IN-101 Inglés I · CEFR A1.1 · United States
English I · III PAC
Say who you are, meet people, describe your family and organize your day. September – December: the grammar is the same in every period; the Cultural Corner of each lesson follows the events of this period.
Before this course
Start here. You already know many English words: cognates from Spanish and from your career. Lesson 1 turns them into your first sentences.After this course
Your final video describes your typical day. In English II you place that day in real spaces: where things are on campus and in the city (there is / there are, prepositions).Introductory Unit · Discovering a New Language
7% of the final gradeUnit I · First Communicative Encounters
31% of the final grade
Lesson 2
Hi, Hello, Good morning!
I can greet people and say goodbye, formally and informally.
Lasker Awards
Film: The Wizard of Oz
Lesson 3
Nice to meet you
I can introduce myself and other people.
Hispanic Heritage Month
Visual art: American Gothic
Lesson 4
My personal information
I can ask and answer simple questions about personal information.
MacArthur Fellows
Theatre: Broadway
Unit II · Personal Portraits and Family
30% of the final grade
Lesson 6
Who is this person?
I can describe people with simple adjectives.
Halloween
Music: Ella Fitzgerald, «The First Lady of Song»
Lesson 7
My family, my people
I can talk about my family or the people important to me.
Día de los Muertos
Film: Coco
Lesson 8
I like, I don't like
I can say what I like and don't like.
CMA Awards (country music)
Visual art: Campbell's Soup Cans
Unit III · Daily Life and Personal Organization
32% of the final grade
Lesson 10
A day at home
I can talk about daily and household activities.
Thanksgiving · 100th Macy's Parade
Literature: Little Women
Lesson 11
My week, my habits
I can describe my schedule and say how often I do things.
Hanukkah
Music: The Grand Ole Opry
Your assignment chain
Each assignment reuses your earlier products, and each unit video joins them. At the end you have a portfolio of your career in English.
- Act. 3 · My first words: "I am…" + classroom expressions (2% · reuses Act. 1, Act. 2)
- Act. 7 · Using formal and informal greetings (2% · reuses Act. 3)
- Act. 11 · Creating my personal profile card (3% · reuses Act. 3, Act. 7)
- Act. 15 · The Interview: personal data of 3 classmates (3% · reuses Act. 11)
- Act. 19 · My first conversation — video (5% · reuses Act. 7, Act. 11, Act. 15)
- Act. 22 · Describing people using simple sentences (2% · reuses Act. 15)
- Act. 26 · My Family Tree infographic (3% · reuses Act. 22)
- Act. 30 · Describing my preferences in more detail (2% · reuses Act. 26)
- Act. 34 · The Best Portrait — video (5% · reuses Act. 22, Act. 26, Act. 30)
- Act. 37 · Multimedia glossary of daily activities (3%)
- Act. 41 · My Planner & Habits: weekly schedule with frequency adverbs (5% · reuses Act. 37)
- Act. 45 · My Typical Day — video (9% · reuses Act. 37, Act. 41)
Map by activity type · III PAC
Read a column to follow one type of activity across the course. The last column is the Cultural Corner of each lesson in this period.
| Lesson | 1 URA + SofIA | 2 Forum | 3 H5P | 4 Assignment | 5 Quiz | Cultural Corner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L1 Hello, English! Words I already know | URA + SofIA cognates, the alphabet and 'I am…' | Act. 1 · 2% Sharing languages I already know | Act. 2 · 1% Spotting cognates: words I already know in English | Act. 3 · 2% My first words: "I am…" + classroom expressions | Act. 4 · 2% Check-in: sounds, cognates and classroom language | Hispanic Heritage Month |
| L2 Hi, Hello, Good morning! | URA + SofIA formal and informal greetings and farewells | Act. 5 · 2% Global Greetings: how we greet in Honduras and abroad | Act. 6 · 1% Listening to greetings in real life | Act. 7 · 2% Using formal and informal greetings | Act. 8 · 2% Formal or informal? Greetings check | Lasker Awards |
| L3 Nice to meet you | URA + SofIA the verb to be (I, you, he, she) and my / your / his / her | Act. 9 · 2% Meeting my classmates online | Act. 10 · 1% Learning about people through profiles | Act. 11 · 3% Creating my personal profile card | Act. 12 · 2% Introducing someone in English | Hispanic Heritage Month |
| L4 My personal information | URA + SofIA Wh- questions with to be and numbers 0–100 | Act. 13 · 2% Asking and answering personal questions | Act. 14 · 1% Understanding questions about personal information | Act. 15 · 3% The Interview: personal data of 3 classmates | Act. 16 · 2% Numbers and Wh- questions check | MacArthur Fellows |
| L5 Please and thank you around the world | URA + SofIA please, thank you, excuse me, sorry and «Can I…?» | Act. 17 · 2% Communication in different cultures | Act. 18 · 1% Using English in everyday situations | Act. 19 · 5% My first conversation — video | — unit project | Indigenous Peoples' Day · Columbus Day |
| L6 Who is this person? | URA + SofIA adjectives for appearance and personality, word order and has | Act. 20 · 2% Guess the person: describing people in my life | Act. 21 · 1% Identifying physical and personality traits | Act. 22 · 2% Describing people using simple sentences | Act. 23 · 2% Adjectives and word order check | Halloween |
| L7 My family, my people | URA + SofIA possessive adjectives and possessive 's with family words | Act. 24 · 2% Talking about my family | Act. 25 · 1% Understanding a family tree | Act. 26 · 3% My Family Tree infographic | Act. 27 · 2% Possessive adjectives and family words check | Día de los Muertos |
| L8 I like, I don't like | URA + SofIA like / love / don't like + noun or -ing, and he/she likes | Act. 28 · 2% Common Interests: what I like and don't like | Act. 29 · 1% Understanding hobbies and personal interests | Act. 30 · 2% Describing my preferences in more detail | Act. 31 · 2% Likes and preferences check | CMA Awards (country music) |
| L9 Taller, faster, better | URA + SofIA comparatives: -er than, more… than, better | Act. 32 · 2% Comparing people I know | Act. 33 · 1% Understanding how to compare people in English | Act. 34 · 5% The Best Portrait — video | — unit project | Las Vegas Grand Prix (Formula 1) |
| L10 A day at home | URA + SofIA present simple (I, you, we, they) with daily and household verbs | Act. 35 · 2% Talking about my daily activities | Act. 36 · 1% How people talk about daily routines | Act. 37 · 3% Multimedia glossary of daily activities | Act. 38 · 2% Daily verbs and household words check | Thanksgiving · 100th Macy's Parade |
| L11 My week, my habits | URA + SofIA telling the time, on / in / at, he / she + -s and frequency adverbs | Act. 39 · 2% Organizing my week: routines and healthy habits | Act. 40 · 1% Understanding schedules and frequency | Act. 41 · 5% My Planner & Habits: weekly schedule with frequency adverbs | Act. 42 · 4% Time expressions, present simple and frequency adverbs check | Hanukkah |
| L12 My Typical Day · final project | URA + SofIA sequence connectors (first, then, after that, finally) and present simple review | Act. 43 · 2% How people describe their daily life | Act. 44 · 1% Organizing my day with sequence connectors | Act. 45 · 9% My Typical Day — video | — unit project | Christmas |