"Mihai Eminescu" National College Suceava

Curricular area: Language and communication

Discipline: English

Project per Unit of Learning

9th grade
Nr. hours: 5 hours / week
Manual: On Screen 3
 Unit 6 Holidays and celebrations (5 hours) 1st semester

Nr Thematic content Learning activities Specific skills Assessment

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1 Speaking: - pair work: complete the sentences with your partner using the Pair work: work with a
Mass media (discussion); words given partner and answer the
ways of summarising and - write one more question for the words written in italics 1.1 Anticipating questions about holidays
reporting a decision; - pair work: choose four of the questions to ask and answer with content elements and celebrations during
Reading: A letter from far a partner of a text based on the year
away (gapped text); - match the types of holidays with the correct describtion the title / visual
- linking expressions to show connections between ideas; stimulus.
2 Grammar: Giving advice read the rules in the box and identify the two types of adjectives Pair work: Write a
(present) and criticism (past); and the intensifier that goes with them paragraph with a partner
intensifiers -add intensifiers to the adjectives in the sentences given 1.6 Recognizing describing a holiday.
Listening: Interview with -decide which adverb is correct the logical Include at least three
Santa Claus (note taking); - predicting content from the notes; organization of a intensifiers
3 Vocabulary: Expressions match the words in italics with their correct definitions paragraph / Write questions that you
about speaking (e.g. speak - try to remember as many speaking expressions without looking literary text. can ask your partner
up); - rewrite the sentences by replacing the parts in italics with the using speaking
Use of English: Open cloze; correct speaking expression expressions
Interactive book; - focusing on what kind of word is missing;
4 Writing: Article (3); - write the task and decide what style should you use to write the 2.1 Description
Holidays around the world; article (oral / written) of
introduction and conclusion - pair work: make a list of the things which make a good article daily activities, Write an article for the
paragraphs; -read the article given as an example and decide if the writer has habits. task given. Check if you
achieved all of the points on your list have achieved all the
-extract the topics from paragraph two and three in the article points mentioned on your
given as an example list.
-read the instructions about paragraphing a good article
5 Round up
A Christmas Carol by
Charles Dickens
Listening : A Christmas -listen the text complete the text with the missing sentences.
Carol - a fragment of the Who is Ebenezer Scrooge?
first chapter Who is Bob Cratchit ?
Who is Marley ? Why is so important to Scrooge?
3.2 Adapting the
Vocabulary: new words and -match the words from the column A with the meanings in form of the
characters from the story column B. message to the Write notes on a piece of
communication paper, under the titles
Speaking -pair work: to discuss on a given topic: situation ‘people’ ‘place’ and
1. Think of an experience you have had in your lifetime in according to the ‘events’, about their
which your decisions were greatly affected by outside influences formal / informal favourite holiday, using
( people, places, events). Present a summary of the experience style used by the adjectives and descriptive
and describe in detail the outside influence. interlocutor. phrases.
2. Think of an experience you have had in your lifetime
where you had to make a tough decision. Describe the options
you had in this situation and how you arrived at the final
decision.
3. Thinking about the holiday season and the spirit of
giving that is present in our story, describe a time where you
were either helped in some way during the holidays or a time
where you were the one helping others.