Instituto Chapultepec

Elementary School

 Language Tree (4) Syllabus  MACMILLAN            School Year 2005-2006                                     Grade 4th

Unit

Communicative Aims

Vocabulary

Grammar

Pages

Materials

1

Our country

Describing your country

Talking about history

Food: Fast food, Meal, Pizza, Hamburger, Ground Beef, Bun, Lettuce, Tomatoe, Ketchup, Tacos, Beans, Sushi, Noodles, Curry, Kabobs, Turkey, Maize, Corn, Grapes, Orange, Apple, Coffee, Pineapples, Strawberry, Raw, Cooked, Peel, Bake, Boil.

Discoveries and Inventions: Island, America, Indias,Bridge, Flag, First man on the moon, First president of the U.S.A., First woman to fly solo, Amusement Park, First man to fly, Airplane, Telephone, Television, Propeller, Machine, Engine, Lift off,  Printing Machine.

Geographical features: Disneyland

 (Amusement  park ), U.S.A.(American), Washington D.C., Tokio, Japan,(Japanese) Greece, (Greek), Mexico, (Mexican),Misissippi River, Mount McKinley, Grand Canyon, Alaska, Niagara Falls, Death Valley, Lake Michigan, Rocky Mountains, America, China (Chinese), Italy (Italian), Florida, North Carolina, California, Moon, Britain.

Adjectives: Highest, Coldest, Hottest, Biggest, Smallest,Shortest, Tallest, Fastest, Slowerst,  Smallest, Strongest, Most wonderful, Most Beautiful, Most Important, Hardest worker, Laziest.

Present and past tenses Superlatives

Adjectives of nationality

 

 

 

Project:

Famous People

4-13

Map, Play dough, Flash cards, Tape recorder, CD, Plastic food, Drawings, Pictures, Cartoons, Magazines,Markers.

Instituto Chapultepec

Elementary School

 Language Tree (4) Syllabus  MACMILLAN              School Year 2005-2006                                   Grade 4th

Unit

Communicative Aims

Vocabulary

Grammar

Pages

Materials

2

Changing Times

Talking about ability and possibility in a historical context.

Discoveries: Aztecs, Archeological sites, clay pot, silver necklace, round calendar stone, ornament, weave, hieroglyphics, electricity, culture, music.    

Inventions: Color Television, black and white television, car, Disneyland, sneakers/ sport shoes, stamp, airplane, computer, camera, satellite dish, cable, calendar,

Abilities: Crawl, sit, stand up, carry, say, type,  walk, run, tie, play, count, ride, swim, wear, make, cook, build, tell, paint, design, spell, calculate, write, play games, teach, eat, listen, draw, fly to, watch, drink, visit, post a letter, drive, experiment, invent, transmit, continue, defeat, destroy,

Age: _#_ month/year/years old , born, died.

Extras: Anthropological, Astronomy, Remarkable, Mathematics, Silver, Weave, Violin, Drums, Trumpet, Flute, Piano, Chess, Opera, Painter, Designer, Musician, Genius, Inventor, Explorer,

Modals: could/couldn’t ....ago, Prespositions and dates.

14-23

Flash cards, Tape recorder, CD, Drawings, Pictures, Cartoons, Magazines,Markers, Colours, Realia objects, Pictures, Cardboard,

 

 

 

 

 

 

Instituto Chapultepec

Elementary School

Language Tree (4) Syllabus  MACMILLAN               School Year 2005-2006                                   Grade 4th

Unit

Communicative Aims

Vocabulary

Grammar

Pages

Materials

3

 Going Places

Describing Future Plans, Discussing Transportations, Telling a Story  and Predicting Events.

Transportation: Carriage, Subway train, Train, Cab, Ferry, Airplane, Ship, Stagecoach, Bus, Space shuttle, Rocket, Bike, Skateboard, Journey, Route, Road, Highway, Freeway, Trail.

Communication: Letter, Postcard, E-mail, Fax, Mail, Telegraph, Radio transmission, T.V. Transmission, Magazine, Comic book. 

Prepositions:  In, On, At, Under, Beside/Next to, Between, To, From, Into.

