Comet

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Comet

1. RESOURCES (see link)

2. METHODOLOGY

This unit draws on three main approaches to learning: experiential learning, the communicative approach and content-and-language integrated learning (CLIL) in order to introduce students to the main character in the book and revise previous knowledge such as classroom vocabulary, days of the week, numbers and animals and their habitats.

Experiential learning

Example from Comet - Unit 3 - An Ocean Adventure - Lesson 4 - Feelings

The communicative approach

Example from Unit 1 - Telling the time - Lesson 7 - Tell a story

Content-and-language integrated learning (CLIL)

http://www.udaytonpublishing.es/Comet_Teachers_Resources.html
click on Syllabus

3. UNIT OBJECTIVES
IN UNIT 0 STUDENTS WILL LEARN TO:

     1.    Introduce oneself and meet Kushida the comet.
     2.    Review basic structures and classroom language.

     3.    Describe things in the classroom.

     4.    Learn the days of the week.

    

  http://learningapps.org/display?v=p8kwajnh216      (Create your own online exercise - )

     5.    Practice question forms.

     6.    Revise numbers 20 to 30.

     7.    Describe where different animals live and don’t live.
        

     4.CONTENTS (see link)

      BASIC LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS AND STRUCTURES

Greetings and introductions: Hello, I’m …My name’s …

Classroom language: How do you spell …?How do you say

Identifying and describing objects and people: he’s got, she can, she’s wearing

That’s a … ,It’s got … What’s it like? There is/are

Calendar: What day is it today? How many …? What is …?

Expressing possession: has got, possessive adjectives our and your

Expressing negation: Monkeys don’t live in the city.

VOCABULARY

Class activity verbs: look, listen, find, describe

Objects in the classroom (guessing game)

Days of the week (singing)

Fruit and vegetables (costumes)

Animals: elephant, snake, monkey ,lion, crocodile, giraffe  (making sounds and guess) 

Places in the city: hospital, police station, building, lake  (Role Play)

Animal habitats: lake, plain, forest, jungle  (group work - mimic)

        

          from:    http://www.udaytonpublishing.es/Comet_Teachers_Resources.html

                Teachers Guide - Comet
                         file:///Users/patrick/Downloads/20110908110204m_83dba20c-d461-45ee-a5c1-6936861134b6%20(1).pdf 


        5.ATENTION TO DIVERSITY  (see link)
      6. Basic Competences

Basic Competences in the Unit 0
COMPETENCE	LESSON	ACTIVITY	ASSESMENT CRITERIA Students are able to:
1. LINGUISTIC	All 1, 4 2 3	All of the activities in the unit. Listen and identify information.. Listen and answer questions correctly. Order and name the days of the week.	Show interest communicating in English. Participate in guided aural interactions. Guess pictures in a picture drawing game. Show spoken comprehension.
2.MATHEMATICAL	1 4	Count from one to ten correctly. Counting from 20 to 30.	Use numbers in English. Use numbers in English.
3. KNOWLEDGE & INTERACTION WITH THE PHYSICAL WORLD	2 5	Identify and name the objects . Write information about where animals live or don’t live.	Look and listen say true or false. Identify animals and their habitats.
4. DIGITAL	4       5	Say the numbers that are missing. Use information from the Digital Book to make lists of animals and city places for revision.	Listen and understand questions and answer. Make lists by using the information from the digital source.
5. CIVIC/ SOCIAL	1 2, 3 5	Show respect amongst classmates. Play a picture game warmer as a class. Play the Whispering Game.	Listen attentively when others   are introduced. Use games  to promoting good relationships Follow rules while playing a whole class game.
6. CULTURAL & ARTISTIC	3	Sing along the Days of the week song.	Actively participate in singing a song to learn the Days of the Week.
7. LEARNING TO LEARN	3 4	Identify one’s own possibilities and shortcomings in communicating Use visual memorization clues to learn numbers from 20 to 30.	Remember the days of the week. Memorize the numbers sequence.
8. AUTONOMY AND PERSONAL INITIATIVE	2	Read and tick personal information.	Fill the information required in   the chart.

7. ASSESMENT (see link - Autonomy)


Other resources

How to work with vocabulary ?

Example from Patrick Ziliax

http://pictionaryforall.blogspot.com/

Online Exercises

Unit 1 - Telling the time http://www.agendaweb.org/vocabulary/time-exercises.html Unit 2 - (phonetics) Family Chores http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/languages/phonetic-transcription-family.htm