First Cycle of Secondary Education

SMART PLANET 2
Ben Goldstein & Ceri Jones

First Cycle of Secondary Education

Lesson Programme

Smart Planet 2 is divided into nine units as well as an introductory unit. Furthermore, units 2, 5 and 9 include two lessons about doing the project and units 3, 6 and 9 include the Get it Right section, designed to address Spanish pupils specific problems, a revision unit for the previous three units.

This Lesson Programme has been drawn up for use throughout the academic year at bilingual educational centres or at schools where more hours are spent learning English than the minimum established by the Spanish educational system. Each teacher can adapt the programme to his/her needs and those of his/her centre.

In 2nd ESO, each unit consists of five lessons of 45 to 50 minutes every week.

1st term: Units 0, 1, 2 and 3 .

2nd term: Units 4, 5 and 6 .

3rd term: Units 7, 8 and 9.

Each table in this Lesson Programme suggests how to use the activities in the Student's Book (SB), Work Book (WB) and others parts of Smart Planet during a lesson. They also reflect the general and specific objectives of each objective such as competences, types of interaction, competences developed and the materials required for that purpose. The abbreviations used are:

Competences

CO - Oral Comprehension

OE - Oral Expression

RC - Reading Comprehension

WE - Writing Expression

Interaction:

Ind - individual

P - in pairs

SG - small groups

LG - large group, the whole class

Competences

LC - Linguistic Communication

MSCT- Mathematical competence and basic science and technology competences.

DC - Digital competences

LL - Learning to Learn

SCS - Social and Civic Competences.

SIE - Sense of Initiative and Entrepreneurship

CCE - Cultural Conscience and Expressions.

At the end of each lesson there are optional activities in the Teacher’s Book (grammar, vocabulary, writing, reading, dictations, translation, various different communication activities) which the teacher may use if there is time, giving priority to those which reinforce the most needed structures, vocabulary and competences.

In the Reinforcement-Extension / Homework* column activities are added for different purposes:

1.  Reinforcing parts of the unit which are not clear or which are difficult.

2.  Giving pupils who learn slowly more chance to practice.

3.  Allowing faster pupils to reinforce and extend their knowledge without getting bored.

Some of these activities may be used in class and others can be given as homework (marked with *).

Pupils also have a Workbook Audio, on which they can listen to all the audio comprehension activities and dictations.

El Smart Resources DVD-ROM (TRD) from the Teacher’s Resource Book (TRB) also includes grammar and vocabulary exercises on two levels, exercises for increasing vocabulary and activities for more advanced pupils which may also appear in this column as reinforcement and further learning activities if they have not been used during each lesson.

The Student´s DVD-ROM includes 36 videos from Discovery Education which offer authentic material adapted to the pupils' language standard and four comprehension exercises per unit which can be done at home and self-corrected. The AICLE (CLIL) pages come with their own videos. The Teacher's Resources Disk (TRD) also includes printable, photocopiable extra material for using with the videos.

The Smart Planet Augmented Reality App provides the pupils with all the videos, answers for the interactive activities and grammar exercises. Pupils only have to visit www.smartplanetapp.es and download it onto their tablet or mobile phone.

The evaluation tables at the end of each unit reflect the activities at the end of each lesson which can be used to evaluate different competences. The teacher can use these and others to observe pupils' progress, or choose specific options to evaluate the whole unit, although to do the latter we recommend using the Tests included in the Teacher's Resource Disc (TRD). An evaluation lesson is recommended at least once per unit.

