ITM English Level 1

Topics: Likes and dislikes (sports, music, TV shows, movies, places, food, people and activities, etc) Learning outcome: Identify and express likes and dislikes. Give opinions about preferences.

Topics: Responsibilities (household chores, academic responsibilities, and working responsibilities) and hobbies (collecting things, watching movies, reading books, doing puzzles, dancing, etc.) Learning outcome: Recognize the differences between daily mandatory activities and hobbies. Express ideas about responsibilities and hobbies. Activity 1 - Previous task Complete the task from the previous class: Present the members of the family and the family routines. Activity 2 - About the Final Oral Task Review the Final Oral Task. Activity 3 - Responsibilities vs. Hobbies Classify a list of activities between personal responsibilities and hobbies. Activity 4 - How often? Watch the video and answer the questions along it. Task What are your weekly personal responsibilities? What are your hobbies? Take one piece of paper and divide it into 6. Take another and divide it into 3. In the first piece, illustrate 6 of your personal responsibilities. Write the responsibility a...

Topics: Family routines and dynamics. Learning outcome: Exchange information about my family's routine. Describe the dynamics of the relationship with my family. Activity 1 - Writing task back Based on writing conventions , the teacher provides feedback on the writing task. Activity 2 - About my family Organized in a semicircle, teacher and students complete the workshop (photocopy) about family routines and Simple Present tense. Task - Role play In small groups, assign family roles to each member of the group, and create and present a family routine.

Topic: Personal routines. Learning outcome: Exchange information about my own daily routine. Ask and provide information about somebody else's routine. Activity 1 What are some typical activities you do every day? Activity 2 Look at the following flashcards about everyday activities. Try to guess each activity based on the image. Activity 3  Depending on our occupation, everybody has different schedules. What are some occupations you know? Activity 4 Look at the following flashcards about occupations. Try to guess each occupation based on the image. Activity 5 Let's play on our phones. Join the game and join your team according to your teacher's instructions and the information on the whiteboard. Good luck! Activity 6 What are the days of the week? What are the parts of the day? What are some typical activities you do during each part of the day? How often (with what frequency) do you do them? Task Create your weekly schedule, a...

Topics: My classmates' next week. Days of the week. Learning outcome: Talk about the activities my classmates are going to do next week. Activity 0 - Week 10's activities review (15 minutes) Make a review of Week 10's activities in wizer.me . Activity 1 - Entertaining From worksheet Entertaining (Basis Tactics for Listening), complete Getting Ready and Listening 1. Activity 2 - Making excuses Look at the following image. Then answer the questions below. Have you ever heard any of these excuses? Have you ever used any of them? Which are good excuses and which are bad excuses? What other excuses can you make for not accepting an invitation? Activity 3 - Phone calls From worksheet Entertaining (Basis Tactics for Listening), complete Listening 2 Task 1 and Task 2. Activity 4 - Making plans Read, listen and practice. Listen to the rest of the conversation. When are they going to have dinner? Who are they going to meet after dinner? Ac...

Topics: Parts of the house Home objects Learning outcome: Identify and describe the different types of living places, parts of a house, and the different objects within. Functional language: What do you have in your living room?  There is a TV set in front of the sofa and there are two pictures on the wall. My room is my favorite part of the house. Do you have a backyard? No, I don’t. My house is very small Activity 1 - My house Take a 360º tour around your teacher's house. You will see the most typical rooms in a house. What other parts of the house do you know? Activity 2 - Home activities In groups of 3 people, select one room of the house and indicate what you do in that room. Example: In the kitchen, you cook delicious food, you wash the dishes, you prepare healthy salads. Activity 3 - Home objects Do you know the name for each object? In what room can we find each object? What other home objects can you remember? Activity...

Topics: Personality traits Famous people Learning outcome: Identify and describe famous people's personalities. Functional language: My favorite celebrity is Doctor Oz, he is a responsible, nice, strict and hardworking person. Who’s this? This is Professor X. He is a professor in the mutant high school and he is very cool. Tony Stark is an engineer, he is very open-minded and very smart. Activity 0 - Reading Task review The teacher will give you your Reading Task back and will give you feedback. Activity 1 - Demonstratives (Demonstrative Pronouns) Look at the following image about demonstrative pronouns. Make examples with objects and people in the classroom. Now you are ready to play a board game based on the demonstrative pronouns. Activity 2 - Family tree Draw your family tree following these conventions. At least 4 levels. circle: woman/girl square: man/boy double line: husband and wife triangle: unknown gender (Option...

Topics: Family Reading Task (20%) Learning outcome: Identify and describe family members. Activity 1 Complete task from previous class. Interview 2 classmates and get the information required. Full name Age Nationality Email Phone number Living place Birthday Based on the Appearance worksheet : Hair Face Eyes Build Height Activity 2 Complete the worksheet about family members. Activity 3 Reading Task (20%)

Topics:  Personal information Physical appearance Parts of the body Learning outcome: Use adjectives to describe physical appearance and identify the parts of the body.  Functional language: What is your girlfriend like? She is short. Her hair is long. She has black eyes. What does he look like?  He is a little fat and short. Signing of the Compromiso Académico Activity 1 - Introductions in video Check videos from the previous class. Content 1: Wh- question words What does each wh- word refer to? Check the following mind map. Wh- question words Can you give more examples of questions using wh- words? Give 2 examples. You can find more information in the following video: Content 2 - Nouns and corresponding pronouns Can you match each noun with its corresponding pronoun? Activity 2 - Possessive adjectives and Verb 'have' Look at the following explanation: Now, you can match nouns and pronouns with the...

Topics: Numbers
 The alphabet Learning outcome: Ask for, give, and identify names, telephone numbers, email, and other personal information. Possible tasks: Reading: read a text about people`s descriptions and answer questions about their personal information (reading skills) 
 Survey: ask personal information questions to your classmates (oral skills) Functional language: What is your name? 
 How do you spell your name? 
 How do you spell your last name? 
 What do you do? 
 Where do you work? 
 I work for Allus. 
 Pre-task activities: Activity1: Questions about "Let me introduce myself" workshop. Content 1: Watch a video with introduction samples. Activity 2: Create a mind map about personal information, similar to the one created last class. In the middle, it's the title "Personal information". The branches are the different types of information you can provide: name, surname, age, etc. For each branch, you need to indi...

Topics: Teacher’s introduction. Micro-curriculum (topics and objectives, language competences to be reached) presentation Methodological approach presentation. Introducing the institutional rules: student regulations, chain of command and academic commitment. Greetings/Farewells Personal information Learning outcome: Say hello and goodbye in formal and informal ways Give basic information about yourself (name, last name, nickname, age, studies, job, living place) Possible tasks: Dialogue: Introduce yourself to a classmate and request information about him or her (oral skills) Functional language: Hello, my name is. What is your name? Where do you live? Who do you live with?  How old are you? What do you do? Nice to meet you. Goodbye General documents: Calendario académico Pacing guide Compromiso académico Writing conventions