UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO

FACULTAD DE ESTUDIOS SUPERIORES IZTACALA

DEPARTAMENTO DE IDIOMAS
Nivel 5
Global Elementary Units 5, 6, 7
Objective:
At the end of this lesson students will be able to describe the frequency in which certain events
are carried out in order to inform, contrast and compare the different habits that people and the industry have regarding the world of cinema.

ORAL TASK WRITTEN TASK

“Film Industry and Habits” Teams/Pairs. “Film Review”
Ss will give a talk about the film industry and the movie habits that people of Ss will write a review about their favorite English film to nominate it for a film festival at
different ages have in order to inform their classmates and others about it. school.
Pre-task: Assign one of the following categories to each team: Pre-task: Ss will work on SB page 64 Preparing to write.
Animated films, horror films, comedy, musicals, romantic films, documentaries, Task: The English Department is organizing a film festival for the next month. Can you
independent films, films for TV. recommend an English movie for the festival? Write a review about your favorite
Ss are required do research about the film industry in advance. English movie.
Task: How often does the cinema industry make comedy, horror, musical, etc films?
How many does it make every year? Who watches these films?
Give a presentation about the habits of both the film industry and people who watch
movies. Use an infographic to illustrate your presentation.
NOTION FUNCTION VOCABULARY USE OF ENGLISH SKILLS PRODUCTION

Types of films
Thriller, sci-fi, romantic, drama, A: What’s your favorite film?
animated, horror, comedy, musical, B: Finding Nemo Reading & Listening
documentary, film, noir, etc. Make a pitch
WB page 31 A: What type of film is it? SB page 56 Reading ex 1-4.
SB page 57 B: It’s an animated film Track 2.20

W Written
Adjectives to describe films A: What’s it about?
E B: It’s set in Australia. A clown
Boring, exciting, funny, sad, scary, A pitch
E Talking about, fish crosses the ocean looking
interesting, depressing, dull, overrated, Listening & Speaking Write a pitch for a film.
K Entertainment: recommending for his son, Nemo with the help
predictable, etc Pronunciation /ɪ/and /iː/ SB page 57 Writing Ex. B
Films and describing of a fish named Dory. They meet
SB page 57 SB page 56 Pronunciation ex
1 films. a lot of sea creatures and have a 1-2. Track 2.22
A Pitch lot of adventures on the way.
SB page 56 Speaking
A: How do you like it? SB page 56 Pronunciation ex
Phrases to talk about films B: It’s really interesting. I 3-4.
It takes place in/ on… recommend it.
It’s set in… Writing
I recommend it. A pitch
SB page 57 Writing Ex. A
 Every year, there are around
4000 new films in the world.
Oral
China sells 1,430,000,000 movie
tickets every year. Reading and Listening Survey: Film Habits
World Cinema What are your
My family and I go to the movies SB page 54 Reading and classmates’ film habits?
twice a month. Listening Ex. 1-3. Track 2.18 Make a survey to find
Talking about the Frequency Adverbs
out how often they:
frequency in Every + day/ week/weekend/ month/
I go alone to the cinema once a -go to the movies
which something year
month. -buy pirate movies
happens, Once
W -watch movies online
Twice + a day, week,
E SB page 54 -download movies
Three, four, etc. times month, year
E -attend film premiers
How often…?
K SB page 55
-read film reviews, etc
WB page 30 Use SB page 55
1 Vocabulary & Speaking ex
3 as reference.
Collocations & Actions related to films
Frequency of Buy a ticket, read the film reviews,
Events watch the film, go to the cinema, sit at
the front, at the back, in the middle.
Buy/download (pirate) movies/films, A: How often do you go to the Listening
attend film premiers, etc cinema? How often do you go to
SB page 55 Vocabulary and Speaking B: I go twice a month. the cinema?
SB page 63 Listening. Track
A: How often do you buy pirate 2.39-2.44
Describing and movies?
asking about the B: I buy pirate movies at the flea Speaking
frequency in Extend vocabulary market every weekend. A trip to the cinema
which we It depends on SB page 55 Vocabulary &
perform certain SB page 63 Language Focus; Speaking ex 1. A: How often do you watch Speaking ex 3.
activities. movies at home?
Reading
B: It depends on what movies
A Review
are on. I think three or four
SB page 64 Reading Ex. 1-4.
times a month.
Writing
SB page 55
A Film Review
SB page 64 Writing skills;
language focus.
Objective:
Students will share information about their television preferences and routines in order to compare and contrast their likes and habits with others’. They will also discuss about
different television theories.

