Unit Map for the First Year Scientific Stream

Unit Sequence Rubric Objective of the lesson

Introduce the project workshop.
Name the different parts of any communication device
Listening Give sequenced instructions using the imperative
Talk about means of intercultural exchanges, express preferences and
Listening justify the choice
and
Speaking Say it Clear /
Unit 1: Getting Through

It’s Your Turn Describe a process using expressions of purpose

Say it in Write a speech about the usefulness of the internet and its hidden
Writing dangers
Reading Read and interpret an email
Reading
Discover the Report about one’s regular activities using adverbs of frequency,
and
Language degree adverbs and the simple present tense
Writing
Write it Right Write a reply to an email

Hold a telephone conversation

Write formal and informal notes (invitations, apologies…)

Developing Skills
Write a letter of inquiry
Write school rules using expressions of obligation, prohibition, absence
of obligation, necessity
Consolidation Write it Out Fill in a resume and write an application letter
and
Extension Work it Out Act out short dialogues to deal with telephone conversation problems
Introduce the project workshop. Talk about means of communication.
Listening
Express one’s point of view and justify it
Listening Say it Clear Pronounce the final ‘s’ correctly
and
Speaking It’s Your Turn /
Unit 2: Our Findings Show

Say it in
/
Writing
Reading Read and interpret a graphic display

Reading Report questions and statements in the present simple tense and modals
Discover the
and
Language Write a report about the results of a survey
Writing
Write it Right /

Prepare a questionnaire and conduct a survey

Read and interpret a newspaper article

Developing Skills
Report what people say using summarizing verbs

Consolidation Write it Out Write a newspaper story reporting an event

and
Extension Work it Out Describe a graph in a short paragraph
 Unit Map for the First Year Scientific Stream
Unit Sequence Rubric Objective of the lesson
Introduce the project workshop.
Listening
Listen and respond to a radio interview about global warming
Listening Say it Clear /
and
Speaking It’s Your Turn Make suppositions using conditional type 1
Say it in
Unit 3: Back to Nature

Write SOS messages about pollution

Writing
Read and respond to a magazine article about pollution
Reading
Deduce meaning of words from context
Reading
Discover the
and Express cause and effect relationships
Language
Writing
Write an expository paragraph about the causes and effects of one type
Write it Right
of pollution
Express an opinion: agreeing or disagreeing, arguing for or against
Read and respond to a green advert
Developing Skills Write a green advert to promote environmentally friendly goods or
services
Express condition using conditional type 1, 2 and 3
Consolidation Write it Out Read and respond to an article about renewable energies
and
Extension Work it Out Suggest solutions to the problem of household and industrial wastes
Introduce the project workshop.
Listening Listen and respond to the presentation of an invention
Talk about inventions, discoveries and their technological development
Listening
and Say it Clear /
Speaking
It’s Your Turn Talk about scientists and their inventions or discoveries
Say it in
Write the biography of a scientist
Unit 4: Eureka !

Writing
Reading Read and respond to a text about the evolution of telecommunication
Reading Discover the
and Express concession using however, although, even though…
Language
Writing Write out of a flow chart a coherent paragraph about the evolution of
Write it Right
an invention
Read and interpret an opinion article about the usefulness of
technology
Respond in writing to a letter of opinion to express disagreement
Developing Skills
Express result using ‘so…that’
State / identify advantages and drawbacks of some inventions
Consolidation Write it Out /
and
Extension Work it Out Take sides in a debate about problems related to technology