/Stranger things/Teen Wolf/Any of marvel’s/Suits).
Create WA group.
11.07. 1A SB Discuss HW to give time for everyone to arrive. Watch Elementary S1E1
2019 [Question VOCAB GAME Word Party App [All words] Explain how to take notes from the
Formation] Ask SS who’s their favourite actor and why. Give your episode.
example.
Follow yellow highlights in TB and SB. Use grammar
practice copy after book grammar.
16.07. 1A SB Discuss HW to give time for everyone to arrive. HW Read Confido by Kurt Vonnegut
2019 Questions: Which accent do you find most difficult to Kurt Vonnegut is an American writer who
understand? Which clues helped Sherlock and Watson find has strong views on war, religion and
the phone? Why did the killer kill the woman? Who do you politics and generally writes texts that are
think should pay for the crime? straightforward and critical of the society in
Start with Communicative photocopy. which he lived.
Follow yellow highlights in TB and SB.
18.07. 1A WB Discuss HW to give time for everyone to arrive. HW Watch Elementary S1E2
2019 Questions for Debate Carrousel: If you had a device like Find 10 expressions or sentences that they
Confido, would you bury it like Henry did? would like to use from the show.
What would be the reasons behind your decision to bury or
keep the device? How could Confido be important to the
world? How could Confido destroy the world? Is a life of
being poor worth never introducing Confido to the public?
Is having all the money in the world worth exposing
Confido to the world?
WB 1A Reading and vocab
VOCAB GAME3: Word Party App [All words]
WB 1A Grammar
WB 1A Listening
Each S look sin the dictionary and gives an example with
useful words and phrases from WB 6.
23.07. 1B SB Discuss HW to give time for everyone to arrive. Ask for TB 229 - Song Unbelievable
2019 examples of the interesting expressions in other contexts Correct the phrases
(My expressions: Stop mocking with my things, It got me
thinking about your predicament, We always know, if we
didn’t it wouldn’t be penance).
Tell SS about your Tere’s guesses about your life. Ask them
if they have had anything paranormal happen to them.
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Two ac.h. twice a week (could work for 2 real hours because timing is a bit tight). Given that the pacing schedule needs to be
extended a lot we will use both SB and WB in the class and will leave productive HW for writing and speaking or even reding
something real or watching a film and so on.
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Las tareas seran usando materiales auténticos como artículos de periódico (the New York times,The guardian/The
independent), Videos (TED Talks from Keynote), Podcasts (BBC), Cuentos de escritores angloparlantes (https://trent-
media.myshopify.com/products/complete-short-story-lesson-plan-collection), Articulos de revista (BBC History magazine),
Ensayos (), Picture prompts para discusión (The new york times), writing prompts (The new York times), News y otros recursos
creativos. Para los fds se haran diferentes actividades relacionadas con las gramatica del momento basadas en ver una serie de
televisión capitulo por capitulo. En fechas especiales se puede cambiar el capitulo por una película completa
(http://www.moviesgrowenglish.com/FeaturedLesson.html).
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From Vocab books, Kahoot, Password, Papelito, Word Party App, The Bomb App, Quizlet Live etc. Other equivalent resources
as Cutting edge, Empower, Teach This and the TB but also face to face and such for communicative lessons. For authentic
materials the new York times is fantastic.
SB 104, 109 Communication. Write all new words on the
board.
SB 8,9 Reading, Listening and Speaking
Add the words bizarre, strange, odd, weird, spooky on the
board and the words from the last exercise.
Explain Grammar for Auxiliary Verbs
SB 133 Grammar
SB 9 Pronunciation a-d
If you think your Sts are going to find the responses
di fficult, elicit what the alternatives are for the
sentences and write them on the board, i.e.
ARE N'T YOU? N EITHER AM f. / {AM.
ARE YOU? So AM l. j I'M NOT.
Do YOU? So DO l. / l DON 'T.
DON 'T YOU? N EITHER DO I. / I DO.
HAVEN'T YOU? N EITHER HAVE l. / I HAVE.
WOULD YOU? NEITHER WOULD l. / l WOULD.
W ERE YOU? So WAS l. / l WASN'T.
DIDN'T YOU? NEITHER DID l. / I DID.
