learning objectives

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
UNIT 6

Likes and dislikes

GENERAL OBJECTIVES OF THIS UNIT

At the end of the unit students will be able to describe the physical appearance of a character using questions with “like” and “how”, also appropriate vocabulary of people, towns, food; with reading, writing, listening and the use of verb patterns.

CONTENTS OF THE UNIT
GRAMMAR

OBJECTIVES:
• To show the differences between the verb ´like´ as a verb and like´ as a preposition.
• To learn how to ask general questions with “like” and “how”.
• To be able to use the different forms of verbs in phrases: verb + -ing, verbs + to + infinitive, verbs + somebody + to + infinitive, verbs + somebody + infinitive, verbs + -ing or to + infinitive, verbs + -ing or to + infinitive.

Content:
• Questions using like and verb patterns

VOCABULARY

OBJECTIVES: Identify adjectives and use verb patterns appropriately in written form.

Content:


PEOPLE
> Tall
> Reserved
> Bored
> Rude
> Rich

TOWNS
> Cosmopolitan
> Modern
> Exciting
> Overcrowded
> Old

FOOD
> Tasty
> Frozen
> Vegetarian
> Delicious
> Tasteless


SPEAKING
OBJECTIVES: Express opinion, using the verb like as a verb and like as a preposition, about culture and discuss the favorite places to visit, using adequate grammar, vocabulary and intonation.

Content:

Talking about food, cooking and restaurants
Exchanging information of important cities

READING
OBJECTIVES:

Improvement of reading comprehension skills.
Learning some summarizing techniques

Content:
• Specific information
• General ideas
• Types of reading

LISTENING
OBJECTIVES:

To develop listening comprehension skills by listening conversations

Content:
Specific information

WRITING
OBJECTIVES: to describe a room in written form, using adjectives appropriately and the basic principles of paragraph writing.

Content:
Descriptive paragraph
Use of adjectives
Use of punctuation