ACE 1 - Annual Plan and Student Book Contents

1° Bimestre

Unit (page)

Language Function

Language Pattern

Grammar

Vocabulary

Unit 1
(pages 6-10)

·      Greeting people

·      Asking people's names

·      Telling own name

·      Spelling own name

·      Alphabet a to z

·       My name's ...

·      What's your name? 

·      Present tense verb to be: affirmative form

·      Possessive adjectives: my, your 

·      Hi! Hello

·      first, last, middle, name

·      Alphabet a to z 

Unit 2
(pages 11-15)

·      Greeting people

·      Introducing people

·      Identifying family members

·      His/Her name's ....

·      This is my brother/father.

·      What's his/her name?

·      Possessive adjectives: his, her

·      Demonstrative pronoun: this

·      Family members: father, mother, brother, sister

·      friend

·      nickname

REVIEW 1-2 (pages 16-17)

Unit 3
(pages 18-22)

·      Greeting people

·      Asking and answering about family members

·      Good morning/ afternoon/ evening.

·      He's my father./ She's my mother.

·     Is he/she your...?

·     Yes, he/she is./ No, he/she isn't.

·      Personal pronouns: he, she

·      Present tense verb to be: third person singular: affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms and short answers

·      good morning, good afternoon, good evening, goodbye, bye

Unit 4
(pages 23-27)

·      Asking about people and answering how people are 

·      How are you?

·     Is he thirsty/ hungry?

·    Are they/you tired? 

·      Present tense verb to be: second person singular and plural: interrogative form and short answers

·      Present tense verb to be: first person plural: all forms

·      Personal pronoun: we

·      Review: I, you, he, she

·      Adjectives: fine, happy, sad, hungry, thirsty, tired

·      girlfriend

REVIEW 3-4 (pages 28-29)

2° Bimestre

Unit (page)

Language Function

Language Pattern

Grammar

Vocabulary

Unit 5
(pages 30-34)

·     Numbers 1-20

·     Asking about people's ages

·      Telling people's ages

·      Telling own age

·      How old are you?/ How old is he?

·      Is he/she twelve?

·      Present tense verb to be: third person plural: affirmative and interrogative forms and short answers

·       Personal pronoun: they

·      Numbers 1-20

·      today

·      birthday

·      old, young

Unit 6
(pages 35-39)

·      Asking about people's physical appearance

·      Describing people

·      Is he tall?

·      No, he isn't tall. He's short.

·      Present tense verb to be: negative form

·      Possessive adjectives: their, our

·      Connecting word: and

·      Adjectives: tall, thin, long, short, heavy,

·      hair, boy, girl

REVIEW 5-6 (pages 40-41)

Unit 7
(pages 42-46)

·       Identifying objects

·      Asking and answering about objects

·      What's this?

·      It's a ....

·      This/That is a ....

·      Demonstratives: this, that

·      Personal pronoun: it

·      Indefinite article: a

·      Prepositions of place: on/under

·       pencil, notebook, book, pencil sharpener, pen, ruler, window, desk, chair, ball, bed

Unit 8
(pages 47-51)

·      Identifying clothes

·      Asking and answering where clothing items are

·      Identifying position 

·     Where is/are my ....?

·      It's on/under the ....?

·      Plural of nouns (regular form)

·      Prepositions: on, under

·      sweater, cap, T-shirt, shirt, skirt, shoes, socks, sneakers, jeans, shorts

REVIEW 7-8 (pages 52-53)

3° Bimestre

Unit (page)

Language Function

Language Pattern

Grammar

Vocabulary

Unit 9
(pages 54-58)

·      Asking about colors

·      Expressing preferences

·      Identifying position of objects

·      What color is the ....?

·     Is the .... on the chair?

·      Where is the pen? It's in the box.

·      The book is blue. It's a blue book.

·      Preposition of place: in 

·      blue, red, green, yellow, white, black, brown, purple, pink, gray

·       bed

Unit 10
(pages 59-63)

·      Identifying quantities

·      Asking and giving addresses

·      Asking and giving telephone numbers

·      What's your address?

·       What's your 'phone number?

·     Question word: what

·      Numbers 21-100

·     street, avenue, road

REVIEW 9-10 (pages 64-65)

Unit 11
(pages 66-70)

·     Identifying jobs

·     Asking and answering about jobs

·       Is he a/an ....?

·      Indefinite article: an

·      dentist, doctor, teacher, taxi driver, plumber, architect, actor, artist, electrician, police officer, farmer, model 

Unit 12
(pages 71-75)

·     Asking about nationalities

·     Where are you from?

·    Nationalities ending with -an, -ese, -ish

·     Brazilian, American, Mexican, Argentinian, German, Japanese, Chinese, English, Spanish, Australian 

REVIEW 11-12 (pages 76-77)

4° Bimestre

Unit (page)

Language Function

Language Pattern

Grammar

Vocabulary

Unit 13
(pages 78-82)

·      Identifying and describing the weather

·      Asking and answering about the weather

·     Identifying months of the year

·      What's the weather like?

·      What's the weather like in January?

·     Preposition of time: in

·     rainy, sunny, cloudy, windy, snowy, hot, warm, cool, cold

·      Months of the year

Unit 14
(pages 83-87)

·     Identifying animals

·     Asking and answering about animals

·      What are these/ those?

·     They're koalas.

·    Demonstratives: these, those

·     koala, elephant, zebra, kangaroo, panda, giraffe, macaw, tiger, toucan

REVIEW 13-14 (pages 88-89)

Unit 15
(pages 90-94)

·      Asking and answering about time (hours)

·    Identifying days of the week

·      What time is it?

·      What time is the ....?

·      Prepositions: on, at

·      Days of the week

·     Hours

·    movie, baseball, party, game, English class, picnic, concert, bike race

Unit 16
(pages 795-99)

·     Asking and answering about time (minutes)

·     What time is it?

·     School subjects

·     Minutes

REVIEW 15-16 (pages 100-101)