This document provides an overview of lesson plans for an English class for the first week of the first quarter. It outlines activities for each day of the week that involve researching animals, reading comprehension exercises from textbooks and blogs, a partial exam on Wednesday, creative writing assignments to craft stories using structural elements, and using graphic organizers to brainstorm potential problems and solutions during a trip to the seaside.

1. TITLE: Awesome Nature
CLASS: English Second Level
UNIT#: 1 1st quarter

2. MONDAY 4th
• Cross curricula
-St. book page 27: use the ipads to research more information about
buffalos and elephants.
-Make a list of other endangered animals in the park and come up with
ideas to protect them.
-SS make a mind map in groups to summarize all their information.

3. TUESDAY 5th
• Reading comprehension
-St. book pages 28-31: Read the story and answer the questions.
-SS read the story on Steve’s blog and, as they read, they should
underline the different emotions and feelings that appear in the text.

4. WEDNESDAY 6th
- First partial exam.
- Reading program.

5. THURSDAY 7th
• Creative writing
-St book page 32: In teams, SS complete the chart with the five
elements of the story.
-Following the steps mentioned in the Portfolio box, SS write a real or
fictional story set in a natural environment including the five elements
mentioned above.

6. FRIDAY 8th
• Visible thinking
-Reading program
-St. book page 33: SS work in teams of 4: they have to think about
going to the seaside and possible unpleasant situations that may occur.
Each S comes up with one possible problem and one idea on how to
avoid it. Each S contributes to complete the graphic organizer.
-SS copy a final version of the graphic organizer onto a separate piece
of paper. They use color and pictures to illustrate the possible problems
and solutions.