ENGLISH IN MIND 1 A-B

PERIODO 1:
WELCOME SECTION, UNITS 1 AND 2
SUBPROCESS

LISTENING
COMPREHENSION

ORAL
PRODUCTION

LEARNER
OUTCOMES
To listen for both Identifies age and
general and
hair/eye colour.
detailed
information.
Recognises abilities
and hobbies.

CONTENT
STRUCTURE
VOCABULARY
Present Tenses Numbers

Description (1)

Hobbies and
interests

To make and
answer simple
questions.

Present Tenses

Numbers

Adverbs of
frequency

Hobbies and
interests

Description (1)

School subjects

OUTCOMES

Asks and answers

questions about
name, age,
address, and
telephone number.
Asks and answers
questions about
daily routine.

Adverbs of
frequency

ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES
Completing a chart with
personal information.

Colours

Housework

Answering comprehension
questions on an interview
about different topics.
Presentation of a famous
person (project 1).

Role-play: interviewing a
partner.

To comprehend
simple texts and
find specific
information.

Scans a short text

about hobbies.
Verifies information
in an article about
volunteering.

Present Tenses
Adverbs of
frequency

Countries and
nationalities

Answering questions on a text

about different topics.

Numbers, money Checking information in a text

and prices
about being a volunteer.

Description (1)

READING

Furniture and
rooms

COMPREHENSION

Hobbies and
interests
School subjects
Housework
To write emails
based on
models.

WRITTEN
PRODUCTION

Replies an informal
email.

Present Tenses

Writes an
informative email.

Adverbs of
frequency
Description (1)

Countries and
nationalities

Responding to an email with

diverse information.

Numbers, money Writing an email to tell a friend

and prices
about an event that is about to
take place.
Hobbies and
interests
School subjects
Housework

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PERIODO 2:
UNITS 3, 4, 5 AND 6
SUBPROCESS

OUTCOMES
To understand a
simple narration
and short
dialogues.

LEARNER
OUTCOMES
Unscrambles a
story.

Identifies the food

that someone
orders.

LISTENING
COMPREHENSION

ORAL
PRODUCTION

CONTENT
STRUCTURE
VOCABULARY
Past simple :
Past time
regular and
expressions
irregular verbs
Sports
Multi word verbs
(1&2)
Jobs
Expressing
obligation: Have
to, dont have to

To find out facts

by interviewing.

Asks and answers

questions about
someones past.

Countable and
uncountable
nouns.
Past simple :
regular and
irregular verbs

ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES
Story-sequencing based on
people talking in a TV show.
Writing names of dishes based
on dialogues.

Food and drink

Past time
expressions

Questionnaires about
background and past events.

Sports
Orders food at a
restaurant.

Multi word verbs

(1&2)

Jobs

Role playing: taking orders and

ordering food.

Expressing
obligation: Have
to, dont have to

Food and drink

Countable and
uncountable
nouns.

To apply prereading
strategies:
inferring.
READING
COMPREHENSION

Recognizes
characteristics of
exceptional people.

Past simple :
regular and
irregular verbs

Discusses the
Multi word verbs
benefits of a healthy (1&2)
diet.
Expressing
obligation: Have
to, dont have to
Countable and
uncountable
nouns.

Multi-word verbs Answering questions about the

story of a hero in a text.
Memory words
Past time
expressions
Sports
Jobs
Food and drink

Answering questions on a text

about living healthy.

To compose a
descriptive text.

Writes a description Past simple :

of an ideal job.
regular and
irregular verbs

Writes a paragraph
about a classmate.

WRITTEN

Multi word verbs

(1&2)

Sports
Jobs
Food and drink

Descriptive paragraph about

an ideal job and the activities
that it requires.
Descriptive paragraph about a
classmates eating and health
habits.

Expressing
obligation: Have
to, dont have to

PRODUCTION

Countable and
uncountable
nouns.

ENGLISH IN MIND 1A-B

PERIODO 3:
UNITS 7, 8, 9 AND 10
SUBPROCESS

OUTCOMES

LEARNER
OUTCOMES

CONTENT
STRUCTURE
VOCABULARY

ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES

To understand
more complex
listening
sections.

