Yearly Plan

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Starter unit Personal The alphabet Strategies: Functions:
information/ The time Reading and Asking and giving personal data
Introductions Classroom listening for gist Asking and telling the time
The alphabet objects Reading and Asking and talking about classroom objects
Times Colours listening for Spelling out
My school bag / Classroom imitation Asking and answering about colour
Colours language Text types: Talking about things or people that are
Demonstrative Informal nearby or far away in space and time
pronouns conversations Strategies:
Classroom Actively listening to the interlocutor to
language respond appropriately
Respecting turn-taking in conversations
Actively listening to the interlocutor to imitate
sound and intonation
Deducing meaning from context
Text types:
Short informal conversations

1 be: present Countries and Countries and Strategies: Functions: Social studies:
My world, simple – nationalities nationalities Reading and Asking and answering about nationality After-school
your world affirmative, Family Family members listening for gist Talking about manga and characters in films clubs in UK
negative Word stress Reading and Identifying true and false statements
and Possessive case listening Asking and talking about possession
interrogative in singular and for specific Talking about the origin
Possessive plural nouns as information of names
adjectives well Listening to Socializing: Making friends
Question as proper names imitate sound and Talking about after-school clubs
words intonation Writing one’s personal profile
Possessive Identifying the Strategies:
case topic in a text Selecting relevant information to answer
Deducing meaning questions or write T/F exercises
from context Actively listening to the interlocutor to
Text types: respond appropriately
Informal Respecting turn-taking in conversations
conversations Actively listening to the interlocutor to imitate
Articles sound and intonation
A personal profile Deducing meaning from context
in a teenage Using a model text to copy the structure for
magazine one’s production
Researching in preparation for a writing task
Text types:
Short informal conversations
A personal profile

2 have got: Parts of the Parts of the Strategies: Functions: Science:

What are affirmative, body body Predicting content Describing animals Australian
they like? negative and Adjectives Adjectives from paratextual Asking, answering and talking about wildlife
interrogative of physical of physical information possession
(Wh- and description description Reading and Talking about how to look after a new pet
Yes/No) Irregular plural listening for gist Strategies:
nouns Reading and Selecting relevant information to answer
The \h\ sound listening questions or write T/F exercises
for specific Actively listening to the interlocutor to
information respond appropriately
Listening to Respecting turn-taking in conversations
imitate sound and Actively listening to the interlocutor to imitate
intonation sound and intonation
Identifying topic in Deducing meaning from context
a text Using a model text to copy the structure for
Deducing meaning one’s production
from context Adapting the level of politeness to social
Text types: context
Informal Researching in preparation for a writing task
conversations Text types:
Articles Short informal/neutral conversations
A radio A description
programme
A web page
A description of a
person

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Revision 1 Material seen in Units 1 and 2
Collaborative task: investigating about a famous singer and writing an article to share with the class
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CLIL and Projects Geography: Volcanoes / Project: Volcanoes on the map
Final task: Presenting a poster of the classification of volcanoes and their location on the map

3 Present Food Food vocabulary Strategies: Functions: Social studies:

Healthy simple: Free-time Free-time Predicting content Asking and answering about one’s eating British food
living affirmative, activities activities from paratextual habits
negative and Third person information Correcting information about one’s routines
interrogative singular endings Using paratextual Talking about one’s free-time activities
– \s\ \z\ \Iz\ material to aid Interacting at a café
comprehension Strategies:
Reading and Selecting relevant information to answer
listening for gist questions or write T/F exercises
Reading and Actively listening to
listening the interlocutor to respond appropriately
for specific Respecting turn-taking in conversations
information Actively listening to
Identifying true the interlocutor to imitate sound and
and false cognates intonation
Listening to Deducing meaning
imitate sound and from context
intonation Using a model text to copy the structure for
Identifying topic in one’s production
a text Adapting the level of politeness to social
Deducing meaning context
from context Organizing the information in a text using
Text types: linkers to avoid repetition
Informal Researching in preparation
conversations for a writing task
Articles Text types:
An interview Short informal/neutral conversations
A quiz A blog entry
A blog

4 There is/ Places in town Places in town Strategies: Functions: Describing location Geography:
Out and There are Preposition of Prepositions of Predicting content Describing a city/village Dublin
about A/an, some, place place from paratextual Making suggestions about a day out
any Landscape Landscape information Strategies:
features features Using paratextual Selecting relevant information to answer
There is /are material to aid questions or write
a/an, some, any comprehension T/F exercises
The \´\ sound Reading and Actively listening to the interlocutor to
listening for gist respond appropriately
Reading and Respecting turn-taking in conversations
listening Actively listening to the interlocutor to imitate
for specific sound and intonation
information Deducing meaning from context
Identifying true Using a model text to copy the structure for
and false cognates one’s production
Listening to Organizing the information in a text using
imitate sound and linkers to avoid repetition
intonation Researching in preparation
Identifying topic in for a writing task
a text Text types:
Deducing meaning Short informal/neutral conversations
from context A city guide
Text types:
Informal
conversations
Articles
An advertisement
A city guide

Revision 2 Material seen in Units 3 and 4

Collaborative task: Investigating about nature in your area and writing a short description to present to the class
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CLIL and Projects PE: Rugby / Project: The Millenium Stadium
Final task: Presenting a poster of the location, facilities and description of the Millenium Stadium