ORAL TASK WRITTEN TASK

“The Role of Television in Our Lives”. Whole class. Team A & B “TV to Learn”. Individual.
Ss will debate about the role that television plays in our daily life in order to conclude Ss will write a recommendation about a TV programme to be used for activities at the
if it affects our lives positively or negatively. media center.
Pre-task: Ss are required to do research about the topic in advanced.
Task: You’re going to have a debate about the influence of TV in our lives. Task:
Team A: You think TV has a positive influence in our lives. The English Department wants to create new activities for the media center. Write a
Team B: You think TV has a negative influence in our lives note to the coordination recommending a TV programme that you think can help
Share your ideas and reach a conclusion. English learners to practice and learn the language.
Think about the following:
 Is television a positive or negative influence in our lives? Use WB page 36 Preparing to write as a reference.
 How important is it in your daily life?
 What are the good and bad consequences of watching TV?
NOTION FUNCTION VOCABULARY USE OF ENGLISH SKILLS PRODUCTION
Types of TV programmes I love TV series. My favorite is
-Comedy, documentary, film, TV series, news, How I Met Your Mother, it’s a
soap operas, cartoons, drama. comedy and it’s very funny.
-Sports, travel/ holiday, kids/children’s,
cooking, music, wildlife, educational + My sister Veronica loves soap
programme. operas. I’m not keen on them so
-Talk, game + show. I don’t watch any. I like Speaking
WB page 32 educational programmes, that’s Do you watch…?
W
what I watch on TV. And game SB page 58 Vocabulary
E
Talking and Verbs & expressions to describe preferences shows too. They’re fun. Ex. 3
E
asking about -Like, love, enjoy, prefer, fancy
K
Entertainment: the types of -Dislike, detest, hate, despise A: Do you fancy documentaries?
Television. TV -To (not) be a fan of… B: Yes, I do but I prefer wildlife
2
programmes -To (not) be keen on… programmes.
people watch.
Adjectives to describe movies & TV A: What’s your favorite soap Listening
programmes. opera? SB page 58 Listening Ex.
Interesting, funny, boring, great, scary, dull, B: I’m not a fan of soap operas. I 1-2. Tracks 2.24- 2.28.
silly, inspiring, exciting, sad, fun, depressing, detest them. But I like a TV
overrated, predictable, etc series, The Big Bang Theory.
A: I love it! It’s great. I also enjoy
Recycle the comedy FRIENDS. It’s old but
- Object pronouns really funny.
- Also & Too
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Frequency Adverbs A: I dislike the news. They’re
Always, usually, often, sometimes, not often, always depressing. Therefore, I
hardly ever, never. never watch them. Do you watch
WB pages 30, 31 the news? Reading
B: Yes, I do but I don’t fancy Global soaps
2 WB page 34
Conjunctions them. My partner enjoys the
- Addition: And, also, as well as news. She often watches the
- Contrast: but, however, although, news in the mornings and at WRITTEN
- Effect: so, therefore nights so I watch them too.
Making - Reason: because, since What are the best shows
W - Time: while, when, before, after. A: Do you watch TV at nights? Speaking on TV nowadays?
conversation:
E B: No, I don’t. I never watch TV Making conversation Write a
talking and SB page 59 Speaking Ex.
E Television Recycle: before I go to bed. recommendation for
asking about 1-3.
K Habits -Parts of the day and days of the week. A: What type of TV shows do you one of the following
people’s TV
habits and -Daily routines and activities. like? types of TV
2 preferences. -Words to describe movies & TV programmes. B: I enjoy travel programmes, but programmes:
-Verbs and expressions to describe preferences. I hardly ever watch them on TV. - comedy
-Type/ Kind/ Sort of… - drama
Reading & Writing
A: What kind of programmes - travel or cooking show
Recommending a TV
does Carlos enjoy? - talk show
programme.
B: He usually watches cooking - educational
WB page 36
shows and travel programmes programme.
too. WB page 36 Ex. Preparing
SB pages 58, 59 to write; Useful phrases.