LISTENING
COMPREHENSION

ORAL
PRODUCTION

To express
thoughts and
ideas.

Checks whether
something will
happen or not
based on a
conversation.

Comparatives &
Superlatives

Language
learning

Future tense

Future time
expressions

Pinpoints important
life events and
when they
happened.

Too + Adjective,
Adverbs.

Gives opinions
about how to learn
a language.
Expresses believes
about the future.

Present
continuous for
future plans.

Comparatives &
Superlatives

Expressions to
talk about
fortune telling
and the future

Numbering and matching

based on a life story.

Language
learning

Plenary about the best ways of

learning a language.

Future time
expressions
Future tense
Too + Adjective,
Adverbs.
Present
continuous for

Completion of a chart by
crossing and ticking
information heard.

Expressions to
talk about
fortune telling
and the future

International test ( OOPT :

Oxford online Placement test )

Small group discussion on

what students think they will do
in the future.
International test ( OOPT :
Oxford online Placement test )

future plans.

To find specific
information in
texts.

READING

Spots specific facts

about cities,
countries, and
continents.
Gives viewpoints
about predictions.

COMPREHENSION

Comparatives &
Superlatives

Language
learning

Future tense

Future time
expressions

Too + Adjective,
Adverbs.
Present
continuous for
future plans.

WRITTEN
PRODUCTION

To compose
texts from
questions.

Writes questions for Comparatives &

a survey.
Superlatives

Presents written
information about
the future.

Future tense
Too + Adjective,
Adverbs.

Multiple choice questionnaire

about a text.

Rating predictions by using

probabilities.

Holiday activities
Expressions to
talk about
fortune telling
and the future
The weather
Language
learning
Future time
expressions
Holiday activities

International test ( OOPT :

Oxford online Placement test )

Presentation of a poster about

the future (project 3).

International test ( OOPT :

Oxford online Placement test )

Present
continuous for
future plans.

Expressions to
talk about
fortune telling
and the future
The weather

ENGLISH IN MIND 1A-B

PERIODO 4:
UNITS 11, 12, 13 AND 14
SUBPROCESS
LISTENING
COMPREHENSION

LEARNER
CONTENT
STRUCTURE
VOCABULARY
OUTCOMES
To discriminate
Identifies who
Be going to
Multi-words
among speakers uttered a statement.
verbs (2)
in conversations.
Modals
Prepositions
Answers
information
Adjectives for
questions on a
expressing
conversation.
First conditional feelings,
personality, and
opinions
Description (2)
Verbs and noun
pairs
Present perfect +
OUTCOMES

ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES
Filling a chart on a listening
section about new years
resolutions.
Writing full answers on a
conversation about a
magazine article.

ever, never

To plan a speech Gives

act.
recommendations.
Talks about recent
events.

Be going to

Multi-words
verbs (2)

Responding to hypothetical
situations by giving advice.

Prepositions

Gives a short talk about a

recent event and answers
questions about it (project 4).

Modals

ORAL
First conditional

PRODUCTION

Expressions
about sleep

Adjectives for
expressing
feelings,
personality, and
opinions

Description (2)
Verbs and noun
pairs

READING
COMPREHENSION

To find specific
Finds the meaning
information and of words and
make predictions sentences in texts.
about a text.
Makes predictions
on several texts.

Present perfect + Expressions

ever, never
about sleep
Be going to
Multi-words
verbs (2)
Modals

Matching the meaning of

words or sentences in texts.

Prepositions
Adjectives for

Predicting what texts are

about.

First conditional
Description (2)

To write
descriptive
paragraphs on
diverse topics.

expressing
feelings,
personality, and
opinions

Verbs and noun

Present perfect + pairs
ever, never
Expressions
about sleep
Writes a description
Multi-words
of a book.
Be going to
verbs (2)
Gives advice.

Prepositions
Modals

WRITTEN
PRODUCTION

First conditional

Adjectives for
expressing
feelings,
personality, and
opinions

Description (2)
Verbs and noun
pairs
Present perfect + Expressions
ever, never
about sleep

Descriptive composition about

a book, film, or TV programme.
Responds to an email by
giving recommendations on a
specific problem.

