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ENGLISH 9th Grade
ENGLISH 9th Grade
NINTH GRADE.
UNIT ONE
SCHOOL: FABIO IGNACIO MAGAÑA SUBJECT: ENGLISH TIME:
UNIT´S NAME:
MAKING FRIENDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
OBJECTIVES:
✓ Recognize combinations and recombinations of oral and written language related to professional and academic background, plans for the
weekend and invitations by listening and reading content-related texts within a past-present-future time framework in order to communicate in the
target language.
✓ Produce oral and written sentence-level texts, by combining and recombining acquired vocabulary, stating information on professional and
academic background, plans for the weekend and invitations to neighbors within a past-present-future time in order to fulfill intended
communication needs in the target language.
CONCEPTS PROCEDURES ATTITUDES
Contents: Listening ■ Keeping confidentiality on others’ professional
■ Professional and academic background of ■ Selecting key information on people’s and academic records.
relatives and neighbors professional and academic background. ■ Promoting sound activities for the weekend
■ Plans for the weekend ■ Recognizing plans for the weekend from among neighbors.
■ Expressions to make formal and informal different sources. ■ Valuing the role of socialization among
invitations ■ Recognizing acceptance or refusal of invitations. neighbors.
■ Expressions to accept/refuse formal and informal ■ Expressing acceptance or refusal properly when
invitations Speaking being invited.
■ Giving and eliciting information on professional ■ Appreciating the importance of intonation in
Grammar in context: and academic background. communication of meaning.
■ Will/be going to in all forms ■ Expressing plans for the weekend
- I’ll go to the museum. ■ Inviting someone, formally or informally, to join
- He’s going to do the dishes. you.
■ Yes-no questions. ■ Accepting or refusing an invitation.
- Are you going to see a movie?
Reading
■ Information questions, short and ■ Identifying information on people’s professional
long answers and academic background.
- Where are you going to have a picnic? ■ Recognizing plans for the weekend.
- We’re going to have a picnic at the lake. ■ Inferring ideas of acceptance and refusal.
■ Possessive pronouns
- A friend of mine is coming.
Writing
- This basket is ours.
■ Filling out professional and academic records.
■ Writing a résumé.
Vocabulary: ■ Stating plans for the weekend.
■ Buddy, cool, guys, a friend of mine/ours, picnic, ■ Writing invitations (notes, cards, flyers).
barbecue, soccer game, basketball game, house
chores (do the dishes, cook, mop and sweep, water
the plants/ garden), go to church.
Useful expressions:
■ I’d like you to meet…. Just call me…. What’s
up? Do you want to join us? Would you like to go
with us? Do you want to come along? I’d love to,
but… I’m sorry, but…
I’d be glad to. Where did you study….? Where did
you work….? Where are you studying? Where are
you working?
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■ Imperatives
Writing
- Walk two blocks and turn left.
■ Writing directions to get to or locate places in the
■ Adverbs of location
neighborhood and in a building.
- The bathroom is over there.
■ Writing street signs or labels.
- The post offi ce is near here.
■ Drawing neighborhood maps or building plans.
Vocabulary:
■ Across from, next to, on the corner of, in front of,
at the corner of, behind, first floor, second floor,
Luis’s, Adriana’s, turn right, turn left,
go/walk/drive straight ahead, near, far, here, there.
■ Post office, supermarket, basketball court, soccer,
gym, clinic, drugstore.
Useful expressions:
■ Excuse me, where is the library?
It’s….Where can I find a store?
How do I get to the post office?
It’s not far from here. You can’t miss it.
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UNIT THREE.
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UNIT´S NAME:
IT’S ON SALE
OBJECTIVES:
✓ Understand oral and written language related to foods, numbers, prices and shopping by listening to and reading different sources in order to
satisfy specific communication needs.
✓ Articulate oral and written discourse expressing data on foods, numbers, prices and shopping in order to communicate with others and
implicitly foster good spending habits.
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UNIT´S NAME:
ENTETAINMENT
OBJECTIVES:
✓ Interpret oral and written language messages related to leisure time activities in spoken and written discourse in order to fulfi ll
communication needs.
✓ Produce, at sentence and paragraph levels, oral and written discourse about leisure time activities in order to exchange ideas in the target
language.
✓ Socialize decisively the practice of sound leisure time activities as a means to preserve physical and mental health as well as to boost cultural
growth.
■ Review of frequency adverbs ■ Describing personal and others’ leisure time ■ Developing interest and fondness for leisure time
- I always listen to music in my bedroom. activities. activities that motivate growth of general culture.
- We never watch TV during meals. ■ Expressing degrees of possibility.
■ Manifesting degrees of frequency.
Vocabulary: ■ Expressing preferences.
■ Dancing, rap, electronic music, rock and roll,
classical music, new wave, singers, actors, writers, Reading
chess, movies, video games, soccer, novels, short ■ Using pre-reading strategies.
stories, plays, poetry. ■ Scanning vocabulary related to leisure time
activities from texts.
Useful Expressions: ■ Skimming main ideas about leisure time
■ What do you do in your free time? What’s your activities from texts.
favorite sport/book/ music? What are your plans for ■ Recognizing in readings the notions of time,
the weekend? I’m staying home. I have things to possibility and frequency.
do. We’re going out. What’s that book/movie
about? That’s interesting. That sounds funny/ Writing
boring/ interesting. ■ Listing down leisure time activities by categories.
■ Writing sentences expressing possibility about
leisure time activities.
■ Writing sentences expressing frequency of leisure
time activities.
■ Writing short descriptive paragraphs.
■ Writing personal reports about leisure time
activities.
■ Writing dialogues about leisure time activities.
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UNIT´S NAME:
YOU SHOULD VISIT THE DOCTOR.
OBJECTIVES:
✓ Recognize oral and written language associated with different parts of the body, health problems, medications, feelings and suggestions
through listening and reading in order to fulfIll intended communication needs.
✓ Generate messages concerning parts of the body, health problems, medications, feelings and suggestions by producing comprehensive oral and
written discourse in order to communicate successfully.
✓ Acquire healthy habits to maintain a healthy body and be more productive in studies and work.
Useful Expressions:
■ What’s wrong? What’s the matter? How do you
feel? I don’t feel well. I feel…
What should I do? What do you recommend? Take
care of yourself.
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