UNIT OF WORK # 1

DRAFT #2

Trainee in charge​: Lafuente Rocha, Joana Marilia

Description of the school​:

F​ACTS​ A​BOUT​ T​HE​ S​CHOOL Name: EP N° 102 “Benito Lynch”

Type of school: It is a state-run, primary school

Built in: 1983

Situated at 1258 Torquinst Street between Ramón

Lista and Del Colegio Streets in Rafael Castillo City.

Number of students attending the school: approximately

260 students.

S​URROUNDINGS​ LOCATION: It is situated in a low-class neighbourhood.

NEARBY: There are shops, bus stops and modest houses.

ACCESS TO SCHOOL: Most of the students live near the school

and get to it on foot but some of them get to school by car.

B​UILDING It is an old, big and traditional school.

F​AÇADE It is an old, clean, tidy and well-painted school. The walls are painted in white

and the main door in light-blue.

I​NSIDE There is a big, comfortable and traditional headmaster’s office on the right.

There is a small, clean and tidy corridor on the right.

There are ten comfortable and traditional classrooms on both sides of the

corridor. There is a big clean kitchen on the left. There are two spacious patios, one of

them is roofed. There are two restrooms

C​LASSROOMS

The classrooms are big enough, airy and well-lit with two huge windows each. They are

painted in soft colour and decorated with posters from other subjects.

There are thirteen desks and twenty six chairs in each classroom. They have two fans

hanging from the ceiling, a heater and a cupboard which is at the back and the teacher`s

desk is in front.

G​ENERAL​ I​MPRESSION​ Most of the time there is an organized, noisy but respectful and a

good learning environment.

S​TUDENTS are well-behaved and talkative.

S​TAFF​ Headmistress Zulma, Cano

Vice Director Adriana, Ceballos

Secretary

Teachers of English: Rosa, Tuñez in the morning

Diego, Machado in the afternoon

Course​: ​4° A
Shift​:​ Morning

Timetable​: Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10am to 10.50am

Teacher in charge​:​ Tuñez, Rosa

Number of Students​: 24 (12 boys and 12 girls)

Average Age​: between 9 and 12 years old

Students’ Level of Proficiency​:

According to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning,

Teaching, Assessment, the level that applies to this class is ​BASIC USER A1-

BREAKTHROUGH:

“Can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at

the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type. Can introduce him/ herself and others and can

ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, people

he/she knows and things he/she has. Can interact in a simple way provided the other

person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.”

Common Reference levels, self-assessment grid:

​Understanding:

Listening:
The students can recognize familiar words and very basic phrases concerning myself, my

family and immediate concrete surroundings when people speak slowly and clearly.

​Reading:

The students can understand familiar names, words and very simple sentences, for

example on notices and posters or in catalogues.

​Speaking:

​Spoken interaction:

The students can interact in a simple way provided the other person is prepared to repeat

or rephrase things at a lower rate of speech and help them formulate what they are trying

to say. They can ask and answer simple questions in areas of immediate need or on very

familiar topics.

​Spoken production:

The students can use simple phrases and sentences to describe where they live and

people they know.

​Writing:

The students can write a short, simple postcard, for example sending holiday greetings.

They can fill in forms with personal details, for example entering their name, nationality and

address on a hotel registration form.

(Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching,

Assessment, 2001, pp. 24, 26​ )

Description of the group​:

S​EATING​ A​RRANGEMENT

Pairs Rows Groups

S​TUDENTS

motivated Talkative enthusiastic well-behave

Always Sometimes Never

Ask for x

permission

Copy fast x

Interrupt x

Listen to x

others

Participate

Pay x

attention

Respect x

each other

Shout x

answers

Use x

English

Volunteer x
Write on x

the board

B​ACKGROUND​ K​NOWLEDGE

P​RIOR​ ​KNOWLEDGE

Functions Greeting
Giving Personal Information (R)
Telling my name ( R)
Asking and talking about personal information R
Describing school objects R
Asking about colours R
Giving commands R
Expressing possessions R

Linguistic Exponents I + am + name

My + name + is + name
What + is + your + name?
Number + colour + noun
What + colour + is + it?
Open +your + folder
Open + your + book
Sit
Repeat (after me)
I + have + pets
I + don't + have + pet
Lexis Hello, Goodbye
Colours (black-white-green – red-orange- pink- yellow- blue-
grey- purple-brown)
Numbers (from 1 to 10)
Personal Pronouns (I- he- she)
Possessive Adjectives (my- his- her)
Family Members (Mum, dad, grandma, grandpa)
School objects (Pencil, pen, backpack, ruler, eraser and book,
folder)
Pets (Dog, cat, bird, rabbit, fish, spider, elephant)
T​HE​ T​EACHER

Always Sometimes Never

Allows answers in Spanish x

Allows talking about other x

subjects/topics

Corrects on the spot x

Corrects pronunciation x

Encourages the use of English x

Explains in English x

Gives homework x

Guides the students to make x

inferences

Takes correction home x

Uses English x

T​HE​ L​ESSONS

Always Sometimes Never

Begin with routines (greeting, date, weather x

condition)

Include a presentation text x

Require mostly…

… reading x

… writing x

… listening

… speaking

Include all the stages x

Go around only one activity/task x

Number of lessons​: 3 teaching lessons

3 practice lessons

1 integration

1 evaluation

Topic​: Birthday parties

Final Task​: The teacher will divide students into 6 groups of 4. Each group will have to

decide, design and draw a new menu for the Paul´s birthday in a poster that will be pin up

on the walls of the patio of the school. They will have to take into account all the guests

likes to create the menu. When they have finished, they will have to show their draws to

the rest and after all the groups presentations the class will have to choose what menu do

they like most.

