Class 1 (March 21st)
Objective: Introduce each other and the course syllabus.
Activities:
1- Introduction to the course.
2- Reading of the course syllabus and schedule.
3- Assessment of prior knowledge.
4- Oral presentation and interaction activity.

Class 2 (March 26th)
Objective: Learn what a biodata is and write your own.
Activities:
1- Complete "Bio Data activity" 
2- Read the "Bio Data Marking Rubric"

Class 3 (March 28th)
Cancelled due to suspension of activities.

Class 4 (April 2nd)
Objective: Learn what an elevator speech is.
Activities:
1- Complete the "Class 4-Elevator Speech Workshop: Crafting Your Professional Pitch" handout.

Class 5 (April 4th)
Objective: Craft your elevator pitch.
Activities:
1- Complete the 'Personal Elevator Pitch Listening Activity' handout and outline your elevator pitch.

Class 6 (April 9th)
Objective: Write your elevator speech/pitch:
Activities:
1- Complete the 'English_5_elevator_speech' handout.

2- Write your elevator speech based on the instructions and rubric.

3- Check out the Academic World list, a list of words commonly used in academic contexts: www.eapfoundation.com/ ... b/academic/awllists/

Class 7 (April 11th)
Objective: Learn the structure of an essay.
Activities:

Class 8 (April 16th)
Objective: Learn about different styles of essay writing.
Activities:

Activities:
1- Speaking activities intended to promote networking and cohesion amongst the group members. Students interact and introduce themselves using academic vocabulary practised in the previous sessions.

Class 10 (April 23rd)
Objective: Learn how to write an introductory paragraph and body paragraphs.
Activities:
1- Complete the ‘English 5 essay intro thesis’ worksheet.
2- Complete the ‘English 5 essay body’ worksheet.

Class 11 (April 25th)
Objective: Learn how to write a concluding paragraph.
Activities:
1- Complete the ‘English 5 essay conclusion’.

Class 12 (May 7th)
Objective:
Activities:
1- Read the ‘english_5_essay_evaluation_instructions_and_rubric’.
2- Complete the activities from the ‘proofreading’ presentation.

Class 13 (May 9th)
Objective: Edit and proofread texts.
Activities:
1- Complete the final activities from the ‘English_5_essay_proofing_editing’ worksheet.
2- Choose a thesis statement and write an outline for essay 1.

(May 14^th) Class suspended due to strike and teacher’s medical absence.

Class 14 (May 16th)  Substitute teacher
Objective: Write essay 1 10%
Activities:
1- Writing Essay 1. The evaluation instructions and rubric were already shared in 'Material Docente', class 12.zip and explained in the last class.

Class 15 (May 23rd)

Objective: Proofread essay 1 (before delivery date)
Activities:
1- Review of written essays
2- Proofreading activity: Proofread and improve your writing following the steps of proofreading from the handout 

Class 16 (May 28th)
Objective: Read and describe charts using present perfect and present perfect continuous. 

Class 17: (May 30th)

Objective: Read and describe graphs and charts in English.

Activities:
1-Complete the handout ‘Class_17- How to talk about charts and graphs in English’

Class 18: (June 4)
Objective: Learn how to write about charts.
Activities:
1- Check out the webpage https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/writing/b1-writing/describing-chartsDo the preparation task first. Then read the text and tips and do the exercises (Tasks 1, 2 and 3).

Class 19 (June 6th)
Objective: Talk about gender roles and stereotypes
Activities: 
1- Access the link and complete the activities https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rpSMfwDg8TEC00Epl7BWsnhwIj3p3U9ukuuRcDeQ51g/edit?usp=sharing

Class 20 (June 11th)
Objective: Use ‘Might’, ‘may’ and ‘could’ to express possibilities.

1- Read the explanation on how to use might, ‘may’ and ‘could’ for possibilities, then complete the activities:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/lower-intermediate/unit-16/tab/grammar
https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/lower-intermediate/unit-16/session-1
https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/lower-intermediate/unit-16/session-1/activity-2