2nd

ENGLISH CONTENTS
grade of Secondary School A
Second Semester

Week/ Month /
Date

Contents

1
July
30- 31

Vocabulary: Crimes and criminals

Reading Comprehension:
Dont be a victim of street crime

2
August
6 -7

Vocabulary: Crimes and criminals

Grammar: Past progressive
Affirmative and negative
Spelling rules Verbs - ing

3
August
13 - 14

4
August
20 -21

5
August
27 -28

Week/ Month /
Date

Grammar: Past Progressive

Affirmative, negative and interrogative
New contents:
WHILE - Past Progressive
WHEN Past Simple and Past Progressive
Grammar Review and Practice:
Past Progressive and simple past + when/
while
Progress Test

Communication / Function: Reporting a

crime
Skills:
Reading: The Hound of the Baskervilles
An extract of Sherlock Holmes.

Contents

1
September
3-4

Progress Test revision, analysis and feedback

Grammar review and practice
Final Test of the Unit

2
September
10 - 11

Communication / Function:
Buying presents and souvenirs

3
September
17- 18

National Holidays Fiestas Patrias

Break Week of

4
September
24 - 25

Week/ Month /
Date
1
October
1-2

Reader: Sherlock Holmes Short Stories

The Speckled Band
Chapter 1 and 2

Contents
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Reader: Sherlock Holmes Short Stories

The Speckled Band
Chapter 3
Reading Comprehension activities

2
October
8-9

Oral Evaluation Role-play in pairs

Reader: Sherlock Holmes Short Stories
The Five Orange Pips
Chapter 1

3
October
15 -16

Reader: Sherlock Holmes Short Stories

The Five Orange Pips
Chapter 2 and 3

4
October
22 -23

Reader: Sherlock Holmes Short Stories

The Five Orange Pips
Chapter 4
Reading Comprehension activities

5
October
29 - 30

Week/ Month /
Date

Final test of Reading Unit

Reading Comprehension:
People who have changed the world
Language focus: Relative pronouns
Relative clauses
Vocabulary:
Occupations and professions
Human achievement

Contents

1
November
5 -6

Relative pronouns: who / which / that

Grammar: The infinitive of purpose
Communication / Function:
Discussing what things are for.

2
November
12 - 13

Grammar: Which one? Which ones?

Grammar Practice
Progress Test

Skills:
Reading: A biography of John Logie Baird

November
19 -20
4
November
26 - 27

Week/ Month /
Date
1
December
3-4

2
December
10 -11

The genius who invented the television

Listening: People discussing the objects they
prefer
Speaking: Talking about your preferences
Progress Test revision, analysis and feedback
Skills
Reading: The many faces of Albert Einstein
Vocabulary and grammar practice
Final test of the unit

Contents
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Culture Club / Reading:

Ordinary people, extraordinary actions
Curriculum extra: Literature
The Greek myths
Special activities to finish the school year