Actions and activities: write a letter, type an e-mail, Going to, visit, take, see, go up, have lunch, go ice skating, ride a horse drawn carriage, left for, make a journey, deliver, drive, follow the trail/route, travel to/into, return to, repair, capture, lift off, blast off, land, fly to, separate, find, scape, go to,

Writting a letter: Greeting, address, date, introduction, ending, signature, envelope, mail bag, mochilas.

Prepositions going to.... Prepositions of place, Sequencers.

 

 

Project:

Planning my Vacation

24-33

Flash cards, Tape recorder, CD, Drawings, Pictures, Cartoons, Postcards,

Markers, Colours, Realia objects, Pictures, Cardboard,

 

 

 

 

 

 

Instituto Chapultepec

Elementary School

 Language Tree (4) Syllabus  MACMILLAN               School Year 2005-2006                                  Grade 4th

Unit

Communicative Aims

Vocabulary

Grammar

Pages

Materials

4

The way we live

Describing Daily Routines, Comparing Talking about cause and effect

Town: Stores, Hospitals, Hotels, Movie Theaters, Schools, Streets, Shopping mall, Restaurants, Fast food restaurants, Expressway, Paved/Unpaved, Neighborhood, Supermarket, Sidewalk, Traffi light, Set the table, Wash the dishes, Make the bed, Go to the store, Water the Garden

Country: Village, Fields, Animals, Trees, Plow, Plant, Crops, Look after, Feed, Collect, Harvest, Store, Milk, Water the fields, Firewood, Chicken, Hen ,Cow, Horse, Dog, Agriculture, Poultry.

Actions: Cross, Trust, Climb, Drown, Sting, Have/Hast to, 

Parts of a house:  Study room, Library, Kitchen, Living room, Dining room, Bedroom / Room, Hall, Backyard, Garden, Game room, Laundry room.

Present simple  for routines, Zero conditional Possessive “s”

34-43

Flash cards, Tape recorder, CD, Drawings, Pictures, Cartoons, Magazines,Markers, Colours, Realia objects, Pictures, Handbook.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Instituto Chapultepec

Elementary School

 Language Tree (4) Syllabus  MACMILLAN               School Year 2005-2006                                  Grade 4th

Unit

Communicative Aims

Vocabulary

Grammar

Pages

Materials

5

Animal partners

Describing the present and the past,

Describing a process

 

Early people: Indians, Natives, Hunters, Cowboys, Thieves, Tribes, Explorers, Spear, Bow, Arrow, Rocks, Medicine, Tepee, Hunt, Grow, Hunt, Make, Tools, Alongside.

Animals: Buffalo, Wild horses, Moose, Deer, Dog,  Camel, Hump, Sheep, Goat, Guide dog, Polar bear, Caribou, Skin, Leather, Seal, Meat, Wolf.

Town: Live in, Street, Curb, Heavy traffic, Escalator, Shopping mall,

Country: Hunt, Igloos, Dig, Hole, Cabins, Sand, Snow, Village.

Adjectives: Dangerous, Kind, Scared, Smart, Friendly, Wise, Loyal, Curious, Fast, Dishonest, Cowardly, Slow, Unlucky, Lucky, Healthy,  Sick, Strong,Weak.

Used to....

Connectors

Adverbs

 

 

 

44-53

Flash cards, Tape recorder, CD, Drawings, Pictures, Cartoons, Magazines,Markers, Colours, Realia objects, Pictures, Handbook.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Instituto Chapultepec

Elementary School

 Language Tree (4) Syllabus  MACMILLAN               School Year 2005-2006                                  Grade 4th

Unit

Communicative Aims

Vocabulary

Grammar

Pages

Materials

6

Space

 and planets

Asking for and giving information

Reporting results

Narrating a story

 

Space travel:  Go around, Center, Fall, Edge, Flat, Travel, Day/night, Year, Surface, Planets, light(place), Solar Eclipse, Satellite, Disappear, Appear, Dark, Bright, Mind-Reading Machine, Invade, Alien, Space, Report, Date, Title, Introduction, Important information, Summary, Astronaut, Command module, Mission, Rocket, Parachute, Explore, Blast off, Land, Lunar module, Trip, Voyage.     

Solar system: Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto,

Orbit, Solar system, Planets, Moon.

