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Unit & Topic
Unit 1: Crdoba is
me

Unit 2: Colombias
typical
celebrations

Grammar
Present: To be
Adjectives

Present simple
Articles
There is/There
are

Vocabulary
Places
Geographical
terminology

Holydays
most common
words and
phrases

Skills
Write phrases
about your
town
Read about
Crdobas
geographical
description
Listen and
complete a
char about
Crdobas
places
Talk about an
important
place in
Crdoba

Write
descriptions
about
celebrations in
Colombia

Tasks
Writing about
what you like
the most about
your town and
mail it to one
classmate
Reading and
answering
questions
about the
reading
activity
Crdobas
geographical
description
Filling the
charts of the
text
Crdobas
places while
the teacher is
reading it
Speaking
freely about a
relevant place
in Crdoba
Writing a short
paragraph
describing a
celebration in
Colombia you

Project
Designing a
which the s
show the c
most impor
places in C
The map w
used to exp
why the pla
highlighted
important f
Crdoba an
citizens.

Making pos
which desc
most popu
Colombian
celebration

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Read short
texts about the
different
typical
celebrations in
Colombia
Watch a video
and take notes
about it
Talk about the
video

Unit 3: Presidents
of Colombia

Simple past
Present
continuous
Verbs

Dates
Jobs

Write about
the
accomplishme
nts which

like the most

Read text
which
describes the
greatest
celebrations in
Colombia and
complete a
fill in the
gaps exercise
from the text
Watching a
video about a
particular
celebration,
taking notes
about what
they will see
and guessing
the name of
the celebration
Talking from
the teachers
desk about the
celebration
which students
will watch in
the video
Listing and
matching the
main
accomplishme

post them
mural.

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Unit 4:
Independence of
Colombia

Simple past
Past
continuous
Wh questions

Vocabulary
related to the
independence
process

some
presidents
have reached.
Learn about
presidents
biographies
Watch a
documental
about the most
important
presidents in
Colombian
history
Talk about your
favorite
presidents

Write about
the most
relevant
aspects of the
independence
of Colombia
Read texts
about the
topics
Listen about
the

nts of some
Colombian
presidents
Learning about
the presidents
biographies
through
memory cards
Watching a
documental
about the most
important
presidents of
Colombia and
making a role
play
Describing
orally
students
favorite
presidents
Listing
chronologically
the most
important
events in the
process of
independence
Reading the
texts and
completing the
questionnaire

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independence
of Colombia
Talk about
events which
took place in
this historical
period

Unit 5: Colombian
national symbols
and heritage

Descriptions
Comparative
and
superlative
adjectives

Symbols
Fauna
Flora

Make posters
Read about the
most relevant
national
symbols
Listen to the
traditional
songs about
the topics
Talk about
national
symbols

Listening to
the teacher
talking about
the
independence
of Colombia
and correcting
mistakes
Interviewing
classmates
about events
which occurred
in the
independence
of Colombia
Designing a
poster which
includes a
descriptions
about
Colombian
national
symbols and
heritage
Reading
magazines and
making a
statement
from the
reading
Listening to
the songs and

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JULIO BANDA
KAREN AVILEZ
LIGIA MARTINEZ
WILLIAM ZARZA

LISTENING STRATEGIES

singing in from
of the class in
order to
practice
vocabulary
and improving
pronunciation
Describing the
national
symbols and
their main
features.

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Story CDs: Listening-centre activities can include listening to story CDs interspersed with activities related to the text.
Hot-seating: One pupil chooses to be a particular story character and sits in the 'hot seat'. The other pupils ask questions to discover
the identity of the character. This works well for all ages.

Listen with care: As learners listen, they should focus on what is being said. They should keep their eyes on the person
while she is talking. They should stay focused on what she is saying by formulating questions in their heads, such as
"What's the main point of this conversation?"

SPEAKING STRATEGIES
Presentations: Students should be given opportunities to present information in class. The teacher should hold an informal show and
tell day where everyone brings something from home to share with the class. Finally, the teacher should give his/her class notice so
they can prepare and practice ahead of time.
Group Interaction: To help his/her English language learning classroom enjoy practicing speaking in English, the teacher should use
interactive strategies to help them build fluency when speaking. It is a good strategy for teachers to spend time talking about students
favorite topics of interest and bring material about them to the classroom to generate a sharing of ideas among students.
Role Playing: The teacher should provide opportunities for their students to engage in role-playing to improve their speaking skills.
The teacher should remind students to think in English with the phrases they know would be polite in a situation. For example, set up
a mock restaurant with a table and chair and practice ordering in English, or set up a mock store to practice buying something.
Reading Strategies

learn to read a language by studying its vocabulary, grammar, and sentence structure
learners read only sentences and paragraphs generated by textbook writers and instructors
looking for the meaning of unknown words to understand a text better

Writing Strategies

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Asking to the students about what they wish to say rather than the form so that they can begin to think of themselves as
capable writers.

It is the teacher who has to guide students to prepare and present their own ideas for writing activating their prior knowledge
and experiences

The teacher assist them in planning and gathering information, according to the topic and type of writing