LANGUAGES INSTITUTE

LEVEL 1 PACING 2015-3

WEEK

1
July

SESSION

LEARNING OBJECTIVE

LESSON

GRAMMAR /
STRUCTURE

REFERENCE
VOCABULARY MATERIAL

Knows about the content,

Methodology,
Grading
system,
Rosetta
Stone
INDUCTION: GENERAL INFORMATION.
platform,
Moodle,
Class
rules and English in the
classroom.

Completes a diagnostic test

through listening, grammar,
BASIC ENGLISH DIAGNOSTIC TEST
vocabulary, reading and
writing exercises.

Practices the alphabet and

spells names and last
names.
ALPHABET /
SPELLING
Uses and practices formal GREETINGS
and informal greetings for
different times of the day.

27th
August
1st

2
August
3rd - 8th

Friday
7th is a
holiday
.

Pronounces, listens, writes

and
identifies
cardinal
CARDINAL
numbers from 0 to 100.
AND
ORDINAL
Listens to an audio and
NUMBERS
completes
a
list
with
PHONE
names,
last
names,
NUMBERS
telephone numbers and eEMAILS
mail addresses to complete
a chart.

HOW DO YOU
SPELL?

ALPHABET

UNIT 1,
PG.3, EXER.
4-5

COMMON
QUESTIONS
WITH THE VERB
TO BE

GREETINGS

UNIT 1,
PG. 4, EXER
7

COMMON
QUESTIONS
WITH THE VERB
TO BE

UNIT 1,
PG.6, EXER.
11A
CARDINAL AND
UNIT 3,
ORDINAL
PG.19,
NUMBERS
EXER. 7
UNIT 1, PG.
7, EXER.12

ROSETTA
STONE
LESSON

SUBPROGRA
M
PROGRESS
CHECKS

Names the days of the

week of their English class.

10th

/
15th

DAYS OF THE
WEEK
UNIT 11,
MONTHS
PG.72,
THE DATE
EXER.1
WEATHER AND
SEASONS

UNIT 2,
PG.8, EXER.
1,2

Listens and practices the

use of the indefinite articles
a / an.
Familiarizes
with
the
structure
of
complete
sentences
using
the
indefinite articles a / an,
and demonstratives.
WHATS
THIS?
Listens
and
becomes
familiar with previewing
pictures to guess a possible
title. Receives strategies to
answer questions using
complete sentences.

Monda
y 17th
is a
holida
y

COMMON
QUESTIONS
WITH THE VERB
TO BE

Recognizes the use of

demonstratives
with
singular and plural nouns
through
pictures
and
objects
in
different
positions by asking and
answering questions.

August

August
18th/
22nd

DAYS OF
THE WEEK
MONTHS
THE DATE
WEATHER
AND
Asks and answers questions SEASONS
about
weather
and
seasons.
Uses months and ordinal
numbers to talk about
classmates' birthday and
important holidays.

Becomes familiar with the

writing structure of
questions, short answers,
punctuation and
capitalization using
demonstratives to write a
short conversation in
context and role play it.

A-AN-THE
SINGULAR /
PLURAL NOUNS
DEMOSTRATIVES
THIS/THESE/THA
T/ THOSE AND
TO BE
AFFIRMATIVE

ALPHABET
GREETINGS
NUMBERS
AND LETTERS

DAYS OF THE
WEEK
DATES AND
TIME

CLASSROOM
OBJECTS
ACCESORIES

UNIT 2,
PG. 9, EXER. OBJECTS AND
3
ANIMALS 1
PG.10,
AND 2
EXER.5

1st progress
check
Flea Market
role-play

Asks and answers yes / no

questions with the verb to
be about countries and
nationalities.

4
August
18th/
22nd

Monda
y 17th
is a
holida
y

Familiarizes
with
the
grammar
structure
of
affirmative,
negative
sentences,
Yes
/
No
questions, with the Verb to
Be.

Becomes familiar with the

proof
reading
marks
through
a
workshop.
Corrects
sentences
according to the proof
reading mark and inserts
proof reading marks to ARE YOU
FROM..?
different sentences.
Asks and answers yes/ no
questions about famous
people's nationalities.

5
August
24th/29
th

Listens about famous

people's nationalities and
predicts a possible title of
the listening exercise by
looking at pictures. Answers
the listening
comprehension questions
using complete sentences
by implementing the
strategies learned
previously.
Writes affirmative, negative
and interrogative sentences
in a writing activity.