Starter Unit: Lesson 1. SB, pp. 4 and 5 WB, p. 4
Objectives:
-  Revising and reinforcing the vocabulary presented in level 1 Smart Planet: vocabulary connected with greetings and with family and friends.
-  Revising basic grammar concepts introduced in level 1 Smart Planet: the verb to be in affirmative, negative and interrogative.
Stage / Activities' objectives / Activities / Skills / Interaction / Competences / Materials / Reinforcement - Extension /Homework*
Beginning of the lesson / - Set class rules for the whole term. / - Set the class rules using consensus.
- The pupils propose and note their objectives for the term. / OC/OE / LG / LC/SIE / TRD, Starter Unit
WB, p.101
Grammar practice
WB, p. 4 *
Session order / - Remember and practise greetings.
- Revising vocabulary about family and friends.
- Practise the use of the verb to be. / - SB, p. 4, Act 1: Pupils read the dialogue and look at the photo. In pairs, pupils choose the right options. Check with the whole group.
- SB, p. 4, Act 2: Pupils practice the conversation in three groups.
- SB, p. 4, Act 3. In pairs, pupils put the anagrams in order to make words about family and friends. Correct with the whole group.
- SB, p.4, Act 4: Pupils copy the title of the exercise and, in pairs, put the words from exercise 3 under the right heading.
- SB, p. 4, Act 5: Pupils complete the table using the words from the box Check with the group. Reading the contents of the Grammar reference, TB, p.120 to clarify ideas.
Check with the whole group.
- SB, p.5, Act 6: Read the example. Pupils choose the right options. Correct the answers as a group. / RC
OE
RC
WE
RC/WE
RC / P
LG
SG
P
LG
P
LG
P
LG
Ind
LG / LC/SCC
LC/SCC
LC
LC
LC/MSCT/LL
LC / SB
WB
TB
End of the Session / - Revise what they have done and learned in today's session.
- OPTIONAL: TRD extra material, Starter Unit / OE
All / LG
All / LC
LC / TRD
Starter Unit: Lesson 2. SB, pp. 5 and 6 WB, p. 5
Objectives:
-  Revising and reinforcing the vocabulary introduced in level 1 Smart Planet: vocabulary about clothes and objects in the classroom.
-  Revising basic grammar concepts introduced in level 1 Smart Planet: have got (affirmative, negative and interrogative) and there is(n’t)/are(n’t).
Stage / Activities' objectives / Activities / Skills / Interaction / Competences / Materials / Reinforcement - Extension /Homework*
Beginning of the lesson / - Teach the unit theme. / - Pupils look at the illustrations and predict the contents of the unit. / OC/OE / LG / LC / TRD, Starter unit.
WB, p.101
Grammar practice.
WB, p. 5*
Session order / - Revising have got.
- Avoiding making mistakes.
- Revise clothes vocabulary.
- Reinforce there is/are in affirmative and negative. / - SB, p. 5, Act 7: Pupils complete the table with the words and the sentences from the box. Check the answers. Reading the SB Grammar reference, p.120 to reinforce contents.
- SB, p. 5, Act 8: In pairs, pupils write affirmative and negative sentences with have got using the clues given.
- SB, p.5 Get it Right!: Reading the information to avoid the usual mistake.
- SB, p.5, Act 9: Pupils look at the drawing and choose the right options and compare in pairs. Correct with the whole group.
- SB, p. 5, Act 10: In pairs, pupils talk about classmates' clothes.
- SB, p. 5, Act 11: Pupils complete the table with the given forms of the verb to be. Reading the SB Grammar reference , p.120 for clarify doubts.
- SB, p.6, Act 12: Pupils look at the photo and complete the sentences with there is(n’t)/There are(n’t). Correct with the group.
- SB, p.6, Act 13: In pairs, pupils talk about the things which there are and are not in the class. / RC/WE
WE
RC
RC
OE
OE
WE
OE / Ind
LG
P
LG
Ind
P
LG
P
Ind
P
LG
Ind
LG
P / LC/LL/MSCT
LC
LC/LL
LC/SCC
LC/SCC
LC/LL/MSCT
LC
LC / SB
WB
TB
End of the Session / - Revise what they have done and learned in today's session.
- OPTIONAL: TRD extra material, Starter Unit / OE
All / LG
All / LC/LL
LC / TRD
Starter Unit: Lesson 3, SB pp. 6 and 7 WB pp. 6 and 7
Objectives:
-  Revising and reinforcing the vocabulary introduced in level 1 Smart Planet: vocabulary about animals, adjectives and vocabulary connected with the climate.
Stage / Activities' objectives / Activities / Competences / Interaction / Competences / Materials / Reinforcement - Extension /Homework*
Beginning of the lesson / - Teach the unit theme. / - The pupils name all the animals they can remember. They write them on the board. / OC/OE / LG / LC / Board / TRD, Starter Unit.
