Ms.

Samira Ahmed
Ms. Romina Lombardo
SENIOR III - LANGUAGE 2022

Coursebook: FOCUS 4 (Upper Intermediate) seen

not seen
evaluated
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TERM MONTH UNIT FUNCTION CORE EXTENDED Digital Tools

● TENSES: Motivation: Videos,

Identifying the structures pictures related to the
FEB / seen and applying them ● Past tenses in contrast: Past Perf.
vs. Past Simple (vs. Past Continuous) topics seen, taken mainly
1st MARCH DIAG appropriately and in the
● Future tenses in context: Will, from TedTalks or British
Term PERIOD corresponding context. Council webpages
Going to, Pres. Simple, Pres. Cont, Future
Cont., Future Perf. Presentations of topics:
Power point
● ALL PRONOUNS AND POSSESSIVES presentations, Google
● QUESTIONS: all questions slides, Canva, Genially,
etc. Youtube
Observation of the
process of each
student: digital activities
from edpuzzle,
Baamboozle, WordWall,
Kahoot, liveworksheets,
educaplay, genially, tik
toks, Google Docs, Padlet,
and other educational

U1: Talking about education and
DO different kinds of students /
YOUR describing personality.
BEST
Comparing and contrasting:
using comparatives and
superlatives.
interactive resources.
https://english.lingolia.c
om/
https://jeopardylabs.co
m/
Evaluation: Google
forms, Liveworksheets,
Nearpod, Educaplay,
Google Forms.
● Verb + noun collocations Motivation: Videos,
pictures related to the
● Phrasal verbs
topics seen, taken mainly
● Collocations from TedTalks or British
● Personality adjectives + synonyms Council webpages
Presentations of topics:
● Word families - verbs ending in -ise
Power point
● Word in focus: DO presentations, Google
● Word order of adjectives and slides, Canva, Genially,
etc.
adverbs
● Comparatives and superlatives of ● Other Observation of the
process of each
adverbs: regular and irregular comparative
student: digital activities
structures: nearly,
from edpuzzle,WordWall,
much, a bit, far, etc.
Kahoot, liveworksheets,
● Other adverbs educaplay, genially, tik
of degree: fairly, quite, toks, Google Docs, Padlet,
rather, etc. and other educational
interactive resources.
● Enough/too
Evaluation: Google
forms, Liveworksheets,

Talking about present and
past habits.
Using a wide range of verb
patterns.
Using - ing forms in a range of ●
different contexts.
APRIL Recognizing and framing a
wide range of words using
prefixes and suffixes.
U2: IT Talking about families and
TAKES describing ceremonies.
ALL
SORTS
Nearpod, Educaplay,
● Used to vs. would (O)
Google Forms.
● Used to vs. be used to v. get used to
(O)
● Verb + to inf. ● Infinitives
● Verb + obj. + to inf. with/without to after
verbs and adjectives
● Verb + obj. + inf. without to
● Verb + -ing
● Verb + gerund/inf. with a change of
meaning
● Verbs not used in continuous forms
-ing forms in: continuous tenses,
after certain verbs, in certain adj./noun
constructions, after prepositions, to
describe people and things, as subject or
object of a sentence.
●
● Prefixes: re-, mis-, dis-, re-, over-,
pre-, etc.
● Suffixes: -ment, -able, -al, etc.
● Compound nouns ● Dependant Motivation: Videos,
prepositions pictures related to the
● Family, celebrations, and religious
topics seen, taken mainly
ceremonies vocabulary ● Shades of
from TedTalks or British
● meaning: under,
Verb + noun collocations Council webpages
below, etc. (or in S4) -
● Common phrases (O)

MAY Talking about an unfinished
past, or a past action with
present results.
Talking about a past action or ●
situation that took place
before another past action or
situation.
Identifying and using
different types of relative
clause.
● Word families Presentations of the
topics: Power point
● Word in focus: take
presentations, Google
slides, Canva, Genially,
● Present perfect simple and
etc.
continuous
Observation of the
process of each
Past perfect simple and continuous
student: digital activities
from edpuzzle,WordWall,
Kahoot, liveworksheets,
educaplay, genially, tik
toks, Google Docs, Padlet,
● Relative clauses: defining relative
and other educational
clauses, non - defining relative clauses, interactive resources.
and comment clauses Evaluation: Google
● Reduced or elliptical relative forms, Liveworksheets,
clauses: ed - ing - inf. Nearpod, Educaplay,
Google Forms.
● What clauses, adverbial and
adjectival clauses, use of prepositions, use
of complex sentences.