ENGLISH IN MIND 2A-B

PERIODO 1:
WELCOME SECTION, UNIT 1 AND UNIT 2
SUBPROCESS
LISTENING
COMPREHENSION

OUTCOMES
To make
inferences and
verify facts.

LEARNER
OUTCOMES
Infers the end of a
story.

Recognizes sport
achievements.

CONTENT
ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES
STRUCTURE
VOCABULARY
Past tenses.
School subjects, Reports the end of a story
housework
based on what s/he
understands about the former
Simple and
Multi-word verbs sequence.
continuous
tenses.
Jobs
Completes a chart with sport
Holiday
facts.
Comparatives
activities;
and superlatives. language
learning
The weather
Adjectives for
feelings,
opinions and
personality
Inventions

Sport

To use spoken
language
creatively.

Invents alibis to
answer questions.

Gives opinions
about inventions by
making
comparisons.
ORAL
PRODUCTION

Past tenses.

School subjects, Different role play participation

housework
to practice the forms studied.

Simple and
continuous
tenses.

Multi-word verbs
Jobs

Holiday
Comparatives
activities;
and superlatives. language
learning
The weather
Adjectives for
feelings,
opinions and
personality
Inventions
Sport

Group presentation on Green

Technology (project 1).

To understand
vocabulary in
context.

Selects the most

appropriate title for
a text.
Deduces meaning
from context.

Past tenses.

Simple and
continuous
tenses.

School subjects, Reading about music,

housework
questionnaire about the
reading.
Multi-word verbs
Word search based on
Jobs
different definitions.

Holiday
Comparatives
activities;
and superlatives. language
learning

READING
COMPREHENSION

The weather
Adjectives for
feelings,
opinions and
personality
Inventions

WRITTEN
PRODUCTION

To write a story
based on a
model.

Writes a story about

an invention.
Past tenses.
Writes a report for a
magazine.
Simple and
continuous

Sport
School subjects, Creation of a story based on a
housework
model composition.
Multi-word verbs
Jobs

Report about a sports event.

tenses.
Holiday
activities;
Comparatives
language
and superlatives. learning
The weather
Adjectives for
feelings,
opinions and
personality
Inventions
Sport
ENGLISH IN MIND 2A-B
PERIODO 2:
UNITS 3, 4, 5 AND 6
SUBPROCESS

OUTCOMES

LEARNER
OUTCOMES

CONTENT
STRUCTURE
VOCABULARY

ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES

To make
associations.

Discriminates words First conditional.

from a list.
Identifies the order
in which events
have taken place.

LISTENING
COMPREHENSION

Question tags

Present tenses.

To engage in a
discussion.

Asks for and

exchanges
opinions.

First conditional.

Question tags
ORAL

Shares anecdotes.

PRODUCTION

READING
COMPREHENSION

Present tenses.

To make use of
visual cues and
background
information to
make
predictions.

Infers answers by
using photographs
and the title of a
text.
Infers facts about

First conditional.

Question tags

The environment Song lyrics completion.

British vs. North
American
English

Sequencing pictures to make a

story.

Describing a
persons age
Verbs and noun
pairs
The environment Discussion about
environmental problems.
British vs. North
American
English
Small group conversation
about good times.
Describing a
persons age
Verbs and noun
pairs
The environment Self-assessment and matching
two parts of a sentence on an
British vs. North article.
American
English
General knowledge quiz.

countries.

To undergo a
prewriting
process.

Researches
information about
places.

Present tenses.

First conditional.

Question tags
WRITTEN
PRODUCTION

Analyses a model
before writing a
composition.

Present tenses.

Describing a
persons age
Verbs and noun
pairs
The environment Poster elaboration and
presentation about an unusual
British vs. North place to stay (project 2).
American
English
Email or magazine article in
reply to a received message.
Describing a
persons age
Verbs and noun
pairs

ENGLISH IN MIND 2A-B

PERIODO 3:
UNITS 7, 8, 9 AND 10
SUBPROCESS

OUTCOMES
To listen for
specific
information.

