BCC Intensive English Program Grade 2 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 2 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, ActivBoard, television, video, CD player.

Course Schedule:

Weeks 1-2 Oct. 28 Nov. 8

Topic Unit 7 A Trip in a Balloon In this unit students will be learning to identify food, drink and containers, months and seasons of the year, use adverbs of frequency, and use Theres or There are with countable and uncountable nouns.

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

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Unit 8 Look at the Animals!

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

Through activities in this unit students will learn Nov. 11 to identify animals, describe feelings using the past tense of the verb to be, tell time using half Nov. 22 past, comprehend a story about the past and to use the conjunction but. 5-6 Unit 9 Look! The Sea!

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

Nov. 25 In this unit students will be learning to identify sea creatures, describe things in the past with Dec. 6 there and the verb to be, use prepositions, identify animals in an aquarium and identify numbers 60-100. Reading CAT-Week 6 Unit 10- The Island 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 to use third person object pronouns with can, imperative verbs in the affirmative and negative, write information texts with labels and use the adverb too in speaking. Writing CAT-Week 7

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

Christmas and New Year Holidays Unit 11-The Boat Through activities in this unit students will learn to use regular verbs in the past tense with all pronouns, list using ordinal numbers firstseventh, identify jungle animals and their actions. Listening CAT-Week 12 Unit 12-Welcome home! In this unit students will be learning to identify food and drink items, to use more prepositions, use more regular past tense verbs and to talk about what food you like and order the food from a menu. Speaking CAT-Week 13 Unit 11 Student book p.110-117 Workbook p.102-111

13-14 Jan. 20 Jan. 31

Units 12 Student book p.118-125 Workbook p.112-121

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 Main School Final Exams Feb. 28 IEP Exam Review Week Units 7 - 12