ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Form III Scholastic year

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1 ENGLISH LANGUAGE Form III Scholastic year Text book: Upstream Upper Intermediate B2+ SEPTEMBER 1. Character and personality handout. Emphasis on the development of character and personality description skills. 2. The descriptive essay: a. Describing people (character, personality, appearance) b. Describing places OCTOBER Upstream Unit 1: Crossing Barriers Topics: Means of communication Ways to communicate Gestures Exercise 1: Lead-in: Meaning of title of module, communication. Exercise 3: Making suggestions: Responding Positvely/Negatively Exercise 4: Paraphrasing, discussion of opinion Reading: A multilingual Internet (gapped text). Exercises 1-7. (pp 8-9) Upstream Unit 1: Crossing Barriers (pp 10-11) Exercise 1: Means of Communication: Phrasal Verbs related to communication Exercise 2: Ways to communicate and making assumptions Exercise 3: Collocations connected with the topic of language Exercise 4: Gestures Exercise 5: Words often confused. Collocations (say/tell/speak/talk) Exercise 6: Idioms and fixed phrases (related to communication) Exercise 7: Prepositions (related to communication) Exercise 8: Phrasal verbs (related to communication)

2 Week 3 Upstream Unit 1: Crossing barriers Listening and speaking (pp12-13) Exercise 3: Means of communication: Comparing/contrasting and expressing preference Exercise 5: Everyday English, saying goodbye. Week 4 Upstream Unit 1: Crossing Barriers Reading: Culture Clip: Theatre for the Deaf (multiple choice questions) (pp 14-15) Exercise 1: Title and Introduction Exercise 2: Multiple choice Exercise 3: Vocabulary practice; theatre-related words Exercise 4: Text analysis Exercise 5: Discussion NOVEMBER Upstream Unit 1 : Crossing Barriers p.16 Grammar : articles and determiners ; partitives ; countable and uncountable nouns Exercise 1 : Articles (basic rules) Exercise 2 : Determiners (main functions). Singular nouns, Plural nouns, uncountable nouns Exercise 3 : Too/Enough (relationship between the too and enough structures Exercise 4: Partitives/ Countable and uncountable nouns Upstream Unit 1: Crossing Barriers ( pp16-17) Exercise 5: Word formation: forming abstract nouns Exercise 6: Key word transformations Exercise 7: Open cloze

3 Handout on Head idioms: Emotions and Thought exercises: 1-4 Week 3 Upstream Unit 1: Crossing Barriers (pp 18-21) Writing: letters/ s (informal/semi-formal/formal letters/ s Understanding the rubric Informal style Analysing an Informal Giving Advice Opening/Closing Remarks Semi-formal style Useful language Formal style Paraphrasing Unit 1: Overall objectives Vocabulary: English in the world; the internet; means of communication; aspects of language; speak/say/tell/talk; touch/hold/contact Reading: multiple matching (reading for main points); multiple choice (reading for detail) Speaking: making suggestions; responding positively/negatively; comparing and contrasting; making assumptions; expressing preference; saying goodbye Use of English: key word transformations; open cloze; error correction; word formation: forming abstract nouns Grammar: articles; determiners; too/enough; partitives; countable/uncountable nouns Phrasal verbs: switch; put; hang; run; get; call; cut (related to communication) Writing: Letters/ s (formal/semi-formal/informal style) Week 4 Upstream Unit 2: Moods and Feelings Topics Moods and emotions Character qualities Physical sensations Expressing feelings

