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2011
JUNIOR INTERMEDIATE 1 SYLLABUS
Unit 7
The textbook for Junior Intermediate 1 (JI 1) is American MORE! 2
(Student’s Book with Interactive CD-ROM), Unit 7, Unit 8 & Unit 9.
The textbook goes with a Workbook, a Teacher’s Book & a Teacher’s
Resource Pack. This is a 20-hour course that meets once a week for 2
hours. The last class is usually planned for a review and a final test. 3
quizzes are administered throughout the term; each at the end of each
unit and the scores are included in the final teacher’s grade added to
the final test grade. (Standard quizzes are available in the database.
Refer to the “QUIIZZES” rubric on the database) .
Materials to check out along with the textbook:
□ American MORE! 2 Workbook with Audio-CD
□ American MORE! 2 Teacher’s Book
□ American MORE! 2 Audio material and videos available in flash drives
(provided by Administration)
JUNIOR INTERMEDIALTE 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Unit 7- On the weekend
Grammar
●time prepositions: on,
at, in
●present continuous for
future
Language Focus &
Vocabulary
● sports
Sounds right
/t∫/ sound
Skills
●make
suggestions
●talk about
sports
●talk about
future plans
●read about
what people do
on the weekend
●talk about
what you do on
the weekend
●listen and
complete diaries
about people’s
plans for the
weekend.
●write about
your weekend
MORE!
The feeling of happiness
A SONG 4 U
Weekend
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UNIT 8 – It hurts !
Grammar
●past continuous
●superlative
Language Focus &
Vocabulary
●aches and pains
Skills
Learn MORE through English
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●say what
someone was
doing
●talk about
sickness
●read about
Amazonia and
answer
questions
●listen and
complete an
animal quiz
●read a letter
and answer
questions
Check your progress
Units 7& 8
Learn MORE about culture
Sports in the United States
Read MORE for pleasure
The world of bird: the biggest
and the smallest
●write a letter
to a student
who is ill
UNIT 9- Guess what ?
Grammar
● past continuous VS.
simple past
●one/ones
●quantity : a lot of,
much, ,many
Language Focus &
Vocabulary
●emotions
Skills
● give reasons
● talk about
emotions
● read a story
and match
sentences
● listen to a
story and order
pictures
●tell and listen
to a story
●write an
ending to a
story
Learn MORE through English
Famous modern authors for
teenagers
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Junior Intermediate 1 Syllabus
©ALC Marrakesh 2011
2011
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2011
Objectives & Skills
Level
Junior
Intermediate
1 (JI 1)
Language
Ss Learn how to
use:
-time
prepositions: on,
at, in
- present
continuous for
future
- words for
sports
- past
continuous VS.
simple past
- words for
aches and pains
- superlative
- one/ones
- quantity : a lot
of, much, ,many
- words for
emotions
Unit 7
Speaking
Ss Learn to:
Listening
Ss Understand:
Reading
Ss Understand:
Writing
Ss Learn to:
- how to make
suggestions
- how to talk
about sports
-how to talk
about future
plans using
present
continuous for
future
-how to say
what someone
was doing
- how to talk
about sickness
- how to give
reasons
- how to talk
about
emotions
using different
adjectives
- what people do
on the weekend
- understand
and complete
diaries about
people’s plans
for the weekend
- when people to
about what they
were doing
- when people
talk about
sickness
- understand
and complete an
animal quiz
- a story and
order pictures
according to the
story line
- the reading
about what
people do on
the weekend
- the reading
about Amazon
rain forests
and answer the
text questions
- how to read
a letter in the
simple past and
past
continuous
and answer
questions
- how to read a
story in the
past and match
sentences
- write about
their weekend
plans
- write a letter
to a student
who is ill
- write an
ending to a
story using the
simple past and
past continuous
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On the weekend
Make suggestions, talk about sports, talk about future plans, read about what people do on the
weekend, talk about what you do on the weekend, listen and complete diaries about people’s
plans for the weekend, write about your weekend. Time prepositions: on, at, in. present
continuous for future
●SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: sports Flashcards, worksheets about weekend activities
available on JI1- Unit 7 Database (See attachments), worksheets on time prepositions: on, at, in.
& present continuous for future available on database.
● GAMES & ACTIVITIES: available on Database- JI 1- Unit 7
● LISTENING MATERIALS: available on Database I1- Unit 7
● WRITING MATERIALS: available on Database- JI 1- Unit 7
● VIDEOS: Worksheets for American More! 2 Top Notch, Interchange Intro. available on JI 1 Database
● EASY READERS: 1. Just Like a Movie. 2. Around the World in Eighty Days. Available at the
Teachers’ Resource Room.
