SEMESTER PLANNING PROGRAM

Subject: General English

Week Theme Reading Writing Grammar
Week 1 Advertising  Predict content Paragraph: Simple Present & Present Progressive
 Identify main ideas Topic sentence, supporting
 Read for details details, and concluding sentence
 Make inferences based
on details from a text
 Relate information in the
text to life experiences
 Link main ideas in
Reading One to details in
Reading Two
Week 2 Fraud  Predict content Writing a story Simple Past & Past Progressive
 Identify main ideas
 Read for details
 Infer information not
explicit in the text
 Express opinion about a
text
 Organize and synthesize
information from reading
 Use details from both
text to complete
interview
Week 3 Extreme Sports  Predict content Writing news article Ability: Can, Could & be able to
 Read for main ideas
 Identify details
 Infer information from
context
 Relate text to personal
experience
  Organize and synthesize
information from the
readings
Week 4 Language  Predict content Writing a contrast paragraph: Comparative adverbs
 Read for main ideas Language behavior
 Locate details in the text
 Infer information not
explicit in the reading
 Link reading to personal
observation
 Organize and synthesize
information from the
readings
Week 5 Tourism  Predict reasons Writing an opinion essay: Tourism Because & Even though
 Identify main ideas place
 Identify inaccurate details
 Make inferences based
on details from a text
 Relate the readings to
personal opinions
 Read a travel journal
 Organize and synthesize
information from the
readings
Week 6 Mid-term Exam
Week 7 Story Telling  Make predictions Writing a short fable Infinitive purpose
 Recognize main ideas
 Paraphrase details
 Interpret a literary text
 Support answers with
information from the text
 Connect generalizations
to specific passages
Week 8 The Simple Life  Make predictions Writing a short essay about Noun Clause with wh- words
 Identify main ideas and making difficult decision
details
 Infer opinions based on
content of a text
 Support main ideas from
one text with details from
another text
 Read an essay about a
difficult decision
Week 9 Marriage  Make predictions Writing an essay about important Definite & Indefinite Articles
 Identify main ideas characteristics in a spouse or
 Read for details partner.
 Make inferences based
on information from a
text
 Organize and synthesize
information from the
readings
Week 10 Climate Change  Identify main ideas Writing an essay about climate Future possibility: may, might, could
 Read for details change
 Infer author's position
 Relate the readings to
personal opinions
 Organize ideas from the
readings into a causal
chain
Week 11 Crime and Punishment  Make predictions Writing a persuasive essay: Present Perfect and Present Perfect
 Identify supporting ideas Capital Punishment Progressive
in an argument
 Relate supporting details
to main ideas
 Express opinions about
 capital punishment
 Read graphs and charts
 Distinguish between fact
and opinion
Week 12 Final Exam