ANNUAL PLAN - UPBEAT PRE-INTERMEDIATE Units 1 - 6 (A2 LEVEL / KET)
Lesson number Topics and Language Grammar points Sub-skills Outcome Resources
vocabulary
functions competence
1. Introductory Speaking Meeting friends, Getting to
know the book and the level
lesson
2. Unit 1A Guessing meaning Acting out a dialogue Listening To act out a dialogue SB, WB, TB,
from context
She doesn’t know Participating in a Reading To participate in a CD
many people conversation conversation
Analyzing a photo To analyze a photo
3. Unit 1A Personality adjectives Acting out a dialogue Reading To act out a dialogue SB, WB
Dialogue Identifying personality Gap-filling To identify personality
adjectives adjectives
4. Unit 1A Personality adjectives Describing oneself and Present Simple and Gap-filling To describe oneself and SB, WB, CD
different people Present Continuous different people
Speaking
Talking about To talk and write about
somebody in your Writing somebody in your family
family
5. Unit 1B Vocabulary related to Acting out a dialogue Listening To act out a dialogue SB, WB,
asking for help handouts
Where are we going? Asking for help Reading To ask for help
comprehension
6. Unit 1B British vs American Using British and Present Simple vs Gap-filling To use British and American SB, WB, TB,
English American English Present Continuous English CD
WH-questions
Use your English Listening
7. Unit 1C Reading Reading an article Listening Reading Comprehension SB, WB, CD
Comprehension about animated films
As we were Reading Asking and answering
speaking… Day to Remember questions
8. Unit 1C Vocabulary related to Talking about people’s Past Simple and Past Speaking To talk about people’s jobs SB, WB
jobs jobs Continuous
Jobs Gap-filling
9. Unit 1D The UK across Talking about the UK To learn about other cultures
cultures across cultures worldwide
Multi-cultural society Reading SB, WB,
comprehension handouts
Who are we?
Communicative
activity - pairwork
10. Unit 1D Completing the ideas Listening and writing Listening To listen and write about SB, WB, TB,
map with information about completing the making an ideas map CD
ideas map with Gap-filling
information
Writing
11. Unit 1 Revison Gap-filling and To assess students’ progress
matching exercises
12. Unit 2A Types of music Talking about music Reading To talk about types of music SB, WB, CD
Comprehension
It’ll be cool
Speaking
Word on the street
13. Unit 2A Musical instruments Talking about musical Speaking To talk about musical SB, WB, CD
instruments instruments
Writing
Listening
14. Unit 2B Arrangements Acting out a dialogue Listening To act out a dialogue about SB, WB, TB,
about future future arrangements CD
I’m meeting Ryan arrangements Reading
Speaking
15. Unit 2B Arrangements: invite, Making future Present Continuous for Gap-filling To make future arrangements SB, WB, CD
accept, refuse (with arrangements future arrangements
What’s on? an excuse) Matching sentence
parts
speaking
16. Unit 2C Film series Reading the on line Adjectives of opinion Reading To help students express their SB, WB, CD
messages about film opinion by using adjectives of
series
Listening opinion
It was much more speaking
exciting
17. Unit 2C Films Comparing films Comparison of Speaking To teach students compare SB, WB, CD
Adjectives two things
Listening
Gap-filling and
matching exercises
18. Unit 2D Music to change the Reading Reading To provide students with SB, WB, CD
world Comprehension about Comprehension cultural information about
Saving the world? Live Aid music changing the world
19 Unit 2D Charity projects Listening for the gist Listening To listen for the gist and SB, WB, CD
and information information
Speaking
Writing a paragraph for To write a paragraph for the
the school website writing school website
20. Revision: Gap-filling and To revise for the test SB, WB, CD
matching exercises
Units 1 – 2 Units 1-2
21. Test To assess students’ progress
Units 1 - 2
22. Unit 3A Vocabulary related to Talking about To talk about household jobs SB, WB, CD
household jobs household jobs
Reading
Have you ever made Listening
dinner?
Speaking
23. Unit 3A Jobs you do around Talking about the jobs Present Perfect Simple Gap-filling To talk about the jobs you do SB, TB, WB,
the house you do around the with ever, never, around the house CD
house already, just and yet Speaking
Writing
24. Unit 3B Relationships words Acting out a dialogue Reading To act out a dialogue SB, WB, CD
and phrases
I’ve just seen Mia Reading Listening
comprehension
Speaking
25. Unit 3B Problems Talking about problems Present Perfect vs Past Speaking To talk about problems SB, WB, CD
Simple, time adverbials
Talk about problems Listening
Writing
26. Unit 3C Family Reading about stress- Reading To read and talk about stress- SB, WB, CD
related problems related problems
Help! I’m stressed! Speaking
27. Unit 3C Preferences Talking about Defining relative Sentence matching To talk about preferences and TB, SB, WB
preferences clauses: who, which, to match sentences using
My profile that, whose, where Listening relative clauses
28. Unit 3D Real-life issues Talking about real-life Reading To talk about real-life issues SB, WB, TB,
issues Comprehension CD
Should I invite him?
