C.E.C.

HOGAR SANTA MARIA GORETTI

UNIT PLAN

SIGNATURE: English, Ninth Grade UNIT NAME: MAKING FRIENDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
PERIOD: 2

STARTING DATE: ENDING DATE:

TEACHER: Zulma Iris Castillo de López
UNIT OBJECTIVE: At the end of this course the students will be able to:
 Recognize combinations and recombinations of oral and written language related to professional and academic background, plans for 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.
Time : 12 hours

Concepts Procedures Attitudes Achievements indicators

Contents: Listening  Keeping confidentiality on 1.1 Confidentially selects information

 Professional and  Selecting key information others’ professional and on people’s professional and
academic on people’s professional academic records. academic background.
background of and academic  Promoting sound activities for 1.2 Effectively identifies plans for the
relatives and background. the weekend among weekends form audio sources.
neighbors  Recognizing plans for the neighbors. 1.3 Recognizes acceptance or refusal
 Plans for weekend weekend from different  Valuing the role of of invitations.
 Expressions to make sources. socialization among 1.4 Politely gives and elicits
formal and informal  Recognizing acceptance neighbors. information on people’s
invitations or refusal of invitations.  Expressing acceptance or professional and academic
 Expressions to refusal properly when being background.
accept/refuse formal Speaking invited. 1.5 Expresses plans for the weekend
and informal  Giving and eliciting  Appreciating the importance stressing on the relevance of
invitations information on professional of intonation in socialization among peers and
 and academic communication of meaning. neighbors and the practice of
Grammar in context background. sound activities.
 Will/be going to in all  Expressing plans for the 1.6 Cordially invites someone formally
forms weekend. or informally to share sound
- I’ll go to the museum.  Inviting someone, formally activities for the weekend.
- He’s going to do the or informally, to join you. 1.7 Respectfully accepts or refuses
dishes.  Accepting or refusing an invitations using proper grammar,
 Yes/No questions invitation. vocabulary and suprasegmental
- Are you going to see features.
a movie? Reading 1.8 Identifies information on people’s
 Information questions,  Identifying information on professional and academic
short and long people’s professional and background on job application
answers academic background. forms, records and résumés.
- When are you going  Recognizing plans for the 1.9 Recognizes plans for the weekend
to have a picnic? weekend. in a simple text.
- We are going to have  Inferring ideas acceptance 1.10 Infers ideas of acceptance and
a picnic at the lake. and refusal. refusal of invitations.
 Possessive pronouns 1.11 Fill out professional and academic
- A friend of mine is Writing records.
coming.  Filling out professional and 1.12 Writes a simple résumé clearly and
- This basket is ours. academic records neatly.
 Writing a résumé 1.13 Writes about plans for the
Vocabulary  Stating plans for the weekend using proper grammar
 Buddy, cool, guys, a weekend and assertive language.
friend of mine/ours,  Writing invitations (notes, 1.14 Elaborates invitations (notes,
picnic, barbecue, cards, flyers) cards, flyers.) with appropriate
soccer game, word choice and grammatical
basketball game, accuracy.
house chores ( do the 1.15 Properly expresses acceptance or
dishes, cook, mop refusal of invitations in writing.
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 but… I’m sorry,
but… I’d be glad to.
Where did you
study…? Where did
you worked…? Where
are you studying?
Where are you
working?