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Date: April 13th Level: 3rd grade, Secondary

Skill: Reading, Listening

Expected Outcomes: Vocabulary related with FRIENDSHIP. Being able to identify a certain
type of text.
Resources: English Book 3rd grade.

Time Comments

Introduction 5 min Greetings.

Ask questions about friendship. Do you have many
friends? How many GOOD friends do you have? Is it easy
or difficult to find real friends? What do you expect from
your friends?

Core of the class

Pre-stage 5 min Exercise on Page 8. Number 1.
Check.

While-stage 10 min Exercise on Page 9. Number 2.

Check. Answer key: a-4 / b-3 / c-1 / d-2 / e-5

Post-stage 20 min Reading “Making and Keeping friends”, from text book.
They read. I help them.

Closing 5 min Give key words from text. New vocabulary related to
friendship. Say it is their responsibility to understand and
look for those words. Say good bye.
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Date: April, 15th Level: 3rd grade, Secondary

Skill: Reading

Expected Outcomes: Identify 5 different phrasal verbs. Identify new vocabulary related to
Friendship.
Resources: English Book, 3rd grade.

Time Comments

Introduction 10 min Greetings. Call the role. Remember what we did the
previous class. What advices do they remember from the
reading they did? Can they name one or two?

Core of the class

Pre-stage 10 min Exercise on page 2. Number 4. True or False.

Exercise on page 10. Number 5. Phrasal verbs. Help them

understand what they all mean. Tell them that it is their
While-stage 35 min responsibility to learn them and to identify them in the next
test. Exercise on page 10. Number 6. Read the questions
for them. Do they understand them? Can they try to answer
in English?

Post-stage 30 min Explain Reported Speech. (Use page 121 from Teacher’s
book) Use only Affirmative and negative statements, when
giving examples.

5 min Make a short review of what we saw in class. Remember

Closing them to bring their text books next class. Say good bye.
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Date: April, 20th Level: 3rd grade, Secondary

Skill: Writing

Expected Outcomes: Proper use of “Reported Speech” rules.

Resources: Teacher’s own voice, material and examples on Reported speech and its use.
Prompt with Reported speech rules to post on the wall.

Time Comments

Introduction 10 min Greetings. Tell them that we are going to talk about
something called “Reported Speech”. Try to make them
think that this is something that we do unconsciously, but
still our brain follows an implicit rule.

Core of the class

Pre-stage 5 min What is reported speech? How do we use it and why?

While-stage 20 min Read with them the handout. Explain each rule in Reported
Speech one by one. Explain the example on the application
of each rule, and make them do one exercise per rule.

Post-stage 5 min Check comprehension. Post the prompt with rules on the
wall.

Closing 5 min Ask if there are any questions regardless what we saw. Tell
them they have to study at home so they can understand
better. If they have questions tell them to bring them next
class. Say good bye.
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Date: April, 22nd Level: 3rd grade, Secondary

Skill: Writing

Expected Outcomes: Proper use of the grammatical rules that govern Reported Speech. Correct
handling of specific vocabulary given by the teacher.
Resources: Teacher’s own voice, material and examples on Reported speech and its use.

Time Comments

Introduction 10 min Greetings. Call the role. Remember what we did last class.

Core of the class

Pre-stage 20 min Make a review of what we saw last class. Continue with
the explanation on “Reported Speech”. Explain the
example on the application of each rule, and make them do
one exercise per rule.

Ask the students to do the exercises at the end of the

While-stage 45 min handout. Help them if necessary. Take one students per
example to the board, so they can practice and correct each
other.

Present the activity “Famous phrases”. Ask 4 or 5 different

Post-stage 10 min pairs of students, (according to how much time we have) to
read one phrase and the other one has to report it using
what we saw in classes. (Note to myself: Pick one
advantaged student with one that I know is having a hard
time understanding the rules).

