DATE: CLASS: 9TH GRADE

TOPIC: Simple present review with be and have; whose and possessives
OBJECTIVE: To Make statements about likes and dislikes, then, explain how you are alike and different from another person when talking
in pairs.
ANTICIPATION: Have students guess at the meaning of traditions and share one of your own.
CONSTRUCTION: Now have students open their books and look at the picture on page 2. Point to different details in the picture, such as the
people and the setting and ask students to describe them.
EVALUATION: Ask students to share a few of their family traditions. If necessary, prompt them with questions: What is something special that
your family always does the same way?

DATE: CLASS: 9TH GRADE

TOPIC: Simple present review with be and have; whose and possessives
OBJECTIVE: To Make statements about likes and dislikes, then, explain how you are alike and different from another person when talking
in pairs.
ANTICIPATION: Have students turn to page 3. Read aloud the vocabulary section title. Explain that a category is a group or set of things
CONSTRUCTION: Read the information aloud. To check understanding, ask students for example sentences using both clothing and clothes.
Explain that clothing is more formal than clothes and is used less frequently in conversation.
EVALUATION: Put students in pairs to complete the chart. Check answers as a class by calling on pairs to talk about each set of pictures.

DATE: CLASS: 9TH GRADE

TOPIC: Simple present review with be and have; whose and possessives
OBJECTIVE: To Make statements about likes and dislikes, then, explain how you are alike and different from another person when talking
in pairs.
ANTICIPATION: Have students guess at the meaning of traditions and share one of your own.
CONSTRUCTION: Now have students open their books and look at the picture on page 2. Point to different details in the picture, such as the
people and the setting and ask students to describe them.
EVALUATION: Ask students to share a few of their family traditions. If necessary, prompt them with questions: What is something special that
your family always does the same way?

DATE: CLASS: 9TH GRADE

TOPIC: Reading: An article about life in Otavalo, Ecuador.
OBJECTIVE: To read an article about life in Otavalo, Ecuador.
ANTICIPATION: Have students close their books. Tell them that they will read about a girl who lives in Otavalo, Ecuador.
CONSTRUCTION: Tell students to underline any unfamiliar vocabulary in the reading. Have students compare their underlined words with a
partner and guess the meaning of the words from context together.
EVALUATION: Have students complete the exercise individually and check answers with a partner. Then check answers as a class.

DATE: CLASS: 9TH GRADE

TOPIC: Simple present review with be and have.
OBJECTIVE: To review how to ask and answer questions with be and have.
ANTICIPATION: Ask students to look at the grammar chart. Read the explanation at the top of the chart aloud.
CONSTRUCTION: Have students look at the grammar chart again and fill in the blanks individually. Then check answers as a class.
EVALUATION: To talk about things in your life that are modern and things that are traditional

DATE: CLASS: 9TH GRADE

TOPIC: Simple present review with be and have; whose and possessives
OBJECTIVE: To Make statements about likes and dislikes, then, explain how you are alike and different from another person when
talking in pairs.
ANTICIPATION: Have students guess at the meaning of traditions and share one of your own.
CONSTRUCTION: Now have students open their books and look at the picture on page 2. Point to different details in the picture, such as
the people and the setting and ask students to describe them.
EVALUATION: Ask students to share a few of their family traditions. If necessary, prompt them with questions: What is something
special that your family always does the same way?

DATE: CLASS: 1ST BACHILLERATO

TOPIC: Vocabulary: Extreme weather
OBJECTIVE: To learn vocabulary to talk about different kinds of weather.
ANTICIPATION: Have students open their books and look at the words and phrases and the pictures related to extreme weather. Then
read the words and phrases and have students repeat after you.
CONSTRUCTION: Have students work in pairs. Assign two of seven vocabulary words at random to each pair. Ask students to keep their
words a secret. Each pair discusses how they will act out their words and then presents them for the class to guess.
EVALUATION: Have the students work with a partner. Ask them to prepare a TV weather report.

