Unit:1 Our culture Transversal Topic:Moral and Civic Education | Level: 1st Bachillerato (16-17 years) Material/Aids: Photocopies, flashcards, CD, OHP, althia room |
Sessions | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6&7 |
General objective | Develop communicative skills in order to make information exchanges | Read diff types of texts in order to know other cultures and lifestyles | Communicate efficiently both orally and through written texts | Transfer the communication strategies in order to carry out the interactive tasks. | Reflect on their own learning processes in order to succeed in the tasks presented | Encourage a positive attitude towards other cultures |
Specific objective | To read and understand what other students do in order to study abroad | To understand ways of expressing likes and interests | To express about other nationalities and defend or not the other ed. system | To pronounce correctly the endings of the verbs in 3rd p sg (pres simple) | To express preferences about free time activities | To interact in exchanges of information |
Warm up ss-t | Culture quiz: Guessing. How much do you know about your country? Complete the chart with their lags and nationalities | Homework correction: check how many sts would live abroad and how they express in pres simple | Pre-listening: What is typical in France? Louvre museum, a fresh croissant, romantic language. | Song predict what the song is about from the title. Guessing: love, interest, need. | Flashcards-hobbies. How do you name them? Guess it. | Final task: make a multicultural calendar of English speaking countries |
Presentation t-ss | Pre-reading: Living Abroad Read the title and look at the pictures. What’s the text about? Pre-teach: share a flat & flatmate | Grammar point: OHP Revision pres. simple and cont. Deductively. State verbs: Likes & dislikes Model sentences | Elicit countries using flashcards. | Pronunciation: OHP: /s/, /z/, /iz/ at the end of the verbs of the song written in 3rd p. (orally sts place words in correct column) | Vocabulary in charts. Compound nouns watching TV – gerund + noun Gerunds and infinitives | |
Practice S FB | While-reading: (skimming) T/F Qs. Post-reading: (scanning) gral.&sp. Qs. | Gap filling: photocopy with pres simple & cont. + interests Photocopy with reinforcement. Pay attention to: Do you like test? | While-listening: (skimming) yes/no Qs. Post-listening: (scanning) gral. Qs | Activities from the songs: – When I need you – Tom’s Diner | Sts make sentences with a selection of vocabulary and the new structures such as I can’t stand,… | |
Production Freer ss-ss ss | Group work: Discussion: Would you like to live abroad for a year? Why or why not? | Pair work: Talking about tests. Express your opinion about exams with cards (demon/angel) | Pairwork: Choose 1 nationality/country card find your mate and defend it orally: pros/cons or ups/downs | Groupwork: Speaking Comm. Game Likes & dislikes + gerunds/ infinitives | ||
HW | Take notes about other sts. Rewrite their opinion: He thiks that… (use pres simple) | Grammar activities Amplification: research work | Writing: write an essay with connectors about your favourite country & its culture. | Using useful expressions. Write your partner’s preferences using the structures given |