Closing 5 min Remember them to bring their book next class. Say good
bye.
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Date: April, 27th Level: 3rd grade, Secondary

Skill: Listening and Writing

Expected Outcomes: Proper use of “Adjectives of Personality” in context.

Resources: English book, 3rd grade. Teacher’s own voice.

Time Comments

Introduction 10 min Greetings. Talk about the characteristics they’d like their
friends had.

Core of the class Introduce the subject “Adjectives of personality”.

Pre-stage 5 min Read the adjectives contained in the yellow box, on page
11. Ask the questions on exercise 1.

Carry out the listening exercise on page 11. Read the

listening tip. Give essential vocabulary so each student can
While-stage 20 min understand what the teacher is going to say out loud. Tell
them vocabulary is their responsibility. Teacher reads what
each person says from teacher’s book. Read two times. Do
exercise 2 and 3.

Post-stage 5 min Explain the characters and their main features.

Closing 5 min Tell them to bring their book next class. Say good bye.
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Date: April, 29th Level: 3rd grade, Secondary

Skill: Writing

Expected Outcomes: Correct use of prefixes to create adjectives

Resources: English book, 3rd grade.

Time Comments

Introduction 10 min Greetings. Call the role. Remember the adjectives of

personality seen last class. Check again the yellow box on
page 11, exercise 1.

Core of the class

Pre-stage 15 min Introduce the OPPOSITE adjectives subject. Go to page 11
and tell the students we they are going to learn the
opposites of the adjectives they already know.

Teach them the opposites of each adjective. Try to explain

While-stage 40 min their meaning to the students. Make them try to guess what
prefix does one determined adjective take. Help them
realize that one should sound “better” than the others.

Post-stage 15 min Give them questions related to describing people and their
personalities, by means of the use of adjectives.

Tell the students to write a small text, very simple,

Closing 10 min describing their best friend, using the questions given as a
guide. They should also use some adjectives to describe
their best friend. Say good bye.
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Date: May, 4th Level: 3rd grade, Secondary

Skill: Writing
Expected Outcomes: The students should be able to apply properly the rules of “Reported
Speech” to produce coherent sentences.

Resources: Material created by the teacher.

Time Comments

Introduction 5 min Greetings. Ask if there are any questions from last class
related to Reported Speech, and its corresponding rules.
Do they understand?

Core of the class Ask them to hand in the assignment given last class related
Pre-stage 5 min to describe their best friend. Remember them how many
points have been assigned to their homework and that they
will be counted in the final result of the test.

Go over Reported Speech one more time. Give them the

exercises on the board, so they can write them on their
While-stage 25 min notebooks. Remind them that all new vocabulary taught in
classes it’s their responsibility to learn it and understand it
before the test.

Post-stage 5 min Last reminders before the test. Tell them they can bring
their Verbs sheet and their Tenses sheet, and that they will
be able to use the paper posted on the wall with the
Reported Speech rules.

Closing 5 min Say good bye and wait for them to leave the classroom.
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Date: May, 6th Level: 3rd grade, Secondary

Skill: Writing

Expected Outcomes: Be able to use successfully the rules that govern Reported Speech.
Identify 5 different phrasal verbs and different adjectives of personality.
Resources: Test prepared by the teacher.

Time Comments

Introduction 10 min Greetings. Call the role. Tell them the test has 2 rows (A
and B). Give away the tests. Go over each item and make
sure they comprehend all of them, to avoid further
unnecessary questions during the test.

Core of the class

Pre-stage Test

While-stage 75 min Test

Post-stage Test

Closing 5 min Take the tests away, when time says so. Say good bye.
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Date: May, 11th Level: 3rd grade, Secondary

Skill: Writing and Speaking

Expected Outcomes: Correct use and comprehension of 6 different kinds of ways of giving
advice to someone who needs it.
Resources: Material created by the teacher.

Time Comments

Introduction 5 min Greetings. Make questions related to the topic of the day.
Have you ever needed a piece of advice? Have you ever
given an advice to someone who needed it?