Speaking
29. Unit 1 – 3 Gap-filling Revision and consolidation SB, WB
Revision
Matching exercise
30. Check-Up test To assess students’ progress
Units 1 - 3
31. Video Activity Watching a video To take part in conversation
Discussing the video To ask and answer questions
To retell the stories
32. Unit 4A Places in town Acting out a dialogue Reading To talk about places in town
about places in town
Turn right Listening
Talking about places in
town Speaking
33. Unit 4A Directions Asking for and giving Verb + ing Matching exercise To ask for and give directions TB, SB,WB,CD
directions
Directions Verb + infinitive Listening
Pronunciation
34. Unit 4B Transport Talking about different Reading To talk about different SB, WB, CD
methods of transport Comprehension methods of transport
It’s too difficult to
park
35. Unit 4B Transport Talking about transport Adjectives and nouns of Speaking To talk about transport using SB, WB, CD
measurement adjectives and nouns of
The River Thames Listening measurement
Gap-filling
36. Unit 4C Countable and Talking about Reading To talk about countable and SB, WB
uncountable nouns countable and Comprehension uncountable nouns
There’s too much uncountable nouns
pollution
37. Unit 4C Vocabulary related to Talking about a town or Too many, too much, Gap-filling To talk about a town or a city SB, WB
a town or a city a city not enough
My town Speaking
38. Unit 4D Across Culture Consolidation of Reading To use the language across TB, SB, WB,
language skills Comprehension culture CD
Focus on Los Angeles
39. Unit 4D Across Culture Consolidation of Listening To listen and write about an SB, WB, CD
language skills on line tourist brochure
Writing
40. Units 3 – 4 Revision and Consolidation SB,WB
Revision
41. Kahoot playing Watching a video Fun ways to revise Internet
Discussing the video
42. Test To assess students’ progress
Units 3 - 4
43. Unit 5A Collocations with Reading a blog Reading To read a person’s blog SB, WB
make and do Comprehension
We’ve got on well
since we met Speaking
44. Unit 5A Personal information Talking about yourself Present Perfect Simple Reading To talk about yourself and SB, WB,
and your partner with since and for your partner
Speaking
45. Unit 5B Phrasal verbs with Acting out a dialogue Reading To act out a dialogue TB, SB, WB
look
How long have you Analyzing a photo Speaking To analyze a photo
been waiting?
Listening
46. Unit 5B Questions about Asking and answering Present Perfect Listening To ask and answer questions SB, WB, CD
yourself questions about Continuous with for about yourself
yourself and since Speaking
Writing
47. Unit 5C Food and drink Talking about food and P Reading To talk about food and drink SB, WB, CD
drink
Where have you Listening
been?
Role play
48. Unit 5C Cooking verbs Offering, accepting, Present Perfect Simple Listening To offer, accept, refuse and SB, WB, CD
refusing, persuading and Continuous with persuade
Use your English for and since Gap-filling
49. Unit 5D Travel in space Talking about travel in Reading To talk about travel in space TB, SB, WB
space Comprehension
Space travel
50. Unit 5D Science Consolidation of Listening To consolidate language and SB, WB, CD
language and skills skills
Writing
Guessing the meaning To guess the meaning from
from context and context and grammar
grammar
51. Video activity Watching a video To take part in conversation VIDEO
Discussing the video To ask and answer questions
To retell the stories
52. Unit 5 Revision and Consolidation Handouts
Revision
53. Test – Unit 5 To assess students’
accomplishment
Progress test
To check and evaluate
progress
54. Kahoot quiz Fun ways to revise Internet
playing
55. Unit 6A Past habits Talking about past Used to + infinitive Speaking – pair To talk about habits in the SB, WB
habits work past
He used to play in a
band Listening
56. Unit 6A Talking about Showing interest Echo questions Listening To learn how to show interest SB, WB
preferences in the
past Writing
57. Unit 6B Miracle stories Reading Reading To guess the meaning from TB, SB,WB
Comprehension context and grammar
They couldn’t find Speaking – pair
any fresh water Guessing the meaning work
from context and
grammar
58. Unit 6B Vocabulary related to Retelling a story Reading To participate in conversation SB, WB
verbs of action
Speaking To ask and answer questions
59. Unit 6B Past abilities Talking about past Could and was/were Speaking To talk about past abilities SB, WB
abilities able to
Gap-filling
60. Unit 6C Discussing an article Reading To discuss an article they have WB, TRP
they have just read comprehension just read
He had lost his
memory Speaking –pair
work
Questionnaire
61. Unit 6C Vocabulary related to Describing events in Past Perfect Reading To describe events in the past TB, SB, WB
collocations with lose the past
62. Unit 6D Real life issue Reading Reading To guess the meaning from SB, WB
Comprehension context and grammar
Is it fair? Speaking
63. Unit 6D Practicing phrases Listening To write a short story SB, WB, CD
Writing a short story Speaking
Writing
64. Revision units 5 Grammar check Listening To assess achievement and WB, TRP
and 6 progress
Communication
activity- group
work
Gap-filling
65. Test Units 5-6 To assess achievement and TB, SB, WB
progress
66. Kahoot playing Fun ways to revise
67. Video activity Watching a video To take part in conversation video
Discussing the video To ask and answer questions
To retell the stories
68. Unit 6 Grammar check Communication To consolidate material from WB, TRP
activity – third the unit
Skills in mind conditional
Unit check
69. Preparation for General consolidation and
the final test revision
Mock test with examples
70. Final test Final assessment for issuing
the certificate