DATE: CLASS: 1ST BACHILLERATO

TOPIC: Reading: A blog
OBJECTIVE: To read an article about Yakutsk – the coldest town on Earth
ANTICIPATION: Have students close their books. Ask them if they know in which country Siberia is located. Explain that Siberia is a
large region in northeast Russia.
CONSTRUCTION: Ask students to read the blog silently. Before they begin, explain vocabulary they might have difficulty understanding,
EVALUATION: Arrange students in small groups and have them brainstorm answers to the following questions: What time does it get
dark in the winter and in the summer where you live? What do you wear in the winter? What do you wear in the
summer? What sports do you play in the summer? What sports do you play in the winter?
DATE: CLASS: 1ST BACHILLERATO
TOPIC: Simple present and present continuous review
OBJECTIVE: To use the present to describe what normally happens and the present continuous to describe
something happening right now
ANTICIPATION: Draw students’ attention to the top half of the chart with examples for using the simple present
CONSTRUCTION: Ask students to write their own example sentences with information about themselves. Then have volunteers share their
sentences with the class.
EVALUATION: To talk about how hot and cold weather affects you.

DATE: CLASS: 1ST BACHILLERATO

TOPIC: Listening: Biking the Pan-American Highway
OBJECTIVE: To listen to a family talk about their experience on the Pan-American Highway
ANTICIPATION: Draw students’ attention to the map of the Pan-American Highway. Ask where the highway
starts and ends.
CONSTRUCTION: Explain to students that they will listen to a radio program about a family’s experience on the Pan-American Highway.
Tell them to first listen to the family describe their experience. Then ask them to listen for information that tells how
Diane, the mother, feels about the family’s trip.
EVALUATION: Have students work in pairs. Ask them to identify any basic needs that were mentioned in the blog on page 4.

DATE: CLASS: 1ST BACHILLERATO

TOPIC: Simple past and past continuous review
OBJECTIVE: To review using the simple past to describe past actions and events and the past continuous to describe actions and
events in progress in the past
ANTICIPATION: Ask students to look at the grammar chart as you read aloud the explanations (in green) for using the simple past and
past continuous.
CONSTRUCTION: Have students complete the sentences with the correct verb in the past continuous. Check answers as a class by
having volunteers write the completed sentences on the board.
EVALUATION: To practice asking and answering questions about actions in the past.

DATE: CLASS: 1ST BACHILLERATO

TOPIC: Conversation: City, town, or country?
OBJECTIVE: To talk about where you prefer to live
ANTICIPATION: Allow students time to read the information before they listen so they know what information they are listening for.
CONSTRUCTION: Play the video or audio and have students complete the task individually. Check answers as a class.
EVALUATION: Discuss as a class why Kate likes Greenville and why Mark doesn’t like Greenville.

DATE: CLASS: 1ST BACHILLERATO

TOPIC: Reading to write: A persuasive email
OBJECTIVE: to read a persuasive email
ANTICIPATION: Ask students what they write emails about. Ask if they have ever written an email to persuade someone to do something
CONSTRUCTION: Tell students that they will write their own persuasive email. Ask them to think of something they want to persuade
someone to do.
EVALUATION: Tell students to use their notes to write their email. Remind them to write an email that is around 150 words and use
complete sentences.

DATE: CLASS: 1ST BACHILLERATO

TOPIC: Culture: A remote island
OBJECTIVE: to read and talk about the most remote inhabited island on Earth
ANTICIPATION: Ask students if anyone has ever been to an island. Have volunteers describe what it was like.
CONSTRUCTION: Suggest that students underline or highlight key facts while they read. Then have students work individually. Check answers
as a class
EVALUATION: Have students work with partners. Ask them to research an island anywhere in the world. Have students explain what is
special about their island

DATE: CLASS: 1ST BACHILLERATO

TOPIC: Vocabulary: Priorities
OBJECTIVE: to learn new vocabulary related to priorities
ANTICIPATION: Tell students to look at the phrases in the right column. Point out that these are priorities for some people
CONSTRUCTION: Have students make a chart ranking the phrases in Exercise 1 in order of importance for them. Ask volunteers to share their
charts with the class
EVALUATION: To talk about things that are important.