SB 105, 109 Communication
25.07. 1B SB Discuss HW checking the correct phrases but also the Watch Elementary S1E3
2019 meaning behind the lyrics. When and in what context are the
SB 10 Listening and Speaking following words used in this episode?
SB 11 Mini Grammar [snatched/breakthrough/lunatic/cramming
TB 173b,c Mini grammar Photocopiable activity on the /accommodate/exciting/reminisce/deprivin
board and papelitos g]
SB 11 Vocabulary
30.07. 1B WB Discuss HW defining the words and using them in Listen to the first episode of a podcast that
2019 examples. interests you and tell everyone else about
WB 9 Listening it. Some options are: Philosophize This, BBC
VOCAB GAME: Beer Pong Competition with marker cap In Our Time or other at the BBC like Arts
saying a sentence to describe compound adjectives “A and Ideas, Freakonomics, Intelligence
person who is _____” [big-headed, self-confident, well- Squared [debates btw experts on different
balanced, bad/good-tempered, open/narrow-minded, controversial topics], The Partially
absent-minded, easy-going, laid-back, tight-fisted, two- Examined Life, Stuff You Should Know,
faced, strong-willed, self-centred] Making Sense by Sam Harris [open your
WB 8 Grammar and Mini Grammar mind], How I built this [interviews with
WB 8 Vocabulary using Socrative business successes], Hardcore History, 50
WB 7 Reading things that made modern Economy [50
inventions, funny and great pronunciation,
shorter] …Some English lerning specific
podcasts are: BBC The English we speak,
Culips, Business English Pod, ESL Podcast. A
ss recommends AUDM.
01.08. CE SB&WB Discuss HW giving SS time to share the ideas from the Watch Elementary S1E4
2019 [Job interviews] Podcasts they liked and answering these questions: General Think of an alternative ending to the
topic, Specific topic, why they liked it, How hard it was, episode.
Does it have scripts, does it teach other topics, did it make
you think, why would you recommend it or not.
SB 12 Look at Glossary and do exercises.
Listen again while reading the script to find new
expressions and words that they missed. Ask SS to say how
they would answer the questions.
SB 13 Instead of Speaking ask SS to recount their
experiences with interviews using the new expressions
and vocab. Language FB on the board to see which
sentences are correct and which aren’t. Listen again while
reading.
WB 10 Looking at language
06.08. 2A SB HEALTH Check HW to wait for everyone to arrive by asking for their Read the biography of someone you
2019 [Present perfect ideas in pairs about the episodes and then changing admire and present it to the group stating
simple and partners and then choosing the best ending. your reasons.
continuous] Clarify the meaning of First Aid.
[Illnesses and SB 14 Vocabulary. Don’t correct because that is
Injuries] communication.
SB 105, 109 Communication
Check meaning for minor and note that pain/hurt/ache
describe the same but ache is more continuous.
SB 152 Vocabulary Bank
Note that be sick=vomit but feel sick=about to vomit.
Sick=Ill in American.
Explain Grammar for Past Simple, Present Perfect and
Present Perfect Continuous
SB 15 Grammar
SB 134 Grammar Bank
08.08. 2A SB HEALTH Check HW by giving them time to take notes and talk about Watch Elementary S1E5
2019 [Present perfect the person they admire and record themselves to practice Write review
simple and pronunciation and intonation later when they listen to
continuous] them in class.
[Illnesses and SB 16, 17 Reading
Injuries] SB 17 Listening
SB 15 Writing
13.08. 2A WB HEALTH Collect Reviews and check at home. Debate about Keynote SB 31-34
2019 [Present perfect euthanasia giving time to prepare arguments. TED Talk
simple and WB 11 Reading Global Population Growth, box by box
continuous] GAME: Kahoot (INCLUDING G/V FROM WB AND SB AT THE https://www.youtube.com/watch?
[Illnesses and BACK) v=fTznEIZRkLg&t=3s
Injuries] WB 13 Listening See WS_KEYNOTE_UI3
WB 12 Vocab and Grammar
15.08. 2B SB FASHION Correct HW by comparing answers in the WS in pairs. Then Watch Elementary S1E6
2019 [Adjectives] discuss: Could many of the world’s problems be solved by Order the events/outline saying “Who,”
[Clothes and decreasing population? Would the proposed approach be a “What,” “When,” Where,” and “Why
Fashion] viable alternative? Do you have any more ideas? sentences.
