The AICLE Unit: INTEGER NUMBERS 1 ESO

Title of the Unit : INTEGER NUMBERS                           Course / Level: 1ESO (32 students)        

1. Learning outcomes  / Evaluation criteria	To know the set of the integer numbers. To understand why they are necessary and to relate them to different situation of day to day life. To collocate both positive and negative numbers on the number line, understanding the concept of opposite numbers and absolute value. To know and to apply the different properties of the operations involving integer numbers. To solve combined operations involving integer numbers. To solve arithmetic problems involving integer numbers.
2. Subject Content	Integer numbers, opposite numbers, absolute value, number line, basic properties of the operations, combined operations, problems.
	3. Language Content / Communication
Vocabulary	Nouns: numbers in English, negative, integer, below, above, subtraction, addition, sum, difference, subtrahend, minuend, multiplication, product, factor, division, remainder, dividend, divisor, bracket, solution, result, Verbs: to solve, to apply, to add, to subtract, to divide, to multiply. Adjectives: If …..then……, Below, above, after, before, greater, less, Expressions:  plus negative #, minus negative #,  greater than, less than, …plus…equals, …minus….is, …times…, …divided by,…., to solve, better than, worse than, better than, worse than,
Structures	Conditionals ( type 0 and type 1), imperatives, interrogatives sentences.
Discourse type	Scientific
Language skills	Reading, listening, writing and speaking
4. Contextual (cultural) element	Real situations in which negative numbers are used: Dates before Christ, temperatures below 0, levels below sea level, debts….
5. Cognitive (thinking) processes	Analysis, relationship ability, operational skills, self evaluation.
6. (a) Task(s)	- Worksheet AICLE style to practice English involved.
6. (b) Activities	- Introductory class (speaking): Why negative numbers are necessary, try examples in common life, how are these situation expressed in English: Underline the correspondent study guide in English and write down the examples collected on the board. - Different activities in English they have. It includes a criss-cross with the most important vocabulary. - Worksheet to practice mental calculation involving integers: oral correction to practice in English. -With the language assistant: Worksheet to practice expressions and vocabulary. Including reading and listening.
	7. Methodology
Organization and class distribution / timing	10 sessions: -       Introductory class (the whole group giving ideas) -       Doing the mental calculation (individual work, the whole class correcting). 20 – 25 minutes in two different times. -       Working exercises in class ( comparing solutions, helping and being helped by their partner/s) -       With the language assistant: In groups of 16.
Resources / Materials	-       Study guide in English. -       Activities in English about the general contents. -       Criss-cross -       Worksheet to practice mental calculation involving integers. -       The language assistant (2 times per month) -       Special worksheet to practice to practice expressions and vocabulary. Including reading and listening.
Key Competences	-Mathematical thinking applied to real situations and real problems, mental calculation.
8. Evaluation (criteria and instruments)	- Based on: oral corrections, work done on the board, daily work and attitude, written test.