YEARLY PLAN 2024

The items in red are not included in the book but must be taught.

LEVEL SENIOR 2 - INTENSIVE

MONTH WEEK
Book: Speakout A2
UNIT FUNCTIONS & SPEAKING EXPONENT/GRAMMAR VOCABULARY AREA SKILLS
Week
1
REVISION & DIAGNOSIS through games and activities
Week
2
Reading an article
Present Simple
Listening to people introducing other
Let’s… Jobs and studies
Introducing yourself people
MARCH Week Can we… Common verb phrases
Talking about yourself Talking about a friend / family member
3 Would you like to… Adjectives for feelings
Making suggestions Writing a personal profile using capital
How about / What about + noun / time Time phrases
1&2 letters
Reading text messages
Writing an online comment using “and”,
Talking about people Possessive ‘s or s’
Week Family “but” , “or”
Talking about food shopping and eating Countable and uncountable nouns
4 habits A / An / Some / Any / A lot of
Food and drink Writing a description of people
Listening to people talking about food
APRIL 2&3 Reading a quiz
Reading an article about online photos of
Talking about what’s important in your
Adverbs of frequency: always, usually, often, food
life Everyday activities
sometimes, hardly ever, never Ordering a meal
Ordering a meal in a restaurant Restaurant words
Week Talking about a special event
Like, hate, love + ing
Rooms and furniture
Describing an event
1 This, that, these, those; here, there Listening to someone talking about their
Describing a home Common adjectives
Have got home
Talking about objects in your home
Writing a description of a home using
commas
Reading about how to declutter
Week Making invitations and offers Would you like to… / a… Social phrases Reading a questionnaire about how to be
2 Talking about your local area I’d love to. a good guest
Let me take your coat Accepting invitations
 Listening to people talking about where
Can I get you…
they live
There is & There are
Writing an email about your local area
Listening to a podcast about events in the
2010s
Writing about a special time using time
Past simple of be
Time phrases phrases
After, ago, last (weekend), on (Saturday), yesterday
Talking about the past Dates Reading an article about numbers
How much, how many
Week Talking about quantity Amounts Talking about world number facts
How + adjective
3&4 Getting help in shops
Should, shouldn’t
Numbers Reading text messages
Giving advice Shops and shopping Getting help in a shoe shop
Imperatives
Weather and seasons Talking about when to visit
Writing an email about the best time to
visit
4
Talking about your life ‘then and now’
Past simple: regular verbs
Week
All (my life, day, week), before, for (three days, two Time phrases Reading an article about big life changes
1 months), from…to, later, when

Talking about life events

Listening to people talking about evens
Week that went wrong
2&3 5 Past simple: irregular verbs Talking about an important life event
Life events
Start Writing a mini-bio using linking words:
MAY with the first, so, too, one day, finally, after that,
reader then, next
I’m very / so/ really sorry
Apologising and making excuses It’s all right
Week Excuses Reading an article about excuses
Talking about actions in porgress in It’s OK
4 the past No problem
The time Apologising and making excuses
Past Continuous + when / while
Listening to what people did at the
Week weekend
Talking about last weekend So, really, very, too, quite, a bit Adjectives and modifiers
5 Talking about last weekend
Writing about a recent activity
JUNE Week 6&7 Describing people Present Continuous Clothes and appearance Listening to someone describing a person
 Describing people and what they are
doing
Making comparisons Comparative adjectives Writing a description of a group photo
Common adjectives
1 Expressing obligation, prohibition and Take, get on / off, ge tinto / out of, ride, go by
Transport collocations
Reading an article about unusual ways to
absence of obligation Have to / Don’t have to / Must / Mustn’t get to work.
Discussing journeys by different forms
of transport.
Crossroads, pedestrian bridge, corner, square, statue,
traffic lights, car park
How do I get to…?
Can / Could you tell me the way to…?
What’s the best way to…?
Reading a leaflet about Dublin.
How far is it to…?
Places Giving and following directions
Turn left / right, continue, go straight on, before / after
Prepositions and adverbs of Writing about an experience
Week Giving directions (the park), at the crossroads / the end of the road, onto
movement Reading an article about interesting jobs
2 Talking about experiences Colleges Street, past, along, up, straight on, on the /
Skills and qualities Talking about suitable jobs for people in
Talking about jobs your right / left, on the corner, in front of you
your class
Up, down, over, under, into, out of, onto, off, towards,
away from, across, along, around, past, through
Present Perfect: ever / never
Prepositions and adverbs of movement
Articles: a, an, the, zero

Listening to a podcast about volunteer

Talking about jobs
Talking about arrangements
Week
Phoning for information
3 Making predictions
Talking about consequences
Present Simple and Present Continuous work
Present Continuous with future meaning Discussing volunteer jobs
Phrasal verbs
Writing a blog post and giving examples.
Pick up, give up, look after, turn off, look up, clean up
Future simple
Phoning
Listening to an automated message
Conditional sentences Type 1 Phoning to ask for or give information

Listening to people talking about

people’s skills
Week Doing a survey Verbs + to infinitive Writing a summary of a survey.
4 8 Describing places Superlative adjectives Reading a discussion forum about travel
Talking about a city to visit and the best
things to do there
Week Making requests and offers in a hotel I’d like to…? Hotel language Reading an article about hotel guests’
 Can / Could you…?
Of course. Right away.
I’m afraid…
I’m sorry about that. I’m sorry but…
I do apologise
questions
5 Let me… Hotel rooms
Making requests and offers
I can…
I’ll …
That’s great, thank you.
That’s kind of you.
Thank you but I’m OK.
Week Talking about a difficult trip
Talking about a difficult trip Adverbs of manner
1 Writing about a trip
JULY 8
Week Revision for
2 final exams