Design a CLIL didactic unit

Design a CLIL didactic unit

Subject: Social Science                                                     Teacher: M.Pilar Garrido

Title of the Unit : The Earth in the Solar System                                                                              Course / Level: 3th Primary              

1. Learning outcomes  / Evaluation criteria	-To indentify and name the eight planets in the Solar System. -To classify the planets in closer and further than the Sun. -To know the two movements of the Earth. -To know how the day, the night and the seasons are taken place. -To distinguish the three layers of the Earth. -To identify the satellite of the Earth and its phases.
2. Subject Content	-The Sun and the eight planets. -The closest planets and the furthest planets. -Phases of the moon. -Movements of the Earth: rotation and revolution. -Seasons. -Layers of the Earth.
	3. Language Content / Communication
Vocabulary	-Nouns: Earth, Moon, rotation, revolution, planets (Venus, Mars, Mercury, Saturn…), day, night, atmosphere, geosphere, hidrosphere, seasons (Winter, summer, autumn, spring)… -Verbs: be, take, can, have got… -Adjectives:big, small, round, close, far from, full, hot, bright… -Prepositions: in, under, up, around…
Structures	Comparatives and superlatives,  It is/They’re, How long…?, In which phase…? What?...
Discourse type	Oral and watching
Language skills	Listening, speaking, writing, reading
4. Contextual (cultural) element	This unit is analized at the beginning of the course 3th Primary.It’s the first unit. Our students have a medium level about science and they stay in a urban context.
5. Cognitive (thinking) processes	-Check out the previous knowledge of the students about the topic. -Learn and understand new vocabulary and the different processes with the aim of understanding oral-visual-written pieces of information. -Memorize, organize y connect the contents of the unit. -Act out.
6. (a) Task(s)	-Role playing in groups: each one is a Solar System and students will explain the caracteristics of each planet. -A handicraft (of foam) marking the layers of the Earth.
6. (b) Activities	-Watch videos about the information of orbits, planets, movements of The Earth, the moon, the seasons. -Complete diagrams. -Answer questions. -Match words. -Draw the Solar System. -Listen songs about this topic. -Play online games. -Work in group. -Consolidation and extension activities.
	7. Methodology
Organization and class distribution / timing	-Organization: In all group: general explanation, introduction of activities and tasks, oral and common activities (like role play) In small groups: final tasks. In pairs: games, watching videos, dialogues. Individual: individual comprehension activities. The disposition of the class will stay with flexibility: U shape. -Timing: Six sessions of one hour each one and one more to make the test.
Resources / Materials	Videos, diagrams, images, notebooks, pens, pencils, crayons, felt-pens, rubbers, cards, digital board, tablets, foam.
Key Competences	-Competence in linguistic comunication: knowledge of vocabulary, development of readings, using English language to understand  and express themselves. -Digital competence: watching videos, playing on line, practising digital exercises. -Social and civic competence: helping others, respecting the opinions, valuing the scientific knowledge. -Learning to learn: saying what they know, summarizing. -Competence in science: learning scientific vocabulary. -Autonomy and personal iniciative: learning in individual activities and in group work.
8. Evaluation (criteria and instruments)	CRITERIA: -To identify elements and some caracteristics of the Solar System (planets and satellite Moon). -To know better our planet Earth: movements, layers. -To name the seasons. -To respect themselves. -To value English language INSTRUMENTS: -Daily observation (in the four skills) and participation. -Check their notebooks and productions. -Shelf assesment. -Test about the unit.

A sample of the template has been published in:

Pérez Torres, I. 2009. "Apuntes sobre los principios y características de la metodología AICLE" en V. Pavón, J. Ávila (eds.), Aplicaciones didácticas para la enseñanza integrada de lengua y contenidos. Sevilla: Consejería de Educación de la Junta de Andalucía-Universidad de Córdoba.171-180.