ESL Primary 5 - Term 1 - Units 1 to 3 - Cambridge Curriculum

This Term 1 bundle for the Cambridge ESL Curriculum Primary Grade 5 includes 18 complete no-prep lessons.

These ESL lessons range from 60 to 90 minutes in length adding up to over 25 hours of lessons covering all the skills, as well as the vocabulary and language focus in line with the Cambridge Framework for this grade. These lessons also include plenty of practice through fun and engaging activities, such as games, roleplays, surveys, debates, presentations and so much more.

Program Outline
Unit 1 Focus: People - 6 Lessons (60-90 minutes)

Vocabulary: Personality - Adjectives of personality; Antonyms; Families and friends; Favourite things and people; Useful expressions for interviews;

Language Focus: Wh- Questions -ed/-ing adjectives; Dictionary definitions;

Reading and Writing skills: Read for gist; A diary page; A personal profile; Literature - Poems about special people; Use a variety of adjectives; Write a personal profile; Design a webpage;

Listening and Speaking skills: Listen for specific information; Listen to, prepare, conduct and answer an interview; Describe inspirational people;

School Subjects: Maths - Calculate dates;

Pronunciation/Word study: Intonation in question forms; Rhyming words;

Critical thinking/Values: Thinking and talking about personal qualities; Interpreting attitudes;

Unit 2 Focus: Health - 6 Lessons (60-90 minutes)

Vocabulary: Common illnesses and symptoms; Food collocations and classifiers; Food groups;

Language Focus: Quantifiers and classifiers; Countable and uncountable nouns; Should for advice;

Reading and Writing skills: Make predictions using visual clues; An article about malaria; Read a problem page in a magazine; Literature - Stone soup; Contrast linkers; Write a blog;

Listening and Speaking skills: Evaluate information; Listen and plot points on a graph; Talk about feeling unwell; Do a survey; Prepare and give a presentation;

School Subjects: Maths - Graphs and charts; Science - Health; malaria;

Pronunciation/Word study: Connected speech;

Critical thinking/Values: Healthy eating — why is it important?; Helping each other; Completing a table; Recognising symptoms; Analysing ingredients;

Unit 3 Focus: Places - 6 Lessons (60-90 minutes)

Vocabulary: City, town and country; Home appliances; Descriptive adjectives; Sequencing words;

Language Focus: Comparatives and superlatives; Subordinate clauses; Past simple;

Reading and Writing skills: Scan a text; Facts about our carbon footprint; Read a descriptive essay; Literature - The Lost City; Use paragraphs; Write a descriptive essay; Design a poster;

Listening and Speaking skills: Identify opinions; Describe places - talk about a story; Compare living in the country or city; Express opinion; Use discourse markers/sequencing words; Give presentations - My town and an eco school;

School Subjects: Science - Climate change, energy efficiency;

Pronunciation/Word study: -ed endings;

Critical thinking/Values: Looking after our environment; Advantages/disadvantages of urban/rural life; Reducing carbon footprint; How to make cities cleaner; What makes an ideal place to live?;

Complete PowerPoint lessons with answer keys and instructions (60-90 minutes)
No planning required -

NOTE: While these lessons follow the Cambridge Framework for Primary 5, they may also be suitable for students from Primary 4 or Primary 6, depending on the students’ ability.

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