UNIT 05

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

Level: Third cycle (Y6)

Topic:  Arctic and subarctic areas in Canada and Alaska.

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... // get warm, freeze... // cold, freezing...

Linguistic 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.

Timing: 7 sessions (45 minutes each one).

SESSION 1 (LISTENING)

a. Warm-up activities: Guess what it is! (10 minutes)

   a.1. Documentary videos (Listening a videos about the Arctic). (5 minutes)

   a.2. Brainstorming:  (5 minutes)
b. Initial Evaluation (10 minutes)
    What arctic animals do you know?
    What nations have territories in the Arctic?
    What do you know about the Inuits?

c. Listening, oral reproduction and comprehension of oral texts (10 minutes)
    c.1. Flashcards - Vocabulary presentation: Listening & Oral reproduction (5 minutes)
    c.2. Video about the Inuit people in the Arctic Regions of North America. (5 minutes)

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

e. 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: Listening a video about the Inuit communities in North America. (5 minutes)

b. Answer these questions (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...