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Students are already familiar with the vocabulary and grammar. Focus on the place of adverbs in a sentence and on making conversation tips.
2
The book does not provide with materials to teach or practice these vocabulary items.
 Phrasal Verbs related to TV
Sit down, stand up, turn down, turn off, turn
up, take up (start doing sth), take off (improve),
to be on. If you watch a lot of TV, you get Listening
SB page 60 sore eyes. The light from the TV SB page 60 Vocabulary
WB page 32 hurts your eyes. & Pronunciation Ex. 3

Adjectives to describe states and qualities. People that watch TV for long
Crazy, lazy, violent, fat, stupid, intelligent, hours become lazy and fat. If you
frightened, ill, paranoid, sit down in front of the TV for
ORAL
SB page 60 Reading Ex. 1 long hours, you don’t do exercise Reading & Listening
and you get fat. Television Theories
Talking about I don’t want to watch
W the good and Verbs & Nouns related to TV theories SB page 60 Reading
Children that see violence on TV that anymore.
E bad -To hurt, to make, to cause, to become, to get, or take up violent programmes, Pairs. Role- play two
E Television consequences to develop´. become violent adults. people watching TV.
K Theories of watching -Crime, effect, society. -Student A: You want to
TV and certain SB page 60 Reading Ex. 1 Educational programmes make
Listening watch something
2 TV you intelligent. Children that different, convince SB
Health problems watch these kind of programmes, Stress
programmes. that the current
Headache, sore eyes, backache. WB page 33
develop more quickly. programme is terrible.
SB page 60 Reading Ex. 1 Pronunciation 2. Track
1.16 -Student B: You don’t
want to change the
Extend vocabulary
channel. Convince SA
Watch vs See
that your programme is
SB page 60
WB page 32 Speaking ok and that his/hers
Television theories isn’t.
SB page 60 Speaking Ex. SB page 61 Speaking Ex. A
Zero Conditional
B.
If
Objective:
At the end of this lesson, students will be able to identify, describe and enquire about the abilities and skills people possess and/ or are needed for jobs and studying matters.
They will describe and ask about what is possible to have, get, obtain or do in a job. They will also be able to request further information about jobs’ specifications and
requirements.
ORAL TASK WRITTEN TASK
“Job Interview”. Pairs “Applying for a job”. Individual/ Pairs
Task: Students will role- play a job interview. Pre-task: SB page 76 Preparing to write ex 1 & 2
Student A: You applied for a job in an English speaking country. Answer the Task: Ss will write an application letter for a job.
interviewer’s questions and request further information about the salary, the schedule, You saw some ads for job in English speaking countries. Write an application letter to
the activities and the possibilities in your job. apply for one of them.
Student B: You’re going to interview a candidate for a job you advertised. Ask the Use SB page 76 Writing ex 1 as reference.
candidate his personal information and enquire about his abilities and skills to check if
he’s suitable for the job.
NOTION FUNCTION VOCABULARY USE OF ENGLISH SKILLS PRODUCTION
3
Jobs
Mechanical engineer, Physicist, Chemist,
High School teacher
Au pair, Bus driver, Sports coach, Tourist Listening & Reading
guide, etc. The Gallup Survey
Sb page 66 Vocabulary and Reading ex 1 My dad is a chemist and he SB page 66, 130
WB page 39 Vocabulary 1A, B works for a big pharmaceutical Vocabulary and Reading
W
company. He works in a ex 2, 3.
E Workplaces laboratory with a lot of people.
E Adjective/ Noun + company / center /
K department/ laboratory/
Talking and asking A: What do you do? Writing
Jobs and
about what people (Pharmaceutical company, research center, B: I’m a pediatric nurse. I work Can you guess the job?
3 workplaces. English department/ Physics laboratory)
do for a living. with children in the XXI Century SB page 66 Vocabulary
Hospital. and Reading ex 5
Collocations with “work”
Work in + workplace A: What does your mom do?
Work for + a + noun. B: She works for a research Speaking
Work with + noun company. She’s physicist. Speaking tasks
SB page 66 Vocabulary & Reading ex 4 SB page 66 Vocabulary
and Reading ex 6