DATE: CLASS: 1ST BACHILLERATO

TOPIC: Reading: A magazine article
OBJECTIVE: to read an article about the importance of getting enough sleep
ANTICIPATION: Ask students about their sleeping habits. Use the following questions for discussion: How many hours do you usually
sleep? Do you ever stay up late at night?
CONSTRUCTION: Ask students to predict what the article is about. Then have them work individually to answer the questions.
EVALUATION: Have students discuss their bedtimes with a partner. Tell students to write the time they went to bed last night and the
time they woke up.
DATE: CLASS: 1ST BACHILLERATO
TOPIC: Grammar: have to/don’t have to
OBJECTIVE: to use have to/don’t have to, to say what is necessary/not necessary to do
ANTICIPATION: Ask students to look at the grammar chart and read the explanation aloud.
CONSTRUCTION: Ask students to make a list of three things they have to do and three things they don’t have to do. Have volunteers write
and share their answers with the class.
EVALUATION: Have students work in small groups and brainstorm about a new way to wake up in the morning.

DATE: CLASS: 1ST BACHILLERATO

TOPIC: Listening: Take it easy!
OBJECTIVE: to listen to a psychologist talk about teen stress
ANTICIPATION: Tell students to write their answers individually. Discuss answers as a class
CONSTRUCTION: Explain to students that they will listen to a radio interview with a psychologist talking about teen stress.
EVALUATION: Have students work in small groups. Ask them to select at least two emotions and plan a short scene that demonstrates
them

DATE: CLASS: 1ST BACHILLERATO

TOPIC: Grammar: Modals of obligation – should, ought to, had better
OBJECTIVE: to practice using modals to say what is a good or right thing to do
ANTICIPATION: Direct students’ attention to the grammar section title. Have a volunteer read it aloud. Explain that modals are words that
help verbs.
CONSTRUCTION: Ask students to work individually to complete the chart. Have volunteers read their completed sentences aloud.
EVALUATION: Ask students to work in small groups and discuss the situations. Ask them to describe what emotion they felt in each
situation.

DATE: CLASS: 1ST BACHILLERATO

TOPIC: Conversation: What makes a good friend?
OBJECTIVE: to practice talking about qualities that make someone a good friend
ANTICIPATION: Ask students to think about how long they have known their best friend.
CONSTRUCTION: Explain to students that they will hear a conversation between Olivia and Laura, who are talking about a school project.
EVALUATION: Ask students to act out a situation where they use the Useful language expressions. Have them work with partners, then
ask them to act out their conversations in front of the class.

DATE: CLASS: 1ST BACHILLERATO

TOPIC: Reading to write: Solving a problem
OBJECTIVE: to read a story about dealing with stress and solving problems
ANTICIPATION: Have students read silently the blog post about stress. Then have two students read the blog aloud.
CONSTRUCTION: Explain to students that they will write their own blog post about a time they were stressed or had too much to do.
EVALUATION: Ask students to share their blogs with their group members by reading them aloud.

DATE: CLASS: 1ST BACHILLERATO

TOPIC: Culture: Cheerleading
OBJECTIVE: to read and talk about cheerleading
ANTICIPATION: Have students close their books, and discuss the following questions as a class: What do you know about cheerleading?
Have you ever seen a cheerleader? Where?
CONSTRUCTION: Ask students to correct the false sentences. Then have volunteers share the corrected sentences with the class
EVALUATION: Have students invent cheers (chants or songs that cheerleaders shout to excite the crowd). Have students share their
cheers with the class.

