Upgrade 2

Upgrade 2

PROGRAMME OF CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

Area: Foreign Languages (English)

Stage: Bachillerato
Upper Secondary Education




Introduction:

This programme of classroom activities for the title UPGRADE 2, has been designed following the guidelines of the LOE and the Royal Decree 1467/2007, 2nd November, according to which students will be provided with training, human andintellectual maturity, knowledge and skills to allow them develop social functions and get into an active life with responsibility and competence.

This document has been designed for teaching the 2nd year of the Bachillerato Education, and teachers can at any time adapt this schedule to their particular needs, according to their specific classes. The aim of this programme is to provideteachers with some guidance so that they can del with diversity in their English classroom, and adapt their classes both to fast-finisher students and to those who find more difficulties in learning a foreign language.

According to this, UPGRADE 2 is structured into 6 units, plus a starter unit, each of which has been divided into 8 lessons of approximately one hour each. This, of course, as we havealready mentioned aims to be an orientation for teachers so that they can adapt it to their particular circumstances.

The abbreviation code used is as follows:


GG: Group activity
IND: Individual activity
R: Reading
W: Writing
L: Listening
S: Speaking
SB: Student’s Book
WB: Workbook



STARTER UNIT
Fashion



STARTER Lesson 1 Topic words & Reading
AIMS:
 Teachvocabulary related to the topic: fashion
 Teach and practise exam reading strategies: reference words
 Practise common comprehension question types
 Discuss the topic of non-verbal messages
ACTIVITIES AND EVALUATION
Stage Description Interaction Skills Resources Homework
Presentation Topic words
Optional warmer
1
2
3
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GG
GG
IND
IND
GG
S
RS
W
R
RS SB p 4-5
CD1/02; 1/03 TB. p15
Homework A
Homework B
Development Reading
1
2a
2b
Exam reading strategy – Reference words
3
4
5
6

GG
GG
IND


IND
IND
IND
IND
RS
RS
R


RW
R
RW
RW
Follow up
Read Aloud
Discussion Point
False Friends
GG
GG
GG RLS
RS
RS



STARTER Lesson 2 Grammar
AIMS:
 Revise and practise present simple and present continuous
 Reviseand practise state verbs
 Revise and practise past simple, past continuous and used to and would
 Revise and practise present continuous, going to and will
 Revise and practise time clauses
 Revise and practise future continuous and future perfect
 Practise the tenses in a functional context
ACTIVITIES AND EVALUATION
Stage Description Interaction Skills Resources Homework
PresentationOptional warmer GG W SB p 6-7
CD 1/04 TB. p19
Homework
Development Present simple/continuous
1a
1b
2a
2b
State verbs
Past simple, past continuous and used to and would
3
4
5
Present continuous, going to and will
6a
6b
Time clauses
7
Future continuous and future perfect
8a
8b
9

IND
IND
IND
IND
IND


IND
IND
IND


IND
IND

IND


IND
IND
IND
R
R
RW
WR


R
RW
RW


R
R

RW


R
R
RW
Follow up
Now say it
a
b
c

IND
IND
IND
RW
LR
W



STARTER Lesson 3 Vocabulary & Language in context – Design
AIMS:
 Teach and practise adjectives related to fashion
 Teach and practise phrasal verbs related to fashion
 Teach and practise vocabulary from other areas of the curriculum: design
 Focus on thepronunciation of /θ/ and /ð/
ACTIVITIES AND EVALUATION
Stage Description Interaction Skills Resources Homework
Presentation Optional warmer GG
SW
SB p 8
CD 1/05; 1/06 TB. p20
Homework
Development Vocabulary
1
2
3
4
5
Language in context – Design
6
7
8
IND
IND
IND
IND
GG


IND
IND
IND
R
W
R
RW
RS


RW
LRW
RW
Follow up
Read Aloud
a
b
GG
GG
RS
LR...