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A full course of lessons for the 9-12 year old age group. These lesson plans are full course lessons. Each lesson plan is part of a syllabus.

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Introductions and classroom objects: "Hello!"

1. Introductions and classroom objects: “Hello!”

Greetings, asking for and giving personal information, naming and spelling classroom objects, saying where things are.


Pronouns and personal details: "Penguins at home"

3. Pronouns and personal details: “Penguins at home”

Talking and reading about penguins and puffins, asking and answering personal questions.

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Introductions and classroom objects: "Hello!"

1: Introductions and classroom objects: “Hello!”.   Greetings, personal details, classroom objects.

Classroom objects and spelling things: "How do you spell that?"

2: Classroom objects and spelling things: “How do you spell that?”.   Spelling, alphabet, [hide_on_uk]colors[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]colours[/hide_on_us], personal questions.

Pronouns and personal details: "Penguins at home"

3: Pronouns & personal details: “Penguins at home”.   Penguins and puffins reading, asking personal questions.

Things we can and can’t do: "We can do it"

4: Things we can and can’t do: “We can do it”.   Abilities and saying how well you can do things.

Describing your home: "House and home"

5: Describing your home: “House and home”.   Rooms of a house, describing your home, writing about homes.

Nationalities and describing your town: "House and home"

6: Nationalities and describing your town: “Where we live”.   National flags, countries, writing about hometowns.

Places and geographical features: "City and country"

7: Places and geographical features: “City and country”.   Capital cities, geographical features, continents.

Describing your bedroom: "An ideal room"

8: Describing your bedroom: “An ideal room”.   Bedroom objects and describing your bedroom.

Talking about family members: "My family"

9: Talking about family members: “My family”.   Family members, reading and writing about your family.

Describing the weather: "Warm and sunny"

10: Describing the weather: “Warm and sunny”.   Weather conditions, temperatures, making a weather poster.

School subjects and timetables: "School days"

11: School subjects & timetables: “School days”.   Time, days of the week, school subjects, writing a school timetable.

Daily routines (1): "Things we do"

12: Daily routines (1): “Things we do”.   Daily routine times, describing school routines, an animal’s daily routine.

Daily routines (2): "Every day"

13: Daily routines (2): “Every day”.   Reading about and saying when you do things, writing about daily routines.

Food and drink: "Tastes great!"

14: Food and drink: “Tastes great!”.   Food and drink vocab, reading about a local market, food quiz.

Dishes from around the world: "Famous dishes"

15: Dishes from around the world: “Famous dishes”.   Food categories, reading/writing about international dishes.

Cooking and recipes: "In the kitchen"

16: Cooking and recipes: “In the kitchen”.   Cooking vocab, writing a recipe, saying how to prepare a dish.

Toys and furniture / Prepositions of place lesson

17: Toys & furniture / Prepositions of place: “Where is my game console?”.   Furniture and toys, where things are.

Prepositions of place and shopping lesson

18: Prepositions of place & shopping: “Let’s go to the supermarket”.   Saying where things are in a supermarket.

Means of transport lesson

19: Transport: “How do you get to school?”.   Transport vocab and prepositions, how you get to school.

Explaining rules with must lesson

20: Rules with ‘must’: “Let’s go to the amusement park”.   [hide_on_uk]Favorite[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]Favourite[/hide_on_us] rides, explaining rules with “must”.

Explaining rules with must and mustn’t lesson

21: Rules with ‘must’ and ‘mustn’t’: “Snow day”.   Winter vocab, “must” and “mustn’t”, [hide_on_uk]favorite[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]favourite[/hide_on_us] winter activities.

Places and things you need lesson

22: Places and things you need: “I am going to the beach”.   Places, clothes, things you have in your bag.

Present continuous lesson

23: Present continuous: “Costume party”.   Costumes, using the present continuous to say what you are wearing.

Adjectives for describing clothes lesson

24: Adjectives for describing clothes: “What to wear?”.   Describing clothes with adjectives, writing about clothes.

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