WB, p.6 and 7*
Session order / - Revise animals vocabulary.
- Revising basic adjectives.
- Revise vocabulary about the climate. / - SB, p. 6, Act 14: In pairs, pupils look for the nine animals in the vocabulary snake. Then they link them with the photos. Correct with the group.
- OPTIONAL: pupils who finish early write a list of the animals they know about in English in their notebooks.
- OPTIONAL: Writing the letters of the alphabet in three columns. In pairs, pupils write all the names they remember in two minutes. Those with the longest list read them to the class.
- SB, p. 7, Act 15: In pairs, pupils look at the drawings and link them with the words in the table.
Correct with the group.
- SB, p.7, Act 16: Pupils look at the map and pupils complete the weather forecast with the words in the table and check in pairs. Correct with the class.
- OPTIONAL: Draw a map of Spain. The pupils copy it and in pairs prepare a weather forecast for various major cities. Various pairs give their forecasts to the class. / RC
WE
WE
RC
RC
WE/OE / P
LG
Ind
P
LG
P
LG
Ind
P
LG
P
LG / LC
LC
LC
LC
LC/MSST
LC/MSST / SB
WB
TB
End of the Session / - Pupils vote for the best weather forecast.
- OPTIONAL: TRD extra material, Starter Unit / OE
All / LG
All / LC
LC / TRD
Starter Unit: Lesson 4, SB p. 8 and WB p. 7
Objectives:
-  Revising and reinforcing the vocabulary introduced in level 1 Smart Planet: vocabulary about school subjects.
-  Revising basic grammar concepts introduced in level 1 Smart Planet: can/can’t for talking about skills.
Stage / Activities' objectives / Activities / Skills / Interaction / Competences / Materials / Reinforcement - Extension /Homework*
Beginning of the lesson / - Teach the unit theme. / - Ask the pupils to say the meaning of can and can´t. / OC/OE / LG / LC / Board / TRD, Starter Unit.
WB, p.101
Grammar practice.
WB, p.7*
Session order / - Revise can and can’t.
- Avoid making mistakes.
- Revising vocabulary about school subjects. / - SB, p. 8, Act 17: In pairs, pupils complete the table and compare in pairs. Correct with the group.
Reading the Grammar reference on p.120 TB or SB to clear up doubts.
- SB, p. 8, Act 18: In pairs, pupils look at the table and write five sentences more with can and can’t.
Correct with the group.
- SB, p.8, Get it right! Reading the information to avoid usual Spanish speakers' mistakes.
- SB, p.8, Act 19: - In pairs, pupils ask and give answers about the activities in exercise 18.
- SB, p.8, Act 20: Pupils complete the school subjects with the missing vowels. Check with the group.
- SB, p. 8, Act 21: Pupils link the school subjects in exercise 20 with the drawings. The pupils compare the answers in pairs. Correct as a group.
- OPTIONAL: Pupils who finish before make a list in their notebooks with other school subjects they know about in English. / RC
WE
RC
OE
RC
RC
WE / P
LG
Ind
LG
P
Ind
LG
Ind
P
LG
Ind / LC/MSST
LC
LC/LL
LC
LC
LC/MSST
LC / SB
WB
TB
End of the Session / - Talk about what they have found most interesting in today's lesson.
- OPTIONAL: TRD extra material, Starter Unit / OE
All / LG
All / LC
LC / TRD

Starter TEST: after doing this unit, the Starter Test can be given, with its two levels (TRB, Standard Test or Extra Test)

Unit 1: What’s on? Lesson 1, SB p. 96
Objectives:
- Familiarising yourself with the teaching material.
- Introduce unit 1 stimulating pupils' curiosity.
Stage / Activities' objectives / Activities / Skills / Interaction / Competences / Materials / Reinforcement – Extension /Homework*
Beginning of the lesson / - Finding out about the teaching material available. / - The pupils are pointed at the different sections of the SB and WB to become aware of them. / RC / LG / LC/LL / Pupils open the AR (Augmented Reality App) and do the interactive activities.
Session order / - Introduce the contents of unit 1.
- Do the Be curious activity.
- Finding out about how to use The Smart Planet Augmented Reality App. / - SB. p.9: In pairs, pupils read the contents and ask about any possible doubts.
- SB. p.9: In pairs, pupils look in the unit the pictures mentioned in the box as a competition.
- SB. p.9: The pupils learn to access and download the program for accessing the videos and interactive activities.
- OPTIONAL: Recommend the Interactive reader for the first term: Cool Jobs by David Maule. Present the summary of the contents. / RC