This unit plan involves 4 lessons to teach secondary school students how to write a biography. Lesson 1 has students read and comprehend a biography of a famous singer. Lesson 2 focuses on listening to and understanding specific details about another singer's interview. Lesson 3 has students brainstorm words and verbs commonly found in biographies. Finally, in Lesson 4 students write and present their own short biography of a singer they like using a PowerPoint presentation. The overall aim is for students to be able to write their own biography by the end of the unit.

1. UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE LA SANTÍSIMA CONCEPCIÓN
FACULTAD DE EDUCACIÓN - DEPARTAMENTO DE LENGUAS
ENGLISH PEDAGOGY PROGRAMME
TEACHING PRACTICE
UNIT PLAN FORMAT
STUDENT - TEACHER’S NAME: Joanne Abos-Padilla Velásquez & Diego Ulloa Iglesias
SCHOOL: Colegio del Sagrado Corazón Concepción
LEVEL: 2nd grade secondary school
NAME OF UNIT: Back to the past
TOPIC: Fame
AIM(S): At the end of the unit students will be able to write their own biography.
AIM(s) SKILLS MAIN AIDS HOMEWORK
ACTIVITIES
LESSON 1 SWBAT comprehend Listening Pre-reading: Worksheet Students bring a
a biography about a READING - Students listen to Radio brainstorm about
famous singer. part of a song and Song what they can
recognize the singer include in their own
- Students tell the biography
teacher what they
know about the
singer.
- Teacher gives
students a worksheet
about the singer with
the biography.
- Teacher models
pronunciation of key
words
-Teacher asks
students to explain
briefly the key words.

2. UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE LA SANTÍSIMA CONCEPCIÓN
FACULTAD DE EDUCACIÓN - DEPARTAMENTO DE LENGUAS
ENGLISH PEDAGOGY PROGRAMME
TEACHING PRACTICE
- Teacher asks
students to predict
what the text is going
to be about by
reading the title.
While-reading:
- Students skim the text
to check their
predictions.
- Students read the text
and answer some
questions.
Post-reading:
- Students identify the
parts of the biography
and write them down.
LESSON 2 SWBAT comprehend Listening Pre-listening: Whiteboard
specific information -Teacher gives students Computer
about a particular, some words and Worksheet
famous person. pictures. Recording
- Teachers models new,
key words’
pronunciation.
- Students predict what
the audio is going to be
about.
While-listening:
- Students listen to the
recording about an

3. UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE LA SANTÍSIMA CONCEPCIÓN
FACULTAD DE EDUCACIÓN - DEPARTAMENTO DE LENGUAS
ENGLISH PEDAGOGY PROGRAMME
TEACHING PRACTICE
interview to a particular
singer and check their
predictions.
- Students listen to it
again and fill the blanks
in the sentences
requested according to
the recording.
Post-listening:
-In groups, students
complete a chart with
information about the
recording: name of the
singer and everything
said in the listening, but
in a chart with some
specific information.
LESSON 3 SWBAT make a Listening Lead in: Cards Look for all the
PPP brainstorm about Speaking - Teacher reads a short Whiteboard possible information
words and verbs biography and shows a Notebooks about a singer they
usually used in picture about a person. choose.
biographies.
Presentation:
- Teacher asks students
to choose a picture of a
singer.
-Teacher asks students
for previous knowledge
about the singer that is
in the picture.
-Teacher explains the

4. UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE LA SANTÍSIMA CONCEPCIÓN
FACULTAD DE EDUCACIÓN - DEPARTAMENTO DE LENGUAS
ENGLISH PEDAGOGY PROGRAMME
TEACHING PRACTICE
activity.
Practice:
- Teacher makes
students write down a
brainstorm with ideas
about the person in the
picture.
Presentation:
Students read aloud
their brainstorm of
ideas about the person
they choose.
LESSON 4 SWBAT write a small Speaking Preparation Stage: Computer
TBL biography about the Writing -Teacher shows Ss a Data Show
singer they like and Power Point (there’s no need to
present it to the class presentation about how use worksheet)
in a power point to write a biography (in
simple steps)
presentation.
- Teacher shows
students some samples
about biographies in
power point
presentation
Task development
stage:
- Teacher asks some
students at random
what they are going to
write about.
- Students start writing
their biographies.

5. UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE LA SANTÍSIMA CONCEPCIÓN
FACULTAD DE EDUCACIÓN - DEPARTAMENTO DE LENGUAS
ENGLISH PEDAGOGY PROGRAMME
TEACHING PRACTICE
Post task stage:
- Students present their
biographies to the class.