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Junior Intermediate 3 Syllabus
Unit 2
The textbook for Junior intermediate 3 (JI3) is American MORE! 3 (Student’s Book
with Interactive CD-ROM), Unit 1, Unit 2 & Unit 3. The textbook goes with a
Workbook & a Teacher’s Book. This is a 20-hour course that meets once a week for 2
hours. The last class is usually planned for a review and a final test. The time allotted
to each unit is 4 hours including the quizzes and the progress check excluding the
exam (total contact hours is 18 hours plus 2 hours review and final exam) 3 quizzes
are administered throughout the term; each at the end of each unit and the scores are
included in the final teacher’s grade added to the final test grade. (Standard quizzes
are available in the database. Refer to the “QUIIZZES” rubric on the database)
Materials to check out along with the textbook:
□ American MORE! 3 Workbooks with Audio-CD
□ American MORE! 3 Teacher’s Book
□ American MORE! 3 Audio material and videos available in flash drives (provided by
Administration)
JUNIOR INTERMEDIATE 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS
UNIT 1- You Haven’t you heard?
Grammar
● Present perfect
●Irregular past participles
●How long..?
● for/ since
Language Focus &
Vocabulary
●Objects
Sounds right
/h/
Skills
● ask where
people have been
●give advice
●ask about how
long
●ask about dreams
●read a
questionnaire
●listen to a
conversation
●write about your
best friend
MORE
Learn MORE through English
That nasty flu!
Biology
A SONG 4 U
You’ve got a
friend
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UNIT 2- Steven Spielberg Superstar
Grammar
● Present perfect
Yet/already
●Present perfect with just
●Present perfect Vs. Simple
past
Language Focus &
Vocabulary
●Kinds of movies
Skills
●Say what you
have done
●Say what
movies you like/
don’t like
●Read book
summaries
●Listen to the
story of a film
●W rite a film
review
MORE
Check your progress:
Unit 1 and unit 2
Learn MORE about culture
The United States
Read MORE for pleasure
Casino Royale
UNIT 3- We’re going to use it today
Grammar
● Will
●Going to
●Reflexive pronouns
Language Focus &
Vocabulary
● Geographical features
Sounds right
Going to stress in
compound nouns
Skills
●Say what you
are going to do
●Talk about
preferences
●Talk about
plans/offers
●Read story
●Listen to a
description of an
adventure camp
●Talk about
sports activities
●Write about an
adventure camp
MORE
Learn MORE through English
Glaciers
Geography
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Objectives & Skills
Level
Junior
Intermediate
3
Unit 2
Language
Learn how to
use:
Speaking
Learn to:
Listening
Understand:
Reading
Understand:
Writing
Learn to:
- present
perfect
-irregular past
participles
-simple present
-future with be
going to
-reflexive
pronouns
-like/don’t like
-use: how long/
since/for/
just/yet/already
-talk about different
objects
-give advice
-talk about dreams
-talk about movies
-talk about future
plans
-offers
- match names to
the sentences you
listen to
-asking where
people have been;
repetition.
-put dialogue in
the correct order
-fill in the blanks
in a song and
answer the
questions
- circle T or F
- complete a
questionnaire
about what kind
of friend you are.
-read about
Steven
Spielberg’s short
stories and
novels
-read the story:
Treasure Hunt
- write a short
text about your
best friend
-write a short
review of a
movie that you
have seen
recently
-Write a
postcard to a
friend about an
adventure camp
Steven Spielberg Superstar
Say what you have done, say what movies you like/ don’t like, read book summaries, listen to
the story of a film, w rite a film review. Present perfect: yet/already, present perfect with just,
present perfect Vs. Simple past.
●SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: Kind of movies Flashcards, worksheets on present perfect:
yet/already, present perfect with just, present perfect Vs. Simple past available on JI3- Unit 2
database.
