UNIT PLAN

Unit 1: Exploring the Past

Mth

Wk

Targeted
competency
C1

C2

C3

LC

- LP & FL - Level 3 - Aghbalou High School -

Learning objectives

Communicative tasks

SWBAT

Oral / written

Teacher: D.Messaoudi

Resources
Grammar

Lexis

Integration & assessment

Pronunciation

LISTEN AND CONSIDER

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Anticipate text content

Listen for details
Ask & answer questions
with how long ago
Summarize an interview
Use & omit articles
before abstract nouns
Express constraint,
habit & ability in the past

Getting started, p15

Lets hear it, tasks 1-5,
p16

Gram.Exp.I, p17
Gram.Exp.II, pp 17-18

a/an, the,
had to, used to,
was/were able
to
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Group up verbs
according to their
meaning
Use dependent
prepositions with verbs
& adj.
Make a short talk about
ancient & present day
lifestyles

Voc.Exp., tasks 1-3, pp

18-19
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Rise (emerge,
start, begin,
), flourish
(bloom,
mature, ), fall
(decline,
collapse,)
Depend on,
good at

Think, pair, share, p20

READ AND CONSIDER

Anticipate the text

content
Scan for specific info.
Identify & use the
comparatives &
superlatives of
quantifiers

Express concession

Express time relations

with time conjunctions

Form opposites with

negative prefixes

Spell words ending with

ed

Getting started, p21

Taking a close look, p21

Gram.Exp.I, tasks 1-3,

p23

Gram.Exp.II, tasks 1-3,

p25

Gram.Exp.II, task 4, p25

More/less/the
most/the
least+NP/N

Though, in
spite the fact
that,
When/after/until
+past perf.

Voc.Exp., task 3, p27

Pronunciation & spelling,

tasks 1-4, p28

agree/disagree
regulation/dere
gulation
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Study/stu
died

For training

For assessing

Pronounce the final ed

Pronounce ch in
different words
Produce an expository
essay about the
challenges of modern
civilizations

Architect,
archer

Think, pair, share, p29

LISTENING AND SPEAKING

By: D.M. / 2015-2016

Make & check

hypotheses /
suppositions
Listen for gist
Recognize a sequence
of events
Identify a organizational
pattern based on
chronology
Produce a short
historical account
Anticipate text content
Skim for gist by
identifying key words
Scan for specific info. to
answer WH-QQ &
identify referent words
Write a short summary
of a reading passage
Make the profile of an
ancient civilization

Before listening, p32

While listening, tasks 2-3,
p32
After listening, p34

Task 1, p35

READING AND WRITING

Before reading, p36
While reading, task 1-3,
pp37-39

While reading, task 4, p39

After reading, task 1, p40

Project, p42