Swoosh 9.

ano Year plan

YEAR PLAN
1st Term
UNIT 0 WARM-UP

6 LESSONS
Skills

No. of
lessons

Vocabulary
MC 14.11

Speaking
Reading
MC 6 / 7 / 8 /
MC 3 / 4 / 5
9
Diagnostic test and correction / Classroom rules
Types of
Expressing an Talking
News
holidays
opinion about
about ones
article:
Summer
ones holiday
holiday
Teen
activities
A summer
Summer
Summer
travel
Camps in
programme
programme
Europe
MC 1.1
MC 7.2 / 8.1
MC 3.2

Listening
MC 1 / 2

Grammar
MC 14

Description
of a holiday
photo

VERBS
Past Simple
Past Continuous
CONNECTORS
Either or
Neither nor
MC 14.1

MC 11.2

UNIT 1 SPICE UP YOUR LIFE

No. of
lessons

1+2
1

Vocabulary
MC 14.11

13 LESSONS

Skills
Listening
MC 1 / 2
Making an
invitation
Song: Fly
Away from
Here
The ultimate
rush
Erasmus
ILAC
Homestay in
Canada

Speaking
MC 6 / 7 / 8 / 9
Socialising
Talking about life
Life
enriching activities
enriching
Inviting /
experiences
suggesting /
Student
accepting / declining
exchange
Oral presentation:
programmes
Talking about ones
country activities,
cultural heritage,
advantages
Exam: speaking
practice
MC 1.1 / 1.2 /
MC 6.1 / 6.2 / 7.1 /
1.3 / 13.2 / 13.3
8.3 / 9.1 / 13.3
Revision for the test / Written test and listening test
Oral presentations (5 to 10 students)

Reading
MC 3 / 4 / 5
A newspaper
article: A
life-changing
experience
A web article:
Studying
abroad and
exchange
programmes
MC 3.2 / 12.1 /
4.1 / 4.2 /
13.2 / 13.3

Writing
MC 10 / 11
An interview
A postcard

MC 10.2 /
11.1

UNIT 2 HEAL THE WORLD

No. of
lessons

1+2
1

Vocabulary
MC 14.11

Grammar
MC 14
VERBS
Verb
tenses
revision
QUESTION
TAGS

MC 14.9

Culture
MC 12 / 13
CANADA
Exchange
students
offer a
unique
perspective

MC 13.1 /
13.2 / 13.3

13 LESSONS

Skills

Listening
Speaking
MC 1 / 2
MC 6 / 7 / 8 / 9
Health
Dialogues
Talking about the
problems
(health and
state of ones
Nonillnesses)
health
governmental
Pronunciation
Asking for and
Health
Song: Dream
giving
Organisations
Share my
advice
Dabba
Talking about
Doctors
improbable
Without
situations
Borders in
Oral
Africa
presentation:
World Food
Being a news
Day
reporter
MC 1.1 / 1.2 /
Exam: speaking
1.3 / 2.2 / 3.1 /
Practice
12.1 / 13.1 /
MC 6.1 / 6.3 / 8.1 /
13.2 / 13.3
8.3 / 9.1
Revision for the test / Written test and listening test
Oral presentations (5 to 10 students) / New Years Eve

2nd Term

Culture
MC 12 / 13

Writing
MC 10 / 11

Reading
MC 3 / 4 / 5
A news
website
article:
Share my
Dabba: A
simple idea
with a big
impact
A news
article:
Angelina
Jolie charity
work, events
and causes
MC 3.2 / 4.1 /
4.2 / 12.1 /
13.3

Writing
MC 10 / 11
A short
comment
A
description
of a picture

Grammar
MC 14
IF
CLAUSES
First
conditional
(revision)
Second
conditional
IDIOMS
Related to
the body
and food

MC 10.1 /
11.2

MC 6.3 /
14.5 / 14.10

Culture
MC 12 / 13
KENYA
Mollys
world
World Food
Programme

MC 3.2 /
13.3

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UNIT 3 MAKE A DIFFERENCE

No. of
lessons

1+2
1

Vocabulary
MC 14.11

13 LESSONS

Skills

Listening
Speaking
MC 1 / 2
MC 6 / 7 / 8 / 9
Volunteering
Dialogues
Talking about
Volunteer work (volunteerism)
volunteering
Organisations An interview
experiences
Song: We Are
Sharing an opinion
the World
about volunteer
Community
work
week
Oral presentation:
Volunteer work
Talking about
in Ghana
natural disasters
Philippines: six
Exam: speaking
months on
practice
MC 1.1 / 1.2 /
MC 6.1 / 7.1 / 7.2 /
13.1 / 13.2 / 13.3 9.1 / 9.2 / 9.3 / 13.3
Revision for the test / Written test and listening test
Oral presentations (5 to 10 students)