Core of the class

Pre-stage 5 min Tell them that we are going to see in this class 6 different
kind of ways of Giving Advice. (Should, Must, etc)

While-stage 25 min Write each one of them on the board and give them
examples of each type. Tell them to help me give more
pieces of advice to the problems given by the teacher.

Post-stage 5 min Remind them that all the ways of giving advice seen in this
class are their responsibility for the test. This includes new
vocabulary.

Closing 5 min Ask if they have any questions on the matter. If I don’t
have time to do it all, we could continue next class. Say
good bye.
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Date: May, 13th Level: 3rd grade, Secondary

Skill: Writing

Expected Outcomes: Good use of the 3 pending ways of giving advice to someone who needs
it.
Resources: Material created by the teacher.

Time Comments

Introduction 10 min Greetings. Call the role. Ask what they remember from last
class. Which ways of giving advice did we see? Could they
name them?

Core of the class

Pre-stage 15 min Write the 3 last ways of giving advice on the board.

While-stage 45 min Explain each one of them, one by one. Give them
examples of each type. Tell them to help me give more
pieces of advice to the problems given by the teacher.

Post-stage 10 min Remind them that all the ways of giving advice seen in this
class are their responsibility for the test. This includes new
vocabulary. Practice with images from teacher’s computer.

Ask if they have any questions on the matter. Give away

Closing 10 min their tests. Say good bye.
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Date: May, 18th Level: 3rd grade, Secondary

Skill: Writing

Expected Outcomes: Applying of any of the 6 different ways of giving advice taught in
previous classes.
Resources: Material created by the teacher.

Time Comments

Introduction 5 min Greetings. Tell them we are going to go over, once again,
the 6 different ways of giving advice. We are going to
practice them.

Core of the class

Pre-stage 5 min Show the activity. Remember to tell them that this is the
kind of activity they are going to find on the test.

While-stage 15 min Explain it, and tell them to practice. Take some students to
the board to do the activities for their classmates.

Ask them if they understand they way to apply properly

Post-stage 10 min the 6 ways of giving advice. Help them with anything they
need to understand what they are learning. Remind them
that all new vocabulary it’s their responsibility.

Closing 10 min Hand in the last tests that were taken the previous class.
Explain T-shirts project for next Thursday. Say good bye.
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Date: May, 20th Level: 3rd grade, Secondary

Skill: Writing, Speaking

Expected Outcomes: Be able to create original slogans or phrases for the project together with
the correct application of the 6 different ways of giving advice + giving reasons
Resources: Material created by the teacher.

Time Comments

Introduction 5 min Greetings. Call the role. Explain the activity of creating
T-shirts with interesting messages created by them.

Tell them to find their groups so they can start working

(Groups not more than 5). “Take out your materials and
start working”. Give them the outline of what they have to
Core of the class say in front of the class to help them do the activity.
Pre-stage 10 min Explain the new part (how to give reasons using because.
Show them the examples on the material created).
Example, “You should buy this T-Shirt because it is very
original and unique”

Make them star working on the slogans and on how they

While-stage 45 min are going to present in front of the class their projects next
class. Tell them to be creative, with slogans and
presentation itself.

25 min Each group presents briefly their projects and what they
Post-stage could do with their materials. They have to offer their
creations and tell their classmates that they should buy
them and why. Their classmates say whether they would
buy the T-shirts or not.

Closing 5min Encourage them for the good work. Say good bye.
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Date: May, 25 Level: 3rd grade, Secondary

Skill: Speaking

Expected Outcomes: Correct use of 5 of the expressions to Give Advice + Giving Reasons
(using because)
Resources: Each group has their own material, created by them.

Time Comments

Introduction 5 min Greetings. Ask the students to gather in groups to start the
presentations. Explain the evaluation rubric before
presentations start.