LISTENING
COMPREHENSION

LEARNER
CONTENT
STRUCTURE
VOCABULARY
OUTCOMES
Identifies similarities Past tenses (2). Disasters
and differences
between people.
Will vs. be going Home
to
Identifies music
Thinking
genres, instruments Present tenses
and musicians
(2)
Music and
devotion to them.
musical
instruments

ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES
Self-assessment and openended questionnaire.

Chart completion on musical

abilities and tastes.
International test (KET Test )

Determiners vs.
Quantifiers.

ORAL
PRODUCTION

To partially agree Discusses critically

or disagree.
current global
issues.
Discusses how

Articles and
modals.
Past tenses (2).
Will vs. be going
to

Disasters

Participation in a small group

or whole class discussion.

Home
Thinking

Presentation on the results of

a survey related to learning

she/he learns best.

Present tenses
(2)

strategies (project 3).

Music and
musical
instruments

International test (KET Test )

Determiners vs.
Quantifiers.

READING
COMPREHENSION

To make use of
reading
techniques:
skimming and
scanning.

Understands an
informative text
about a disaster.
Identifies main
ideas in
paragraphs.

Articles and
modals.
Past tenses (2).
Will vs. be going
to

Disasters
Home
Thinking

Present tenses
(2)
Determiners vs.
Quantifiers.
Articles and
modals.

Music and
musical
instruments

Open-ended questionnaire and

matching words with
definitions.
Matching topics with
paragraphs.
International test (KET Test )

To make use of
the narrative
structure.

Makes up a story.

Past tenses (2).

Disasters

Will vs. be going

to

Home

Writing a newspaper story

containing the beginning,
middle, and end of a piece of
news.

Thinking
Writes an entry
about abilities
and/or likes.

WRITTEN

Present tenses
(2)

PRODUCTION

Music and
musical
instruments

Composition to participate in a
contest.
International test (KET Test )

Determiners vs.
Quantifiers.
Articles and
modals.
ENGLISH IN MIND 2A-B
PERIODO 4:
UNITS 11, 12, 13 AND 14
SUBPROCESS
LISTENING
COMPREHENSION

OUTCOMES
To discover a
sequence of
events.

LEARNER
OUTCOMES
Identifies health
problems.
Identifies which
actions happened

CONTENT
STRUCTURE
VOCABULARY
Defining relative Medicine
clauses.
Information
Conditionals.
technology and
computers, the

ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES
Chart completion about
ailments.

Story sequencing based on

before others.

To engage in a
discussion.

Expresses past
habits.
Talks about
hypothetical
situations.

ORAL

Past tenses (3).

language of the
internet

Reported
statements.

Noun suffixes: -r,

-er, -or, and -ist
Noun suffixes:
-ation, -ment
Medicine

Defining relative
clauses.
Conditionals.
Past tenses (3).

Information
technology and
computers, the
language of the
internet

some pictures.

Questionnaire about childhood

memories (suggestion: find
someone who).
Debate assuming roles in
favour and against
controversial issues.

PRODUCTION
Reported
statements.

READING
COMPREHENSION

To use visual
cues to make
associations.

Determines the
veracity of
statements about
medicine.

Defining relative
clauses.
Conditionals.

Uses the internet to Past tenses (3).

find information on

Noun suffixes: -r,

-er, -or, and -ist
Noun suffixes:
-ation, -ment
Medicine
Information
technology and
computers, the
language of the
internet

True, false, or not enough

information type of questions
from a reading.

Data collection on website

design.

how to make a
website.

Reported
statements.

Noun suffixes: -r,

-er, -or, and -ist
Noun suffixes:
-ation, -ment

WRITTEN

To make use of
strategies in the
pre-writing
stage: listing,
note-taking, and
summarizing.

PRODUCTION

Summarises the
Defining relative
biography of an
clauses.
exceptional person.
Conditionals.
Designs a simple
website.
Past tenses (3).

Reported
statements.

Medicine
Information
technology and
computers, the
language of the
internet
Noun suffixes: -r,
-er, -or, and -ist
Noun suffixes:
-ation, -ment

ENGLISH IN MIND 3A-B

Article about a famous

scientist or doctor.

