Ø  Objetivos:

 

Conocer cuándo se utiliza yet, just, already. Distinguir los verbos estáticos. Utilizar correctamente los verbos modales. Aprender hacer frases en futuro y conocer los adverbios de tiempo. Conocer y utilizar el adjetivo en grado comparativo y superlativo.

Utilizar el estilo indirecto y practicar las “coletillas interrogativas”.

Aplicar la voz pasiva y hacer condicionales. Distinguir los diferentes modales: posibilidad, probabilidad y certeza. Conocer los verbos que rigen to o –ing.

 

 

Ø  Contenidos:

 

UNIT 1: Neighbours

 

Topics: people´s character & appearance.

Vocabulary: everyday activities, chores; appearance; personality; phrasal verbs with after…

Reading: love your neighbour?; what does your bedroom say about you?...

Grammar: present tenses; already, just, yet, ever; stative verbs.

Listening: identifying people; relation to others.

Speaking: requesting help; making & accepting apologies; describing people; introducing oneself & others; social expressing admiration.

Writing: a paragraph about a neighbour of yours; a paragraph about your friend; an informal letter giving news…

 

UNIT 2: Call of the wild

 

Topics: the environment

Vocabulary: animals; flora & fauna; social issues; natural habitats; phrasal verbs with out…

Reading: UK Wildlife-SOS!; how to make a wildlife pond; the Countryside Code- Advice for the Public, curricular cut.

Grammar: modals I (must, have to, should, ought to, mustn´t); will-going to; time words; future tenses

Listening: importance of trees; forests.

Speaking: making suggestion; agreeing & disagreeing; expressing dissatisfaction.

Writing: an article about wildlife habitats in your contry; a letter to a friend about your plans to help the environment; a letter asking for information.

 

UNIT 3: Take a break

 

Topics: holidays

Vocabulary: travel & holidays; modes of transport; accommodation; holiday problems; ways of travelling; phrasal verbs with off…

Reading: wish you weren´t here; grange hotel; a holiday experience; culture clip.

Grammar: past tenses; used to-would; adverbs of time & movement.

Listening: announcements; holiday problems; guided tours.

Speaking: describing pictures; booking a guided tour; asking for information; expressing dissatisfaction.

Writing: an article about your worst holiday experience; a letter to a friend of yours from holiday hotel; a paragraph about your holiday habits when you were younger; a story.

 

UNIT 4: Live & learn

 

Topics: education

Vocabulary: polite behaviour; types of schools; school/college subjects; phrasal verbs with down.

Reading: mind your manners; short messages; curricular cut.

Grammar: reported speech; say-tell, reporting verbs.

Listening: telephone etiquette; ICT courses.

Speaking: making polite requests; telephone etiquette; describing pictures.

Writing: Dos & Don´ts when dining out; an e-mail describing a dream; a paragraph describing a festival; a story…

 

UNIT 5: Weird & wonderful

 

Topics: parts of the body; moods & feelings.

Vocabulary: parts of the body; moods & feelings, body language, personal experience; festival; phrasal verbs with over…

Reading: mythical creatures; speaking without saying a word; Halloween; culture clip.

Grammar: comparatives & superlatives; defining & nondefining relative clauses.

Listening: the Day of the Dead.

Speaking: inviting & accepting or refusing an invitation; making decisions; exclamations.

Writing: an article about a mythical creature; an e-mail describing a dream; a paragraph describing a festival…

 

 

UNIT 6:  State-of-the-art

 

Topics: entertainment, technology.

Vocabulary: youth culture gadgets, films & TV, the Internet, phrasal verbs with in.

Reading: Dick Summers-Special Effects Supervisor, using the remote control, Tokyo teens, Curricular Cut (Literature): The War of the Worlds.

Grammar: quantifiers, articles, adverbs, reflexive pronouns, question tags, echo tags.

Listening: film review, Internet safety.

Speaking: expressing viewpoints, asking about a problem/ offering help, recommending a film/game, computer problems.

Writing: a review of a film, instructions on how to send a text message, a questionnaire, a letter to a friend, reviewing a music CD.

 

 

UNIT 7:  All in a day´s work

 

Topics: employment, clothes.

Vocabulary: occupations & employment/ jobs, job skills & qualities, phrasal verbs with through, forming adjectives from verbs.

Reading: Cracking Career!, Personality types, Getting a job, Culture Clip: The Ravenmaster.

Grammar: conditionals, wishes, clauses of purpose.

Listening: guessing jobs, expressing regrets, preparing for interview.

Speaking: talking about ambitions, agreeing / disagreein with opinions, expressing regrets, describing pictures.

Writing: an article interviewing a person, an e-mail about a dream job, an e-mail expressing regret, a letter of application.

 

 

UNIT 8: Staying safe

 

Topics: safety, emergencies, graffiti, safe surfing, bullying.

Vocabulary: self defence, street crime, law breakers, phrasal verbs with away.

Reading: Self  Defence, Watch out!, Cameras all around you, Curricular Cut (Citizenship): Following the Rules.

Grammar: the passive, causative form, clauses of result, each-every-either-neither.

Listening: tips for staying safe, reporting, emergencies.

Speaking: discussing safety, giving an eye-witness account, warning others...

Writing: Dos & Don´ts on how to defend yourself, a leaflet about safety, an article providing solutions to problems.

 

 

UNIT 9: Forces of nature

 

Topics: nature, weather, natural disasters.

Vocabulary: animal sounds, weather, natural disasters, temperature, phrasal verbs with up.

Reading: nature attacks!, Culture Clip: Ice Art.

Grammar: modals II: possibility, probability, certainty (may-might-must-can´t-could), making deductions/assumptions.

Listening: factfile, precautions for avalanche, extreme weather conditions.

Speaking: expressing possibility, making assumptions/deductions, describing pictures.

Writing: a factfile about an insect, an e-mail about a natural disaster, an e-mail invitation to a festival, an article about a winter event.

 

 

UNIT 10: Festive time

 

Topics: food, fitness & health.

Vocabulary: sports & fitness, food, phrasal verbs with on, compound nouns.

Reading: festive food calendar, body image, healthy lifestyles, curricular cut (biology): muscles.

Grammar: infinitive/-ing form, prepositions of place.

Listening: a sports survey, gym membership.

Speaking: asking for/giving directions, avoiding direct answers, expressing facts.

Writing: a calendar for festivals, an e-mail giving advice, a survey report.

 

 

Ø  Contenido del material:

·                  Libro del Alumno: UPSTREAM B1 +  (Teoría + Ejercicios)

·                  Libro de Ejercicios: UPSTREAM B1 +  (Teoría + Ejercicios) 

·                  CD con Audiciones + Solucionarios (en PDF) de  UPSTREAM B1 + (Alumno + Ejercicios)