CUNDINAMARCA SCHOOL IED- BILINGUAL

“human development, a life project”

ENGLISH
DIDACTIC UNIT No. 2 GRADE: 9th

 SUBJECT : ENGLISH HOURS : 2 HOURS

 TEACHER’S NAME: SANDRA CAVANZO BONILLA E mail : sandracavanzo@colegiocundinamarca.edu.co
GENERAL PURPOSE 1. Students will be able to talk about past experiences using regular and irregular verbs.
1. Students will be able to:
COMMUNICATIVE  Write a short story using linking words, and following a plan (introduction, main body,
PURPOSE conclusion).
 Express abilities, necessities and obligation using modal verbs.
Irregular verbs./ Linking words / modal verbs / 
adjectives: Glad, amazed, annoyed, cross, delighted, Language
LANGUAGE TO What’s the
depressed, frightened, furious, miserable, sad, for
LEARN matter?
scared, shocked, stunned, terrified, thrilled. learning
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1. WARM UP :.Crosswords/ regular-irregular verbs (picture dictionary, crossword, charts
2. NEW INFORMATION:
 Simple past (Review): Regular/Irregular verbs
 Modal verbs: (Ability, Obligation/Duty/Necessity / Absence of necessity.
3. APLICATION :
 Skill: Reading, writing : Columbus and the new World/ Write a letter-cartoon-verbs
 Skill : Writing: What’s the matter / you must not do this in a museum
ACTIVITIES  Skill: Write short compositions using linking words: First, then, next, after that, later,
finally
 Training: KET evaluation.
4. .GENERALIZATION:
 CLIL : SOCIAL STUDIES / LITERATURE :Columbus and the new World / Reading-mind
maps
5. FINAL ACTIVITY: Project : Write a story entitled “A blessing in Disguise”

 National Geographic. Columbus and the New World. Footprint Reading Library
with Video from National Geography. HEINLE CENGAGE Learning.
 Worsheets /Grammar
 Reading and writing Targets. Virginia Evans-Jenny Dooley. Express Publishing
 Grammarway No.4 Jenny Dooley-Virginia Evans. Express Publishing
RESOURCES  Activate B1 Workbook Pearson Longman.
 https://www.englishrevealed.co.uk/ket.php
 https://agendaweb.org/
 LISTENING:
https://es.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_Language_(ESL)/Listening_comprehension/Listening*_Harry_Potter
_rh492813ux
http://www.englishnumber.com/english-irregular-verbs/irregular-verbs-abc/english-irregular-verbs-list-listen-abc.html
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FORMATIVE Self evaluation, partner quiz, rubric
ASSESSMENT
 Picture Dictionary  Training ket  Attendance
 Homework (Grammar simple  Quizzes  Participation
SUMMATIVE
past)  Writing  Vocabulary
ASSESSMENT:
 Crosswords composition
 Final Project
Family support Check list or rubric
CLASS No. 1
1. Choose 10 useful verbs and create your
own picture dictionary.

NEW INFORMATION:

SUBJECT: Past form of Verb “To Be “

A) Fill in the blanks. Use WAS / WERE:

1. Mary and Susan …… were ……… ill yesterday.

2. The weather …………………….. very hot last Saturday.
3. The students …………………….. at the theater last night.
4. Betty …………………………….. in Germany last summer.
5. My brother and I …………………….. at the football stadium on
Saturday.
6. …………………………. it cold yesterday?
B) Put these sentences into the PAST. Use past form of verb “ TO BE “:

TODAY YESTERDAY

Example: I’m at home. ….. I was at home…………………………

1. Jane and Michael are tired. ……………………………………………….

2. She’s in the park. ……………………………………………….
3. It’s a sunny day. ……………………………………………….
4. You’re late. .………………………………………………
5. They aren’t hungry. ……………………………………………….
6. We aren’t at work. ……………………………………………….
7. I’m thirsty. .………………………………………………
8. You aren’t at school. ……………………………………………….
9. We’re at the cinema. ……………………………………………….
10. Paula isn’t happy. ……………………………………………….

C) Complete the text with the correct form of TO BE:

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy …were….. two of the most popular film comedians of all time. They
were born in 1890 and 1892 respectively. Stan Laurel’s real name 1. ………………. Arthur Jefferson. He 2
…………….. from England. Oliver Hardy 3. ……………… English, he was from Georgia, USA.
Laurel and Hardy 4. ……………… in their late 30s when they met. Their first film together
5. ……………… Putting Pants on Philip (1927). They 6. ………………. funny because they were so
different. Laurel 7. ……………… small and thin. Hardy 8. ……………. big and fat. Their most famous
films 9. …………………. Way Out West (1937) and Blockheads (1938). They 10. ……………
in any serious films, only comedies.

D. Brian and Ruth went on a day trip yesterday. Look at the notes below and say what did they do?,
using the linking words from the list:

9:15 -10:30 travel to Brighton by train

10:30 -11:30 look around shops
11:30 -12:30 walk on beach
12:30 -2:00 eat lunch at seaside restaurant
2:00 -4:30 visit funfair
4:30 -5:30 have afternoon tea

First, then, next, after that, later, finally

First, They traveled to Brighton by train,
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HOMEWORK:

Fill in the blanks with the PAST form of the verbs:

Benjamin Franklin …… was born ….. (be born) in Boston in 1706. He ………………… (be)
the fifteenth of the seventeen children of a poor candlemaker. He …………………(go ) to school only one
year. He …………………………… (begin) to work when he was twelve. At the age of fourteen he
…………………………… (decide) to be a writer. He ………………….
(copy) the great stories of famous writers and later he …………………………… (become) the best known
writer in his time.
When he ………………….. (be) seventeen, he ………………………… (leave) Boston and
…………………………… (arrive) in Philadelphia with only a few pennies in his pocket. He
……………………… (get) a job as a publisher of a newspaper and ……………………. (retire)
from business as a very rich man at forty-two. Then he ………………………. (spend) the next forty years
for his government. He ………………………. (play) an important role in the founding of the USA.
Franklin ……………… (be) also an important scientist and inventor. He ……………. (draw)
electricity from a cloud on a kite string. He ……………………… (write) one of the first text books on
electricity. He ……………………… (invent) a simple lightning rod and many other practical tools. He
……………………… (make) a study of water and ……………………….
(discover) many principles of hydrodynamics. He even ………………………… (invent) bifocal glasses
when he was seventy-eight and ……………………… (need) them himself.
Franklin ……………… (do) all these things and many more because he …………….………
(believe) he ………………………… (can).

INFINITIVE PAST PAST PARTICIPLE MEANING

Be born Was born Been born Nacer
Be Was-were been Ser-estar
Go
Begin
Decide
Copy
Become
Leave
Arrive
Get
Retire
Spend
Play
Draw
Write
 Invent
Make
Need
Do
Believe
Can

Read the following story:

Bob is a young sailor. He lives in England, but he is often away with his ship.
One summer he comes back from a long voyage and finds new neighbors near his mother’s house. They
have a pretty daughter, and Bob soon loves her and he wants to marry her when he comes back. Bob
promises the girl to send a present from every port.
Bob’s first port is Capetown in Africa, and he sends the girl a parrot from there. The parrot speaks three
languages. When Bob’s ship reaches Australia, a letter comes from the girl. The letter says, “Thank you for
the parrot, Bob. It tasted much better than a chicken.”

a) Write the story again. Use THE SIMPLE PAST:

Bob was a young sailor. He lived in England, but he was often away with his ship.
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Make the list and write the meaning.

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