Title: First Trimester
Course: 2024 Basic English 9

WEEK 1. From August 28 to September 1, 2023.

What does it mean to live with a disability?
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SESSIONS 1 | Students must read the problem or question. What does it mean to live with a disability? What sports would you like to participate in? How would your participation change if you were living with a disability? What could you do to overcome this challenge? How can you turn a limitation into an opportunity? How do you define “inspiration”? What person (famous or not famous) inspires you? Why? What are the benefits of a world with autism? | Students must research the question or problem and answer to the best of their ability and presented it to the class for discussion. ICE BREAKER: The Teacher hands out a worksheet and the students participate in the activity. Go to your printed Awesome Reader and Writer and read “Against All Odds.” Choose five new words and discuss your own definitions for each word. Finally, use your dictionary to confirm your definitions. Use the words from Exercise 2 to create five questions about the text. Then, ask and answer them with a classmate. Before listening to the podcast, discuss the questions with a classmate. Discuss the questions with a classmate. | Students will practice the previously learned theme in the workbook. Work with a classmate. Follow the instructions. Work with a classmate. You should each read one section of “Inspiring Lives by Katy the Blogger” and take turns sharing the information to complete the chart. Write four inferences based on the information in the text. Read them out loud to a classmate, and ask them who the inference refers to. In your notebook, write a paragraph from the perspective of Hawking or Branson. Describe your day-to-day life and how you feel about being a role model.
SESSIONS 2 | How do you define “inspiration”? What person (famous or not famous) inspires you? Why? What are the benefits of a world with autism? Read the page and watch the video: Adjectives with Enough. | Read the pairs of sentences and write if the actions are “finished” or if they “continue.” Compare your answers with a classmate. Ask and answer the questions with a classmate. Then, create two more questions. Go to your Photo Bank W1PB2 and work in pairs. Take turns describing the photos using previous knowledge. Answer the questions. Discuss the questions in pairs. Listen to three short conversations and answer the questions with a classmate. Difficult Accents. Read the paragraphs about Frida Kahlo and Rick Hansen. | Label the statements about Frida Kahlo (F) or Rick Hansen (R). Some statements refer to both (B). Choose the correct word to complete the sentences. Using the prompts below, create four questions to ask a classmate about things you don’t know about them. The students answer the exercises in their Learning LOG, pages 29 to 33.
SESSIONS 3 | What Sent Europeans Around the Globe? How Do I Give Credibility to My Work? | Work with a classmate. Discuss what you think the connection between the words is. Read “Marco Polo’s Legacy.” Put the events in chronological order. Read “Marco Polo’s Legacy.” Put the events in chronological order. Match the sentence halves to create complete ideas. Then, work with a classmate and compare your answers. Add two more of your own and ask your classmate to complete them. Work with a classmate. Imagine you are Marco Polo or another explorer. | Write a sentence using these words in the space below. Write the definition in the boxes. Write a letter to your family describing your trip. Look at the example. In groups of three, discuss if you have used endnotes before or if you have checked the information they provide. Use the space to write your ideas. Finally, look for another group with opposite ideas and have a debate. The students answer the exercises in their Learning LOG, page 17. The students answer the exercises in their Learning LOG, pages 20 and 21.

WEEK 1. From September 4 to the 8, 2023.

What does it mean to live with a disability?
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SESSIONS 1 | Why is it called the last day of summer? | Students share conclusions based on the question about Labor Day. They compare the answers on the worksheets previously answered. |
SESSIONS 2 | How do you define “inspiration”? What person (famous or not famous) inspires you? Why? What are the benefits of a world with autism? Read the page and watch the video: Adjectives with Enough. | Read the pairs of sentences and write if the actions are “finished” or if they “continue.” Compare your answers with a classmate. Ask and answer the questions with a classmate. Then, create two more questions. Go to your Photo Bank W1PB2 and work in pairs. Take turns describing the photos using previous knowledge. Answer the questions. Discuss the questions in pairs. Listen to three short conversations and answer the questions with a classmate. Difficult Accents. Read the paragraphs about Frida Kahlo and Rick Hansen. | The students answer the exercises in their Learning LOG, pages 29 to 33.
SESSIONS 3 | What Sent Europeans Around the Globe? How Do I Give Credibility to My Work? | Work with a classmate. Discuss what you think the connection between the words is. Read “Marco Polo’s Legacy.” Put the events in chronological order. Read “Marco Polo’s Legacy.” Put the events in chronological order. Match the sentence halves to create complete ideas. Then, work with a classmate and compare your answers. Add two more of your own and ask your classmate to complete them. Work with a classmate. Imagine you are Marco Polo or another explorer. | The students answer the exercises in their Learning LOG, page 27. The students answer the exercises in their Learning LOG, pages 30 and 31.