Gateway B2+ Jahresplanung
Skills and tasks
V: = Vocabulary  R: = Reading  S: = Speaking  G: = Grammar  W: = Writing  L: = Listening
UoE: Use of English
EXTRA PRACTICE:
CLICK: Cross-Curricular Literature and International Cultural Knowledge
* Please Note: This Jahresplanung has been created only as a suggestion of how the book can be used in one school
year. The practicality of this plan is dependent upon individual teachers, the level of students and schedule of schools,
and how they wish to employ the resources therein. This Jahresplanung is meant as a basis for guidance only.
Month
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Unit
Core SKILLS
Skills and tasks
 Past tenses, present and past
 V: sociology, psychology, etc.
1
Body idioms and human interaction
habits
Social animals
 Word formation, suffixes,
(Sociology,
similes, ways of talking
psychology
 Do and make
etc.)
 R: extracts from book Quirkology
 S: Personal interviews
 W: A story
 Modal verbs: speculation,
 V: compound nouns: cars and the
road
obligation etc. might
2
 Phrasal verbs: rules and laws
On the road
 Collocations with take, make
(Drivingand do
related words)
 R: Ready for the road?
 S: Discussing photos 1
 W: An Opinion essay
 R: Multiple matching activities
GATEWAY
 L: Multiple-choice
To Exams
(REVIEW Units  UoE: Multiple-choice cloze texts
1-2)
 W: Opinion essay
 V: The human mind
Oct.
Grammar
3
Beautiful
minds (The
human mindl)
 Phrasal verbs: the mind
 Word formation: prefixes
 R: Daniel Tammet: Brainman
 S: Presentations 1
 W: A review
 V: Scientific procedures and
 Verb + -ing form and
infinitive
 Verb +object + -ing form and
infinitive
 Conditional structures
 Advanced future forms
Oct.
4
Unnatural
science?
(scientific
procedures
and research)
Nov.
GATEWAY
 UoE: word formation with cloze tests
To Exams
 S: presentation
(REVIEW Units  W: Write a story
3-4)
research
 Compound nouns and
adjectives
 Causes, reasons and results
 R: Who wants to live forever?
 S: Talking about statistics
 W: A for-and-against essay
 R: Complete a text
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Cross-Curricular
Activities
CLICK:
International
Cultural Knowledge:
Fraternities and
Sororities
CLICK: Plug in cars:
Science, Technology
and the Environment
CLICK: CrossCurricular:
Literature
Curious narrators:
The Curious
Incident of the Dog
in the Night-time by
Mark Haddon
CLICK: CrossCurricular: Science
The science behind
superheros
 V: Buying and selling
Nov.
5
Under Control
(People with
Power)
Dec.
6
Home truths
(types of
houses and
neighbourhoo
ds)
 V: The body
 Conditionals
a.
b.
c.
d.
GATEWAY
To Exams
(REVIEW Units
5-6)
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.
 V: Music and film
Jan.
Feb.
 Media habits
7
 Compound nouns and
The hard sell
adjectives
(Advertising

R: How teenagers consume media
and selling)
 S: Discussions 1
 W: A review
 V: Natural disasters
 Words connected with
natural disasters
8
 Prepositional phrases with
Live life
verbs
(Enjoying Life

R: Iceland’s Eruption could have
to its fullest)
global consequences (article)
 S: Talking about statistics
 W: An opinion essay 2
 W: Writing a review
 S: Discuss a topic
 L: Rescue services: true and
false
 R: Multiple-choice
Feb.
GATEWAY
To Exams
(REVIEW Units
7-8)
CLICK: Cross-
CLICK: CrossCurricularScience/Nutrition/PE
Healthy Eating
 Health
 Unless/in case/as long
 Idioms connected with health
as/provided that
 R: Articles on health
 I wish/if only
 S: Negotiating and collaborating
 W: A for-and-against essay
CEF CAN DO: I can…
 S: Talk about photos
 L: Complete notes
 W: For-and-against opinion
essay
 UoE: sentence
transformations
Dec.
 Modal verbs of obligation,
 Money and banking
prohibition, advice – present, Curricular Phrasal verbs connected with
past and future
Literature
money and shopping
 Modal verbs of speculation
Winning Money
 R: Texts about living at home
and deduction– present, past
 S: Talking about photos
and future
 W: A formal letter
Talk about obligation, prohibition and advice using
modal verbs
Talk about possible and imaginary situations and
their consequences using the first and second
conditional
Talk about different aspects of life at school and
university
Describe photos and pictures using expressions
to talk about different parts
Write a formal letter applying for a scholarship
Talk about processes using different forms of the
passive and have something done
Know which prepositions to use with certain
adjectives
Understand written and spoken texts about
inventions and technology
Take part in a debate expressing agreement and
disagreement
Write for-and-against essays
 Reported speech
CLICK: International
Cultural Knowledge
World-famous music
festivals
 The passive: verbs with
two objects, with say,
know etc.
CLICK, CrossCurricular- Science
Imagining the End of
the World: possible
planetary threats
CEF CAN DO: I can…
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.
Report what other people have said or asked using
different reporting verbs and structures
Talk about music, film and media habits
Join words to make compound nouns and
adjectives
Present solid arguments in discussions
Write reviews using a wide variety of adjectives
Use different passive structures to talk about
processes and procedures and to say what people
say, know or believe
Understand written and spoken texts about natural
disasters
Use a variety of verbs with the appropriate
proposition
Use different words and expressions to talk about
statistics
Use a variety of linkers in opinion essays
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 V: Everyday technology
Feb.
March
9
New
challenges
(life and career
developments)
10
Parting Words
(communication
breakdown)
 Verbs connected with
technology
 Phrasal verbs connected with
technology and computers
 R: inventions
 S: Discussions 2
 W: A report
 V: Newspaper sections
 Newspaper headlines
 Collocations connected with
the news
 R: News articles
 S: Presentations 2
 W: A magazine article
 R: true and false
 W: reports
 UoE: cloze activities
 L: multiple-choice activities
 Defining and nondefining relative clauses
 Nominal clauses with
that, what and all
CLICK: Crosscurricular: Computer
Science
Computer Safety
 Inversion
 Participle clauses
 Indirect questions
 Question tags
CLICK: International
Cultural Knowledge
British newspapers:
tabloids and quality
papers
CEF CAN DO: I can…
a.
b.
c.
March
GATEWAY
To Exams
(REVIEW Units
9-10)
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.
Describe or give extra information about people,
things or places using defining or non-defining
relative clauses
Talk about everyday technology and computers
using a variety of words and phrasal verbs
Understand spoken texts about problems with
everyday technology
Clarify and check understanding when discussing
topics
Write reports using determiners and quantifiers
Use common expressions like no sooner, Scarcely
etc. that need inversion
Use indirect questions to be polite
Understand written and spoken news stories
Present and respond to opposing views when
giving oral presentations
Write a simple magazine article
In the back of the Student’s Book, please find:
 WEBCODE for students: Gateway Online
 Wordlists with * Star Rating* : Please see back of Workbook for dictionary of words from
wordlist
 Study skills: Unit 1-10
 Spelling rules
 Pronunciation guide
 Exam success: Tips for Speaking, Reading, Listening and Writing
 Speaking bank
 Writing bank
 Irregular verbs table
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