Core of the class Call groups one by one to start presentations. Let them
Pre-stage 15 min show their “creations”, and encourage them for the good
work and effort. Ask the rest of the students whether they
understood what their classmates said or not.

Ask the students to repeat the part where they gave the
While-stage 15 min piece of advice to buy their T-Shirts. Make sure everybody
listened to it.

Post-stage 5 min Tell the students this was good practice for the test.

Closing 5 min Remember the students they have the test next class.
Encourage them for their presentations. Say good bye.
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Date: May, 27th Level: 3rd grade, Secondary

Skill: Writing

Expected Outcomes:

Resources: Test prepared by the teacher.

Time Comments

Introduction 10 min Greetings. Call the role. Greetings. Call the role. Tell them
the test has 2 rows (A and B). Give away the tests. Go over
each item and make sure they comprehend all of them, to
avoid further unnecessary questions during the test.

Core of the class

Pre-stage Test

While-stage 75 min Test

Post-stage Test

Closing 5 min Take the tests away, when time says so. Say good bye.
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Date: June, 1st Level: 3rd grade, Secondary

Skill: Speaking

Expected Outcomes: Correct use of 5 of the expressions to Give Advice + Giving Reasons
(using because)
Resources: Each group has their own material, created by them.

Time Comments

Introduction 5 min Greetings. Ask the students to gather in groups to start the
last presentations (3 groups)

Core of the class Call groups one by one to start presentations. Let them
Pre-stage 10 min show their “creations”, and encourage them for the good
work and effort. Ask the rest of the students whether they
understood what their classmates said or not.

Ask the students to repeat the part where they gave the
While-stage 15 min piece of advice to buy their T-Shirts. Make sure everybody
listened to it.

After presentations finished, introduce new subject. Tell

students that Speaking is something very important, and
Post-stage 10 min that we are going to do something really interesting to
encourage the use of the foreign language. Show them the
jokes taken from the internet and tell them they should
make groups and pick one. Explain them how the activity
is going to work.

Closing 5 min Tell them that next class they should have already
assembled the couples to start the activity. Leave the sheet
with jokes, so they can take copies. Say good bye.
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Date: June, 3rd Level: 3rd grade, Secondary

Skill: Speaking

Expected Outcomes: Students should be able to pronounce correctly the Jokes given by the
teacher.
Resources: Material given by the teacher. Students and Teacher’s own voices and abilities.

Time Comments

Introduction 10 min Greetings. Call the role. Ask the students if they have their
groups ready and if they have already picked one joke.

Remember them the purpose of the class. Show them a

video with the same activity done in the Summer Camp, so
Core of the class they can see how they should do it. When they already
Pre-stage 15 min have their groups set, make them pick a paper with an
“emotion” written on it. Remember there must be couples
representing the same joke as other couples, but they have
to show the “emotion”.

Help them practice what they have to say. Move around

While-stage 45 min the groups asking if they need any help. Tell more
advanced students to help their classmates with
pronunciation.

Post-stage 15 min Help the groups that have to use the “emotion” given to
really express it. Teacher must give the example.

Remember they could bring material to present in class

Closing 5 min what they have prepared (like cups, plates, flowers,
candles, etc). They could also dress up, if they want to.
Say good bye.
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Date: June, 8th Level: 3rd grade, Secondary

Skill: Speaking

Expected Outcomes: Students should be able to pronounce correctly their “jokes”. They must
make a good use of English.
Resources: Student’s voices and material.

Time Comments

Introduction 5 min Greetings. Ask for them to be in order. Tell the first group
to come to the front and prepare their presentation.

Core of the class Before first group starts, remind them what things I am
Pre-stage 5 min evaluating. Tell them they should try to understand the
joke by looking at the context. Let the presentations start,
one by one.

Make the normal joke go out first, and then the opposite.
While-stage 25 min Reinforce what they said, by repeating the joke.

Post-stage 5 min Congratulate them for the good job done.