4 p Exercise 1: Lead-in: adjectives related to feelings, moods and emotions Exercise 2: Paraphrase, discuss. Reading: Happy? (gapped text) Exercises 1-6 DECEMBER Upstream Unit 2: Moods and Feelings p Exercise 1: Moods and Emotions: positive/negative adjectives Exercise 2: Physical sensations: matching feelings to physical sensations Exercise 3: Expressing Feelings Exercises 5 and 6: Extreme Adjectives (related to feelings) Exercise 7: Idioms and fixed phrases (related to character qualities) Exercise 8: Words often confused (related to feelings) Exercise 9: Phrasal verbs (related to feelings) Exercise 10: Prepositions (related to feelings) Upstream Unit 2: Moods and Feelings: pp p.28 exercises 1 and 2: matching speakers to statements; multiple choice p.29 exercise 3: Stressful situations exercise 5: Communication: Asking about and expressing feelings exercise 6: Everyday English: Exclamations P.30: Reading : Extract from Sense and Sensibility (gapped text) exercises 1-6 JANUARY Upstream Unit 2: Moods and Feelings: pp Exercises 1 and 2: Present Simple and Present Continuous Exercise 3: Stative Verbs Exercise 4: Used to/be used to/get used to Exercise 5: Word formation Forming adjectives

5 Exercise 6: The secret of being happy (word formation) Exercise 7: Key word transformations Exercised 8: Multiple-choice cloze Hand-out on Heart idioms: Feelings and determination: exercises 1-4 Week 3 Upstream Unit 2: Moods and feelings: pp Writing: Transactional Letters/ s Exercise 1: Understanding the Rubric 1 Exercise 2: Analysing a Letter of Invitation Exercise 3: Requesting Information Indirect questions Exercise 4: Apologising Exercise 5: Understanding the Rubric 2 Exercises 6-9: Analysing a Letter/ of Complaint PP Exercises 10 and 11 Objectives of Unit 2: Vocabulary: moods and emotions; physical sensations; expressing feelings; extreme adjectives Reading: Gapped text (reading for text structure) Listening: multiple matching; multiple choice (listening for gist, main points, detail, specific information, attitude and opinion) Speaking: asking about and expressing feelings; exclamations; indirect questions Use of English: key word transformations; word formation; multiple choice cloze Grammar: present simple and present continuous; state verbs; used to, be, get used to, word formation, forming adjectives Phrasal verbs: phrasal verbs formed with up/down Writing: Transactional letters/ s: requesting information; making complaints Week 4 Upstream Unit 2: Moods and Feelings: pp Exercise 1: Vocabulary and Grammar: Fill in the missing word Exercise 2: Vocabulary and Grammar: Circle the correct item Exercise 3: English in Use: Key word transformations Exercise 4: English in Use: Word formation Exercise 5: Communication : Correct response Exercise 6: Communication: Dialogue Exercise 7: Reading Exercise 11: Writing FEBRUARY

6 Revision and half-yearly examination past-papers MARCH Upstream Unit 3: Making a Living Topics: -work/jobs - Skills and qualities - earning a living - work conditions p.45 exercise 1: Lead-In: meaning of title of module; career; ideal house Exercise 2: Expressing opinions; Asking for opinion; Agreeing; Disagreeing Exercise 4: Paraphrase and discussion Hand-out on Finger, thumb, hand idioms: Exercises 1-4 Upstream Unit 3: Making a Living pp Reading: Why don t you get a proper job? (multiple choice) Exercises 1-3 Exercise 4: Vocabulary practice Exercise 5: Text Analysis Exercises 6, 7: Discussion p.48 Language Focus Exercise 1 : Skills and Qualities Exercise 2 : Encouraging : Responding negatively/positively Exercise 4: Earning Money Exercise 6: Words often confused Exercise 7: Idioms and fixed phrases Exercise 8: Phrasal verbs (related to money) Exercise 9 : Prepositions (related to work) APRIL Upstream Unit 3: Making a living pp p.50 Listening: multiple choice; sentence completion; matching speakers to statements p.51 Exercise 3: Speaking: Creativity at Work; Memorable moments Exercise 5: Communication: Demanding explanations; Giving explanations