Clarify vocab from video: shift, unbeknownst, shrink,
to be prone to something, get rid of, boost,
healthspan, invigorate, caveat,
Play the video on ageing from kurszgesagt:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjdpR-TY6QU
Ask which are the three examples of discoveries
which might benefit people who are alive now and
what is the problem as we get older (senecent cells
which lose telomeres but don't die and harm you,
NAD+ we do not have enough of this enzyme that
tells cells to look after themselves, stem cells are
blueprints to create new parts and replace)
SB 18, 19 Reading
SB 18 Speaking
SB 135 Grammar
20.08. 2B SB FASHION SB 20 Listening Read the article: Would you like to live a
2019 [Adjectives] SB 153 Clothes Vocabulary life without ever feeling pain? From the
[Clothes and SB 20 Vocabulary Clothes quiz NYTimes and answer the questions at the
Fashion] TED_Printing 3D Clothes using the TED Talk bottom.
https://www.ted.com/talks/danit_peleg_forget_shopping_
soon_you_ll_download_your_new_clothes
SB 21 Speaking on the board topic by topic
SB 21 Writing by looking at real pictures of clothing and
then asking the others if it was what they imagined
22.08. 2B WB FASHION WB 14, 15 Reading Watch Elementary S1E7
2019 [Adjectives] VOCAB GAME: Papelito Choose a scene with a place to describe in
[Clothes and WB 16 Listening detail and the others guess where it is
Fashion] WB 16 Vocabulary
Fast finishers make sentences of more than 7 words with
useful vocab section.
27.08. SB REVISE & Show this video from the BBC about Shamanism: Include Vocabulary for units 1 and 2 in
2019 CHECK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbRej29pYa4 and ask Quizlet Live. They choose the words they
which traditions do they know in their country or whether want to learn from WB and SB and I
they have ever visited sacred places or shamans or would complement with TB. They must write the
like to. definition and the word so that they work
SB 23 Reading as an organising activity where each SS gets as FCs. Not only the words they are meant
the cut out of the phrases in a paragraph and tries to to have learnt but also from texts and HW.
organize them so that they make sense. Then they check
the book to see if they made it and read the rest of the text
and answer the Q.
SB 22 Grammar and Vocabulary. Do it together and the
person who says the correct answer has to answer the Q as
well.
SB 23 Listening and Video
29.08. REVISION GAMES Copy TB 154 [155] for Grammar Practice individually. Watch film by choice and find examples of
2019 Copy TB 191 [192] for Communicative Practice in pairs. grammar. SS compare examples in pairs in
They play in pairs where stronger SS help weaker SS. class and ask where relevant. They should
Vocab Game: Quizlet Live (INCLUDING GRAMMAR FROM find at least 20 examples of not so obvious
WB AND SB AT THE BACK) sentences and categorize them in the
Copy TB 190 [191] for Communicative Practice in pairs. correct grammar column.
They should prepare the roleplay together and then
present it to the group.
Copy TB 153 [154] for Grammar Practice individually. Then
they change partners and ask Q&A.
Copy TB 151 for Grammar Practice. (ya la hice)
Copy TB 188 for Communicative Practice. (ya la hice)
03.09. 3A SB TRAVEL Check HW to review tenses and mistakes. SS must write Send on WA the Picture Prompt:
2019 their phrases in the corresponding grammar column. Mysterious Doors from the NY Times and
L&V SB 24 Listening ask SS to choose a door and write about
R Play audio again while SS look at script and say what they what they think would happen when
MG: so/such missed the first time. someone opens it. Don’t make it obvious.
S SB 154 Vocabulary They read their descriptions in class and
Vocab Worksheet TB 215 the others guess which door it is.
