Suggested Activities:

- Brainstorming ideas about different kinds of Technology. - Watch a video about environmental pollution.
-Making a poster that shows how Ss use computers at school. -Technological inventions from the last century:
-Guessing games. inventors and inventions.
-Debates: Does technology imply easier communication? - Biographies: Thomas Edison, Wright brothers,
-Prepare dialogues using mobile phones Graham Bell, Albert Einstein.
-Technology at home: to identify electrical appliances - Send e-mails to other partners, social networks,
-Technology at school: advantages and uses. Skype, wikis, blogs.


Thematic Unit:
TECHNOLOGY
&
COMMUNICATION
LANGUAGE CONTENTS (3rd.4th)
ORALIDAD: La exposicin de temticas. La identificacin de ideas
principales.
LECTURA: La localizacin de informacin en el prrafo.
ESCRITURA: Las fichas temticas con apoyo icnico. La esquela.
Functions
- Communicating ideas using connectors.
- Telling about past events.
- Making comparisons.
-Expressing preferences.
Exponents
- It is and because it is.... but ...
- I like but I dont like
- During the last years...
Vocabulary
-Communication. Technology
-Greatest inventions: Internet, GPS, remote controls, video
conferencing, digital cameras, digital music, laptops, air conditioner,
vacuum cleaner, electronic television, toaster, compact discs,
calculators. Advances, changes.
OBJECTIVES:
K5. 1st. 2nd
-To encourage students to identify
and describe different means of
communication.
LANGUAGE CONTENTS (K5. 1st. 2nd)
ORALIDAD: La nominacin de objetos con
apoyo concreto y figurativo.
Los dilogos mediatizados con soportes
materiales.
ESCRITURA: Los textos descriptivos
incluyendo elementos paralingsticos.
Functions
-Naming objects.
- Identifying things.
-Expressing ability.
-Qualifying things.
Exponents
- Whats this?
-Its a ... (size/color)
-This is a ...
-Is it a ...? Yes, it is. No, it isnt
-It can ... / I can .... with ...
Vocabulary
-Technology. Communication. Cell phone.
Computer. Digital camera. E-mail. Internet.
Sizes/colors. MP3 player.
-Home, appliances, tv,radio, refrigerator,
microwave oven, hair dryer, vacuum
cleaner

LANGUAGE CONTENTS (5th. 6th)
ORALIDAD: Las opiniones.
ESCRITURA: El correo electrnico y el
chat.
LECTURA: Las noticias en soporte material
y/o virtual.
Functions
-Arguing.
-Giving opinion based on facts.
-Describing recent actions and changes.
-Giving warnings and advice.
Exponents
- In my opinion.../From my point of view...
-I agree/disagree...
-I think that... / Last month...
-Some time ago...
-You should/shouldnt... You must/mustnt
Vocabulary
- Chat. Usages, E-mail, Environmental
pollution.
- Advantages/Disadvantages, Pros/Cons

OBJECTIVES:
3
rd
, 4th
- To make Students list and describe the uses of
the technological items of the last century.
- To encourage Students to describe changes in
the last century using connectors.
5to. 6to
- To teach Students how to write e-mails.
- To promote the exchange of Students
opinions on the benefits and negative effects of
technology.

-Material elaborado por el Centro de Recursos y
Prof.coordinadores de Lengua del Dpto de SL y LE-
Contenidos Curriculares:
Social Studies. Geography. Los usos de
las tecnologas en medios y vas de
Comunicacin (k5-3rd).
Las tecnologas de la informacin y la
comunicacin (4
th
- 6
th
).