The document presents a suggested curriculum structure for English aimed at promoting diversity and equity for students in grades 6 to 11, developed by the Colombian government. It includes a scope and sequence with modules focused on democracy, health, sustainability, and globalization, along with specified goals, objectives, and recommended contents. Schools are encouraged to tailor the implementation to their needs, emphasizing the importance of teacher engagement and creativity for successful outcomes.

1. SUGGESTED
CURRICULUM
STRUCTURE ENGLISH
FOR DIVERSITY AND
EQUITY
GRADES 6th TO 11th

2. What is the Green Book about?

3. The Green book is a suggested curriculum
made by the Colombian Government as a
tool for the students to reach a high level of
English which allows them to communicate,
interact and share knowledge, and at the
same time, to improve their human and
professional abilities.

4. STRUCTURE
The curricular scheme is comprised by the following elements:
 Scope and sequence
 Syllabus
These are recommendations that can help schools and teachers
implement this proposal in their own study plans and syllabus (
Institutional Autonomy, law 115)

5. Scope and Sequence
Basic learning rights
Module 1: Democracy and peace.
Module 2: Health
Module 3: Sustainability
Module 4: Globalization

6. Level A1 – Suggested grade: 6th
MODULE 1 GOAL FUNCTIONS OBJECTIVES
DEMOCRACY
AND
PEACE
Recognize
self as an
individual and
a member of
the class.
Give and ask
for personal
information.
Identify words and
phrases related to
personal
information and
daily activities in
simple oral and
written texts.

7. Vertical progression of transversal
topics
SUGGESTED GRADE
6th
TRANSVERSAL TOPIC:
HEALTH
Establish a physical care
routine

8. Components of the Syllabus
Articulation of:
 Goals
 Objectives
 Standards
 Language functions
 Discourse and linguistic contents
 Indicators

9. Suggested Performance Indicators
KNOWING DOING BEING
Recognize opinions
and points of view
Identify ideas related
to the effect of ICT in
daily life in oral and
written descriptive
texts used in class
Show respect and
tolerance for different
points of view

10. Suggested Contents
LEXICAL GRAMMAR PRONUNCIATION DISCOURSE SOCIOLINGUISTIC -
INTERCULTURAL
• Information
technologies
Download/ upload
 Connectors of cause
and effect
For this reason
 Expressions to suggest
If I were you, I would…..
 Expressions to give
and opinión
I agree with
Conditional Recognition of
expression such as
pronunciation and
blendings
Isa / iza
Compare and
contrast
Valuation of different
opinions

11. SCOPE AND SEQUENCE
BASIC LEARNING
RIGHTS
MODULES
(GOAL)
TASKS
6° to 11° grades
MODULE 4
GLOBALIZATION
MODULE 1
DEMOCRACY AND
PEACE
MODULE 2
HEALTH
MODULE 3
SUSTAINABILITY
LANGUAGE
FUCTIONS
PERFORMANCE
INDICATORS
GOALS
OBJECTIVES
SUGGESTED
CONTENT
KNOWING DOING BEING
15
BASIC STANDARD OF
COMPETENCES
READINGLISTENING WRITING MONOLOGUE CONVERSATION

12. CONCLUSIO
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We insist that each school must make its own decisions related
to how it will approach the implementation of this document.
The success of this suggested curriculum, depends on each
teacher´s motivation and creativity among other conditions.
GOOD LUCK!