DIDACTIC UNITS PER TERM I

Secondary Level
Area: Foreign Language

Subject: English Book: American MORE! 1

Start

First Term

End

Programmed
Weeks

Programmed hours

Criteria/ Achievement
Indicators

P.A.A.S (N /name)

FIRST TERM
Contents

Didactic Unit
Starter Section

Conceptual
Subject pronouns
Present simple of be
Possessive adjectives
Plural nouns
Classroom objects
and language
Greetings
Saying hello
Numbers
Questions about age
Colors
Days of the week
The alphabet

Procedural
Identify classroom
objects
Translate classroom
language
Match greetings with
time
Say hello to
classmates
Listen and complete
dialogues
Write numbers
Ask about age
Translate subject
pronouns
Write sentences using
the verb be
Complete sentences
using possessive
pronouns
Match questions and
answers
Identify foods
Listen and repeat a
dialogue
Complete a dialogue
Complete sentences
based on a reading
Listen and complete a
table
Sing an alphabet
song

Conditional
-

Listen to and
understand
international words
Talk about favorite
foods
Listen to and
complete a dialogue
to introduce oneself
Read about other
people and where
they are from
Listen to and
complete facts about
other people
Spell
Talk about oneself
and others
Sing a song

Criteria/ Achievement
Indicators

Contents

Didactic Unit
Unit 1
Hello!

Spell words
Identify colors
Say the days of the
week
Transform nouns from
singular to plural
forms
Talk about people
from a listening
exercise

Conceptual
Present simple of be
Questions with who
Possessive adjectives
Feelings
Days of the week
Using the world wide web

Procedural
Identify characters
from a dialogue
Complete and act out
dialogues
Match feelings with
pictures
Complete and write
sentences with the
correct form of the
verb be
Write questions with
who
Read a story and
complete a table
Draw expressions on
faces
Say a chant
Match sentences to
illustrations
Complete a song
Write a short
description on his/her
portfolio
Read websites and
answer questions
about them

Conditional
-

Say hello
Introduce oneself
Ask how people feel
Read and write about
days of the week and
feelings
Sing a song
Do a web research
and write a report

P.A.A.S (N /name)

Unit 2
In the classroom

- Imperatives
- Questions with Who,
Where, Why, What,
What color?
- Prepositions
- Classrooms objects
- Phoneme //
- The East Coast of the
U.S.

Identify information
from a dialogue
Complete sentences
with prepositions
Ask and answer
questions about
location
Correct sentences
from a listening
Identify imperatives
Complete imperatives
Write and answer
questions with who,
where, why, what,
what color
Listen and complete
sentences
Practice the
pronunciation of //
Play a guessing game
Write a description in
his/her portfolio
Match descriptions
with pictures
Complete a fact table

HOLIDAY

Ask and say where

things are
Listen to and
understand
imperatives
Write about his/her
desk

DIDACTIC UNITS PER TERM II

Secondary Level
Area: Foreign Language

Subject: English Book: American MORE! Combo 1

Start

Second Term

End

Contents

Didactic Unit
Conceptual

Procedural

Programmed
Weeks

Programmed hours

Criteria/ Achievement
Indicators

P.A.A.S (N /name)

Conditional

SECOND TERM
Unit 3
My bedroom

There is/There are

Possessive s
Adjectives
Words for furniture
Rooms in the house
Sleep

-Identify correct and

incorrect information
from a text
-Say the opposites of
adjectives
-Ask and answer questions
about pictures using
cues
-Identify pieces of furniture
-Identify rooms and
furniture in a house
-Write sentences with
there is/there are
-Correct errors in a picture
based on a description
-Identify uses of s to
represent possessive
or the short form of is
-Number pictures in an ad
-Complete a dialogue
-Write a description of
his/her ideal room in
his/her portfolio
-Read and answer
questions about sleep

Describe rooms and

furniture
Listen to information
about a zoo
Read a story
Write about his/her
ideal room
Write a one-week
diary on his/her
sleeping habits

Unit 4
Whos that boy?

Have/ has
The indefinite article
Parts of the body
Countries and
nationalities
- Phoneme /h/
- School in the U.S.

