5to año C Inglés - Upper-Intermediate

PROGRAMA DE EXAMEN ALUMNOS REGULARES

5º C

AÑO: 2023

Profesor: Carina Trotti

Bibliografía: PERSONAL BEST B2 (UPPER-INTERMEDIATE) – STUDENT’S BOOK + WORKBOOK – RICHMOND - JIM SCRIVENER 

CONTENIDOS

Unit 1:  Your unique style

Grammar: Present forms. Narrative tenses (Revision)

Vocabulary: Body language and communication

Writing: Making a narrative interesting

 Unit  2:  Culture Vultures

Grammar: Question patterns. Using linkers: contrast and purpose

Vocabulary: Adjective suffixes. 

Unit 3: A sense of place

Vocabulary: Easily confused words.

Listening: My special place

Unit 4: Mind and behaviour

Grammar: Perfect and Past forms. Conditional sentences type 0,1 and 2.

Vocabulary: Personality and behaviour. Word families

Unit 5: Our planet

Vocabulary: Weather. Moods. Adjective prefixes

Writing: Writing an opinion essay

Unit 6: Habits and change

Grammar: The habitual past. Be/get used to

Vocabulary: Expressions with time. Expressions with prepositions

Unit 7: The changing media (Book unit 8)

Grammar: Using linkers: contrast and comparison/reason.

Vocabulary: The media.

ORAL EXAM 

TEXTS:

-                     The changing media (p 66)

-                     Millennials - more to them than meets the eye. (p 52)

-                     4 food myths that just won't die (p 51)

-                     Are global warming campaigns effective? (p 46)

-                      Procrastination and creativity - the new link (p 34)

MOVIES: (Plot, characters, scenes, changing the beginning / ending)

●                   A star is born.

●                   Failure to launch

DIALOGUES:

·         Making and responding to recommendations (Wb pag 11 – U 2)

·         Responding to arguments (Wb pag 23 – U 4)

·         Ask about a famous person´s information (Example Adele – Book pag 164)

·         Ask about HABITUAL PAST and using BE/ GET USE TO  (U 6)

·         Talk about a person, place, or event that surprised you. USE NARRATIVES (Act 7. Page 9)

·         Dialogue: Which activities does your partner enjoy? USE QUESTIONS PATTERNS (Act 9 - pag 13)

PERSONAL QUESTIONS:: (topics dealt with in the different units)

●                 Describe a time when something was different to what you expected. (pag. 29)

●                 Describe someone you think is cool and explain why. (p. 7)

●                 Describe a time when something was different to what you expected. (p. 29)

●                 Talk about how to get on with people (p. 33)

●                 An experience when you procrastinated. (p. 35)

●                 A memorable experience. (p. 37)

●                 Describe an experience where the weather has affected your mood. (p. 43)

●                 Are advertising campaigns effective? Give your opinion. (p. 47)

●                 Describe habits or routines from your childhood. (p. 48/49)

●                 Describe something that happened when you were a child. (p. 49)

●                 Describe  something you never thought you would get used to, but are used to now. (p. 53)

●                 Describe a problem you or someone you know has had, say how it was solved. (p. 55)

●                 Recommend a book, movie, or series.

●                 Talk about something funny or embarrassing that happened to you.

●                 Talk about your experience at Prep School.Would U recommend it?

●                 Talk about your experience at the camp. Do you have any anecdotes?

●                 Talk about your memories at Prep School.

●                 Talk about your future plans/next year.

BIBLIOGRAFÍA

Bibliografía del alumno:

✔             Burton, Graham; (2017): “Personal Best”, Student’s Book, Richmond.

✔             Walter, Elizabeth; Woodford, Kate (2017): “Personal Best”, Student’s Book, Richmond.