LEVEL : 2nde

UNIT 1 : PEOPLE
LESSON TYPE : SPEAKING
SESSION 1
SOURCE : FAR AHEAD, PAGE 7
LEARNING CONTEXT : During the English club meeting, the students of 2nde ……
are describing people they know to share their behaviors in society.

I – VOCABULARY
Lazy ≠ courageous Brainy ≠ : stupid Talkative ≠ silent, quiet Ugly ≠ beautiful,
handsome Selfish : egoistic Confident : positive, sure Bossy : dictatorial,
tyrannical Stubborn : obstinate Perilous : dangerous, risky

ACTIVITY 1 : Exercise n°3, page 7, FAR AHEAD 2nde

Positive adjectives : ambitious – focused – hardworking – studious – confident –
curious – organised – efficient – patient – flexible – responsible
Negative adjectives : selfish – bossy – lazy
Both positive and negative : stubborn

II – LANGUAGE FUNCTION

I - Antonyms
• dishonest, disappear • incorrect, invalid • impossible, immoral • illegal
• unhappy, unreal • irresistable • antibiotic
ACTIVITY 2 : Exercise n°4, page 7, FAR AHEAD 2nde
unambitious – unfocused – unselfish –disorganised – inefficient – impatient –
irresponsible

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 II - Present tenses
1 - Present simple
• Habits and facts : I go to school to GSA.
• Truth : Water boils at 100⁰C
• Expressions for the present simple : usually; always ... on+day
• Verbs : love; like; want; think ...
2 - Present continuous
• Action happening now : we are studying English.
• Expressions for the present continuous : now; at the moment; at present ...

ACTIVITY 3 : Exercise n°3, page 10, FAR AHEAD 2nde

1/ a) looks – b) am looking 2/ a) feels – b) is feeling 3/ a) is smelling – b)
smells 4/ a) am tasting – b) tastes 5/ a) think – b) is thinking

ACTIVITY 4 : COMMUNICATION – You and new your American pen friend are
describing yourselves to know very well. So set one list of adjectives describing
your physic and one list describing your moral.

QUIZ
Exercise 1 : put the sentence in present simple or present continuous (10 points).

a – It (rain) raining now, I (want) want to take my umbrella.

b – I (think) think that dad (sleep) is sleeping.
c – This girl (not know) doesn’t know how to cook.

Exercise 2 : give 5 physical adjectives and 5 moral adjectives (10 points).

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LEVEL : 2nde
UNIT 1 : PEOPLE
LESSON TYPE : READING
SESSION 2
SOURCE : FAR AHEAD, PAGE 8
LEARNING CONTEXT : During the English club meeting, the students of 2nde ……
are reading a text about people to know more them in the society.

I – VOCABULARY
to mix : to combine (L4)
Stubborn : obstinate (L12)
Selfish : egoistic (L15)
Focused : concentrated (L19)

II – READING COMPREHENSION
ACTIVITY 1 : Exercise n°4, page 9, FAR AHEAD 2nde
1/ go on a date 2/ fake 3/ kick in 4/ make a point of
5/ make the most of 6/ have trouble

ACTIVITY 2 : Exercise n°2, page 9, FAR AHEAD 2nde

True: 4 (P7) and 5 (P7)
False: 1 (P1, ‘There are five eating styles which are more common than others.’)
2 (P3, ‘People who eat fast tend to put other things and people before
themselves.’)
3 (P6, ‘People who like trying new foods are often creative’)

ACTIVITY 3 : COMMUNICATION – Tell the class what you like doing and don’t like
doing in life.

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LEVEL : 2nde
UNIT 1 : PEOPLE
LESSON TYPE : COMMUNICATION
SESSION 3
SOURCE : FAR AHEAD, PAGE 11
LEARNING CONTEXT : During the English club, some students of 2nde ... are
explaining some problems to get a piece of advice from others.

SUGGESTING AND RESPONDING

I – SUGGESTION
1 – Definition
a proposition of solution in case of a problem.
2 – Ways of suggestions
Problem : I want to succeed
• Would you like to study at school ?
• Why don’t you/we respect people ?
• Shall we pray God ?
• Why don’t you/we respect people ?
• Let’s be courageous.
• How about / What about being polite ?

II – RESPONSE
1 – Definition
a reaction after a suggestion proposition.

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 2 – Positive Reponses
• Yes, I’d love to.
• That’s a great idea.
• Sure.

3 – Negative Reponses
• I’d love to, but I can’t.
• No, thanks.

ACTIVITY : Exercise n°1, page 11, FAR AHEAD 2nde

1/ like 2/ love 3/ busy 4/ going 5/ idea 6/ go
7/ don’t 8/ suggest 9/ about

QUIZ

Exercise : complete this dialogue with the words in the box (20 points)

why – would – love – can’t – asking

A – You are hungry, 1-why don’t you get something to eat ?

B – I have no money, 2-would you like to give some ?
A – I’d 3-love to, but I 4-can’t.
B – How about 5-asking dad some money ?

