Suggested Activities:

- Game: streets and avenues.

- Song: The wheels on the bus
-Story book: A dragon in a wagon
- Rhyme: Red on top, stop, stop, stop.
Green below, go, go, go.
-Traffic lights made with cellophane.
-Making a model of an ideal city
-Graphing the results of a survey.


Contenidos Curriculares:
Las normas de trnsito.
La responsabilidad y seguridad en la va
pblica.

Thematic Unit:

Safety in the
city

LANGUAGE CONTENTS (5th. 6th)
ORALIDAD: La exposicin con apoyo de
esquemas y grficos. (6th)
LECTURA: Los cuadros sinpticos, las
grficas y los esquemas. (5th)
Los argumentos en textos publicitarios. La
pregunta retrica. (6th)
ESCRITURA: El esquema. El cuestionario.
(5th)
Functions
-Giving warnings and advice.
-Comparing qualities.
-Obtaining information using different
reading strategies.
-Reflecting on word formation: sidewalk
Exponents
-is better than.. is worse than (faster,
slower, safer, more dangerous)
-You should/shouldnt
Vocabulary
-turn left, turn right, go straight ahead,
opposite, next to, between.
-Noise pollution, causes, effects.
OBJECTIVES:
K5. 1st. 2nd
- To increase students vocabulary and
structures in order to talk about traffic in
the city.
-To introduce the meaning of the traffic
signals and how pedestrians are supposed
to behave.

LANGUAGE CONTENTS (K5. 1st. 2nd)
ORALIDAD: L a memorizacin de poemas, rimas y
canciones. (1st) La caracterizacin de seres vivos y
trabajadores de la comunidad. (2nd)
LECTURA: La oralizacin de la lectura en textos de
informacin. (2nd)
ESCRITURA: Los enunciados a partir de acciones.(1st)
Functions
-Naming objects and characters in context.(K5)
-Expressing ability. (1st)
-Locating information by using illustrations and
captions. (1st)
-Giving suggestions. (2nd)
Exponents
-Can I/you? Yes, I can/No, I cant.
-It is safe. It is not safe.
Vocabulary
- Traffic, cars, van, school bus, truck, bus, traffic
lights, safe, dangerous, signs, workers, pedestrian
crossing.. Left, right.
-
LANGUAGE CONTENTS (3rd. 4
th
)
ORALIDAD: La comunicacin oral de diferentes temticas
incorporando vocabulario especfico. (3rd)
LECTURA: Los textos de divulgacin cientfica con soporte
icnico. (3rd)
ESCRITURA: Las fichas temticas con explicaciones. (4th)
Functions
-Making comparisons.
-Expressing obligation.
-Giving directions, describing geographical location.
Exponents
I/you mustmustnt
You have to../dont have to..
.is safer than.is more dangerous than
Vocabulary
-Vehicles, traffic jam, fast, slow, drivers, corners
- Turn right/left . Go straight/ahead

OBJECTIVES:
3ro y 4to-
-To arise students awareness and to get
students familiar with traffic signs and how
to act according to them.
5to y 6to- To familiarized students with
sophisticated language to communicate
ideas related to traffic rules in order to
prevent accidents.
-To foster students explanations on how
traffic signs work.

-Material elaborado por el Centro de Recursos y
Prof.coordinadores de Lengua del Dpto de SL y LE-
-Making questionnaires for interviews.
-Role playing of dialogues
-Safety on the bus
-Safety in a car
- Puppet show shared with another group
-Making a leaflet of safety rules when driving.