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Ss have already learned vocabulary about jobs. However, this session is aimed to widen ss vocabulary about jobs and workplaces.
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Abilities and skills
Use a computer
Find information on the Internet
Work with other people
Type Listening
Learn new things A: Can you type? SB page 69 Pronunciation
Speak another language B: Yes, I can. I can type very ex. 1, 2. Track 2.51-2.52
Understand instructions in English quickly.
Etc. WRITTEN
SB page 69 I can use a computer very well Job
WB page 39 Vocabulary 2 and find information on the Speaking & Listening advertisement
Internet quickly. However, I Can Make an ad for
W 5
Talking and asking Adverbs of manner can’t work with other people WB page 41 Pronunciation one of the
E
about people’s Quickly easily. 1 following jobs:
E Abilities and (Not) very/ really well Au pair, bus
abilities and how
K skills for work
fast or well they Slowly Mrs. Lopez can speak Russian driver, cook,
and study.
can perform certain Easily and Chinese, but she can’t sports coach,
3 Badly tourist guide.
actions. speak English. Reading & Listening
Perfectly Ten facts about typing Include the
SB page 69 Although I can translate texts SB page 68 Reading ex 1-3 abiities, skills and
WB page 37 from English into Spanish, I qualities
can’t speak them. necessary for the
Conjunctions* job.
And WB page 37 SB page 76 (use
However SB page 69 the reading as a
Although model)
*The book does not provide material to
teach this topic.

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Students have already learned and practiced the grammar structure. However, the notion, function and vocabulary are new to them.
5
Orient ss in the formation of –ly adverbs.
 Listening
I can’t use the phone to make Work benefits
Vocabulary related to work personal calls, but I can use my SB page 67 Listening ex 2
Salary cell-phone at work. Track 2.46- 2.49
Days off
Holidays A: Can I use the sports
Bonus facilities?
CV B: Yes, you can. All employees Writing & Speaking
Job advertisement and their families can access SB page 67 Writing ex 1, 2.
Training the sports facilities.
Describing and
Apply
enquiring about
Possibilities at Application A: Can Julia have long
what can and can’t
work. Full/ Part time job holidays? Listening & Speaking
be done at the
Flexible hours. B: No she can’t. She can have Can and can’t.
workplace.
Employee two short holidays during the SB page 41 Pronunciation
Employer year. 1 ORAL
W Survey
CEO
E
Company president The company president can What’s the most
E
Assistant have a parking space, but I Writing & Reading popular work or
K
Manager can’t. A job application study skill in your
SB page 76 Reading; classroom? What
3
Work benefits SB page 67 Writing skills; language skills do you think
Have + Free meals, holidays, paid vacations, WB page 37 focus. are necessary to
health insurance, a pension, training, a acquire?
social life, a good salary, a flexible schedule, Make a survey to
free parking. A: Can you repeat the find out what
information, please? your partners’
Use + a company car, the sports facilities, B: Sure. study and work
have a social life, the phone for personal Listening abilities are.
phone calls, your cell-phone, etc. A: Could you answer some Meetings Share your results
Making requests in with the class.
questions, please? SB page 74 Listening ex 1,
different degrees of
Requests and Get + a raise, a promotion, a new office, a B: I’m sorry, but I’m busy in this 2. Track 2.59-2.61
politeness and
responses bonus. moment.
responding to
SB page 67
them.
A: Could you tell me about the Speaking
salary? SB page 74 Speaking ex. B
B: Of course.

SB page 74 Language Focus

Objective:
Ss will use the past simple tense to share information about their school days and to describe remarkable people or events. They will also talk about the latest news there are.

