Unit 1: High adventure!

6th GradeYear 2016/17

ENGLISH

Unit 1: main contents Vocabulary:

Adventure: athlete, bungee jumping, helihiking, hot-air balloon, blackwater rafting, marathon, parachute, safari, thermal park, whitewater rafting, zorbing.

Phrasal verbs: fill out, find out, look for, set up, stand for, take away, work out.

Grammar: Past simple and past continuous.

Present perfect and past simple.

Functions: Interviews / Talking about experiences: Have you ever…? When did

you…?

Describing a trip: I was walking along the road when...

Writing informal letters

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1. Main vocabularyUnit 1: High adventure ENGLISH

Learn the new words: work on your glossary

Check vocabulary from Grammar mini-book page 9

2. Past simple VS Past continuous

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Student’s book page 10

Activity book page 10

Grammar mini-book p. 8 (ex. 1 and 2)

3. Interviews / Writing questions (I)

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Activity book page 11

1. HOMEWORK: You are a journalist from The Times newspaper and

you have to interview Ted Jackson. Write at least 7 questions and

their answers. Use structures like:

• Have you ever…?

• What did you…? / When did you…?

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2. HOMEWORK: Interview a member

of your family

3. Interviews / Writing questions (II)

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4. Phrasal verbs (I)

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4. Phrasal verbs (II)Unit 1: High adventure ENGLISH

Learn phrasal verbs:

check the list I gave you

5. Describing a trip in past simple and past continuous

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Describing a trip: I was walking

along the road when...

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Activity book page 16

6. Reading comprehension

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Activity book pages 14-15

7. PhonicsUnit 1: High adventure ENGLISH

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8. CLIL: UNESCO World Heritage sites

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New Zealand

-Capital city: Wellington

-Continent: Oceania

10. Review pages

Student’s book pages 20-21

Activity book pages 20-21

9. Culture: New Zealand

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Activity book page 19

11. Review again from previous units (I)

For or since

Grammar mini-book p. 8 (ex. 3)

Passive voice

Worksheet I gave you

Writing informal letters

Worksheet I gave you

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Already / YetGrammar mini-book p. 8 (ex. 4)

Unit 1: High adventure ENGLISH11. Review again from previous units (II)

1. I ___________________ (never / go) to Vienna. 2. My great great grandfather ___________________ (have) five sisters 3. He ___________________ (live) in Manila for a year when he was a student. 4. Oh no! I ___________________ (lose) my wallet! 5. ___________________ (you / see) Julie today? 6. At the weekend, they _____________ (play) football, then they__________ (go) to a restaurant. 7. I ___________________ (read) six books this week. 8. Amy ___________________ (live) in Portugal when she was young. 9. She ___________________ (visit) her grandmother last month. 10. The Vandals ___________________ (invade) Rome in the year 455. 11. She ___________________ (live) in different countries, so she knows a lot. 12. I ___________________ (go) to the cinema last night. 13. Ow! I ___________________ (cut) my finger! 14. ___________________ (you / see) ‘The King’s Speech’? 15. John ___________________ (never / understand) the present perfect.

Present perfect or past simple?

Unit 1: High adventure ENGLISH11. Review again from previous units (III)