Wh-Questions: What-When-Why-Who-Where-Which-How-How many-How much-How long-Because.

Question tags:

We don’t......do we?

We can’t ......can we?

We aren’t .....are we?

He doesn’t ........does he?

He can’t.......can he?

He isn’t.......is he?

 

Wh-Questions

Questions tags

First conditional

 

 

 

Project:

My imaginary Trip to a planet.

54-63

Flash cards, Tape recorder, CD,. Drawings, Pictures, Cartoons, Magazines,Markers, Colours, Realia objects, Pictures, Handbook.

 

 

 

 

Instituto Chapultepec

Elementary School

 Language Tree (4) Syllabus  MACMILLAN               School Year 2005-2006                                  Grade 4th

Unit

Communicative Aims

Vocabulary

Grammar

Pages

Materials

7

Money

Describing how much and how many

Comparing

 

Money: Bill, Coin, Equals, Common, Penny, Nickle, Dime, Quarter, Dollar, Cent, Buck, Value, Bank, ATM, Check, Bank check, Savings, Barter, Trade, Goods, Buy, Sell, Credit card, Barter, Catalouge, Cash, Price, Play station, Modern, Accessories, Synthetic, Fabulous, Allowance, Payment, Pay, Charge, Salary, Pocket, Jewelry, Ring, Earing, Necklace, Bracelet, Palace, Castle, Steal, Treasure, Gold, Silver, Bronze, Ruby, Gem, Diamond,

Use of like: I Like ice cream.

I play like Ronaldo.

Numbers: Plus, Minus, Equals, Times, Divided by, Million, Hundred, Billion, Thousand, Instead.

How- much/many...?

Sequencers

 

 

Project: Going Shopping

64-73

Flash cards, Tape recorder, CD, Drawings, Pictures, Cartoons, Magazines,Markers, Colours, Realia objects, Pictures, Handbook.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Instituto Chapultepec

Elementary School

 Language Tree (4) Syllabus  MACMILLAN               School Year 2005-2006                                  Grade 4th

Unit

Communicative Aims

Vocabulary

Grammar

Pages

Materials

8

 Fall and winter

Describing Seasons and clothing.

Talking about probability

 

Seasons: Fall/Autum, Winter, Spring, Summer.

 

Weather: Rainy, Clear, Hot, Cold, Snowy, Windy, Windmill, Drain, Grain, Seed, Hibernate, Migrate, Heavily, Freezing. 

 

Plants: Acorn, Nut, Mushroom, Leaf/Leaves, Gather, Chessnut, Chlorophyll, Coniferious, Decidious, Tree, Bush, Flower, Plant, Harvest, Roll up, Roll down, Repair, Grind, Branch, Root,  Harvest, Forest.

 

Animals: Squirrel, Fox, Duck, Goose, Birds, Butterfly, Bat, Bear, Swallow, Cat, Spider,

 

Cloth: Wool, Cotton, Nylon, Plastic, Rubber, Leather.

 

Clothing: Hat, Shorts, Pants, Sweat Pants, Sweater, Shirt, T-Shirt, Shoes, Sneakers.

 

May/Might

Present/Past simple

 

 

Project:

My favorite Season

74-83

Flash cards, Tape recorder, CD, Drawings, Pictures, Cartoons, Magazines,Markers, Colours, Realia objects, Pictures, Handbook.

 

 

 

 

Instituto Chapultepec

Elementary School

 Language Tree (4) Syllabus  MACMILLAN               School Year 2005-2006                                  Grade 4th

Unit

Communicative Aims

Vocabulary

Grammar

Pages

Materials

9

 Monsters and Myths

Talking about myths

Describing and asking

about recent events

Discussing chinese horoscopes

 

Festival:  Parade, Participants, Dances, Costumes, Chinese new year, Cut out, Kite, Stick, Colored, Seal, Lantern, Tissue paper, Envelope, Peach blossom.

 

Monsters: Creature, Mixture, Serpent, Claw, Horn, Evil, Wisdom, Wings, Fangs, Loch ness Monster, Yeti, Big foot.