Reading
Writing
MC 3 / 4 / 5
MC 10 / 11
A website
An ad
article: Make
An informal
a difference:
letter
Volunteering
opportunities
An informal letter

MC 3.1 / 3.3 /
3.4 / 4.1 / 13.2 /
13.3

MC 10. 2 /
11.3 / 11.4

UNIT 4 THE EVOLUTION OF TECHNOLOGY

No. of
lessons

Vocabulary
MC 14.11
Technology
Inventions
Technological
abbreviations

1+2
1

Speaking
MC 6 / 7 / 8 / 9
Talking about
technology and
inventions
Giving and asking
for further
information
Talking about the
consequence/
result of actions
and contrasting
two actions
Oral presentation:
Talking about an
ad for a
technological
product
Exam: speaking
practice
MC 6.1 / 8.2 / 8.3 /
9.1 / 13.3

MC 1.1 / 1.2 /
2.1 / 3.1 / 12.1 /
13.1 /
13.2 / 13.3
Revision for the test / Written test and listening test
Oral presentations (5 to 10 students) / April Fools Day

3rd Term

THE
PHILIPPINES
International
Rescue
Committee:
Refugee
volunteer
opportunities

MC 14.3 /
14.7

MC 13.2 /
13.3

13 LESSONS

Skills
Listening
MC 1 / 2
Dialogues
(evolution of
technology)
Pronunciation
An interview
Song: Video
Killed the Radio
Star
Science fiction
in action
Hey kickstarter
CNSE and The
Childrens
Museum of
Science and
Technology

Culture
MC 12 / 13

Grammar
MC 14
VERBS
Verb +
infinitive
Verb + -ing
form
RELATIVE
PRONOUNS
Who, which,
that
(omission)

Reading
MC 3 / 4 / 5
A news
website
article: Why
todays
inventors
need to read
more science
fiction!
A news
article: The
future of
technology in
the hands of
two very
gifted teens
MC 3.2 / 4.1 /
4.2 / 12. 1 /
13.3

Writing
MC 10 / 11
A short
comment
An
analysis
of an ad

Grammar
MC 14
CONNECTORS
Result,
consequence
and contrast
VERBS
Past Perfect

MC 10.1 /
11.3 / 11.4

MC 7.1 / 14.2 /
14.8

Culture
MC 12 / 13
THE USA
Promoting
technological
evolution:
The Children
Museum of
Science and
Technology
(CMOST)

MC 3.2 / 13.3

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UNIT 5 MAGIC OF READING

No. of
lessons

1+2
1
3

Vocabulary
MC 14.11

13 LESSONS

Skills

Listening
Speaking
MC 1 / 2
MC 6 / 7 / 8 / 9
Books
Dialogues (the
Talking about
Famous
classics)
books and reading
authors
Pronunciation
Giving a personal
Rhymes
Song:
opinion
Unwritten
Speaking about
Film trailer: If
ones favourite
I Stay
books
Film trailer:
Oral presentation:
The Perks of
Talking about a
Being a
book that has been
Wallflower
adapted into a film /
Shakira
ones favourite book
promotes girls
Exam: speaking
education
practice
MC 1.1 / 2.1 /
MC 7.1 / 7.2 /
12.1 / 12.2
8.1 / 8.3 / 9.1 / 13.3
Revision for the test / Written test and listening test
Summer festivals
Final oral presentations (all the students)

Reading
MC 3 / 4 / 5
A website
article:
Looking for
a good read?
An excerpt
from the
book: The Perks
of Being a
Wallflower

MC 3.3 / 4.1 /
4.2 / 5.1 / 5.2 /
12.2 / 13.1

Writing
MC 10 / 11
A short
summary
A short story

Grammar
MC 14
REPORTED
SPEECH
Reporting
statements,
questions,
commands,
requests and
suggestions
Reporting
verbs:
ask, say, tell,
explain,
suggest

MC 11.2 /
11.4

MC 7.1 /
14.4 / 14.6

Culture
MC 12 / 13
INDIA
Shakira: A
loud voice
for girls
education in
India

MC 13.1 /
13.3