Closing 5 min In case we didn’t have time to see all of the presentations,
tell them we will continue next class. Say goodbye.
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Date: June, 10th Level: 3rd grade, Secondary

Skill: Speaking

Expected Outcomes: Students should be able to apply and use specific vocabulary related to
their own jokes.
Resources: Student’s own voices and given material.

Time Comments

Introduction 10 min Greetings. Call the role. Tell them I will give them time to
prepare themselves.

Core of the class

Pre-stage 5 min Write on the board the corresponding emotions so they can
identify them after watching their peers presentations.

After giving them time to prepare and set up the sketches,

start the presentations. One group at a time. First a joke
While-stage 60 min with no “emotion”, and then the same joke, but now with
the “emotion”. Ask students if they have any questions
regarding the new vocabulary or any phrases they did not
understand.

Post-stage 10 min Encourage them for the work done

Tell them next class they have to present the optional

Closing 5 min activity for an extra mark. Say goodbye.

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Date: June, 15th Level: 3rd grade, Secondary

Skill: Writing

Expected Outcomes: Students should be able to remember and apply the most important
contents seen this semester.
Resources: Material created by the teacher, Tenses sheet, verbs sheet

Time Comments

Introduction 5 min Greetings. Tell the students that next class we will
continue with pending presentations.

Core of the class

Pre-stage 5 min Tell students that now we are going to practice for the
coming test.

While-stage 25 min Give them the handout with exercises for them to practice.
Take students to the board. Answer questions that may
arise.

Post-stage 5 min Remember them that next class we have a c.2 test.

Closing 5 min Say goodbye.

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Date: June, 17th Level: 3rd grade, Secondary

Skill: Writing, Reading

Expected Outcomes: Students should be able to remember and apply the most important
contents seen this semester.
Resources: Test prepared by the teacher.

Time Comments

Introduction 10 min Greetings. Call the role. Greetings. Call the role. Tell them
the test has 2 rows (A and B). Give away the tests. Go over
each item and make sure they comprehend all of them, to
avoid further unnecessary questions during the test.

Core of the class

Pre-stage Test

While-stage 75 min Test

Post-stage Test

Closing 5 min Take the tests away, when time says so. Say good bye.

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Date: June, 22nd Level: 3rd grade, Secondary

Skill: Reading, speaking

Expected Outcomes: Students should be able to comprehend the vocabulary contained in the
game together with the use of the knowledge they already have to carry on the game.
Resources: Game created by the teacher.

Time Comments

Introduction 2 min Greetings. Tell students that pending presentations must be

given before beginning with the activity of the day.

Core of the class

Pre-stage 10 min Evaluate pending presentations. After having done this, tell
students to split in groups so they can play.

Explain the game (Memorice). Tell them there are

25 min different categories in which they can play. Move around
While-stage the groups of 6 or 7 students so I can help them in case
they need aid. Exchange the games between the groups
once they have finished with one of them.

Post-stage 5 min Ask them how they liked the game. Help them with
vocabulary they do not know.

Closing 3 min Retire the games. Say goodbye.

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Date: June, 24th Level: 3rd grade, Secondary

Skill: Speaking

Expected Outcomes: Students have to play the games that have been prepared using their
imaginations and previous knowledge
Resources: Student’s own voices and imagination

Time Comments

Introduction 10 min Greetings. Call the role. Tell them we are going to carry
out several entertaining activities.

Core of the class

Pre-stage 15 min Carry out the games “Verb – Adverb”, “21”, “Heads up –
7 up”, Word chain”.

While-stage 20 min Carry out the games “Verb – Adverb”, “21”, “Heads up –
7 up”, Word chain” (Give them assessment when
necessary).

Post-stage 30 min Carry out the games “Verb – Adverb”, “21”, “Heads up –
7 up”, Word chain”.

Closing 15 min Finish the activities and encourage them for their good
work. Say goodbye.