Recognizing and using ● Collocations

common collocations.

Recognizing and framing a ● Prefixes: re-, mis-, dis-, re-, over-,

wide range of words using pre-, etc.
prefixes and suffixes. ● Suffixes: -ment, -able, -al, etc.
U3: A Describing cities and talking ● Dependent prepositions For motivation: Videos,
PLACE about city life. short films, pictures,
● Adjective - noun collocations
TO audios, podcasts related
LIVE ● Useful phrases to describe cities to the topics seen, taken
● Word families - adjectives ending in mainly from TedTalks or
British Council webpages
-able
For presentations of the
● Prepositions: at, in, on (O)
topics: Power point
● Word in focus: to presentations, Google
slides, Canva, Genially,
Using a variety of forms to ● Future tenses in context: Future etc.
talk about the future. Cont, Future Perf. Simple, Future Perf.
Cont. For observation of the
process of each student:
Using a range of different ● Quantifiers: countable and digital activities from
quantifiers correctly. uncountable nouns (O) edpuzzle,WordWall,
Kahoot, liveworksheets,
Using pronouns in context ● Indefinite and reflexive pronouns ● General educaplay, genially, tik
correctly. (O) recycling of pronouns toks, Google Docs, Padlet,
● wh-words + ever (O) (see general grid) and other educational
interactive resources.
Using a range of formal ● Expressing concession & contrast ● Linking with For evaluation: Google
language when arguing for or ● participles (or in S4) forms, Liveworksheets,
Expressing addition and Nearpod, Educaplay,
against an issue. alternative: or, either…or, neither…nor, ● Informal vs. Google Forms.
Expressing certainty, contrast also, as well as, etc. formal linkers (or in S4)
and condition using formal ● Participle clauses to express reason
language.
● Useful phrases for introducing
PROJECT: Writing a “for and reasons in formal writing: as, since, due to
against” essay and recording
a persuasive podcast. ● Expressing cause & effect
 Using all, both, each, every, ● Determiners: special cases
whole, another, other, and ● Compounds with: some, any, no,
others correctly. every - (O)
one, the other one, another one, etc.

JUNE Recognizing and framing a ● Prefixes: re-, mis-, dis-, re-, over-,
wide range of words using pre-, etc.
prefixes and suffixes. ● Suffixes: -ment, -able, -al, etc.

U4: Talking about shopping and ● Phrasal verbs For motivation: Videos,
THE money. pictures related to the
● Money idioms
COST topics seen, taken mainly
OF ● Collocations: buying and selling from TedTalks or British
LIVIN ● Word families Council webpages
G For presentations of the
● Word in focus: of
topics: Power point
presentations, Google
Using questions tags and ● Question tags: positive statement + ● General
slides, Canva, Genially,
reply questions. negative tag / negative statement + recycling of all types etc.
positive tag / special cases of questions (see
general grid)
● Reply questions: positive statement For observation of the
+ positive reply question / negative process of each student:
statement + negative reply question digital activities from
WordWall, Kahoot,
Giving advice, criticizing past ● Past modal structures liveworksheets,
actions, and talking about educaplay, genially, tik
● Perfect modals: Simple vs. Perfect toks, Google Docs, Padlet
past necessity. modals and other educational
Expressing annoyance and interactive resources.
complaint: polite, impolite,
and ironically

Using a range of alternative
structures to express
modality. ● Present Cont. / Past Cont. + always
Expressing advice,
recommendation, and
warning.
For evaluation: Google
● Other ability structures: can, be ● Modality:
forms, Liveworksheets,
able to, managed to, etc. different functions in
Nearpod, Educaplay,
context. Alternative
Google Forms.
structures for:
probability, ability,
permission,
prohibition,
obligation. (or in S4)

