Unit 1: People and Animals Unit Purpose The purpose of this unit is to enable students to describe people and animals by making reference to their physical appearance, (in)abilities and habits/routines.
Social Practice
Giving and obtaining factual information of a personal and non-personal kind
1.1. Expressing (in)ability in the present Sample productions: He/She is a singer/an architect/…, he/she can sing very well/design buildings/…; Can you play the guitar/speak French/…?; Yes, I can; No, I can’t (, but I can play the harmonica/speak English/...). 1.2. Describing people and animals Sample productions: Zebras are beautiful. They have black and white stripes. They live in the jungle. They eat grass.; Luis/Erika is medium height/thin/… and has big brown eyes. He/She is very nice; Is he/she curious/short/…?; Yes, he/she is; No, he/she isn’t; Do elephants have long ears/black eyes/…?; Yes, they do; No, they don’t; What does Luis/Erika look like?; He/She is tall and plump; What’s Luis/Erika like?; He/She’s tall/responsible/…(. He/She always does her homework/arrives on time/…); What’s your dog like? It’s fat/lazy/… Performance Evidence
• Students can recognise and understand quotidian texts (classified advertisements, letters/emails, magazine/newspaper articles and conversations) in order to use them purposefully (obtain information/learn about people’s and animals’ (in)abilities, appearance and qualities, habits/ routines). – Can use knowledge of the world and clues (illustrations) to make predictions about the texts. – Can identify the overall message and some details ((in)abilities, physical characteristics, routines/ habits) and discriminate relevant from irrelevant information, in order to identify a person or his/ her main actions/habits/routines, complete/expand a text and/or respond to a conversation.
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