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LEVEL : 2nde
UNIT 1 : PEOPLE
LESSON TYPE : GRAMMAR
SESSION 4
SOURCE : FAR AHEAD, PAGE 14

Gerunds and infinitives

1 - Gerunds
Noun : eating is important
Prepositions + gerund : on, after, before, about, in, instead of ... : Keep on going
Verbs + gerund : dislike; enjoy, avoid, mind, hate, fancy ... : I enjoy playing

2 - Infinitives
Noun : to eat is important
Verbs + infinitive : agree, decide, promise... : I decide to save you.
Adjectives + infinitive : happy, surprised, proud ... : I am happy to love you.

ACTIVITY 1 : Exercise n°2, page 14, FAR AHEAD 2nde

1/ Eating all those sweets wasn’t a good idea. 2/ Meeting them will be fun.
3/ Driving home didn’t take long. 4/ Learning irregular verbs is important.
5/ Getting lost in this place is easy. 6/ Seeing Eto playing was exciting.

ACTIVITY 2 : Exercise n°3, page 14, FAR AHEAD 2nde

1/ It’s difficult to find a good job. 2/ It won’t hurt him to work at weekends.
3/ It’s dangerous to ride a motorbike without a helmet. 4/ It was fantastic to see
them win the match. 5/ It takes time to learn another language. 6/ It’s
against the law to cheat in exams.

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 QUIZ

Exercise : complete with the right option (20 points)

1 – I want you ( to stay / staying ) with me.

2 – avoid ( being / to be ) with bad friends and be glad ( going / to go ) for school.

3 – let’s insist upon (to ask / asking ), because we believe to (succeed /

succeeding)

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LEVEL : 2nde
UNIT 1 : PEOPLE
LESSON TYPE : LISTENING
SESSION 5
SOURCE : FAR AHEAD, PAGE 15 – TEXT 152 (SPEAKER 1 AND SPEAKER 3)
LEARNING CONTEXT : During the English club, the students of 2nde … are listening
to a recording related to people influence on others.

VOCABULARY
on my own : with my decision (speaker 1 - L2)
confidence : certitude (speaker 1 - L3)
for instance : for example (speaker 1 – L4)
pleased : happy (speaker 1 – L6)
to bully : to intimidate (speaker 2 – L5)

ACTIVITY 1 : listen to the speakers and tell the class the main idea (3 min)
ACTIVITY 2 : listen and share the word order mentioned by the speaker (5 min)
aunt (4) ; horrible (5) ; when (3) ; together (1) ; decided (2)
ACTIVITY 3 : listen and share these answers (7 min).
1 – Give the people name by the speakers (Brahim, Flora)
2 – List the words that show Brahim as a good friend (confidence,
encouraged, pleased)
3 – List the words that show the girl as a bad friend (horrible, afraid, ignore,
unkind, bullying)

COMMUNICATIVE ACTIVITY
After listening these speakers, tell the class how your friend influenced you.

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LEVEL : 2nde
UNIT 1 : PEOPLE
LESSON TYPE : WRITING
SESSION 6
SOURCE : FAR AHEAD, PAGE 16
LEARNING CONTEXT : During the English club, the students of 2nde … are
describing a person that influenced them one day in their life to share their
experience.

A DESCRIPTION OF PERSON
I – Writing strategy
a) Topic sentences
Topic sentences are usually the first sentences of paragraphs. They often
introduce or summarize the topic of the paragraph.
b) Language function
1 – Physical adjectives : big; small, strong, beautiful ...
2 – Moral adjectives : kind, unkind, bad ...
3 – Action verbs : speak, walk, work ...
4 – Adverbs : kind, unkind, bad ...
5 – Comparison : like+adjective, as+noun, as+adjective+as+noun ...

2 – Writing layout
Paragraph 1 : Present the person and mention your relationship.
Paragraph 2 : Give details : positive/negative and physical/moral aspects.
Paragraph 3 : How he/she influenced you, give an example.
Paragraph 4 : Conclude summarizing your feelings.
3 – Activity
Share one person’s description that influenced you one day in your life.

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LEVEL : 2nde
UNIT 1 : PEOPLE
SESSION 7
SOURCE : FAR AHEAD, PAGE 17 - 18

REVISIONS

ACTIVITY 1 : Exercise n°1, page 17, FAR AHEAD 2nde

1/ make the most of 2/ stubborn 3/ go on a date 4/ stand up for
5/ Skiving off 6/ bossy

ACTIVITY 2 : Exercise n°4, page 17, FAR AHEAD 2nde

irregular – disorganised – disagree – inability / disability – irresponsible –
unavailable – immature – impatient

ACTIVITY 3 : Exercise n°5, page 17, FAR AHEAD 2nde

1/ is crying 2/ is the baby crying 3/ cries 4/ do you do 5/ happens
6/ feed 7/ sing 8/ Do you remember 9/ forget 10/ Does he ever help
11/ is planting 12/ is sleeping

ACTIVITY 4 : Exercise n°9, page 18, FAR AHEAD 2nde

1/ to quit 2/ to take 3/ working 4/ working 5/ meeting 6/ helping
7/ to adapt 8/ to work 9/ taking 10/ earning

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