DIDACTIC UNIT 1: “WELCOME TO HOGWARTS!

Cycle: 3rd Level: 5th grade Timing: 45 minutes/session N. Sessions: 9

Centre of The weather, the seasons Final Task Explain to your classmates a
interest and the countries. weather forecast of the thirteen
countries related to a trip.
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Justificatio This is the first didactic unit of the 5 course, so students will make their first
n contact with the foreign language and review contents. During this unit, students
are going to learn the names of different countries, having into account the English
speaking countries and Spain.

CURRICULAR DEVELOPMENT

Block EC/ K.C. A.O. Contents

of STD
content IND
s
3.1/1.1 LC 1,5 Listening and understand the story “A sunny day!”
Listening and identifying the specific vocabulary and the
3.1.1
SCC grammatical structure.
3.6/6.1 LC 2 Asking for the weather in different countries. Being able
to express the weather. Production of short sentences to
3.6.1
LLC explain the weather forecast of different countries.
3.9/9.1 LC 4 Reading and understanding the story “A sunny day!”
3.9.1 Reading and identifying the specific vocabulary.
DC

3.14/14.1 LC 3 Elaborating a weather forecast. Writing about the

weather.
3.14.1
SCC

Linguistic Function
Review weather vocabulary: sunny, rainy, cloudy, snowy, windy, hot, and cold.

Countries vocabulary: Denmark, Slovakia, Finland, Austria, Croatia, Italy, Poland, Sweden,
France, Greece, Belgium, Germany, Portugal, United Kingdom, United States of America,
Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland. Season vocabulary: spring, autumn, summer,
winter.

Review verb: be (Present Simple). Structure: What is the weather like today? It is…
Communicative Function Sociocultural and Sociolinguistic Function
Asking and saying what the weather like is in Expose characteristics of our weather and
different countries. appreciate the weather differences in different
countries.

DIDACTIC TRANSPOSITION
Methodology

1
 It focuses on weather, seasons and countries, using varied and playful activities, based on student
´s previous knowledge, grouped into activities than train them to perform a final task and
combining the four basic skills. ICT tools are introduced with the Plickers as well as songs,
stories, presentations, games and Interactive Groups to promote interaction and enhance
motivation.
Resources
Facilities Material Human
Classroom, English corner, Games, cards, paper, Teacher.
English library. worksheets, cassette,
computer.

2. Welcome routines and review the vocabulary. Listen to the story: “A sunny
3. Welcome routines. Introduction of the

4. Welcome routines. Activities: Perform a flashcard “The weather is sunny”. Read the story “A sunny day”. Gam

6. Welcome routines. Start the Final task

5. Welcome routines. A running dictation. Worksheet with written activities.

9. Written test about the four blocks of c

7. Didactic routines. Session of games: Tabu, Yenga, Roll and speak, dobble, story cubes, (Cooperative Learning)
8. Finish of the final task. Presentation to their partners and to the teacher (co
Game: Review vocabulary

ATTENTION TO DIVERSITY
Boy with hyperactivity Girl with auditory
deficiencies
Controlled activities, step by Sat near the radio with visual
step tasks, ahead of time aids or body language,
activities. exaggerated mouth
movements and reinforcement
activities if necessary.
Fast finishers or slower ones
Reduced or expanded
descriptions, additional words,
mini-flashcards games, digital
tasks or dictionaries.

EVALUATION

IND 3.1.1: Identify ideas and IND 3.6.1: Expose a brief

structures in a story about the
weather.
Instrument: Listening test 25%
The student does not get any information or
does it wrongly
The student gets the right and basic
information to solve the questions
monologue about the weather in
our town.
Instrument: Expose FT 25%
The student does not speak at all or do it
wrong, with stops and lot of errors
The student speaks well, transmitting the
information he/she wants to

2
The student gets all the information,
including all the details
IND 3.9.1: Identify the general
meaning of a story.
Instrument: Reading test 25%
The student does not get any information or
does it wrongly
The student gets the right and basic
information to solve the questions
The student gets all the information,
including all the details
The student speaks fluently, with good
pronunciation and intonation
IND 3.14.1: Write short texts
with simple sentences and basic
vocabulary about weather.
Instrument: Writing checklist 25%
The student does not write at all or do it
wrong, with a lot of errors or use L1
The student writes well, transmitting the
information he/she wants to
The student writes well, using all the tools
at his/her disposal to transmit info.