BCC Intensive English Program Grade 1

Course Syllabus for Semester 2 / 2014-2015

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

Topic
Unit 7 Where is King Tub?

Oct. 27
Nov. 7

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

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Unit 8 This is my family

Through activities in this unit students will learn

Nov. 10 to identify family members, use I have got to

talk about possession, ask about possession

Nov. 21 using the present simple tense of have and use
possessive pronouns my and your.
5-6

Unit 9 Miss Silver

Nov. 24 In this unit students will be learning to use and

identify numbers 11-20, ask and answer using
Dec. 4 has got and talk about likes and dislikes of food.
Reading CAT-Week 6

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

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

Unit 10- The space rocket

Unit 10

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

Student book p. 102-109

Workbook p. 92-101

7-9
Dec. 8

Dec. 24
10
Dec. 29
Jan. 2
11 12

Christmas and New Year Holidays

Unit 11-Up in space

Unit 11

Jan. 5
Jan. 16

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!

Student book p.110-117

Workbook p.102-111

13-14
Jan. 19
Jan. 30

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. 2
Feb. 6

IEP Exam Review Week

Units 7 - 12

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Feb. 9 IEP Exam Week
Feb. 13
17
Feb. 16 End of Year Student Projects
Feb. 20
18
Feb.23 Main School Final Exams
Feb. 27