ESL Secondary 1 - Term 1 - Units 1 to 6 - Cambridge Curriculum

This Term 1 bundle for the Cambridge ESL Curriculum Secondary 1 (Grade 7) includes 20 complete no-prep lessons.

These ESL lessons range from 60 to 90 minutes in length adding up to around 30 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: Meeting and greeting - 3 Lessons (60-90 minutes)

Reading/Topic: Customs or meeting and greeting; Special greetings and social expressions; A quiz on social customs and politeness; Gift-giving and famous gifts in history;

Listening/Speaking: - Listening: Responding to social scenarios with an appropriate expression; Customs associated with gift-giving in India;

• Speaking: Greet people formally and informally; Talk about ways of greeting; Make up and roleplay dialogues using special greetings and social expressions; Talk about gift-giving;

Use of English: Modals: should, can, could, may

Vocabulary: Greetings and ways of greeting (nod your head, shake hands); Social expressions (Congratulations!, Have a nice weekend.);

Writing: A paragraph about meeting and greeting people in your culture;

Unit 2 Focus: Personal Identity - 4 Lessons (60-90 minutes)

Reading/Topic: Life at school First impressions: the first few weeks at secondary school; A scientific approach to family history;

Listening/Speaking: - Listening: A conversation between two students doing a class survey;

• Speaking: Ask and answer questions in a class survey; Ask and answer questions about family members;

Use of English: Present perfect for situations continuing up to now; Apostrophes ‘s and s’ ;

Vocabulary: Family

Writing: A description of your family; A profile of the oldest person in your family;

Unit 3 Focus: Clothing and accessories - 3 Lessons (60-90 minutes)

Reading/Topic: Clothes and fashion; The clothes and accessories of the ancient Egyptians; An advert for an accessory;

Listening/Speaking: - Listening: Clothes from around the world; Adverts for accessories;

• Speaking: Give your views on clothes and fashion; Give your views on accessories; Talk about clothes from around the world;

Use of English: Phrasal verbs (shop for, try on); Present passive, including modals with passive (it can be worn with …);

Vocabulary: Clothes and parts of clothes (sleeve, button); Materials (cotton, gold);

Writing: A paragraph about your attitudes to clothes and fashion; A paragraph about a traditional item of clothing;

Unit 4 Focus: Outdoor pursuits - 4 Lessons (60-90 minutes)

Reading/Topic: Outdoor sports and activities in New Zealand; An article in a travel magazine; Messages and other documents relating to a holiday; Activity holidays; School trips;

Listening/Speaking: - Listening: A conversation about an adventure holiday; Information about a school trip;

• Speaking: Describe sports and outdoor pursuits; Ask and answer about experiences (Have you ever …?); Talk about what you’ll be doing at a certain time;

Use of English: Present perfect with ever; Expressing the future; -ing forms as subjects, objects and after a preposition;

Vocabulary: Outdoor pursuits; Outdoor survival skills;

Writing: Sentences about what you like doing and are good at;

Unit 5 Focus: Transport Systems - 3 Lessons (60-90 minutes)

Reading/Topic: An article about transport systems around the world; A brief history of public transport; Road signs and road safety;

Listening/Speaking: - Listening: An account of the first hot-air balloon flights; A discussion about road safety;

• Speaking: Describe types of transport; Talk about the advantages of different kinds of transport;

Use of English: Past simple passive (with by); wish (that) + past simple;

Vocabulary: Types of transport and words related to transport (passenger, fare); Traditional and historic means of transport (raft, locomotive); Traffic signs;

Writing: An account of the first hot-air balloon flights; A’‘wish list’ for your school;

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

Reading/Topic: Street maps and transport maps; Map reading; A newspaper report of a mountain rescue;

Listening/Speaking: - Listening: A phone conversation about finding your way in a city; A phone conversation about travelling on the subway/metro; A radio news report of a mountain rescue;

• Speaking: Role play a conversation about finding your way and travelling in a city;

Use of English: Prepositions to do with travel (on the subway, get on/off); Comparative adjectives using much … than and (not) as … as; Past continuous, including passive form;

Vocabulary: Places and buildings in a town or city; Symbols and places on a map;

Writing: Write down the details of a phone conversation;

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

NOTE: While these lessons follow the Cambridge Framework for Secondary 1, they may also be suitable for students from Primary 6 or Secondary 2, depending on the students’ ability.

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