Daily News

Newsreader, journal, press, headlines, tocover a story, to verify, eyewitness reports, breaking news,rollingnews.

supported by physical or online resources.

Elaborating questions, answers and expressions including asking for help and giving help by viewing similar scenes, analyzing them in a whole group with teacher direction, taking notes for sentence patterns.

Using turn-taking tactics to complete the requirements of the task and ensure equal participation by all.

Interacting by starting, maintaining and closing a short face to face/over the phone conversation about what´s on TV, the best show, documentaries and news by asking and responding to the speaker in a prepared dialogue using complete sentences (e.g., retelling an event, asking for information).

Descriptionwhat is occurring in a film or book and giving personal opinions in dramatized presentations.

Planning a presentation by selecting the appropriateresourcestobeusedinsmall groups or whole class.

peers though there may be some difficulty in understanding and being understood from time to time. Using technically designed instruments such as rubrics and checklistsand,with the guidance of the teacher, the learner…

Organizing a presentation/ dramatization by practicing previously learned sentence structures for describing, and giving opinions to prepare spoken comments about what is occurring in a film or book, within a small or whole group.

Rehearsing the presentation by reviewing ways to ask clarification questions and confirm understanding, practicing them with a partner or smallgroup.

Describing/Dramatizing what is occurring in a film or book and giving personal opinions by participation in small group presentations while using sentence frames supported by images.

Production of simple, short descriptions of personal experiences and reactions, using conventions accurately.

Production

Pre-writing simple, short descriptions of personal experiences and reactions by choosing the topic and sentence frames while participating in a shared writing activity, and then independently writing. Drafting simple, short descriptions of personal experiences and reactions by using capitalization: at the beginning of sentences, proper nouns, the pronoun

SP.1. describeswhat is occurring in a film or book, and indicates his/her personal opinion about it.

SP.2. gives a short prepared presentation dramatizing a TV show/news.

Using technically designed instruments, for self-and coassessment and with the guidance of the teacher, the learner…

W.1. writes simple, short descriptions of personal experiences without

“I,” proper adjectives, titles, and abbreviations; using commas: to punctuate items in a series, dates, greetings and closings of letters, direct address, introductory words, phrases, clauses, compound sentences. Revising simple, short descriptions of personal experiences and reactions in a pair-share activity. Editing simple, short descriptions of personal experiences and reactions before publishing.

Integrated Mini Project

Participating,thinking,actingout,responding and sharing:

Literary Talent Show: “Let the show begin”

A digital commercial based on a marketing survey using anaid,suchas a dictionary.

W.2. writes personal reactions to a piece of age-appropriate literature.

Level 9th Unit 4

Themes:

1. Success vs. Fame

Scenario: In the Public Eye!

2. National Role Models

3. Contributions of Outstanding Figures to Society

4. Breaking News: Read All About It

Enduring Understanding: Both ordinary people and outstanding national and internationalfigures leave positive contributions to society.

Essential Question: How do ordinary people and outstanding figures contribute in human rights, education, cultural awareness, science, art and politics?

Linguistic Competences Goals

Learner can…

L.1. understand small group discussion between two or more native speakers if that conversationisunhurriedandif thestudentisfamiliarwiththetopicunderdiscussionina video recording.

L.2. understandthemainpointsofarelativelylongdiscussionifitconcernsafamiliartopic and if the people involved use Standard English and do not speak too quickly.

Oral and Written Comprehension

L.3. understand the most important information in a news broadcast (television, Internet) when visuals support the message.

R.1. identify relevant information and drawconclusions.

R.2. identify English language sounds using knowledge in phonics, syllabification and word parts.

R.3. understandfactualtextandsimplereportsonfamiliartopics(e.g.,chartsandgraphs, movie review, and interviews).

Oral and Written Production

SI.1. offer opinions and comments about outstanding figures’ positive and questionable actions in readings, texts, reports, and breaking news examined in class in a smallgroup situation.

SI.2. interview others about nationally and internationally outstanding figures if the questions have been prepared beforehand. Sometimes, pose a further question without having to pause very long toformulatethe question.

SP.1. describe personal and other people’s stories of success.

SP.2. describe contributions of nationally and internationally outstanding figures.

W.1. write a narrative paragraph of personal and other people’s stories of success, checking written sentences to look for mistakes (e.g., subject-verb agreement, capitalization, spelling, basic punctuation, etc.).

Level: 9th Unit 4