DATE: CLASS: 1ST BACHILLERATO

TOPIC: Vocabulary: Visual arts
OBJECTIVE: To learn new vocabulary related to different visual arts expressions
ANTICIPATION: Ask students to make a simple drawing or painting. Use as many of the vocabulary words on the board as possible to
explain what you want students to do;
CONSTRUCTION: Ask a volunteer to provide an example by naming one word for “Works of art.” Have
students complete the exercise individually.
EVALUATION: Have students work in pairs. Explain the exercise and ask a volunteer to read the speech balloon aloud

DATE: CLASS: 1ST BACHILLERATO

TOPIC: Reading: An online debate
OBJECTIVE: to read about what people think art is and who is an artist
ANTICIPATION: Name or show a picture of a famous painting, such as the Mona Lisa. Ask students: How many of you like this painting?
How many of you don’t like this painting?
CONSTRUCTION: Read the directions aloud. Have volunteers read each question aloud. Then have students work in pairs to ask and
answer the questions
EVALUATION: Ask students to complete the exercise individually and check answers with a partner. Then check answers as a class. Ask
students to correct any false statements.
DATE: CLASS: 1ST BACHILLERATO
TOPIC: Reading: An online debate
OBJECTIVE: to read about what people think art is and who is an artist
ANTICIPATION: Name or show a picture of a famous painting, such as the Mona Lisa. Ask students: How many of you like this painting?
How many of you don’t like this painting?
CONSTRUCTION: Read the directions aloud. Have volunteers read each question aloud. Then have students work in pairs to ask and
answer the questions
EVALUATION: Ask students to complete the exercise individually and check answers with a partner. Then check answers as a class. Ask
students to correct any false statements.

DATE: CLASS: 1ST BACHILLERATO

TOPIC: Grammar: Verb + -ing form (gerund) review
OBJECTIVE: to use the -ing form after some verbs to talk about things we like or don’t like
ANTICIPATION: Tell students that you will make each verb a gerund. Add -ing to each verb. Tell students that a gerund is a verb form that
acts as a noun.
CONSTRUCTION: Ask students to work individually to complete the chart.
EVALUATION: Ask students to write five sentences about the things they hate doing.

DATE: CLASS: 1ST BACHILLERATO

TOPIC: Listening: Leo the one-man band
OBJECTIVE: to listen to a radio interview of a musician who plays many instruments in his one-man band
ANTICIPATION: Have a volunteer read the Listening section title. Then read the questions. Ask students to think about their answers and
write them down.
CONSTRUCTION: Have students work individually. Suggest that students take notes when they hear the details they are listening for. Then
play the audio.
EVALUATION: Have students work in pairs to discuss music and musical instruments. Then have volunteers share their answers with the
class.

DATE: CLASS: 2ND BACHILLERATO

TOPIC: Vocabulary: Media
OBJECTIVE: to learn new vocabulary related to media
ANTICIPATION: Have students turn to page 3. Write on the board media and the media. Point to the words and ask: What is the difference?
(Media refers to a means of communication, such as radio, TV, news sources, etc. It is the plural of medium. The media
refers specifically to news reporters.)
CONSTRUCTION: Have students work individually to complete the sentences with a word from the box.
EVALUATION: to talk about how you hear, see, or learn about news events

DATE: CLASS: 2ND BACHILLERATO

TOPIC: Reading: An article about checking facts
OBJECTIVE: to read an article about checking facts on the Internet
ANTICIPATION: Point out the title of the article: Finding the Facts. Ask: What are facts? (true information, or information that has been
proven to be correct)
CONSTRUCTION: Tell students to listen to the article and follow along to find the
answers. Play the audio.
EVALUATION: Have students work with a partner to share other stories or urban legends they have heard or read about that turned out to
be false.

DATE: CLASS: 2ND BACHILLERATO

TOPIC: Grammar: Past tense review
OBJECTIVE: to review how to talk about past events and activities; to review using passive forms when you don’t know who did an action
or when it is not important
ANTICIPATION: Ask students to look at the first grammar chart. Read the explanation at the top of the chart for the simple past aloud.
CONSTRUCTION: Have students look at the grammar chart again and fill in the blanks individually. Then check answers as a class. Have
students practice asking and answering the examples in the chart with a partner.
EVALUATION: to talk about a time you did or saw something special on vacation