-Correct information from a reading

-Match capitals with
countries and
nationalities
-Ask and answer questions
about nationalities
-Identify parts of the body
-Practice the pronunciation
of /h/
-Complete and write
sentences using
have/has
-Complete sentences
using the indefinite
article
-Match people in a
listening and reading
-Discuss and guess the
nationality of people in
pictures
-Complete information
about schools in the
U.S.
-Complete a timetable
-Do a quiz on line based
on a reading
HOLIDAY

Talk about nationality

Describe people
Talk about
possessions
Listen to and
understand physical
descriptions
Read descriptions of
people
Write a description of
him/herself or a friend

DIDACTIC UNITS PER TERM III

Secondary Level
Area: Foreign Language

Subject: English Book: American MORE! Combo 1

Start

Third Term

Contents

Didactic Unit
Conceptual
THIRD TERM
Unit 5
Whats for lunch?

End

-Simple Present (affirmative)

-Spelling: third person singular
-Adverbs of frequency
-Food
-Question intonation
-Food from around the world

Procedural
-

Identify true and false information from a text

Rewrite a dialogue
Ask politely for food
Identify different types
of food
Practice intonation in
questions
Make dialogues using
pictures
Write sentences in the
simple present
Write sentences using
adverbs of frequency
Complete and make a
report about an eating
habits survey
Answer
comprehension
questions from a
reading.
Complete a dialogue
Read a text and
match food symbols
on a map
Identify countries
described texts
Write about foods and
countries they come
from

Programmed
Weeks

Programmed hours

Criteria/ Achievement
Indicators

P.A.A.S (N /name)

Conditional
-

Make a reply to offers

and requests
Talk about what
he/she eats
Read about different
diets and foods
Write about his/her
eating habits

Unit 6
Time for change

-Simple present (negatives,

questions and short
answers)
-Object pronouns
-Daily activities
-Multicultural America

Identify correct
information from a
reading
Ask and answer
questions about time
Identify daily activities
Write sentences in the
simple present
Identify times people
do different activities
Use object pronouns
in sentences
Read a text about two
teenagers and identify
the time they do
different activities
Write a description of
his/her day in his/her
portfolio
Match countries with
languages
Read a text and
answer
comprehension
questions
Complete a text based
on a listening task
Interview a partner
and write a paragraph
about his/her favorite
music
Do an quiz on line
based on a reading

Ask and tell time

Talk about routines
Read about other
peoples routines
Write about his/her
day
Sing a song

DIDACTIC UNITS PER TERM IV

Secondary Level
Area: Foreign Language

Subject: English Book: American MORE! Combo 1

Third Term

Start

Programmed
Weeks

Criteria/ Achievement
Indicators

Contents

Didactic Unit
Conceptual
FOURTH TERM
Unit 7
Shopping!

End

-Demonstrative adjectives and

pronouns
-Count and noncount nouns
-How much?/How many?
-Some/Any
-Clothes
-The phoneme //
-Math

Procedural
-

Correct information
from a dialogue
Ask and answer about
prices
Practice dialogues
Identify clothes
Ask and answer
questions about
shopping habits
Write sentences using
demonstrative
adjectives and
pronouns
Identify count and
noncount nouns
Ask questions using
how much/how many
Write sentences using
some/any with count
and uncount nouns
Act out a dialogue
Identify true and false
information from a
listening
Complete a dialogue
Role play a situation
in a marketplace
Order events in a
story

Conditional
-

Talk about prices

Talk about clothes
Listen to and
understand a dialogue
in a grocery store
Read and understand
a story
Describe someone in
the class
Write about clothes
he/she like to wear
.

Programmed hours

P.A.A.S (N /name)

Unit 8
My family

-may for permission

-Can for ability
-like/love/hate doing
-Family members
-School breakfast program

Solve a puzzle
Practice the
pronunciation of the
phoneme //
Play a guessing game
Write a description of
the clothes he/she
likes to wear in his/her
portfolio
Solve a math puzzle
Do math operations
Identify true and false information from a
dialogue
Practice asking for
permission
Invent dialogues using
pictures
Label members from
a family tree
Ask and answer
questions about a
family tree
Write sentences using
can/cant
Ask and answer about
abilities
Write sentences using
like/love/hate doing
Read a text about a
large family and
answer questions
about it
Identify activities from
a listening
Listen and complete a
song
Write and illustrate a
poem in his/her
portfolio
Read a text and
answer
comprehension
questions
Read a text about a

Ask for permission

Talk about his/her
family
Talk about abilities
Read a text about a
family
Listen and understand
what activities people
do
Write a poem
Sing a song

teenage web designer

and complete a quiz
online