SB 25 Reading
SB 25 Mini grammar: so/such…that
SB 25 Speaking
24.10. TEST 1
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29.10. FEEDBACK AND From face to face or such books for cover teacher. NO HW
2019 CONVERSATION
31.10. 5A SB FEELINGS No HW to check so play would you rather. Watch Elementary S1E15
2019
05.11. 5A SB FEELINGS NG LIFE VIDEO
2019
07.11. 5A WB FEELINGS VOCAB GAME: Password or word party app Watch Elementary S1E16
2019
12.11. 5B SB FEELINGS Document your day with a min. of 5 and
4
If you need to talk, my phone's on all the time/No one is going to take you seriously as an investigator if you can't spot a
fille de joie at 20 paces/Listen, if you two are through, I can take Miss Purcell to see her dad now/nd if any old demons
come back I'll-I'll-I'll call you/ I'd be very surprised if I spent more than a week in one of your jails/He told me that if I didn't
go right away I was gonna go to jail and I was never gonna see my dad again./I told her that I'd go to the police if she tried
to stop me/Look, I don't know who killed Teri, but I'll plead guilty to the rest of it, tell you everything I know, but only if
you leave Carly alone/If you're convinced that I'm a spy arrest me/if looking in my computer is gonna get you to leave,
then fine, go ahead/Carly could be in danger, especially if she was part of her parents' operation/If what happened to Teri
had anything to do with her spying, now would be the time to tell us/If Teri Purcell ran afoul of (had a disagreement with)
the working girls in her establishment, it may well have led to her death/we were wondering if you or any of your fellow
working girls might know who killed the manager in the hotel last night (in this case if=whether. To sum up,
use whether when you have two discrete choices or mean "regardless of whether," and use if for conditional
sentences.)/if you two decide you ever do want a date call me/Well, if you're right, that means every guest she ever
blackmailed is a potential suspect in her murder
2019 max. of 10 random undescifrable pictures
and tell us about them in class. The pictures
should not be obvious.
14.11. 5B SB FEELINGS Watch Elementary S1E17
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19.11. 5B WB FEELINGS GAME: Socrative (INCLUDING G/V FROM WB AND SB AT Read the Article: Would you want to learn
2019 THE BACK) with a personalised learning program
instead of a teacher? From the NY Times
and answer the questions at the bottom.
21.11. CE SB&WB Watch Elementary S1E18
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26.11. 6A SB MUSIC Write an essay using one of the 181
2019 prompts from the new York times
28.11. 6A SB MUSIC Watch Elementary S1E19
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03.12. 6A WB MUSIC GAME: Kahoot (INCLUDING G/V FROM WB AND SB AT THE Send on WA the Picture Prompt: Policing
2019 BACK) from the NYTimes and ask SS to think what
it is about and write a short article to
accompany it. Read the real article in the
lesson.
05.12. 6B SB SLEEP Watch Elementary S1E20
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10.12. 6B SB SLEEP Keynote SB 85-87 TED Talk
2019 How to make the work-life balance work
12.12. 6B WB SLEEP GAME: Interactive Jeopardy with different grammar/VOC Watch Elementary S1E21
2019 categories from different previous units
https://flipquiz.me/ jeopardy.labs
17.12. REVISE&CHECK Reading as jigsaw? Pretend you are a celebrity chef and
2019 practice imperatives describing how to
make a recipe in front of the class. So, the
HW is to research the recipe.
19.12. REVISION GAMES Copy TB for Grammar Practice. Watch film ????? and find examples of
2019 Copy TB 199 for Communicative Practice grammar. SS compare examples in pairs in
Vocab Game: Quizlet Live class and ask where relevant.
Copy TB 200 for Communicative Practice
Copy TB for Grammar Practice
24.12. 7A SB ARGUING Include Vocabulary in the App Not only the
2019 words they are meant to have learnt but
also from texts and HW.
26.12. 7A SB ARGUING VOCAB GAME: Password or word party app Watch Elementary S1E22
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31.12. 7A WB ARGUING Watch Elementary S1E23 and24
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02.01. HOLIDAYS
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07.01. HOLIDAYS
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09.01. HOLIDAYS
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14.01. FILM OR NO HW
2019 DOCUMENTARY
16.01. 7B SB SENSES No HW to check so play would you rather.
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21.01. 7B SB SENSES Read The Long Rain by Ray Bradbury
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23.01. 7B WB SENSES GAME: Socrative (INCLUDING G/V FROM WB AND SB AT
2019 THE BACK)