DATE: CLASS: 2ND BACHILLERATO

TOPIC: Listening: Cell phones were huge!
OBJECTIVE: to listen to a mother and son talk about technology in the past
ANTICIPATION: Explain to students that they will listen to a teenager and his mother talk about technology in the past
CONSTRUCTION: Play the audio again and have students listen for the things Brandon’s mom didn’t have in high school and check the correct
boxes.
EVALUATION: Explain to students that they will learn words that tell when something happens in this activity

DATE: CLASS: 2ND BACHILLERATO

TOPIC: Review of used to + infinitive and would
OBJECTIVE: to talk about things that happened repeatedly in the past but don’t happen now
ANTICIPATION: Ask students to look at the grammar chart. Read the explanation at the top of the chart aloud.
CONSTRUCTION: Have students fill in the blanks individually. Check answers as a class. Provide additional practice to review used to +
infinitive and would. Ask Wh- questions and yes/no questions
EVALUATION: to talk about your life 10 years ago
DATE: CLASS: 2ND BACHILLERATO
TOPIC: Conversation: Interests change.
OBJECTIVE: to express interest and disinterest
ANTICIPATION: Explain to students that they will watch a video (or listen to the audio version) about teenagers talking about their parents’
music and fashion in the past.
CONSTRUCTION: Explain to students that they will hear a conversation between two friends talking about music styles they like.
EVALUATION: Have students work with a partner to talk about their interests in the past and now. It can be one of the ideas from the box
or a different idea.

DATE: CLASS: 2ND BACHILLERATO

TOPIC: Reading to write: A blog post about an event
OBJECTIVE: to read about an international event for comic book fans
ANTICIPATION: Have students read the article silently. Then ask volunteers to each read a paragraph aloud.
CONSTRUCTION: Tell students that they will each think of an event that they attended to write a blog post about.
EVALUATION: Have students write about their event, using Brian’s blog post as a guide. Remind them to include all of the information
from the chart they completed

DATE: CLASS: 2ND BACHILLERATO

TOPIC: Culture: An organization for prom fashions
OBJECTIVE: to read and talk about a special school event
ANTICIPATION: Have students look at the pictures and describe them.
CONSTRUCTION: Tell students to listen to the article and follow along in their books to find the answer.
EVALUATION: Have students work in groups. Tell groups that they will each do research to find out about one country or culture’s
traditional prom, ball, or end-of-year celebration.

DATE: CLASS: 2ND BACHILLERATO

TOPIC: Vocabulary: Personal qualities
OBJECTIVE: to learn new vocabulary related to personal qualities
ANTICIPATION: Direct students’ attention to the photos and explain that each photo matches a sentence.
CONSTRUCTION: Have students work individually to match each sentence to the corresponding photo.
EVALUATION: to describe a person who helps you

DATE: CLASS: 2ND BACHILLERATO

TOPIC: Reading: An article about a young rock climber
OBJECTIVE: to read an article about a young rock climber
ANTICIPATION: Read aloud the directions and question. Have students look at the photo. Elicit personal qualities that the students think
Brooke probably has.
CONSTRUCTION: Have students complete the exercise individually and check answers with a partner
EVALUATION: Have students work with a partner to ask and answer the questions.

DATE: CLASS: 2ND BACHILLERATO

TOPIC: Grammar: Present perfect with present perfect continuous
OBJECTIVE: to talk about experiences that happened at an indefinite time in the past and continue to the present; to choose the correct
form to emphasize either the action or the result of a past experience
ANTICIPATION: Draw students’ attention to the example questions and answers in the chart for the present perfect continuous. Explain to
students that they should pay special attention to the words in bold.
CONSTRUCTION: Have students fill in the blanks in the chart individually. Then check answers as a class. Have students practice asking
and answering the examples in the chart with a partner.
EVALUATION: to ask and answer questions about something you’ve been learning to do recently

DATE: CLASS: 2ND BACHILLERATO

TOPIC: Listening: It’s turned into so much more!
OBJECTIVE: to listen to an interview about a program that a teenager started
ANTICIPATION: Ask students to predict what they will listen to based on the photo and title.
CONSTRUCTION: Explain to students that they will listen to an interview about a program a teenager started. Play the audio once through. Tell
students to listen for the gist.
EVALUATION: Have students complete the exercise individually by matching the phrasal verbs with the correct definitions. Then play the
audio and have students check their answers.

