Inglés Book 3

Course III. Everyday Life
Chapter IX. Splitting the Fugitive

Objective: Vancity is a nice city and...Thief! Thief! You have to give a physical description about the thief who stole your cellphone. Complete the steps to catch the person responsible for this atrocious action!

Listening: Hanna’s friends: listen a monologue about someone giving a description about other (s).
Reading: Which Gollum are you?: read a quiz about personality
Writing: Guess who: write an email to describe physical appearance.

Describing people: write a description of family members’ personality

Speaking: The Fugitive: give a physical description about somebody.
Use of English:
Vocabulary: Describing physical appearance.

Describing personality and interests.

Pronunciation: Question Form: Intonation.

Chapter X. Home Alone

Objective: Hanna is out! You woke up and she’s gone! You are alone in the apartment, you’re the king in the north! Discover more about your apartment while you get ready to go out and have fun in the jungle, I mean, in Vancity

Listening: There, there: listen to Johnny Vancity interviewing people about how is their house.
Reading: Home is where the heart is: read an article about strange houses.
Writing: Is it different?: write a short text comparing two places of a house.
Dream House: describe you dream house.
Speaking: Home Alone: describe your favorite room of your house
Use of English: There + to be: affirmative, negative and question.

Demonstrative: this + singular nouns

Prepositions of place

Vocabulary: Describing a house: rooms and furniture.

Quantifiers: a lot of / some / a couple of / no / a / the

Pronunciation: Short and long vowel sounds

Chapter XI. Vancity

Objective: You just checked the calendar and Hanna’s birthday is soon! You want to buy her a present, so get ready to explore your new home town Vancity. Look around and check out the must see places in the city, but don’t forget to find the city mall!

Listening: In the city: listen to instructions: following instructions to get to a place

Let’s: listen to a conversation and identify polite forms.

Reading: Let’s: To read “The guide of the good pedestrian” to follow advice.

Let’s go!: To identify the places in a city.

Writing: Metropolis: describe a city.

My hometown: describe his/her city/neighborhood.

Land of the Lost: describe places and their location in a map.

Speaking: Here, there and everywhere: ask and give information about how to get to different
places in a city.
Use of English: Prepositional phrases

Imperatives with ‘er’ ending

Adverbs ‘very’ and ‘soon’

Adverbs of place ‘here’ and ‘there’

Vocabulary: Places in the city, shops and shopping

Giving and following directions

Dimensions

Pronunciation: The different /o/ u / e sounds

Chapter XII. The Devil Wears Prada

Objective It’s Hanna’s birthday! Go to the city mall (in Black Friday) to find the perfect present. Hanna loves fashion, a fine piece of clothing is the perfect gift for her!

Listening: The Mall: listen to the speakers in a store announcing deals.
The Gift: listen to a conversation in a shop
Hanna’s experience: listen to someone describing preferences about clothing and
shopping
Reading: The Mall or Amazon?: read a blog post about advantages and disadvantages of buying
things online.

Confessions of a shopaholic: read an article about Black Friday

Writing: CU, Hanna: write write short online messages: leaving out information

The Devil Wears Prada (part 1): write a review of his / her favorite shop using basic linking
words

Speaking: Let’s go shopping: describe preferences about clothes and shopping.

The Devil Wears Prada (part 1): ask for prices.

Use of English: ‘How much’ to ask for prices and costs.
Vocabulary: Shops and Shopping
Clothes, patterns and materials
Colors
Idioms related to clothes and shopping
Writing short messages
Pronunciation: /ou/ /or/ sounds.