Unit LATERALITY AND SELF KNOWLEDGE Course / Level 1º EP

1. Learning outcomes  / Evaluation criteria	Enhance laterality Learn the parts of the body in English Know the possibilities of movement of the body
2. Subject Content	The body: lower and upper limbs, trunk The game Basic skills: walking, running, jumping, crawling Balancing
	3. Language Content / Communication
Vocabulary	Nouns: foot, ankle, leg, knee, hip, waist, shoulder, arm, elbow, waist, hand, neck, head,..cone, rope, brick, hoop,… Verbs: walk, run, jump, throw, catch,… Prepositions: to, in, against, from, for,…
Structures	Routines: daily warm up, Do you remember what we did yesterday? Who were the helpers yesterday? Which parts of the body do you remember in English? How do you say "------" in English? What can you do with your "legs/hands/arms..."? Subject-matter: Orders, Questions (understanding) Classroom management: sit down in a circle, make a line, go to the white/yellow/... line, drink water and come here, make groups of "----"
Discourse type	Description, story telling
Language skills	Listening, speaking, reading
4. Contextual (cultural) element	Self knowledge is very useful to know the environment. In the L2 children are going to learn the parts of their bodies, and their position in the space, moreover the position of the objects in the space. It would be useful to learn the name of the some cultural English elements
5. Cognitive (thinking) processes	They must know the different parts of the body They must understand the importance of the self control of their bodies. They must apply their knowledge to interact with the environment and other people. They must be capable to analyze the space and make a mental image. They must to evaluate their own actions and modify their mistakes. They must be autonomous to solve easy motor problems.
6. (a) Task(s)	They have to recognize the parts of the body in themselves and in others They have to know the importance of the self knowledge They have to complete an easy maze in which they will have to control objects and their own bodies
6. (b) Activities	Games with puppets or handmade drawings Games using body and objects positions Easy mazes
	7. Methodology
Organization and class distribution / timing	In some games we use big groups (normally at first), in this way we help to a cooperative learning. Then we use small groups to improve the knowledge. And finally we work individually to observe the knowledge
Resources / Materials	Cones, hoops, ropes, bricks, court https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4eueDYPTIg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkHQ0CYwjaI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY421EKYMjQ http://englishies.blogspot.com.es/2009/01/body-parts.html
Key Competences	Demonstrate knowledge of the interaction of physical body and the science of movements of the world Social and civic competence Competent to want to learn Independent and personal initiative
8. Evaluation (criteria and instruments)	The evaluation is made with a direct observation, and we use the games and the mazes Identify body parts and joints (neck, backbone, shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees, ankles) Place him/herself correctly in the space Place objects in the space Accept different roles in games Respect rules