DATE: CLASS: 2ND BACHILLERATO

TOPIC: Grammar: Past perfect and past perfect continuous
OBJECTIVE: to talk about experiences that started in the past and continued up to another time in the past; to use the correct forms to
emphasize either the action or the result of a past experience
ANTICIPATION: Ask students to look at the first grammar chart. Read the explanation at the top of the chart aloud.
CONSTRUCTION: Have students fill in the blanks in the chart individually. Then check answers as a class. Have students practice asking and
answering the examples in the chart with a partner.
EVALUATION: to ask and answer questions about something you did to improve a skill or talent
DATE: CLASS: 2ND BACHILLERATO
TOPIC: Conversation: Finding solutions
OBJECTIVE: to show concern
ANTICIPATION: Explain to students that they will watch a video (or listen to the audio version) about teenagers talking about how they
have helped people. Then they will check the things that they hear mentioned. Allow
CONSTRUCTION: Play the video or audio and have students complete the task individually by checking the things they hear mentioned.
Check answers as a class.
EVALUATION: Tell each student to think of a problem that they want to talk about. It can be a problem from the box or a different idea.
Have students tell their partners about the problem while their partners use the Useful language phrases from

DATE: CLASS: 2ND BACHILLERATO

TOPIC: Reading to write: A thank-you email for support
OBJECTIVE: to read a thank-you email
ANTICIPATION: Have students read the email silently to check their answers. Discuss the answers as a class.
CONSTRUCTION: Explain the exercise. Have students complete the task individually by circling the correct word or words to complete each
sentence.
EVALUATION: Have students write their thank-you emails, using Peter’s email as a guide. Remind them to include the information from
the chart they completed, to use transitional phrases from the Focus on Language box, and to follow the organizational
tips in the Focus on Content box.

DATE: CLASS: 2ND BACHILLERATO

TOPIC: Culture: An interview with an Ashanti person
OBJECTIVE: to read and talk about an Ashanti person who is helping his community
ANTICIPATION: Tell students to look at the article. Ask: What kind of reading is this? (an interview) How do you know?
CONSTRUCTION: Tell students to read the article silently for overall comprehension.
EVALUATION: Ask volunteers to read the directions and the sentences aloud. Have students complete the task individually by marking
the sentences T, F, or NI.

DATE: CLASS: 2ND BACHILLERATO

TOPIC: Vocabulary: Verbs of the future
OBJECTIVE: to learn new vocabulary related to verb to be used in future tenses
ANTICIPATION: Direct students’ attention to the photos and explain that each photo matches a sentence.
CONSTRUCTION: Tell students to listen to the audio and check their answers. Play the audio again and have students repeat the sentences
EVALUATION: to talk about someone’s plans for the future

DATE: CLASS: 2ND BACHILLERATO

TOPIC: Reading: An article about becoming an astronaut
OBJECTIVE: to read an article about becoming an astronaut
ANTICIPATION: Have students close their books. Tell them that they will read about the future career plans of one teenager
CONSTRUCTION: Give students time to underline any unfamiliar vocabulary in the reading. Have students compare their underlined words
with a partner and guess the meaning of the words from context together.
EVALUATION: Have students each choose the career that they would like to have in the future and write a brief article explaining the
steps to achieving their goals.

DATE: CLASS: 2ND BACHILLERATO

TOPIC: Grammar: Future review
OBJECTIVE: to review using the future to talk about predictions, planned actions and events, and scheduled future events
ANTICIPATION: Ask students to look at the grammar chart as you read aloud the explanation for using will, be going to, the present
continuous, and the simple present to express the future.
CONSTRUCTION: Have students fill in the blanks in the chart individually and then practice asking and answering the questions with a
partner. Check answers as a class.
EVALUATION: Ask pairs to think of three more future time phrases, such as during summer vacation or over the holiday and continue the
activity.