2 ESO

 UNIT 1- WHO I AM

Learning situation: How can we show what's important to us?

Project 1: Make a values presentation

VOCABULARY:  Values   -   Wellbeing phrases

GRAMMAR: • Present simple  • Present continuous  

• Pronunciation: Question intonation

READING:  Article: Follow your heart!

• Reading hack: Synonyms

LISTENING:  Podcast: Wellbeing apps

CULTURE:  Australia: A new life in Australia

SPEAKING:  Getting to know people

•• Speaking hack: Maintaining a conversation

 WRITING:  Short blog posts

    • Writing hack: Organizing a short blog post

PROJECT:  Make a values presentation 

• Project skills: Using font and colour in infographics  

• Key language: Making decisions

UNIT 2-  DISCOVERING HISTORY

Learning situation: How can we make history come alive?

Project 1: Make a video interview with a historical figure

VOCABULARY:  Jobs -  History and museums

GRAMMAR:  • Past simple  • (there) was / (there) were  • Grammar animation

Pronunciation: Rhyming sounds in past simple irregular verbs

READING: Blog: The TV shows that bring history to lif

Reading hack: Skimming

LISTENING:  Presentation: Connecting with the past

Listening hack: Identifying facts and opinions

CULTURE:  Peru: Machu Picchu

SPEAKING:   Showing interest

Speaking hack: Use intonation to show interest

 WRITING:   An informal email

Writing hack: Informal language in emails

PROJECT:  Make a video interview with a historical figure

Project skills:Editing video  

Key language:  Responding to suggestions

UNIT 3 - OUR WORLD  

Learning situation:  How can we use art to celebrate nature?

Project 3: Create a display of nature art

VOCABULARY: • Art and creativity  • The environment

GRAMMAR: • Past continuous  • Past continuous and past simple

Pronunciation: Past continuous sentence stress

READING:  Blog: Awesome nature, awesome art!

• Reading hack: Scanning for proper nouns

LISTENING:  Podcast: Music for the planet

• Listening hack: Predicting content

CULTURE:  Festivals: Celebrating the seasons

SPEAKING:  Narrating past events

• Speaking hack: Preparing notes for telling an anecdote on video

WRITING:  A description of a piece of art

• Writing hack: Using pronouns to avoid repetition

PROJECT:   Create a display of nature art

    • Project skills: Creating a project planner

    • Key language: Discussing project tasks

UNIT 4 - WHAT A LIFE!

Learning situation: How can I take steps to live my best life?

Project 4: Create a bucket list

VOCABULARY: • Life experiences   • Word building

GRAMMAR: • Present perfect  • Present perfect with ever and never

 Pronunciation: Strong and weak forms of have in present perfect 

READING: • Article: My bucket list

Reading hack: Identifying the purpose of a text

LISTENING: • Podcast: Record breakers

Listening hack: Listening for key words to identify specific detail

CULTURE: • Sri Lanka: Walking in the clouds

SPEAKING: • Expressing agreement and disagreement

 Speaking hack: Planning vocabulary

WRITING: • A report

Writing hack: Different ways to express numbers and quantities

PROJECT: • Create a bucket list

Project skills: Creating a project design

UNIT 5  - FUTURE US  

Learning situation: How can we think about the future?

Project 5: Make a video letter to your future self

VOCABULARY

    • Feelings

    • AI (Artificial intelligence)

  GRAMMAR

    • be going to for future predictions

    • will / won't for future facts and predictions

    • Present continuous for future arrangements

     • Pronunciation: going to

READING

    • Article: Good news!

    • Reading hack: Identifying topic sentences

LISTENING

    • Conversation: Using AI to plan a holiday

    • Listening hack: Listening for references from one idea to the next

 CULTURE

    • Kenya: Kenyan storytelling

 SPEAKING

    • Responding with certainty and uncertainty

    • Speaking hack: Talking about certainty

 WRITING

    • Short messages to make plans

    • Writing hack: Linking ideas together

PROJECT

    • Make a video letter to your future self

    • Project skills: Using visual aids in a video

UNIT 6  - INNOVATIONS

Learning situation: How does STEM make the world a better place?

Project 6: Create a pitch for an invention

VOCABULARY

    • STEM

    • How things work

 GRAMMAR

    • Zero conditional and first conditional

    • First conditional

    • Pronunciation: Strong and weak forms of can and could

READING

    • Article: Why did this phone think of that before?

    • Reading hack: Identifying the order of ideas

 LISTENING

    • Presentation: David Aguilar

    • Listening hack: Listening for specific detail

  CULTURE

    • Polynesia: Polynesian Wayfinders

  SPEAKING

    • Giving instructions

    • Speaking hack: Presenting the vocabulary you need

  WRITING

    • A formal email

    • Writing hack: Using an appropriate formal style in emails

PROJECT

    • Create a pitch for an invention

    • Project skills: Using body language in presentations

UNIT 7- URBAN SPACES 4

Learning situation: How can we improve spaces?

Project 7: Create a design to improve a space in your neighbourhood

VOCABULARY

    • Talking about my city

    • Phrasal verbs for getting around

 GRAMMAR

    • Quantifiers: a few / a little, too much / many, too and (not) enough

    • Defining relative pronouns

    • Pronunciation: Word linking

READING

    • Article: Sensational street art

    • Reading hack: Using cognates to understand new words

 LISTENING

    • Video: Getting around Edinburgh

    • Listening hack: Recognizing prepositions of place

  CULTURE

    • The UK: Imagining London

 SPEAKING

    • Asking for and giving directions

    • Speaking hack: Giving yourself time to think

 WRITING

    • A guide

    • Writing hack: Giving examples

PROJECT

    • Create a design to improve a space in your neighbourhood

    • Project skills: Giving feedback to other groups

UNIT 8  -  IT'S YOUR TURN!

Learning situation: How can we design fun games?

Project 8: Make an escape room quiz

VOCABULARY

    • Playing different types of games

    • Video games

  GRAMMAR

    • should / shouldn't, must / mustn't, have (got) to

    • Pronunciation: have and have to

READING

    • Article: Are games good for us?

    • Reading hack: Predicting the content of a text

  LISTENING

    • Podcast: Working in the gaming industry

  CULTURE

    • The UK: Quiz night

  SPEAKING

    • Evaluating progress

    • Speaking hack: Evaluating your progress

  WRITING

    • A review of a game

    • Writing hack: Using adjectives to express your opinions clearly

PROJECT

    • Make an escape room quiz

    • Project skills: Referring to a reference

    • Key language: Evaluating the ideas of a peer