UNIT 10

Title: THE GREATEST EXPLORERS (Unit 10)

Level: Third cycle (Y6)

Topic:  Explorers of the American continent.

Didactic main aim: To extend the pupils’ communicative competence by learning the most relevant social and cultural aspects of the English speaking countries studying Irish geography and traditions.

Vocabulary: continent, explorer, inhabitant, ancestor, settlement, colony, Vikings, Atlantic ocean, Europe, America, Far East, Spain, Japan, India, Bering Strait... // discover, sail... // European, Indian, native, much larger than...

Linguistic structures: Who discovered America? // Was Columbus the first who to discover America? // The first inhabitants of America crossed the Bering Straight 40,000 years ago. // in the 10th century AD Vikings from Scandinavia built settlements in Newfoundland.

Socio-cultural aspects: The students will learn the most relevant aspects of the World Geography and History.

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! (4 minutes)
b. Listening (Videos about Great Explorers in America). (6 minutes)
c. Initial Test: What do you know about this? (17 minutes)
d. Picture Dictionary (Complete World Geography maps) (5 minutes)
e. Final task presentation: Three things we will do in Ireland (10 minutes)
f. End of class routine: Song (Tour the World) (3 minutes)

SESSION 2 (SPEAKING)
a. Warm-up activities: Picture Intro (5 minutes)
b. Invisible words (10 minutes)
c. Vocabulary 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. Phonics: Guess the magical formula! (10 minutes)
c. Reading aloud (15 minutes)
d. Comprehensive reading: Discover the hidden treasures! (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 an archaeologist! (20 minutes)
c. Let’s make a map of London (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...