Inglés - Nivel 1
BOOK USED: TOP NOTCH 1A
UNIT 1: Getting Acquainted
Communication Goals:
- Meet someone new
- Identify and describe people
- Provide personal information
- Introduce someone to a group
Vocabulary:
- Usage of formal titles
- Positive adjectives to describe people
- Personal information
- Counties and nationalities
Grammar:
- Information questions with be (review and common errors)
- Modification with adjectives (review)
- Yes / No questions and short answers with be (review)
Grammar booster:
- Be: usage and form (review)
- Be: common errors
- Possessive nouns and adjectives (review)
Conversation Strategies:
- Begin responses with a question to confirm
- Use Let's to suggest a course of action
- Ask personal questions to indicate friendliness
- Intensify an informal answer with sure
Listening/ Pronunciation:
Listening Skills:
- Listen for details
- Infer Information
Pronunciation:
- Intoniation of questions
Reading:
Text:
- An enrollment form
- Personal profiles
- A photo story
Skills/strategies:
- Infer information
- Scan of facts
Writing:
Task:
- Write a description of a classmate
Writing booster
- Capitalization
UNIT 2: Going out
Communication Goals:
- Accept or decline an invitation
- Express locations and give directions
- Make plans to see an event
- Talk about music tastes
Vocabulary:
- Music genres
- Entertainment and cultural events
- Locations and directions
Grammar:
- Prepositions of time and place
- Questions with When, What time, and Where (review)
Grammar booster:
- Prepositions of time and place: usage
Conversation Strategies:
- Use Really? To express enthusiasm
- Provide reasons to decline an invitation
- Use too bad to express disappointment
- Repeat with rising intonation to confirm information
- Use thanks, anyway to acknowledge an unsuccessful attempt to help
Listening/ Pronunciation:
Listening Skills:
- Infer a speaker's intention
- Listen for main ideas
- Listen for details
- Listen for locations
Pronunciation:
- Rising intonation to confirm information
Reading:
Text:
- A music website
- An entertainment events page
- Authentic interviews
- A survey of musical testes
- A photo story
Skills/strategies:
- Interpret a maps and diagrams
- Identify supporting details
- Make personal comparisons
Writing:
Task:
- Write a short personal essay about one's musical tastes
WRITING BOOSTER
- The sentence
UNIT 3: The extended family
Communication Goals:
- Report news about relationships
- escribe extended families
- Compare people
- Discuss family cultural traditions
Vocabulary:
- Extended family relationships
- Marital status
- Relatives by marriage
- Describing similarities and differences
Grammar:
- The simple present tense (review):
- Affirmative and negative statements
- Yes / No questions
- Information questions
- Common errors
GRAMMAR BOOSTER
- The simple present tense:
- Usage, form, common errors
- Questions with Who
Conversation Strategies:
- Use Actually to introduce a topic
- Respond to good news with Congratulations!
- Respond to bad news with I’m sorry to hear that
- Use thanks for asking to acknowledge an inquirly of concern
- Use Well to introduce a lengthy reply
- Ask follow-up questions to keep a conversation going
Listening/ Pronunciation:
Listening Skills:
- Infer information
- Understand key details
- Identify similarities and differences
- Listen to take notes
- Listen for main ideas
- Listen for details
Pronunciation:
- Blending sounds
Reading:
Texts:
- Family tree diagrams
- A self-help website
- A cultural-information survey
- A photo story
Skills/strategies:
- Interpret a diagram
- Confirm facts
- Infer information
Writing:
Task:
- Make a Venn diagram
- Compare two people in family
WRITING BOOSTER
- Combining sentences with and or but
UNIT 4: Food and Restaurants
Communication Goals:
- Ask for a restaurant recommendation
- Order from a menu
- Speak to a server and pay for a meal
- Discuss food and health
Vocabulary:
- Parts of a meal
- Categories of food and drink
- Communicating with a waiter or waitress
- Adjectives to describe the healthfulness of food
Grammar:
- There is and There are with count and non-count nouns
- Anything and Nothing: common errors
- Definite article the: usage
Conversation Strategies:
- Use Could you…? To make a polite request
- Use Sure to agree to a request
- Clarify a request by asking for more specific information
- Indicate a sudden thought with Actually
- Use I’ll have to order from a server
- Increase politeness with please
Listening/ Pronunciation:
Listening Skills:
- Listen to take note
- Infer the location of a conversation
- Listen to predict
Pronunciation:
- The before consonant and vowel sounds
Reading:
Texts:
- Menus
- A nutrition website
- A photo story
Skills/strategies:
- Interpret a map
- Understand from context
- Infer information
Writing:
Task:
- Write a short article about food for a travel newsletter
WRITER BOOSTER
- Connecting words and ideas: and, in addition
UNIT 5: Technology and you
Communication Goals:
- Suggest a brand or model
- Express frustration and sympathy
- Describe features of products
- Complain when things don’t work
Vocabulary:
- Electronic products
- Household appliances and machines
- Features of manufactured products
- Ways to state a problem
- Ways to sympathize
- Positive and negative adjectives
Grammar:
- The present continuous (review):
- Actions in progress and future plans
- Statements and questions
GRAMMAR BOOSTER
- The present continuous: form and spelling rules
Conversation Strategies:
- Use Hey or How's it going for informal greeting
- Use What about…? To offer a suggestion
- Use Really? To indicate surprise
- Use You know to introduce a topic
- Express sympathy when someone is frustrated
Listening/ Pronunciation:
Listening Skills:
- Listen to predict
- Infer meaning
- Listen for details
Pronunciation:
- Intonation of questions
Reading:
Texts:
- Newspaper advertisements
- A magazine ad for a new product
- A photo story
Skills/strategies:
- Understand from context
- Activate language from text
Writing:
Task:
- Write a paragraph describing a product
WRITING BOOSTER
- Placement of adjectives