ORAL TASK WRITTEN TASK

“News Broadcast”. Pairs/ Trios. “Applying for a training course”. Individual
Ss will play the role of newscasters. They will broadcast a short news capsule about the Ss will write an application letter/e-mail to be part of a training course abroad
latest news in their city. Pre-task: Work with activities on WB page 43, 44 ex 1-5
Pre-task: Ss or teacher should bring newspapers (preferably in English) no older than 1 Task:
month. You’re interested in taking one of the following training courses abroad:
1. Ss will select a piece of news from the newspaper. a) English as a second language
Task: b) Academic English: your ticket to foreign universities
Prepare a news segment with the information from the newspaper and broadcast it to c) English for touristic purposes.
inform the class about the recent news in your town. (2 mins. Max) Write your application letter/ e-mail WB page 44 Writing. Use WB page 43 Reading as reference.
NOTION FUNCTION VOCABULARY USE OF ENGLISH SKILLS PRODUCTION
Types of schools When I was in secondary school I was
Elementary/Primary school interested in sports and arts, so I attended
Nursery/ Kindergarten sports and cultural events.
University/ College I could play soccer, basketball and baseball Speaking
Secondary/ High school very well, but I couldn’t draw or paint. School Days
WB page 39 Vocabulary 3A SB page 73 Speaking
WB page 40 Vocabulary 3B My favorite subjects in high school were
School Subjects science and English. I attended science
SB page 72 fairs and cultural events.
W WB page 40 Vocabulary 4A, B Listening
E Phrases to describe abilities A: Were you good at math? Two-syllable words
E To be good/terrible at B: No, I wasn’t. I was terrible at math, but I WB page 41 Pronunciation
K (Not) to be interested in was a little bit good at chemistry. 2. Track 1.19
Talking about past
SB page 72 Language Note
School abilities,
Extend vocabulary A: What was your favorite subject in high
4 Years. preferences and
A (little) bit school?
school life.
Sb page 73 Extend your vocabulary. B: I think that it was arts. Listening & Reading
Wb page 40 School Days
Common expressions in English A: I think you were good at sports. SB page 73 Reading and
I think B: No, I wasn’t. I was terrible at them. listening ex 1-4. Track 2.58
I think that
SB page 75 Language Focus A: I took gymnastics class in secondary Listening
Verbs in simple past tense school and I was very good at it. I was Learning at home
To be interested in other sports too. WB page 41 Listening
Can
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Study, Attend, Take, Have WB page 38
Conjunctions
So
But

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These verbs are suggested since they relate closely to the notion “School Years” and function presented. However, since ss have already learned and worked with the simple
past tense, they may want to include other verbs they know as well. Teacher must verify such verbs are suitable for the context.
 Regular and irregular verbs in the past
tense. (affirmative and negative form)
Sb page 79, 81 Nikola Tesla was born on July 10th,
WB page 45, 46, 47 1856. Tesla was a Serbian- American,
inventor, physicist, and futurist famous
Time expressions to refer to the past for his contributions to the design of
For (2 years, one month, some days, etc) the modern alternating current (AC) Listening
From (1988, the beginning og this year, electricity supply system. He worked The news from Local to
etc) to (1989, last month, etc) for Thomas Alva Edison for a short Global
(Two months, 1 year, etc) + ago time and he also conducted a variety SB page 78 Reading &
Until (he returned, 1950, last month) Listening ex 1-4. Track
of experiments in his laboratory.
Last 3.01
Identifying dead Yesterday morning, night, etc
or alive people WB page 45
W
who did Reading
E
Remarkable important things Units of time Person of the Century
E Julian Paul Assange was born on 3rd
people and in the near or Decade (the 50’s, the 1970’s) WB page 42 Reading
K July, 1971 in Australia. He is a
events. distant past. Century (I, IV, XIII)
Describing what computer programmer, publisher and Writing
4
they did and Prepositions journalist. He founded the website Speaking My Autobiography
when it was done. In, On, At, In, To WikiLeaks in 2006. This website Regular verbs( -ed) Write your own
SB page 79 became very popular in 2010 because endings autobiography.
WB page 47 it published U.S. military and SB page 81Pronunciation Include information
diplomatic documents. The US ex 1 about your school
(continues in the next page) Government wanted to arrest WB page 48 background too.
Assange, but Ecuador’s government Pronunciation 1. Track WB page 79
1.21 Writing activity 3
gave him political asylum at their
London’s embassy.
 The Mexican President Enrique Peña
Recycle vocabulary: Nieto, elected in 2012, met the
Jobs and occupations. parents of the missing students from
Nationalities Iguala, Guerrero last Thursday
Demonyms. evening. According to reports, the
Object Pronouns meeting wasn’t successful and the
parents weren’t happy with the way Reading
Linking words*
the President treated them. Describing an Event
But
SB page 88 Describing an
Because Police officers at Dublin stopped four
However Event Reading ex 1, 2
mafia leaders yesterday morning. The
Although
officers arrested the men when they Writing
W So
boarded a plane to Rome. The officers Avoiding Repetition
E When Oral
received a medal for their brave arrest. SB page 88 Writing skills News Broadcast
E Giving news and
News Stories ex 1, 2
K re-telling stories. Extend your vocabulary Last month, Alan Eustace broke Felix Create a news
SB page 88 Language
History vs story broadcast. Follow
Baumgartner’s 39,045-m high-altitude Focus ex 1, 2
4 SB page 80 the instructions on
skydive record from October, 2012.
Wb page 47 Extend your vocabulary. SB page 81
Eustace also set new world records for
Speaking.
vertical speed and free fall distance. Listening
Where do you get your
news?
WB page 48 Listening
SB pages 78, 80 & 81