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5 Adverbs of Daily routines Adverbs of Strategies: Functions: Social studies:
School life frequency School frequency Predicting content Talking about school life UK secondary
can: subjects can/can’t (strong from paratextual Talking about weekend routines schools
affirmative, and weak form) information Asking and answering about frequency
negative and Daily routines Using paratextual Talking about ability
interrogative School subjects material to aid Buying a ticket
comprehension Strategies:
Reading and Selecting relevant information to answer
listening for gist questions or write T/F/NM exercises
Reading and Actively listening to the interlocutor to
listening respond appropriately
for specific Respecting turn-taking in conversations
information Actively listening to the interlocutor to imitate
Inferential reading sound and intonation
Identifying true Deducing meaning from context
and false cognates Using a model text to copy the structure for
Listening to one’s production
imitate sound and Writing a magazine articleOrganizing the
intonation information in a text using linkers to avoid
Identifying topic in repetition
a text Researching in preparation for
Deducing meaning a writing task
from context Text types:
Text types: Short informal/formal conversations
Informal A teen magazine article
conversations
Articles
A teen magazine
article

6 love, like, not Film types Film types Strategies: Functions: Social studies:
Film like and hate TV TV programmes Predicting content Describing likes and dislikes Film awards
and TV + -ing programmes Adverbs of from paratextual Discussing TV programmes and film types
Adverbs of manner information Describing manner
manner The \e\ \u…\ \ai\ Using paratextual Making suggestions about what film to see.
sounds material to aid Writing a review
comprehension Strategies:
Reading and Selecting relevant information to answer
listening for gist questions or write T/F/NM
Reading and exercises
listening Actively listening to the interlocutor to
for specific respond appropriately
information Respecting turn-taking in conversations
Inferential reading Actively listening to the interlocutor to imitate
Identifying true sound and intonation
and false cognates Deducing meaning from context
Listening to Using a model text
imitate sound and to copy the structure for
intonation one’s production
Identifying topic in Adapting the level
a text of politeness to context
Deducing meaning Organizing the information in
from context a text using linkers to avoid
Text types: repetition
Informal Researching in preparation
conversations for a writing task
Articles Text types:
A radio interview Short informal/ formal conversations
A TV programme A review
review

Revision 3 Material from Units 5 and 6

Collaborative task: Investigating a group of aborigines and making a poster presentation to share with the class
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CLIL and Projects Science: Strange animals / Project: A strange animal from your country
Final task: Writing an article about two or three strange animals

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7 Present Sport Sport words Strategies: Functions: Social studies:
Sport continuous: Adjectives of Adjectives of Predicting content Talking about sports Traditional
for all affirmative, opinion opinion from paratextual Describing actions in progress sports
negative -ing form information Asking about actions in progress in Ireland
and interrogative Using paratextual Contrasting habits and actions in
Contrast material to aid progress
between the comprehension Giving opinion about sports
present simple Reading and listening Making arrangements to go out
and continuous for gist Writing an email
Reading and listening Strategies:
for specific Selecting relevant information to
information answer questions or write T/F/NM
Inferential reading exercises
Identifying true and Actively listening to the interlocutor
false cognates to respond appropriately
Listening to imitate Respecting turn-taking in
sound and intonation conversations
Identifying topic in Actively listening to the interlocutor
a text to imitate sound and intonation
Deducing meaning Deducing meaning from context
from context Using a model text to copy the
Text types: structure for one’s production
Informal conversations Using informal language to talk to
An interview a friend
Sports commentaries Adapting language to context and
A description of aim
a picture Organizing the information in a text:
An article using linkers to avoid repetition
An email Researching in preparation for a
writing task
Text types:
Short informal conversations
An interview
An email

8 be: past simple Rooms Rooms and Strategies: Functions: Social studies:
History – affirmative, and furniture furniture Predicting content Describing the rooms in a house The White
around us negative and Household vocabulary from paratextual Talking about the past House
interrogative objects Gadgets words information Describing useful gadgets now and
Past simple: was/were Using paratextual in the past
affirmative (strong and material to aid Asking for and offering help on
regular verbs weak forms) comprehension a school trip
-ed endings in Reading and listening Writing a description of one’s
regular past: for gist favourite room
\d\ \t\ \Id\ Reading and Strategies:
listening for specific Actively listening to the interlocutor
information to respond appropriately
Inferential reading Respecting turn-taking in
Identifying true and conversations
false cognates Actively listening to the interlocutor
Listening to imitate to imitate sound and intonation
sound and intonation Deducing meaning from context
Identifying topic in Using a model text to copy
a text Text types:
Deducing meaning Short informal conversations
from context A description of a room
Text types:
Informal conversations
Articles
A description of a
room

Revision 4 Material seen in Units 7 and 8

Collaborative task: Investigating about an important woman in your country’s history and writing an article to present to the class
Upgrade for Exams
CLIL and Projects Maths: The Titanic / Project: The Costa Concordia
Final task: Writing an article about the Costa Concordia

Extra Reading A festivity tour around the East

Messengers of good and bad luck
Colourful holidays
Readers Book Club