Creation of a website page by

page, listing texts, pictures,
and links included (project 4).

PERIODO 1:
WELCOME SECTION, UNIT 1 AND UNIT 2
SUBPROCESS

OUTCOMES
To listen for
specific
information.

LEARNER
OUTCOMES
Understands facts
and opinions about
body language.
Compares a story
read with a story
heard.

LISTENING
COMPREHENSION

CONTENT
ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES
STRUCTURE
VOCABULARY
Present tenses. The environment Matching words, pictures and
quiz about body language.
Medicine and
Past tenses.
health
List of differences between two
Comparatives
British vs.
stories
and superlatives. American
English
Body language

ORAL
PRODUCTION

To develop
improvisation
skills

Friends and
enemies
The environment Mingling conversations to
improvise impressive
Medicine and
experiences.
health

Reacts to a madeup situation by

inventing another
one.

Present tenses.

Talks about diverse

topics without any
preparation.

Comparatives
British vs.
and superlatives. American
English

Past tenses.

Noun suffixes

Prompted one-minute
dialogues.

Body language

To understand
main ideas from
paragraphs.

Recognises main
ideas.
Chooses answers
to given situations.

Present tenses.

Friends and
enemies
The environment Multiple -choice questionnaire.

Past tenses.

Medicine and
health

Comparatives
British vs.
and superlatives. American
English
READING
Noun suffixes
COMPREHENSION

Body language
Say and tell
Time
conjunctions (1)
Friends and
enemies

Personality quiz to practice the

forms studied throughout the
term.

To write a
descriptive
composition.

Writes about her/his Present tenses.

own experiences.

Makes a story
longer.
WRITTEN

The environment Composition about the

experiences shared with a
Medicine and
good friend.
Past tenses.
health
Story adaptation according to
Comparatives
British vs.
teachers instructions.
and superlatives. American
English

PRODUCTION
Noun suffixes
Body language
Friends and
enemies

ENGLISH IN MIND 3A-B

PERIODO 2:
UNITS 3, 4, 5 AND 6
SUBPROCESS

OUTCOMES
To find both
general and
detailed
information.

LEARNER
CONTENT
STRUCTURE
VOCABULARY
OUTCOMES
Answers job related Perfect tenses.
Job fields, jobs
questions.
and work
Understands radio
shows.

LISTENING
COMPREHENSION

Modal verbs.

Time
conjunctions (2)

Predictions.

Verbs with
prepositions

Passive voice.

Television

ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES
Job interview questionnaire.

Questionnaires about
information heard on radio
shows.

Extreme
adjectives

ORAL
PRODUCTION

To express
strong opinions
about varied
topics.

Asks and answers

questions at a job
interview.

Perfect tenses.

Modal verbs.
Expresses ideas

Make and do
Job fields, jobs
and work

Pair conversations (review of

topics).

Time
conjunctions (2)

TV show creation and

about how
something will be.

presentation (project 2).

Predictions.

Verbs with
prepositions

Passive voice.

Television
Extreme
adjectives

To comprehend
texts related to
several fields.

READING
COMPREHENSION

Knows the structure Perfect tenses.

of a cover letter.
Shows
understanding of
opinions about
reality TV.

Modal verbs.

Make and do
Job fields, jobs
and work

Questionnaire about how to

make a cover letter.

Time
conjunctions (2)

Predictions.

Verbs with
prepositions

Passive voice.

Television
Extreme
adjectives
Make and do

Questionnaire on a reading
related to TV.

To write both
academic and
specialized
documents.

WRITTEN

Writes a cover letter

to accompany a CV. Perfect tenses.

Job fields, jobs

and work

Letter of application for a job.

Writes a report
following a structure Modal verbs.
of introduction,
findings and
conclusion.
Predictions.

Time
conjunctions (2)

180- 200 word report about a

persons life.

Verbs with
prepositions

PRODUCTION
Television
Passive voice.
Extreme
adjectives
Make and do

ENGLISH IN MIND 3A-B

PERIODO 3:
UNITS 7, 8, 9 AND 10
SUBPROCESS

LISTENING

OUTCOMES
To apply
advance
organizers to
prepare for
listening
sections.