● GAMES & ACTIVITIES: available on Database- JI3- Unit 2
● LISTENING MATERIALS: available on Database JI3- Unit 2
● WRITING MATERIALS: available on Database- JI3- Unit 2
● VIDEOS: Worksheets for American More! 3, Top Notch, Interchange Intro. available on JI3 Database
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● RESOURCES: available at the Teachers’ Resource Room:
GRAMMAR RESOURCES
□ Basic English Grammar
□ Basic Grammar in Use
□ Understanding English Grammar
□ Understanding & Using English Grammar (3rd Edition)
□ Advanced Grammar in Use
□ Modern English (second edition)
□ Fundamentals of English Grammar
□ Advanced Grammar in Use
□ Communicative Grammar
□ Focus on Grammar
□ The Modal Book
□ Elementary Grammar Games
□ Basic Grammar in Use
VOCABULARY RESOURCES
□ Side By Side
□ New American Streamline
□ Vocabulary in Use
□ Basic Vocabulary in Use
□ Word Games (Intermediate)
□ English Songs
□ Perplexing Puzzles & Tantalizing Teasers (Intermediate)
□ Picture Dictionary
□ Chatter Box
□ Inside Out
□ English Teaching Professional
□ Top Notch 1 Workbook
□ Top Notch Fundamentals Workbook
□ Top Notch Fundamentals CD-ROM
□ Smart Choice (Teacher’s Resource Book 2)
□ Shenanigames
□ More Thematic Activities for Beginners in English
□ The Great Big Bingo Book
● RESOURCES: available at the Director’s Office:
□ Teaching Unplugged
□ How to teach English- new edition
□ Reward- Upper-Intermediate
□ Teaching Chunks of Language- From noticing to remembering
□ Reward- Intermediate
□ Reward- Pre-intermediate
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□ Reward- Elementary
□ Reward- Starter
□ Evaluating your students
□ Intelligent Business Workbook- Upper Intermediate Business English
□ Intelligent Business Coursebook- Upper Intermediate Business English
□ Intelligent Business Workbook- Intermediate Business English
□ Intelligent Business Coursebook- Intermediate Business English
□ Intelligent Business Workbook- Elementary Business English
□ The language Instinct
□ Discussion Strategies
□ Beyond Everyday conversation
□ Mother Tongue
□ English & hoe it got that way
□ The Good Grammar Book
□ The ELT Grammar Book
□ The Ins & Outs of Prepositions
□ The Ultimate Phrasal Verb Book
□ Thematic Word Search
Puzzles
□ The Word we live
Content reading for critical thinking
□ The Oxford
Picture Dictionary
□ The Great Big Book of Crosswords
□ The ESL Miscellany
□ The Modal Book
□ Classic Classroom Activities- The Oxford Picture Dictionary
□ English for Everyday Activities
□ Shenanigames
□ Flying High 2A
□ Learning Computers, Speaking English
□ Three little words
□ Direct to TOFL iBT
□ Small Talk- More Jazz Chants
□ Match it!
□ Index Card Games for ESL
□ Breaking the Writing Barrier- Activities for Adolescents
□ The English You need for the Office
□ The Oxford Picture Dictionary
□ Basic Grammar in Use
□ Getting a Fix on Vocabulary
□ Grammar in Use- Intermediate- 2nd Edition
□ Thematic Activities for Beginners in English
□ Just A Minute- The game that has everyone talking!
□ The Interactive Tutorial- An Activity Parade
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● USEFUL LINKS
 Flashcards at http://www.esl-kids.com/flashcards/rooms.html
Worksheets at http://bogglesworldesl.com/kids_worksheets/color_worksheets.htm
 Online dictionary with a forum for asking questions at www.wordreference.com/enfr/sixty
 Online help from volunteer teachers all over the world at www.englishforums.com/
 Articles, research papers, lessons plans, classroom handouts, teaching ideas & links at
http://iteslj.org/
 Voice of America radio offers news in easy-to-comprehend “Special English”
http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/
 Picture dictionary and practice activities at www.pdictionary.com/
 Learn about everything! Online encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
 Then check what you know with these fun quizzes at
www.sheppardsoftware.com/index.html
 Become a better writer in English at owl.english.purdue.edu/
 Everything from lessons for students to jobs for teachers, including pages such as forums,
games, quizzes, chat, help and penpals at www.englishclub.com/
 Read books online at www.gutenberg.org/ and www.short-stories.co.uk/ and
www.ipl.org/reading/books/index.html
 Learn more about your profession with these short reports on topics of current interest in
ELT at www.cal.org/resources/digest/
 Learn from other English teachers and learners at Dave's ESL Café www.eslcafe.com
 Ready-made lesson plans on current news www.breakingnewsenglish.com/
 There are many learner and teacher resources at the English Page www.englishpage.com
 A very rich collection of resources for teachers www.sitesforteachers.com
 Lots of American Studies resources at http://infocomm.lib.virginia.edu/amst/
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Junior intermediate 2 Syllabus
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2011