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Full course lessons: Age 9-12 years »
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.
All these lesson materials are in American English and British English (use the language switcher at the top to toggle between languages).
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1. Introductions and classroom objects: “Hello!”
Greetings, asking for and giving personal information, naming and spelling classroom objects, saying where things are.
3. Pronouns and personal details: “Penguins at home”
Talking and reading about penguins and puffins, asking and answering personal questions.
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1. Introductions and classroom objects: “Hello!”
Greetings, asking for and giving personal information, naming and spelling classroom objects, saying where things are.
2. Classroom objects and spelling things: “How do you spell that?”
Spelling things, saying and writing the alphabet, describing objects with colors, asking personal questions.
3. Pronouns and personal details: “Penguins at home”
Talking and reading about penguins and puffins, asking and answering personal questions.
4. Things we can and can’t do: “We can do it”
Asking about and saying what animals and people can and can’t do, saying how well you can do things.
5. Describing your home: “House and home”
Saying the rooms of a house, describing your home, reading and writing about homes.
6. Nationalities and describing your town: “Where we live”
Identifying and discussing national flags and countries, saying facilities in a town, saying where things are in a town, writing about your hometown.
7. Places and geographical features: “City and country”
Identifying capital cities and geographical features, matching countries to continents, reading a text about a country for specific information.
9. Talking about family members: “My family”
Talking about family members, reading a text about a family, writing a short text about your family.
10. Describing the weather: “Warm and sunny”
Describing different weather conditions, saying temperatures, making a weather poster, reading and writing about the climate in different seasons.
11. School subjects and timetables: “School days”
Saying the time and days of the week, talking about school subjects, writing a school timetable.
12. Daily routines (1): “Things we do”
Saying 4 times of the day, saying what time you do daily routines, describing your school routine, reading about an animal’s daily routine.
13. Daily routines (2): “Every day”
Reading texts about daily routines, saying when you do things, talking and writing about your daily routine.
14. Food and drink: “Tastes great!”
Saying the names of food and drink, reading about a local market, making questions for a food quiz.
15. Dishes from around the world: “Famous dishes”
Discussing food categories, reading and writing about dishes from around the world.
16. Cooking and recipes: “In the kitchen”
Learning words and phrases for cooking, reading and writing a blog profile and recipe, saying how to prepare a dish.
17. Toys and furniture / Prepositions of place: “Where is my game console?”
Saying the names of furniture and toys, saying where something is using ‘on’, ‘in’, ‘under’, reading about and describing a room.
18. Prepositions of place and shopping: “Let’s go to the supermarket”
Reviewing the names of food, saying where things are using prepositions of place, describing what there is around you in a supermarket.
19. Transport: “How do you get to school?”
Saying names of transport, saying the correct preposition when using transport, writing about your country and how you get to school.
20. Rules with ‘must’: “Let’s go to the amusement park”
Learning words on the topic of amusement parks, speaking about [hide_on_uk]favorite[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]favourite[/hide_on_us] rides, explaining rules with “must”.
21. Rules with ‘must’ and ‘mustn’t’: “Snow day”
Learning words and verbs associated with winter, explaining rules with “must” and “mustn’t”, speaking about [hide_on_uk]favorite[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]favourite[/hide_on_us] winter activities.
22. Places and things you need: “I am going to the beach”
Learning about different places, talking about wearing different clothes, speaking about the things you have in your bag.
23. Present continuous: “Costume party”
Learning about different costumes, using the present continuous to say what you are wearing.
24. Adjectives for describing clothes: “What to wear?”
Describing clothes with adjectives, using opposite adjectives, writing about different clothes.
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