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2011
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2011
● RESOURCES: available at the Teachers’ Resource Room:
GRAMMAR RESOURCES
□ Basic English Grammar
□ Basic Grammar in Use
□ Understanding English Grammar
□ Understanding & Using English Grammar (3rd Edition)
□ Advanced Grammar in Use
□ Modern English (second edition)
□ Fundamentals of English Grammar
□ Advanced Grammar in Use
□ Communicative Grammar
□ Focus on Grammar
□ The Modal Book
□ Elementary Grammar Games
□ Basic Grammar in Use
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VOCABULARY RESOURCES
□ Side By Side
□ New American Streamline
□ Vocabulary in Use
□ Basic Vocabulary in Use
□ Word Games (Intermediate)
□ English Songs
□ Perplexing Puzzles & Tantalizing Teasers (Intermediate)
□ Picture Dictionary
□ Chatter Box
□ Inside Out
□ English Teaching Professional
□ Top Notch 1 Workbook
□ Top Notch Fundamentals Workbook
□ Top Notch Fundamentals CD-ROM
□ Smart Choice (Teacher’s Resource Book 2)
□ Shenanigames
□ More Thematic Activities for Beginners in English
□ The Great Big Bingo Book
● RESOURCES: available at the Director’s Office:
□ Teaching Unplugged
□ How to teach English- new edition
□ Reward- Upper-Intermediate
□ Teaching Chunks of Language- From noticing to remembering
□ Reward- Intermediate
□ Reward- Pre-intermediate
□ Reward- Elementary
□ Reward- Starter
□ Evaluating your students
□ Intelligent Business Workbook- Upper Intermediate Business English
□ Intelligent Business Coursebook- Upper Intermediate Business English
□ Intelligent Business Workbook- Intermediate Business English
□ Intelligent Business Coursebook- Intermediate Business English
□ Intelligent Business Workbook- Elementary Business English
□ The language Instinct
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□ Discussion Strategies
□ Beyond Everyday conversation
□ Mother Tongue
□ English & hoe it got that way
□ The Good Grammar Book
□ The ELT Grammar Book
□ The Ins & Outs of Prepositions
□ The Ultimate Phrasal Verb Book
□ Thematic Word Search
Puzzles
□ The Word we live
Content reading for critical thinking
□ The Oxford
Picture Dictionary
□ The Great Big Book of Crosswords
□ The ESL Miscellany
□ The Modal Book
□ Classic Classroom Activities- The Oxford Picture Dictionary
□ English for Everyday Activities
□ Shenanigames
□ Flying High 2A
□ Learning Computers, Speaking English
□ Three little words
□ Direct to TOFL iBT
□ Small Talk- More Jazz Chants
□ Match it!
□ Index Card Games for ESL
□ Breaking the Writing Barrier- Activities for Adolescents
□ The English You need for the Office
□ The Oxford Picture Dictionary
□ Basic Grammar in Use
□ Getting a Fix on Vocabulary
□ Grammar in Use- Intermediate- 2nd Edition
□ Thematic Activities for Beginners in English
□ Just A Minute- The game that has everyone talking!
□ The Interactive Tutorial- An Activity Parade
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● USEFUL LINKS
 Flashcards at http://www.esl-kids.com/flashcards/rooms.html
Worksheets at http://bogglesworldesl.com/kids_worksheets/color_worksheets.htm
 Online dictionary with a forum for asking questions at www.wordreference.com/enfr/sixty
 Online help from volunteer teachers all over the world at www.englishforums.com/
 Articles, research papers, lessons plans, classroom handouts, teaching ideas & links at
http://iteslj.org/
 Voice of America radio offers news in easy-to-comprehend “Special English”
http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/
 Picture dictionary and practice activities at www.pdictionary.com/
 Learn about everything! Online encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
 Then check what you know with these fun quizzes at
www.sheppardsoftware.com/index.html
 Become a better writer in English at owl.english.purdue.edu/
 Everything from lessons for students to jobs for teachers, including pages such as forums,
games, quizzes, chat, help and penpals at www.englishclub.com/
 Read books online at www.gutenberg.org/ and www.short-stories.co.uk/ and
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2011
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2011
www.ipl.org/reading/books/index.html
 Learn more about your profession with these short reports on topics of current interest in
ELT at www.cal.org/resources/digest/
 Learn from other English teachers and learners at Dave's ESL Café www.eslcafe.com
 Ready-made lesson plans on current news www.breakingnewsenglish.com/
 There are many learner and teacher resources at the English Page www.englishpage.com
 A very rich collection of resources for teachers www.sitesforteachers.com
 Lots of American Studies resources at http://infocomm.lib.virginia.edu/amst/
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2011
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