English Language I 2024: Class Planner (1st term)

Week U1: Technology and U2: House and Home Academic Use of English
Telecommunications Paragraph Writing
8th-12th Introduction to the course:
April Course syllabus – materials - important dates – VLE

Introduction to Describing the place Introduction to Use

modern technology where you live of English (UOE)

(Handbook Technology and (Handbook House and To be checked next

Telecommunications, p.3- Home, p.3-4)
18)
week:

Present tenses

Past tenses
(Access to FCE p.4-9, 16-
27, 34-37)

(Handbook Technology and

Telecommunications:
Present tenses- activity 23,
p.95 - Past tenses- activity
30, p.101-102)

(Handbook House and

Home: Present tenses-
activity 2.14, p.22 - Past
tenses- activity 3.11, p.33-
34)

15th-19th Introduction to Describing the place What’s an academic Future tenses:

April modern technology where you live paragraph? future simple
future continuous
(Handbook Technology and (Handbook House and Structure of an be going to
Telecommunications, p.3- Home, p.3-8)
academic paragraph present simple
18)
(Handbook Academic (future meaning)
Paragraph Writing, p.4-11) present continuous
(future meaning)
(Access to FCE, p.46-51)
(Handbook Technology and
Telecommunications: Future
tenses- activity 39, p.36)

22nd- Technological Types of dwellings Characteristics of a Revision of tenses

26th April innovations - good academic
The future of work (Handbook House and paragraph Conditionals: type 0
Home, p.11-18) &1
Technology idioms (Handbook Academic
(Access to FCE, p.156-158)
Paragraph Writing, p.11-16)
(p.35)
(Handbook Technology and
(Handbook Technology and VLE Quiz: How much Telecommunications:
Telecommunications, p.24- do you know about Conditionals type 0&1-
37) academic paragraph activity 12, p.112-113)
writing? (Handbook House and
Home: Future tenses and
Writing assignment 1 conditionals type 0&1 -
activity 6.11, p.69)
 Week U1: Technology and U2: House and Home Academic Use of English
Telecommunications Paragraph Writing
29th Mobile phones and Unusual houses Stages in the The passive
April-3rd smart devices process of writing an
May Parts of a house, academic paragraph (Access to FCE, p.96-105)
Phrasal verbs: furniture and
Mobile phones (p.54- appliances Paragraph writing
55) tasks
Phrasal verbs:
Idioms about mobile House and home (Handbook Academic
Paragraph Writing, p.18-26,
phones (p.55-56) (p.30)
28-34)
(Handbook House and
(Handbook Technology and
Home, p. 19-22, 27-34)
Deadline: Writing
Telecommunications, p.39-
66)
assignment 1

6th-10th Mobile phones and The perfect home Paragraph writing Integration I:
May smart devices tasks
Colour idioms (p.45- TRANSFORMATION
Virtual (Handbook Technology and 46) (Handbook Academic SENTENCES:
Telecommunications, p.39- Paragraph Writing, p.28-34)
week Tenses, conditionals
66)
Handbook House and type 0 and 1 & the
Home, p.43-46)
passive

Activities from the

virtual classroom:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15,
16, 17 & 18

WORD FORMATION:
Technology and
Telecommunications

Activities from the

virtual classroom:
a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j,
k & l.

13th-17th The Internet – emails House and home Paragraph writing The passive
May – cybercrimes tasks (revision)
House and home
Idioms about the idioms (p.38-39) (Handbook Academic The causative form
Paragraph Writing, p.27-34)
internet (p.70) (Access to FCE, p.110-111)
(Handbook House and
Home, p. 35-42)
Phrasal verbs: The Feedback on writing (Handbook Technology and
internet (p.73) assignment 1
Telecommunications: The
passive and causative form
- activity 38, p.63-64)
(Handbook Technology and
Telecommunications, p.67-
(Handbook House and
82)
Home: The passive and
causative form - activity
5.20, p.54)

The infinitive
(Access to FCE, p.118-123)

20th-24th May week (no classes)

May Do not forget to take advantage of this week to catch up on all the activities done so far.
 Week U1: Technology and U2: House and Home Academic Use of English
Telecommunications Paragraph Writing
27th – The Internet – emails Doing up The correction code Gerunds
31st May – cybercrimes
(Access to FCE, p.124-129)
Phrasal verbs: Doing (Handbook Academic
Paragraph Writing, p.38-42)
Idioms about the up (p.52-53)
internet (p.70)
(Handbook House and Writing assignment 2
Home, p. 46-54)
Phrasal verbs: The
internet (p.73)

(Handbook Technology and

Telecommunications, p.67-
82)
3rd- 7th Social networks Doing up Paragraph writing The infinitive &
June tasks gerunds (revision)
(Handbook Technology and Phrasal verbs: Doing
Telecommunications, p.103-
up (p.52-53) (Handbook Academic (Handbook Technology and
112) Paragraph Writing, p.28-34) Telecommunications:
Infinitive and gerund -
(Handbook House and
activity 16, p.17)
Home, p. 46-54)
(Handbook House and
Home: Infinitive and gerund-
activity 1.11, p.9)

Nouns, quantifiers
and articles
(Access to FCE, p.56-61)

10th- Social networks Smart houses Paragraph writing This week we are
14th June tasks – extra going to check the
(Handbook Technology and (Handbook House and practice activities activities assigned
Telecommunications, p.103- Home, p. 54-59)
for homework on
112)
(Handbook Academic June 3rd.
Paragraph Writing, p.27-34,
62-68)
Deadline: Writing
assignment 2

17th-21st Online dating Living alone vs Paragraph writing Integration II

June sharing tasks – extra TRANSFORMATION
Phrasal verbs: practice activities SENTENCES:
Virtual Online dating (p.100) (Handbook House and The Causative Form,
Home, p.71-78)
week (Handbook Academic The Infinitive &
Paragraph Writing, p.27-34,
(Handbook Technology and Gerunds, and Nouns,
Telecommunications, p.95- 62-68)
Quantifiers &
102)
Articles
Activities from the
virtual classroom:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8

WORD FORMATION:
House and Home
Activities from the
virtual classroom:
a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j
&k
(Handbook Technology and
Telecommunications, p.121-
123)
 Week U1: Technology and U2: House and Home Academic Use of English
Telecommunications Paragraph Writing
24th-28th Revision Revision Revision General revision
June

Feedback on writing
assignment 2

29th June 1st term test (written)

*Notice that you will be tested on all the topics covered in this planner so far.

1st-5th Teleworking and e- City and country life Clauses

July learning
Virtual (Handbook House and Access to FCE
Home, p.79-96) p. 182 (purpose clauses),
week (Handbook Technology and
Telecommunications, p. p. 183 (reason clauses),
103-124) p. 184 (participle clauses) &
p. 185 (not only... but also)

10th July- Winter break

4th
August Please, do the following activities and the writing assignment over the winter break:

1. WRITING ASSIGNMENT 3 (group work): The pros of city life. Deadline: 1st week after
winter break
2. Do all the vocabulary, reading and listening activities of the VLE that you could not
do for the first term test.
3. Try to watch films/series with English subtitles  and read the two short stories that
we will be studying next term.

*Notice that we come back to classes on 5th August

2nd term test (written): 14th September

3rd term test (oral): 14th -17th October