BCC Intensive English Program Grade 1 Course Syllabus for Semester 2 / 2013-2014

Course Objectives:
This course is an outcomes-based, English language enrichment course designed to develop and consolidate students skills in the areas of Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing. Specific course objectives include: To encourage children to be active and constructive in their own learning, using English as a tool to do things and to create personally significant meaning. To integrate learning English with other areas of learning at primary school. To help children learn how to learn and to encourage them to begin to become responsible, independent, reflective learners. To promote an atmosphere of co-operation and collaboration in class. Coursebook English World 1 Teaching-Learning Materials and Resources: Student book, workbook, audio CDs, flashcards, supplementary DVDs, materials to complete projects and activities; scissors, construction paper, card, coloured pencils, markers, glue, active white board, television, video, CD player.

Course Schedule:

Weeks 1-2 Oct. 28 Nov. 8

Topic Unit 7 Where is King Tub? In this unit students will be learning to identify rooms in a house and household objects and use prepositions to ask and answer about the locations of objects and people in a house.

Text Unit 7 Student book p.76-83 Workbook p.52-61

3-4

Unit 8 This is my family

Unit 8 Student book p.84-91 Workbook p. 72-81

Through activities in this unit students will learn Nov. 11 to identify family members, use I have got to talk about possession, ask about possession Nov. 22 using the present simple tense of have and use possessive pronouns my and your. 5-6 Unit 9 Miss Silver

Unit 9 Student book p.92-99 Workbook p.82-91

Nov. 25 In this unit students will be learning to use and identify numbers 11-20, ask and answer using Dec. 6 has got and talk about likes and dislikes of food. Reading CAT-Week 6 Unit 10- The space rocket 7-10 Dec. 9 Jan. 3 8 Dec.16 Dec. 20 9 Dec. 23 Dec. 27 11 12 Jan. 6 Jan. 17 Christmas Week Celebrations In this unit students will be learning action verbs, describing and asking and answering about ability with can and cant, imperative verbs and describing the Earth and sky. Writing CAT-Week 7

Unit 10 Student book p. 102-109 Workbook p. 92-101

Christmas and New Year Holidays Unit 11-Up in space Through activities in this unit students will learn to ask and answer about the weather, to ask and answer using present continuous verbs using pronouns Im and youre and to write a descriptive story reviewing language structures taught though the year. Listening CAT-Week 12 Unit 12-Welcome home! Unit 11 Student book p.110-117 Workbook p.102-111

13-14 Jan. 20 Jan. 31

Units 12

In this unit students will be learning actions Student book p.118-125 verbs, food and activities during a party, ask and Workbook p.112-121 answer using the present continuous tense using all pronouns and to use adverbs to modify verbs. Speaking CAT-Week 13

15 Feb. 3 Feb. 7 16 Feb. 10 IEP Exam Week Feb. 14 17 Feb. 17 End of Year Student Projects Feb. 21 18 Feb.24 Feb. 28 Main School Final Exams IEP Exam Review Week Units 7 - 12