* The books do not provide with materials to teach or practice these vocabulary items. Teacher should bring his own materials.
Objective:
Students will describe and ask about the who, what, when, where, how and why of past events to tell short stories and anecdotes. They will also describe present and past
weather conditions.

ORAL TASK WRITTEN TASK

“I can’t believe it, tell me more” Trios “Anecdotes” Pairs.
Ss will ask and answer questions to learn more about an unfortunate event. Ss will write about a funny, crazy or scary anecdote to participate in a contest.
Pre-task: Ss will elaborate a list containing the following information:
Pre-task: What’s the most unfortunate anecdote you have? A name, a place, a date or time expression, a type of weather and a weather idiom.
Think about what, where and when it happened and all the details around it. Ex: Melisa, downtown Mexico City, two months ago, rainy, to rain on someone’s
parade.
Student A, B & C: Teacher will then, hand out the lists to different teams.
1. Tell your story to your partners but don’t give them a lot of details so they get Task: The teachers from level 5 are organizing a writing contest for the students.
curious and can ask you questions to learn more about your anecdote. Would you like to have three extra points in your final exam and win $5,000? Write a
2. Ask follow-up questions to the student telling the story in order to have all the funny, crazy or scary anecdote using all the prompts your teacher gave you to
details and have the opportunity to re-tell the complete story later. participate in the contest.
3. Decide what story has the most details and is the most interesting. As a team, tell
the story to the rest of the class.
NOTION FUNCTION VOCABULARY USE OF ENGLISH SKILLS PRODUCTION
Nouns related to the weather A: What’s the weather like today?
Clouds, rain, snow, sun, wind, heat, B: It’s freezing cold and I don’t like it. I Reading
cold, thunder, lightning, fog, humidity prefer hot weather. Clouds
SB page 82 Vocabulary WB page 49, 50
WB page 47 Vocabulary 2A A: What’s your favorite type of
weather?
Words to describe the weather: Noun B: Cloudy and chilly. I love cold
+y weather. What about you?
Windy, cloudy, rainy, snowy, sunny, A: I think that I prefer sunny days.
W warm, (boiling) hot, (freezing) cold, Cloudy weather is depressing. Reading & Listening
E Describing chilly, foggy, humid, scorching, The great Eskimo
Weather
E weather drizzling, A: What was the weather like vocabulary hoax.
Conditions
K conditions SB page 82 Language note yesterday? SB page 82, 83.
WB page 48 Vocabulary 2B B: It was really nice. It was hot, but not
5 boiling hot.
Adjectives & adverbs to describe the
weather A: Is it rainy in your town?
Nice, great, awful, terrible B: No, it isn’t. It’s really hot. Speaking
Mild, partly, really, extremely, very Would you like to...
*The grammar item to revise at this SB page 83 Speaking ex. C.
Dummy subject (pronoun) “It” stage is the use of the dummy subject Work only with
SB page 83 “It” conversation 3.
WB page 46 Grammar 4
 Idioms related to the weather
To be on cloud nine
It’s raining cats and dogs
To steal someone’s thunder
To make a storm in a teacup
To be under the weather
To chill out
To rain on someone’s parade.
Words & expressions to describe
feelings and states.
-Worried, concerned, anxious
-Tired, exhausted, burnt out, weary
-Hungry, starving, famished,
-Excited, thrilled, pumped up
Telling -Happy, delighted, blissed, pleased,
W Recounts anecdotes. - Sad, blue, terrible, awful
E and -Angry, upset, mad, furious, steamed-
E anecdotes up
K -Scared, afraid, frightened, horror-
