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Starter unit be: present Personal Verb to be Strategies: Functions:
simple – all information Clothes Listening for gist Asking for and giving personal information
persons, Clothes and family Listening for Asking and talking about clothes
all forms Family vocabulary imitation Talking about possessions
have got: all Possessive Text types: Asking and talking about one’s family
persons, all adjectives Informal members
forms have/has got conversations Strategies:
Possessive Actively listening to the interlocutor to
adjectives respond appropriately
can: present Respecting turn-taking in conversations
simple – all Actively listening to the interlocutor to imitate
persons, all sound and intonation
forms Deducing meaning from context
Text types:
Short informal conversations

1 Present Survival Survival skills Strategies: Functions: Social Studies:

Adventure simple and skills vocabulary Reading and Asking and answering about routines and Summer
present Feelings Adjectives listening for gist actions in progress camps in the
continuous: expressing Reading and Talking about survival skills UK and in the
all persons, feelings listening Asking and talking about possession USA
all forms \s\ in initial for specific Talking about future arrangements
Present clusters information Discussing feelings
continuous Listening to Socializing: A school trip (making and
for future imitate sound and accepting suggestions)
arrangements intonation Talking about summer camps
Identifying the Writing a personal blog entry
topic in a text Strategies:
Deducing meaning Selecting relevant information to answer
from context questions or write T/F/NA exercises
Text types: Actively listening to the interlocutor to
Informal respond appropriately
conversations Respecting turn-taking in conversations
Articles Actively listening to the interlocutor to imitate
A blog sound and intonation
Texting Deducing meaning from context
Using a model text to copy the structure for
one’s production
Researching in preparation for a writing task
Text types:
Short informal conversations
A blog entry

2 Past simple: Verbs of was and were Strategies: Functions: History:

They be – all discovery Irregular past Predicting Asking and answering about the past The Great
made persons, all and forms content from Talking about food discoveries Fire of
history forms invention did paratextual Socializing: At the library (asking for London
Past simple: Natural Verbs of information information)
regular disasters discovery and Reading and Correcting wrong information
verbs – all invention listening for gist Strategies:
persons, all Natural Reading and Selecting relevant information to
forms disasters listening answer questions
Past simple: vocabulary for specific Guessing meaning from context
irregular -ed regular information Actively listening to the interlocutor to
verbs – all ending: Listening to respond appropriately
persons, all /d\ \t\ \Id\ imitate sound Respecting turn-taking in conversations
forms and intonation Actively listening to the interlocutor to
Identifying the imitate sound and intonation
topic in a text Using a model text to copy the structure
Deducing for one’s production
meaning from Adapting the level of politeness to
context social context
Text types: Researching in preparation for a writing
Informal task
conversations Text types:
Articles Short informal neutral conversations
A biography A biography
Personal stories
(a narrative)

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Revision 1 Material seen in Units 1 and 2
Collaborative task: Investigating and writing an article about sailing the seas
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CLIL and Projects Social Studies: Liverpool, a city of innovation / Project: English cities
Final task: Presenting a poster of an English city

3 there was/ Character there was/there Strategies: Functions: Geography:

Tales from there were – adjectives were Predicting content Asking and answering about the past Vancouver
the past all forms Verbs of Character from paratextual Describing existence in the past
Past simple movement adjectives information Socializing: At the weekend (talking about
revision: be, Verbs of Using paratextual past events)
regular and movement material to aid Correcting information
irregular was: strong and comprehension Strategies:
verbs weak forms Reading and Selecting relevant information to answer
listening for gist questions, write T/F/NM exercises or
Reading and matching heading with paragraphs
listening Actively listening to the interlocutor to
for specific respond appropriately
information Respecting turn-taking in conversations
Identifying true Actively listening to the interlocutor to
and false cognates imitate sound and intonation
Listening to Deducing meaning from context
imitate sound and Using a model text to copy the structure
intonation for one’s production
Identifying the Adapting the level of politeness to social
topic in a text context
Deducing meaning Organizing the information in a text using
from context linkers to avoid repetition
Text types: Researching in preparation for a writing
Informal task
conversations Text types:
Articles Short informal/neutral conversations
A narrative A narrative

4 Past Prepositions when and while Strategies: Functions: Literature:

Strange continuous – -ed/-ing Past continuous Predicting content Asking and answering about short and Famous writers
but true! all persons, adjectives verb forms from paratextual long actions in the past and books
all forms Prepositions information Describing location and direction
Contrast Sentence stress Using paratextual Socializing: An anecdote (telling a
between the -ed/-ing material to aid personal anecdote)
past simple adjectives comprehension Strategies:
and the past Reading and Selecting relevant information to answer
continuous listening for gist questions or write T/F/NM exercises
with when and Reading and Actively listening to the interlocutor to
while listening respond appropriately
for specific Respecting turn-taking in conversations
information Actively listening to the interlocutor to
Identifying true imitate sound and intonation
and false cognates Deducing meaning from context
Listening to Using a model text to copy the structure
imitate sound and for one’s production
intonation Organizing the information in a text using
Identifying the linkers to avoid repetition
topic in a text Researching in preparation for a writing
Deducing meaning task
from context Text types:
Text types: Short informal/neutral conversations
Informal A description of an accident
conversations
Anecdotes
Articles
A description of an
accident

Revision 2 Material seen in Units 3 and 4

Collaborative task: Investigating and writing a short text about a local legend
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CLIL and Projects History: The origins of the marathon / Project: Marathons
Final task: Making an oral presentation of a local marathon

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5 Adjectives: Money Comparative Strategies: Functions: Social Studies:

Possessions comparatives Computer and superlative Predicting content Talking about what we do with money Charity shops
and technology forms of short from paratextual Talking about technological gadgets
superlatives and long information Comparing things, people and animals
Expressions adjectives Using paratextual Socializing: At the shop (buying and
of quantity: Expressions of material to aid selling clothes)
some, any, quantity comprehension Strategies:
much, many, a Money Reading and Selecting relevant information to
lot of vocabulary listening for gist answer questions or write T/F/
Computer Reading and NM exercises or choosing the right
technology listening information
vocabulary for specific Actively listening to the interlocutor to
information respond appropriately
Inferential reading Respecting turn-taking in
Identifying conversations
antonyms Actively listening to the interlocutor to
Listening to imitate sound and intonation
imitate sound and Deducing meaning from context
intonation Using a model text to copy the
Identifying the structure for one’s production
topic in a text Adapting the level of politeness to
Deducing meaning context
from context Organizing the information in a text
Text types: using adjective order
Informal Researching in preparation for a
conversations writing task
Articles Text types:
A quiz Short informal/formal conversations
A description A description of one’s favourite item