Didactic unit: what day is today?

DIDACTIC UNIT 1- WHAT DATE IS TODAY?
TIMING: first unit of the first term. LENGTH: 7 sessions approximately. | |
|DIDACTIC OBJECTIVES. 1.Recognise and produce vocabulary anddiscourse dealing with days, months, ordinal and cardinal numbers, and review seasons (related to|
|curricular objectives for Extremadura: 1, 2, 9). 2.Recognise the written form and copy words relatedto the topic’s vocabulary, (C.O: 3, 4, 9). 3.Understood |
|the importance of special days in English speaking countries (C.O:6). 4.Use stress and intonation correctly in simple questions anddiscriminate and produce |
|sounds related to the unit vocabulary, especially /i/-/ei/, (C.O:1, 2, 9). 5.Understand the general meaning of a text (C.O:3). 6.Show a positive attitude |
|towards learningand self-evaluation (C.O:7, 8). 7.Use the resources available, including ICT’s in order to complete portfolio work (C.O:5). 8.Use the ICT |
|resources to practice the use of the new vocabulary (C.O:10). |
|CONTENTS. BLOCK1: Listening, speaking and communicating. 1.Comprehending oral messages.2.Listening and comprehending simple messages, a song and text. |
|3.Write an e-mail with previously learnt vocabulary and structures. 4.Development of strategies to support oral comprehension andexpression. 5.Valuing |
|English as a means to communicate. BLOCK 2: Reading and writing. 1.Reading simple words and sentences, previously seen in oral activities, related to the |
|town anddirections. 2.Writing words and sentences related to days, months and numbers, previously seen orally. 3.Using computer programmes to read and write|
|the vocabulary learnt. BLOCK 3: Knowledge of languagethrough use. 3.1.Linguistic knowledge. Awareness and correct production of stress and intonation and |
|the sounds /i/-/ei/. 2.Identification and use of elementary words (months, days, ordinal...