CITIES AND
COUNTRIES

UNIT 3,
PG. 16,
EXER 2A-B

COUNTRIES

SUBJECT
PRONOUNS
Y/N QUESTIONS
AND
AFFIRMATIVE/
NEGATIVE
WITH TO BE
UNIT 3,
PG.17 EXER.
NATIONALITIES
NATIONALITIES 3A
PG. 18,
EXER.5A

INTERCHANG
E INTRO
WELCOME
VIDEO

5
August

24th/29
th

6
August
31st Sept
5th

Asks and answers personal

information questions using
possessive adjectives, whquestions and verb to be.
Role-plays a celebrity by
asking
and
answering
personal information.
Reads
a
short
conversation,
makes
predictions about the
picture
and
answers
questions
using
complete sentences.
Practices Wh-Questions
through a speaking activity.
Completes a conversation
using the verb to be.
Chooses the correct title for
the reading according to
the picture and gives
reasons why the answer
he / she chose is correct.
Invents a a possible title of
the reading

WHATS
YOUR
NAME?

WHATS
YOUR
NAME?

WH QUESTIONS
TO BE
POSSESSIVE
ADJECTIVES

WHAT, WHEN,
WHERE, HOW,
WHY, WHO

UNIT 3,
PG.19,
EXER. 6
PG.20,
EXER. 8A
PG. 20,
EXER. 8B

READING WORKSHOP

AGE

INTRODUCTION
S

Reads
a
short
article
individually and circles any
unknown
vocabulary.
Answers
some
reading
comprehension questions in
complete sentences.
Applies all the reading
strategies given previously.

6
Augus
t 31st Sept
5th

Identifies
parts
of
affirmative/
negative
sentences,
questions,
punctuation
and
capitalization to complete a
writing activity. Applies all
the writing strategies given
previously.

WRITING WORKSHOP - IDENTIFYING PARTS OF A SENTENCE AND

PUNCTUATION.

2nd Progress
check
(listening and
grammar)

Completes a review guide

by formulating questions
and answering grammar,
listening,
and
reading
comprehension
questions
that include all the topics
and vocabulary seen during
the 1st period (weeks 1 to 6
).

Sept
7th/
th
12

Reflects on one's learning

and identifies skills that
need improvement.

REVIEW

REVIEW

Practices
grammar
structures,
listening,
reading and vocabulary
seen during the first period
through a guide with links
to reflect on one's learning
process.

Uses grammar structures

and vocabulary in open
questions
and
short
conversations.
Writes
complete
affirmative,
negative and interrogative PROGRESS TEST 1 - WRITING, LANGUAGE USE, READING, LISTENING
sentences.
Answers
questions based on a short
reading and audio using the
content seen in the 1st
period.

8
Sept
14th 19th

LAB REVIEW

Uses grammar structure

and vocabulary in an oral
interview, based on the
PROGRESS TEST 1 - ORAL INTERVIEW
content seen in the first
period.

Sees, analyzes and reflects

on the performance in the
first progress test.
A
9

Sept
21st /
26th

10

Sept
28th /
Oct
3rd

Recalls and says office

objects, house objects and
prepositions of place. Asks
and
answers
questions
using there is /are and
prepositions of place.
Becomes familiar with the
writing
structure
of
questions in affirmative and
negative form using there is
/ there are and prepositions
of place.
Listens, makes predictions
about the picture of the
conversation, guesses a
possible
title
and
unscrambles
the
conversation to become
familiar with the use of the
connectors and / but.
Compares the locations of
things in a room with a
classmate.
Writes complete sentences
using
house
objects
vocabulary, there is / are,
prepositions of place, and
the connectors and / but to
describe
their
Dream
Home, to be presented in
class
through
an
oral
presentation.
Talks about
their Dream
Home using prepositions of
place, office / house objects
vocabulary, there is / there
are
affirmative
and
negative
and
the
connectors but / and.

OFFICE AND HOUSE OBJECTS

CO -EVALUATION / GRADES FEEDBACK

THE OFFICE

UNIT 7,
PG. 46,
EXER. 5A
PG.47,
EXER 6

DOES IT
HAVE A
VIEW?

PREPOSITIONS
OF PLACE THERE
IS - THERE ARE
AFFIRMATIVE /
NEGATIVE /
Y/N QUESTIONS

PARTS OF THE
HOUSE,
OBJECTS IN A
HOUSE

VACATION
PLANS

INTERCHANGE
INTRO VIDEO UNIT 7
(RICHDALE
STREET)

UNIT 7,
PG.44,
EXER. 2
PG.45,
EXER. 3-4
PG. 47,
EXER 7-8

ORAL PRESENTATION MY DREAM HOME - 3rd Progress Check

(Students hand in the final version of the dream home writing.)