 

Superheroes: Superman, Batman, Spiderman, Fantastic Four, Ninja turtles, Power rangers, Max steel, G.I. Joe, Mucha lucha, Power puff girls, Star maiden,

 

 

Present perfect

(with,just,ever,so far )

Past simple

Prepositions of a place

 

Project:

Monsters and Myths

84-93

Flash cards, Tape recorder, CD, Drawings, Pictures, Cartoons, Magazines,Markers, Colours, Realia objects, Pictures, Handbook.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Instituto Chapultepec

Elementary School

 Language Tree (4) Syllabus  MACMILLAN               School Year 2005-2006                                  Grade 4th

Unit

Communicative Aims

Vocabulary

Grammar

Pages

Materials

10 Wrapped up safely

Describing Packaging

and contents

Talking about materials

Comparing food

And packaging

 

Containers:  Bowl, Pack, Bottle, Can, Plastic bag, Carton, Basket, Jar, Pot, Box, Wrapped up in plastic, Packaging,

 

Materials: Cardboard, Plastic, Rubber, Glass, Stainless Steel, Aluminum,  Metal, Card, Paper, Recycle, Expensive, Protect, Garbage, Pollution.

 

Food: Store, Safeguard, Keep Fresh, Dry out, Bacteria, Groceries, Grocery list, Breakfast, Dinner, Supper, Cereal, Corn flakes, Corn Pops, Banana, Sugar, Potato Chips, Instant Noodles, Wash powder, Milk, Cola, Jam, Eggs, Detergent, Fruits, Drinks, Oil, Lunch Box, Yogurt/Yoghurt, Meat, Steak, Orange Juice, Sandwich,  Peas, Rice, Dog Food, Cat Food, Peels, Peel

Present passive

Past simple

94-103

Flash cards, Tape recorder, CD, Drawings, Pictures, Cartoons, Magazines,Markers, Colours, Realia objects, Pictures, Handbook.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Instituto Chapultepec

Elementary School

 Language Tree (4) Syllabus  MACMILLAN               School Year 2005-2006                                  Grade 4th

Unit

Communicative Aims

Vocabulary

Grammar

Pages

Materials

11

 Out and about

Describing recent achievements

Describing how crops are grown

 

Plants and crops:  Cocoa Beans, Pineapple, Chocolate, Milk, Sugar, Cinnamon Stick, Rice, Rice, Fields, Seeds, Grain, Sack of, Plant, Peel, Store, Drain, Harvest, Sun, Sky.

 

Actions and tools: Been, Canoe, Put, Spear, Catch, Fish, Explore, Shelter, Soldier, Emperor, Prisoner, Steal, Silk, Pistol, Chopsticks, Lightning, Earthenware, Guard, Hail, Howl, Roll, Curious, Command, Pour,  Pot, Climb, Plow, Flood, Hunt

 

Geographical features:  River, Mountain, Ocean, Desert, Jungle, Lake, Plain, Crops, Asia, Mexico, Island,  

 

Outdoor activities: Police man, Farmer, Fisherman, Lifeguard, Sailor, Soldier,

 

Indoor activities: Tailor, Teacher, Nurse, Lawyer, Emperor, President,

Present perfect

Present simple

Past simple

Past progressive

Conjunctions

 

Project:

Occupations

104-113

Flash cards, Tape recorder, CD, Drawings, Pictures, Cartoons, Magazines,Markers, Colours, Realia objects, Pictures, Handbook.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Instituto Chapultepec

Elementary School

 Language Tree (4) Syllabus  MACMILLAN               School Year 2005-2006                                  Grade 4th

Unit

Communicative Aims

Vocabulary

Grammar

Pages

Materials

12

 Our yearkbook

Talking about recent

Events.

Discussing Famous people

Saying goodbye

and planning the future

 

Messages :  Shown, Discovered, Fought, Given, Fed, Go away party, Note, Cards, Letter, Poem, Rhyme, Thank you card, Present,

 

 

Personalities: Grumpy, Silly, Dumb, Teaser, Easygoing, Courageous, Smart, Intelligent, Sweet, Sharing, Cool,

 

Wh-questions

Going to.....

114

Flash cards, Tape recorder, CD, Drawings, Pictures, Cartoons, Magazines,Markers, Colours, Realia objects, Pictures, Handbook.