strucked, terrified
5 a weather event. Ex
7 Preparing to write and
Verb patterns (aff, neg)
1) (Not)Like, love, enjoy, hate, stop,
finish, end up + verb in the
present participle form.
2) Decide, need, try, want, manage,
promise, choose, forget + verb in
the infinitive form
3) Begin, start + verb in the present
participle or infinitive form.
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The textbooks do not contain teaching or practicing materials for this grammar item. Teacher is required to provide materials.
Last summer I traveled to Acapulco with
my brother. I was on cloud nine when
we arrived to the hotel because it was
amazing.
We didn’t go out last weekend because
Martha was a little under the weather. Speaking
She felt terrible so we stayed home and SB page 84 Speaking ex. 1
watch movies all afternoon. &2
Carlos made a storm in a teacup last
night because we left the party before 2
am. He was very mad at us.
A week ago I went to an amusement
park with my siblings. They rode the Reading & Listening
“Haunted Coaster” but I didn’t because I Storm chasing Writing
was terrified. I waited outside and SB page 84-85 Reading Describing a weather
chilled out and Listening ex 1-2. Track experience.
3.09 WB page 51 Describing
I attended a concert last month and it
was great. The lead singer stopped
writing.
singing in the middle of a song so we
sang the rest of it.
We decided not to go to the park today Reading & Writing
because it was raining cats and dogs. Describing a weather
experience
There was a holiday break last month. WB page 51 ex 1- 5
My mother and sister went to the beach
and my dad and I chose to go camping.
Marcos didn’t pass the last course
because he forgot to go to the media
lab.
I finished the 15 levels of English in July.
I began studying English at FESI three
years ago and I started to take French
classes in August.
 Last week my boyfriend and I went to
the National History and Anthropology
Museum. I was on cloud nine because I
Reading and Listening
Recycle: love going to that museum and I also
Telling Storm chasing
- Verbs in the simple past tense wanted to see the “Ancient Masks”
anecdotes SB pag 84, 85. Reading
- Time expressions to refer to the past exhibition. Unfortunately, the museum and Listening ex. 1-2.
- Conjunctions was closed! Life rained on our parade. Track 3.09
- Object pronouns
Then we started walking on Reforma
- Sequence markers: first, after, after
that, then, next, when, until, finally. Av. and things changed, we ended up
W Recounts having a great time.
- Idioms related to the weather
E and
- Words & expressions to describe A: Why did you end up having a great
E anecdotes
feelings and states.
K time?
- Verb patterns
Listening & Speaking
- Words to describe the weather B: Because we had a delicious coffee
5 Pronunciation of /w/ /h/
- Adjectives & adverbs to describe the
and talked about different things. We WB page 48
weather
Pronunciation 2. Track Oral
- Pronoun “It” saw the “Voladores de Papantla” and 1.22 A day Out
- Wh question words: what, when,
Asking follow- took a lot of photos. SB page 85 Pronunciation. SB page 85 Speaking.
where, why, how, who
up questions Track 3.10
A: Did you see the pictures outside
to enquire Adverbs
about past Chapultepec? They are great!
Unfortunately, fortunately, slowly,
events and patiently, luckily, suddenly, carefully, B: Yes, we did. They were amazing.
anecdotes. quietly, quickly, loudly, fast, early, late.
What picture was your favorite? Speaking
Interjections
A: I think that “Mercado” was my SB page 87 Language
favorite although I liked them all. focus.