11
Octobe
r 5th/
10th

12
Octobe
r 13th/
17th
Monda
y 12th
is a
holida
y

Asks and answers questions

about the time. Practices
the
use
of
time
expressions. Practices and
becomes familiar with daily
routine vocabulary.
Listens to the pronunciation
of daily routine vocabulary
and
searches
for
the
meaning of new words
through a dictionary online
at the lab.
Organizes
daily
routine
vocabulary according to
their routine and becomes
familiar with the writing
structure
of
affirmative
sentences
using
simple
present,
daily
routine
vocabulary
and
time
expressions.
Watches a short video on
YouTube and writes the
routine activities of the
character of the video
including the time.
Shares with the class the
examples written on the lab
guide, about their routine
and the routine of the
character of the video from
the previous class. Asks
and
answers
questions
about a family members
routine
using
simple
present.
Listens
to
a
conversation about daily
routine and fills in the
missing words. Identifies
and becomes familiar with
the connectors first, then,
after,
next,
finally,
punctuation
and

UNIT 5,
PG.31,
EXER.3
PG.32,
EXER.4

DATES AND
TIME

PREPOSITIONS
OF TIME AT / IN /
ON
SIMPLE PRESENT
- AFFIRMATIVE /
NEGATIVE / Y/N
QUESTIONS (I,
YOU, WE, THEY)
TAG QUESTIONS

UNIT 6,
PG. 36,
EXER.1-2

FREE TIME 1

SIMPLE PRESENT
- AFFIRMATIVE /
NEGATIVE / Y/N
QUESTIONS
(SHE, HE, IT)
TAG QUESTIONS

UNIT 6,
PG.37,
EXER.3A
PG.37
EXER. 4A
PG. 38, 4B

TELLING
THE TIME / VERB TO BE
SIMPLE PRESENT
TIME
EXPRESSION
S
MY SISTER
WORKS
DOWNTOW
N

TIME
DAILY
ROUTINE
VOCABULARY
DAILY ROUTINE
NUCLEAR
FAMILY
MEMBERS
TIME
EXPRESSIONS

MY FAMILY

DAILY
ROUTINE LAB
CLASS

LISTENING
WORKSHOP

capitalization through the

conversation.

12
Octobe
r 13th/
17th
Monda
y 12th
is a
holida
y

Identifies parts of
affirmative, negative,
interrogative sentences in
simple present. Starts
writing complete sentences
about the character's
routine using the
connectors and, but, first,
then, next, after,
punctuation, and
capitalization.
Applies all
strategies
worked.

13
Octobe
r 19th/
24th

WRITING WORKSHOP - IDENTIFYING PARTS OF AN AFFIRMATIVE, NEGATIVE,

INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES IN SIMPLE PRESENT AND HOW TO WRITE COMPLETE
SENTENCES USING SEQUENCE MARKERS.

the writing
previously

READING WORKSHOP
Practices simple present
using third person through
a speaking activity.
Asks classmates about his /
her family. Chooses the
correct title for the reading
according to the picture
and gives reasons why his /
her answer is correct.
Invents a possible title for
the
reading.
Answers
questions
in
complete
sentences according to the
article.

OCCUPATIONS
1

Shares daily routine

homemade video with the
class.

SPEAKING ACTIVITY - DAILY ROUTINE HOMEMADE VIDEO

4th Progress Check

Practices vocabulary for

common jobs and work
places
by
asking
and
answering wh- questions in
simple present.

UNIT 8,
PG.50,
EXER. 1A PG
51, EXER. 2A

14
Octobe
r 26th/
31st

Completes a conversation
by using Wh- questions,
auxiliary Do / Does and
different verbs.

Writes complete sentences

about a profession or
occupation provided by the
teacher
using
simple
present.
Receives information and
the
criteria
for
the
occupation's
oral
presentation

WHAT DO
YOU DO?

JOBS AND
SIMPLE PRESENT
OCCUPATIONS
WH-QUESTIONS
WORKPLACES

PG. 51,
EXER 3
PG. 52 EXER
4A

OCCUPATION
S2

LISTENING
WORKSHOP

15
Talks about an occupations
or profession using simple
present with affirmative /
negative sentences and
different verbs to say what
they do, where they work ,
how much money he/ she
earns, and what his / her
routine is like.

Nov
3 / 7th
rd

Monda
y 2nd
is a
holida
y

ORAL PRESENTATION - OCCUPATIONS

15
Reviews topics from second
period (weeks 9 - 14)
through a review guide.

Nov
3rd / 7th
Monda
y 2nd
is a
holida
y

16
Novembe
r 9th /
14th

Takes the achievement test

to reflects on one's learning
progress and identify skills
that need improvement.

REVIEW ACHIEVEMENT TEST

LAB REVIEW
Practices
grammar
structures,
Listening,
reading and vocabulary
seen during the second
period (weeks 9- to 14)
through a guide with links.

INTRODUCTION
S REVIEW

Uses grammar structures

and vocabulary in open
questions
and
short
conversations.

Answers questions based

on a short reading and
audio.
Writes
eight
complete sentences using
the
content
seen
throughout the semester.
Uses grammar structure
and vocabulary in an oral
interview, based on the
FINAL TEST - ORAL INTERVIEW
content seen throughout
the semester.

17
Nov
16th
21st
Mond
ay

Writes
complete
affirmative, negative and
interrogative sentences.
FINAL TEST - WRITING, LANGUAGE USE, READING, LISTENING

16th

is a
holiday

Obtains Final test grades,

and performance
comments.

GRADES FEEDBACK

RED: WRITING PROCESS

GREEN: READING PROCESS