2N JULY Recognizing and framing a ● Prefixes: re-, mis-, dis-, re-, over-,
wide range of words using pre-, etc.
D prefixes and suffixes. ● Suffixes: -ment, -able, -al, etc.
TE U5: Talking about work and ● Phrasal verbs, collocations, word For motivation: Videos,
AUGU
RM ST
THE employment. families pictures related to the
WORL topics seen, taken mainly
● Jobs and employment vocabulary
D AT from TedTalks or British
YOUR ● Adjectives to describe jobs Council webpages, and
FEET Baamboozle
● Linking phrases
For presentations of the
● Word in focus: at
topics: Power point
presentations, Google
Using tenses in context ● General
slides, Canva, Genially,
correctly. recycling of tenses in
etc.
context (all forms)
For observation of the
Reporting speech naturally ● Reported speech general recycling:
process of each student:
and fluently, making all forms
digital activities from
appropriate grammatical ● Dialogues edpuzzle,WordWall,
changes. Kahoot, liveworksheets,
● Indirect to Direct speech
educaplay, genially, tik
toks, Google Docs, Padlet,

Using a range of reporting
verbs correctly.
Recognizing and using
common phrasal verbs.
Recognizing and framing a
wide range of words using
prefixes and suffixes.
SEPTE U6: Describing people and talking ●
TRUE about the media. truth and falsehood
MBER OR
FALSE
? ●
Framing conditional
sentences using if, unless,
imagine, provided, suppose,
and inversion.
Expressing cause and effect.
Using mixed conditionals to
talk about hypothetical
situations in the past or
present.
and other educational
● Reporting verbs: with and without
interactive resources.
a direct object
● Different introductory words For evaluation: Google
forms, Liveworksheets,
● Phrasal verbs Nearpod, Educaplay,
Google Forms.
● Prefixes: re-, mis-, dis-, re-, over-,
pre-, etc.
● Suffixes: -ment, -able, -al, etc.
Adjectives to describe people, For motivation: Videos,
pictures related to the
topics seen, taken mainly
● Phrases with take
from TedTalks or British
Compound adjectives, word Council webpages
families, phrasal verbs For presentations of the
● Word in focus: or topics: Power point
presentations, Google
● All types: producing sentences out ● Mixed slides, Canva, Genially,
of context conditionals etc.
● Conditional clauses: alternatives to (recognition) super
weak For observation of the
if - use of might and could process of each student:
● Other digital activities from
variations (O) edpuzzle,WordWall,
Kahoot, liveworksheets,
educaplay, genially, tik
toks, Google Docs, Padlet,
and other educational
interactive resources.

Expressing wishes, regrets,
and criticism using phrases
like it’s time and would
rather.
Recognizing and framing a
wide range of words using
suffixes and prefixes.
OCTO U7: Talking about technology and ●
LOG the effects it has on people. /electronic communication vocabulary
BER ON
Using a range of advanced
passive forms.
For evaluation: Google
forms, Liveworksheets,
● Unreal past: wish/if only + sb + a Seen but not
Nearpod, Educaplay,
past tense (O) evaluated Google Forms.
it’s (high) time + sb+ a past tense / would
rather + sb + a past tense
● Past regrets: wish/if only + sb +
Past Perfect
● Word families: suffixes & prefixes
Health issues/ internet use For motivation: Videos,
pictures related to the
topics seen, taken mainly
● Collocations
from TedTalks or British
● Collocations in set phrases Council webpages
● Word in focus: on For presentations of the
topics: Power point
● Passive forms with: present or past presentations, Google
modal verbs structure/ verbs that take two slides, Canva, Genially,
objects/ verbs followed by passive etc.
infinitives or passive -ing forms
For observation of the
process of each student:
digital activities from
edpuzzle,WordWall,
Kahoot, liveworksheets,
educaplay, genially, tik
toks, Google Docs, Padlet,