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SB page 85
Objective:
Students will be able to use the present perfect to describe, compare, contrast and enquire about their life experiences and achievements with others’. They will also make
emphasis on the quantities of what they have done.
ORAL TASK WRITTEN TASK
“Talk Show” Pairs/trios “On the Spotlight” Individual/ Whole class
Ss will role-play being the host and the guest in a talk show. The host will interview the guest to find Ss will create a class bulletin board. They will write a short composition to promote the
out more about his/her life experiences and achievements. work of a not very famous actor, writer, scientist, journalist, photographer, etc.

Pre- task: Have students work with the following materials: Pre-task: Ss need to do some research and to bring a photograph of the person they chose
Student A Host’s worksheet (page 6). Student B Guest’s worksheet (page 7) to talk about.
http://www.henry4school.fr/Grammar/pdf/Life%20Experiences.pdf
Task:
Task: 1. Write a short composition about the person you consider should be on the spotlight.
Student A. You’re the host of a talk show. Interview your guest so you and the audience can learn 2. As a class, elaborate a bulletin board. Post your compositions and the pictures in it so
more about his/her life experiences and achievements. everyone can see it.
Student B. You’re a not very famous musician, writer, celebrity, actor, etc. You’re the guest at a talk
show today. Answer your host’s questions so the audience can learn more about your career.

NOTION FUNCTION VOCABULARY USE OF ENGLISH SKILLS PRODUCTION

I have gone camping to the beach
with my friends. Written
Great Achievers
Places & Activities My sister and I have met Write a short
Farm, zoo, park, amusement park, mall, celebrities at the airport. Speaking composition about you
beach, countryside, archaeological site, Nature and You and your best
mountain, river, lake, sea, desert, forest, Christian has ridden an elephant. SB page 103 Speaking ex achievements and life
W rainforest, airport, concert, arts/music 1-3 experiences.
E festival, museum, downtown, restaurant, Marcos swam in a river in Use SB page 103
E city, cruise ship, class, course, etc. Veracruz. Grammar ex 3 as
K Life Talking about Listening reference.
Experiences life experiences. Verbs in the past participle form SB page 103 Adie’s life experiences
6 Go, travel, be, see, camp, climb, come, fly, WB page 59 Grammar 1A Worksheet (page 3): Oral
ride, swim, take, visit, eat, try, drink, plant, http://www.henry4school Find someone who…
give, get, work, participate, study, have, .fr/Grammar/pdf/Life%20 Find someone who has
write, meet, fail, win Experiences.pdf had the same life
experiences and
Adverbs Audio: achievements than you.
Never, ever https://videopress.com/v/ Can you find someone
BrgyxaOH who has read more
books than you?
 I haven’t seen any of the Stars
Wars movies.

My friends and I have never gotten

drunk.
Talking about
experiences we My friend Pepe has never been to
have not had. the beach.

Leticia hasn’t flown in a plane.

SB page 103
WB page 59 Grammar 1A
A: Have you ever been on a cruise
W ship?
E B: Yes, I have. I have been on
E cruise in the Caribbean.
K
A: Have you and your friends ever
6 traveled together?
Enquiring about
B: No, we haven’t.
people’s life
experiences.
A: Has Miguel failed any English
courses?
A: No, he hasn’t. He has never
failed an English course.

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WB page 59 Grammar 1A
I have graduated from university.
Talking about Goals for life and important events
Life My sister and I have gotten the
one’s and Ex: graduate from college, get a degree,
Achievemen PRONABE scholarship.
others’ life win a contest, get a scholarship to study
ts
achievements. abroad, etc.
Clarissa has won the “Young
Writers National Award.
 I have read forty books in my life.

You and I have had lots of crazy

adventures.

Making Quantifiers Mario and Juyi have been to Egypt

emphasis on Much, many, al lot of, lots of twice
W quantities.
E Numbers Rogelio has seen his favorite movie
E 1-100 several times.
K
Expressions Mari has won six different
6 Emphasis on Number, many, a lot of, lots of or several contests.
quantities. + times A: How many books have you read
Once, twice in your life?
B: I don’t know. I think I’ve read
Question word “how” about 40 books.
Enquiring about
how many or A: How much English vocabulary
how much of have you learned?
something has B: I have learned lots of different
been done. words.

A: How many times have you

eaten insects?
B: I have eaten insects only twice.