2ndA.M Level.School-Year : 2007-2008

1st week / 2nd week / 3rd week / 4th week
September / Summer holidays / Revision and consolidation
October / File One
Function – Notions: describing a person(physical appearance) // talking about someone's life //writing biographies, asking and answering about possession
Language form : The present simple tense(consolidation), the adjectives // The past tense (consolidation), ordinal and cardinal numbers (consolidation)// present simple continuous (consolidation), past simple+ago, possessive ('s)
Pronunciation : sounds /s/ and /z/ the final s // sounds : /t/ , /d/ and /id/ the final ed // stress 1st, 2nd and 3rd syllable
Learn about culture : music around the world
Strategies : focus on listening, identification of the task, anticipation, deducing,
November / Testing
Tests and exam + corrections / File Two
Function-Notions: expressing possibility, capacity and permission , talking about prices, defining// talking about health, suggesting, asking politely //locating , describing a place
December / FILE 2 Language form : demonstratives : these and those , synonyms, antonyms, can (possibility)// could ( polite request) // plurals (consolidation), prepositions of location, possessive pronouns
Pronunciation : sounds /th/ of the and /th/ of thin
Learn bout culture : time line on games
Strategies : discriminating, practice ( role play ) , taking notes , cooperating , questioning, using a dictionary / Winter holidays
January / File Three
Function-Notions: describing illnesses ,enquiring about someone's health, suggesting, expressing permission and prohibition // , enquiring about someone's activities , talking about someone's regular activities // talking about discoveries and remedies
Language form :The imperative (consolidation), the adjectives, have got (consolidation), must and mustn't, should // adverbs of manner, time dverbs // passive form , adverbs (consolidation)
Pronunciation : sounds : /sh/ , /ch/ and /ch/ sounds /l/ , /ai/ and /i:/
Learn about culture :grandmother's remedies, colours and health
Strategies :using synonyms and antonyms, using substitutes, guessing, global understanding
February / Testing
Tests and exam + corrections / File Four
Function -Notions: inviting , enquiring about someone's likes // expressing intentions , playing activities, enquiring about someone's future activities // making choices , enquiring about prices
March / FILE 4 Language form : time expressions (consolidation), prepositions (consolidation), would like , expressions:yes,I'd like to - I'd love to – I'd really… // time expressions (consolidation) , going to // which one-ones ? , numbers(consolidation) , possessive pronouns
Pronunciation : sounds /j/ and /g/ // sounds /k/ and /s/ // stress 1st, 2nd and 3rd syllable
Learn bout culture : C for cartoon/ Comic
Strategies : imagining, ordering , translating, spotting the key words , using punctuation / Spring Holidays
April / File Five
Function -Notions: talking about distance and duration, enquiring about someone's career, interviewing // talking about likes and dislikes, enquiring about someone's preferences // enquiring about someone's past activities , talking bout past activities
Language forms: numbers(consolidation), preposition of location(consolidation), adverbs of frequency, "Wh"questions // "Wh"questions (consolidation), would you like? (consolidation), like+V(+ing) // past simple(consolidation), present perfect
Pronunciation : sounds /ai/ and /ei/ // sounds /ei/ and /oi/ // stress 1st, 2nd and 3rd syllable
Learn about culture : theatre genres/ Some records
Strategies : checking spelling , asking for help , self assessing , decoding , interpreting non-verbal messages
May / Testing
Tests and exam + corrections / Revision and consolidation

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