UNIT PLAN

UNIT 1: SIGNS OF THE TIME

Mth

Wk

Targeted
competency
C1

C2

C3

LC

LEVEL 2

AGHBALOU HIGH SCHOOL

Learning objectives

Communicative tasks

SWBAT

Oral / written

TEACHER: D.MESSAOUDI

Resources
Grammar

Lexis

Integration & assessment

Pronunciation

DISCOVERING LANGUAGE
- Predict the topic of the
whole unit
- Identify / categorize
pictures according to sectors
of economy.
- Scan for detail.
- Pronounce the final s.
- Express a habit / state in
the past.
- Express future intention
- Pronounce the final s in
used to
- Reinvest used to to
correct a text.
- Reinvest going to to write
a statement policy.
- Distinguish between
French & English phonics.
- Match oral pauses with
written marks of punctuation
in listing.
- Infer the category of given
words & use appropriate
suffixes to form new words.
- Make a word chart for
forming nouns by adding
suffixes.

- Think it over, p15

- Before reading, p16
- While reading, pp16-17
- Works, lives,
boxes

- While reading, task 3, p17

- Gram.Desk, p17
- Practice, pp18-19

- Positive / negative
/ interrogative forms
of the semi-modal
used to
- Am/is/are + going
+ to + verb

- Used to /ju:st/

- Write it right, task 1, p19

- // // // task 2, p19
- Short oral
pause + rising
intonation =
comma

- Say it loud and clear, tasks

1-2, p20

- Working with words, tasks

1-2, p21
- // // // task 2, p21

- Marx / Marxism
- appear /
appearance

LISTENING AND SPEAKING

- Express doubts / make
predictions about the future.
- Express degree of
certainty.
- Listen for gist & detail
- Summarize the dialogue
- Make prediction & respond
by expressing certainty or
doubt.

- Task 1, p22
- Task 2, p22

- maybe / perhaps

- Task 3, p22
- Your turn, p23

- will / may / might

For training

For assessing

- Write a short dialogue

predicting what might
happen in the future.

- Write it up, p23

READING AND WRITING I

- Identify groups of food in

relation with given words.
- Give ones opinion & justify
it.
- Express agreement &
disagreement & justify it.
- Scam the text for specific
info related to techniques of
avoiding repetition.
- Write definition using
different relative pronouns.
- Distinguish between & use
defining & non-defining
relative clauses.
- Produce advertisement
slogans using comparative &
superlative forms of adj. &
adv.
- Produce a short newspaper
article using paragraph
development by comparison
& contrast.

- think / believe
- agree / disagree
with

- Tasks 1-4, pp24-25

- Task 5-7, pp25-26

- commas = DRC
- + commas =
NDRC

- Write it out, task 1, p26

- // // // , task 2, p27

READING AND WRITING II

- Interpret logos relying on
specific including info.
- Scam the text for detail.
- Distinguish between the
verb form expressing near
future / arrangement /
intention & that expressing
prediction / indefinite future.
- Write an e-mail about future
plans.
- Write a lifestyle profile

- Task 1, p28
- Task 3, p29

- Task 4, p29

- Write it out, p29

- Putting things together, p30

- be+verb+ing /
going to VS will