LEARNER
OUTCOMES
Comprehends
wishes.
Understands
extracts about
mysteries.

CONTENT
STRUCTURE
VOCABULARY
Gerunds and
Noun suffixes
infinitives
Crime
First and second
conditional
Problems

ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES
Match the two parts of a
sentence in a song.
Various listening extracts
about mysterious situations
and places.

Phrasal verbs
Linkers of
contrast

COMPREHENSION

International test ( OOPT :

Oxford online Placement test )

Modal verbs of
deductions

ORAL
PRODUCTION

To make
assumptions
about the
interlocutor.

Indirect
questions
Says what she/he
Gerunds and
Noun suffixes
would do in different infinitives
situations.
Crime
First and second
Discusses theories conditional
Problems
about unusual

Small group conversations

implementing the topics
already studied.
Small group conversation plus
short presentation to the class.

places and
situations.

Phrasal verbs
Linkers of
contrast

International test ( OOPT :

Oxford online Placement test )

Modal verbs of
deductions

To make use of
reading
techniques:
scanning.

Indirect
questions
Finds detailed
Gerunds and
information in a text. infinitives

Crime
Checks inferences
by browsing a text.

Reading about strange

animals and mysterious places
to report in front of the class.

First and second

conditional
Problems

READING
COMPREHENSION

Noun suffixes

Phrasal verbs
Linkers of
contrast
Modal verbs of
deductions
Indirect
questions

International test ( OOPT :

Oxford online Placement test )

To write a
narration.

Writes a short story

about a conspiracy.

Gerunds and
infinitives

Noun suffixes

Short fiction story to participate

in a contest.

Crime
Summarises a
story.

First and second

conditional
Problems

WRITTEN
PRODUCTION

Poster presentation about a

mystery.(project 2)

Phrasal verbs
Linkers of
contrast
Modal verbs of
deductions
Indirect
questions

International test ( OOPT :

Oxford online Placement test )

ENGLISH IN MIND 3A-B

PERIODO 4
UNITS 11, 12, 13 AND 14
SUBPROCESS

LISTENING
COMPREHENSION

LEARNER
CONTENT
STRUCTURE
VOCABULARY
OUTCOMES
To understand
Understands a story Reported
Appearance
listening sections about emotions.
speech.
about emotions.
Personality
Comprehends
feelings being
Reporting verbs
discussed.
Third conditional
Anger
OUTCOMES

Relative clauses

Adjectives with
prefixes

Phrasal verbs

Phrasal verbs
with through
Expressions with
feel

ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES
A song about regrets to
recognize expressions about
feelings.

Conversation about emotions

and diverse material heard.

To express
emotions.

Asks questions
related to feelings.

Appearance
Reported
speech.

Expresses own
hopes and fears.

Interview and discussion of a

questionnaire.

Personality
Reporting verbs

Small group discussions by

incorporating the topics of the
term.

Third conditional Anger

ORAL

Adjectives with
prefixes

PRODUCTION
Relative clauses

Phrasal verbs
with through
Phrasal verbs

READING
COMPREHENSION

To discover
central ideas in
paragraphs.

Understands texts
about regrets,
anger, fear, and
happiness
thoroughly.

Reported
speech.

Expressions with
feel
Appearance
Questionnaires about main
and secondary ideas from
Personality
texts.
Reporting verbs

Third conditional
Comprehends the
lyrics of a song.

Anger

Relative clauses

Adjectives with
prefixes
Phrasal verbs

Song lyrics completion.

Phrasal verbs

with through
Expressions with
feel

To use the
appropriate
structure
according to the
type of text.
WRITTEN
PRODUCTION

Writes a narration
about his/her own
feelings.

Reported
speech.

Appearance

Creating a personal narration.

Personality

Writes a review of a
Reporting verbs
film she or he has
Third conditional
seen.
Anger

Relative clauses

Adjectives with
prefixes

Phrasal verbs

Phrasal verbs
with through
Expressions with
feel

Reviewing a recently watched

film.