Aims​:

· Fomentar el desarrollo de un pensamiento crítico y reflexivo en los niños.

· Dar lugar a que los niños, en contextos conocidos y didácticamente adecuados,

vayan participando en inglés, en la medida de sus posibilidades (interlengua),

aproximándose cada vez más a expresiones convencionalmente aceptadas y

comprensibles.

· Estimular y fomentar la creatividad y la imaginación en los niños a través de

prácticas de enseñanza que mantengan su interés y despierten su curiosidad.

· Generar un contexto de enseñanza que permita a los niños construir y operar con

el conocimiento de la lengua extranjera.

· Estimular la participación activa de los alumnos incluyendo distintas estrategias

metodológicas de acercamiento a la lengua extranjera.

http://servicios2.abc.gov.ar/lainstitucion/organismos/consejogeneral/disenioscurriculares/d

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OUTCOMES:

By the end of the unit, the students will have developed the ability to:.

-​Produce cohesive and coherent written texts about different using the function, ling.

exponent and vocabulary taught throughout the unit.

-Understand the importance of a good and balanced diet.

Connection with the topic and the final task

Content​:
 Consider, in each case, the semantic field & if they are N or R.

Functions​: ​N or R?

Linguistic Exponents​: ​N or R?

Lexis​: ​N or R? ​Include its phonetic transcription.

Other content​:

Curriculum Connections​:
Ciencias Naturales: el tema de la unidad se relaciona con las Ciencias Naturales debido a

que se trabaja con los distintos alimentos y se ve la importancia de estar bien alimentado

Lengua: Podemos establecer un enlace con el formato de nuestra presentación ya que

pensamos usar una historieta y en la clase de lengua están acostumbrados a tener

sesiones de lectura por lo cual el formato les va a resultar conocido

Assessment​:

Students Attitude Participation Performance Performance Test

Name in class in class in the Final

task

Alanis

Lopez,

Evelin

Altamirano,

Nicolas

Borruto,

Tiziano

Bustos G.

Melina

Cordoba,

Ludmila

Corvalan

Uriel Agustin
Fagotti,

Micaela

Galeano,

Ariana

Gonzalez,

Ayelen

Moreno,

Leonel

Lopez,

Ariana

Peralta

Bianca

Peralta,

Ezequiel

Quintana,

Thiago

Rios

Pacheco,

Benjamin

Rodriguez

Tomas

Rojas

Sandra
Romero,

Ludmila

Samaniego

Guanes, J

Torres

Nahiara

Vega Neri,

Roman

Villalba

Agustina

The Process​:

L​ESSON​ S​TAGE C​ONTENT​ (W​HAT​?) T​ECHNIQUE​ (H​OW​?)

Lesson #1

Recalling

Presentatio

Lesson #2

Recalling

Practice
Lesson #3

Recalling

Presentatio

Lesson #4

Recalling

Practice

Lesson #...

Recalling

Presentatio

Lesson #...

Recalling

Practice

Lesson #...

Bibliography​: Use APA Citation Guide/Style

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

Teacher’s Bibliography​:
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment.
Obtenido de

http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/linguistic/Source/Framework_EN.pdf

http://www.macmillandictionary.com/

http://www.wordreference.com/es/

Dirección General de Cultura y Educación de la Provincia de Bs.As. (2008). Diseño Curricular para
la Educación Primaria. Segundo Ciclo. La Plata, Buenos Aires. Obtenido
de:​http://servicios2.abc.gov.ar/lainstitucion/organismos/consejogeneral/disenioscurriculares/docume
ntosdescarga/diseniocurricularparaeducacionprimaria2ciclo.pdf

Dirección de Currícula (ed.). (2001). ​Diseño curricular de Lenguas Extranjeras niveles 1,2,
​ uenos Aires. Obtenido de:
3 y4. B
www.buenosaires.gob.ar/areas/educacion/tec/pdf/bibliografia3.pdf

Students’ bibliography:

Day 1
Lesson 1
Warming up
Objectives
T: Hello, Good morning
SEA: Hello/ Good morning
T
T. Pay attention Please. Look at here (pointing out to the reader`s book)
What is it?
SEA: A book.
T: Good and what is the name of the book?
SEA: my English trip reader
T: Very good. In this reader we have some activities and stories ok? I have a book for each of you.
In this moment the teacher will hand in a book to every student.
T: Do you all have a book? ¿Todos tienen libro? Yes or no?

SEA: Yes
T: ok let`s have a look together
Pre Presentation
Objectives

The teacher will open the book and she will ask to the students
T: What can you see in page number 1 ?
SEA: a comic
T: good. What is the name of the comic?
SEA: Cathy`s birthday
T: Good. So let`s start reading to see what is it about ok?
SEA: ok
After 2 minutes the teacher will check if the students have understood what the first part of the
comic is about
T: ok so what happen in this first part?
SEA: Cathy está en el supermercado
T: Good, y porque está ahí? Que fue a comprar?
SEA: fue a comprar hamburguesas pizzas
T: para que estará comprando eso? Se acuerdan cual es el título del comic?
SEA: Para su cumple
T: Para su cumple ok? So let’s have a look at activity number one
It says. Circle what of the following items do Cathy have for her birthday.
Entendieron lo que tienen que hacer? Quien me puede decir lo que hay que hacer?
SEA: Hay que hacerle un circulo a las cosas que Cathy compró
T: Very good. You have 2 minutes.