UNIT 5 - A TRIP TO THE ARCTIC OCEAN

Title: A TRIP TO THE ARCTIC OCEAN (Unit 5)

Level: Third cycle (Y6)

Topic:  Arctic and subarctic areas in Canada and the Antarctica.

Didactic main aim: To extend the pupils’ communicative competence by learning interesting geological facts about the north pole, the arctic and subarctic areas.

Vocabulary: North Pole, South Pole, icebergs, northern lights, global weather... // get warm, freeze... // cold, freezing...

Structures: Where does a polar bear live? // What's an iceberg? // Can you describe it?...

Socio-cultural aspects: The students will learn geological phenomena of the Arctic and Antarctic regions and how to explain them.

Resources: Written and oral descriptions, internet links, the written lyrics of the song of this unit, and videos.

ACTIVITIES - Timing: 7 sessions (45 minutes each one).

SESSION 1 (LISTENING)

a. Warm-up activities: Guess what it is! (6 minutes)

b. Documentary video (Listening a video about USA). (7 minutes)

c. Brainstorming: What do you know about this? (13 minutes)

d. Flashcards (Vocabulary presentation) (4 minutes)

e. Final task presentation: My favourite USA’s State (10 minutes)

f. End of class routine: Song (Run, run Rudolph!) (5 minutes)

SESSION 2 (SPEAKING)

a. Warm-up activities: Video - Flashcards (5 minutes)
b. Invisible words (10 minutes)

c. USA’s Bingo. (15 minutes)

d. Bets. (10 minutes)

e. End of class routine: Singing and dancing (5 minutes)

SESSION 3 (READING)

a. Warm-up activities: Picture Intro (5 minutes)

b. Guess the magical formula! (10 minutes)

c. Terrifying stories (15 minutes)

d. Ice Dragon Hunters - Phonics (10 minutes)

e. End of class routine: Singing and dancing (5 minutes)

SESSION 4 (WRITING)

a. Warm-up activities: Picture Intro (5 minutes)

b. Short Reading (10 minutes)

c. Complete the story (10 minutes)

d. Crosswords. (10 minutes)

e. End of class routine: Fill in the gaps of the lyrics (10 minutes)

SESSION 5 (4 SKILLS)

a. Warm-up activities: What's happenning there? (5 minutes)

b. Let’s Investigate as a Scientist! (20 minutes)

c. Let’s make a map of the Arctic Ocean (with play dough) (15 minutes) 

d. End of class routine: 30 seconds (5 minutes)

SESSION 6 (EVALUATION)

a. Warm-up activities: What's happenning there? (5 minutes)

b. WRITTEN TEST

b1. CROSSWORDS (15 minutes)

b2. PICTURE DESCRIPTION (15 minutes)

c. End of class routine: 30 seconds (5 minutes)

SESSION 7 (EVALUATION)

a. Warm-up activities: What's happenning there? (5 minutes)

b. FINAL TASK: Oral Exposition (30 minutes)

c. PORTFOLIO (5 minutes)

d. SELF EVALUATION (5 minutes)

Attention to the diversity - Reinforcement activities

Memory games (words-images), picture dictionary, picture dictation, ordering words...