7 Exercise 6: Speaking: Asking for and giving advice Exercise 7: Speaking: Everyday English: Money matters p.52 Reading: Great British Jobs (multiple matching) exercises 1-7 Hand out on idioms: Ear, lips, mouth, nose, teeth, tongue exercises 1-4 Upstream Unit 3: Making a Living: pp Exercises 1-4: English in Use: -ing form or Infinitive Exercises 5 and 7: Reported speech Exercise 8: English in Use: Key word transformations Exercise 9: Word formation: Forming negative adjectives Exercise 10: English in Use: Open Cloze Exercise 11: English in Use: Word formation Week 3 Upstream Unit 3: Making a Living pp Writing: Letters of Application Exercise 9: Understanding the rubric 2 Exercise 10: Analysing a Letter of Application Exercise 11: Informal and Formal style Exercise 12: Error correction Exercises 13, 14: Discuss and write Hand-out on Back idioms: exercises 1-4 Objectives of Unit 3: Vocabulary: types of jobs; skills and qualities; earning money; places of work; confused words, idioms/phrasal verbs related to money Reading: multiple matching (reading for main points; reading for specific information) Listening: multiple choice; note-taking (listening for gist, main points, detail, function, location, roles and relationship, attitude, intention, feeling, opinion, specific information) Speaking: asking for/expressing opinions; agreeing/disagreeing; encouraging; demanding explanations; asking for/giving advice; responding positively/negatively

8 Use of English: key word transformations; word formation: negative adjectives; open cloze; error correction Grammar: -ing form or infinitive; reported speech; introductory verbs Phrasal verbs: run; put; take; eat; live; cut (related to money) Writing: Letters of application Week 4 Upstream Unit 4: Make Yourself at Home Topics: dwellings, household items, appliances and furniture, renting a house/flat, household chores pp p.61 Lead-in: exercises 1-4 p.62 Reading: Going Underground (gapped text) Exercises 1-8 MAY Upstream Unit 4: Make Yourself at Home pp Exercises 1-3: Types of houses Exercise 4: Renting a house/flat Exercise 5: Appliances and Furniture Exercise 7: Phrasal verbs (related to household chores) Exercises 8, 9: Idioms and Fixed phrases Exercise 10: Prepositions Listening p.66 exercises 1, 2. Speaking p Exercise 3 : Household items Exercises 5, 6: Communication: Making a complaint; Avoiding giving a direct answer. Exercise 7: Everyday English: Omissions Upstream Unit 4: Make yourself at Home pp Reading: Mr Wemmick s Castle (extract from Great Expectations) (multiple choice) exercises 1-8

9 English in Use: p. 70 exercises 1-5: Present Perfect Exercise 6: Present Perfect Continuous Exercise 7: English in Use Key word transformations Exercises 8, 9: Word formation Exercise 10: English in Use Multiple-choice cloze Week 3 Upstream Unit 4: Make Yourself at Home: pp Writing: Making Suggestions Exercise 1: Understanding the rubric 1 Exercise 2: Analysing a Letter: Making Suggestions Exercises 3-6: Useful language: making suggestions and expressing the results of suggestions p.74 Style: Exercise 7 Exercise 8: Brainstorming Exercises 9, 10: Understanding the Rubric 2 Exercises 11, 12: Discuss and Write Objectives of Unit 4: Vocabulary: dwellings, types of houses; rooms/areas of a house; appliances and furniture; renting a house or flat. Reading: gapped text (reading for text structure); multiple choice (reading for specific information) Listening: multiple matching; true/false; (listening for gist, main points, detail, opinion and specific information) Speaking: Making a complaint; avoiding giving a direct answer; omissions Use of English: key word transformations,; word formation; multiple choice cloze Grammar: Present Perfect; present perfect continuous, word formation: adjective endings Phrasal Verbs: put; wash; clear; hand (related to household chores) Writing: making suggestions (letters, articles) Week 4 Idioms hand-out: Foot, heel, toe: exercises 1-5

10 Upstream pp.77-80: Self-Assessment Module Exercises 1, 2: Vocabulary and Grammar: Fill in the missing word; multiple choice Exercise 3: English in Use: Key word transformations Exercise 4: Word formation Exercises 5, 6: Communication Exercise 7: Reading: Make your home Greener JUNE Revision and annual examination past papers