Using passive reporting
structures to talk about
general feelings or beliefs.
Understanding and using
easily confused words.
Recognizing and framing a
wide range of words using
prefixes and suffixes.
NOVE U8: Talking about pollution and
AROU the environment.
MBER ND
THE
GLOB
E ●
Using a range of sentences
structures to express
emphasis.
and other educational
● Passive reporting structures: it + ● Impersonal
interactive resources.
passive verb (pres. or past) + that clause / reporting structures
For evaluation: Google
subject + passive verb (pres. or past) + to - Seen forms, Liveworksheets,
inf. / there + passive verb (pres. or past) +
Nearpod, Educaplay,
to be - to have been Google Forms.
● Reporting verbs: say, believe, etc.
● Easily confused words: present vs.
actual, arise v. raise vs. rise, lose vs. loose,
etc. (O)
● Prefixes: re-, mis-, dis-, re-, over-,
pre-, etc.
● Suffixes: -ment, -able, -al, etc.
● Nature, hazards, and pollutants For motivation: Videos,
vocabulary pictures related to the
topics seen, taken mainly
● Compound nouns, collocations,
from TedTalks or British
word families
Council webpages
Word in focus: around For presentations of the
topics: Power point
● Emphasis: presentations, Google
Cleft sentences / slides, Canva
Inversion
For observation of the
● Fronting for process of each student:
emphasis: linkers and digital activities from
adverbs edpuzzle,WordWall,
Kahoot, liveworksheets,
educaplay, Genially,
 ● Anticip. it, Google Docs, Padlet, and
there + other verbs other educational
interactive resources.
● Emphatic
pronouns
For evaluation: Google
● Position of forms and
adverbs with a change Liveworksheets
of meaning

Describing the location of a ● Useful structures for describing

place. location: an island off the coast of…,
surrounded by…, its coastline is…, etc.

Recognizing and framing a ● Prefixes: re-, mis-, dis-, re-, over-,

wide range of words using pre-, etc.
prefixes and suffixes. ● Suffixes: -ment, -able, -al, etc.

PROJECTS: ● PROJECT 1: U3 - Writing a “for and against” essay and recording a persuasive podcast- USE ●
OF LINKERS AND USEFUL PHRASES TO EXPRESS CONCESSION, ADDITION AND ALTERNATIVE (see I.E.)
- AUDIOVISUAL PRESENTATION

SECTIONS IN FOCUS 4 NOT - LISTENING: 1.3 - 2.3 - 3.3 - 4.3 - 5.3 - 6.3 - 7.3 - 8.3
USED - USEFUL FOR I.E. - READING: 1.4 - 2.4 - 3.4 - 4.4 - 5.4 - 6.4 - 7.4 - 8.4
TEACHERS:
- SPEAKING: 1.6 - 2.6 - 3.6 - 4.6 - 5.6 - 6.6 - 7.6 - 8.6
- WRITING: 1.7 - 2.7 - 3.7 (PROJECT) - 4.7 - 5.7 - 6.7 - 7.7 - 8.7

COMPLEMENTARY
- Walker E., Elsworth S. (2004). New Grammar Practice for Pre-Intermediate Students. Pearson
BIBLIOGRAPHY USED: Education Limited.
- Walker E., Elsworth S. (2000). New Grammar Practice for Intermediate Students. Pearson
Education Limited.
 - Walker E., Elsworth S. (2000). New Grammar Practice for Upper- Intermediate Students.
Pearson Education Limited.
- Alexander L. G. (1998). English Grammar Practice for Intermediate Students. Longman Group
UK Limited.
- Eastwood J. (2002). Oxford Practice Grammar. Oxford University Press.
- Gray L. (2019). Practice Makes Perfect: English Verbs. McGraw-Hill Education.

APRENDIZAJES PRIORITARIOS

1-Present and past habits

2-Past perf simple and cont
3-Linkers
4-Future forms
5-Vocabulary
6-Question tags and reply questions
7-Reported speech
8-Conditional clauses
9-Vocabulary
10-Advanced passive forms
11-Unreal past and regrets