ESL Secondary 2 - Units 3 & 4 - Rivers and coasts / Great expeditions - Cambridge Curriculum

Units 3 & 4 - Rivers and coasts/ Great expeditions -

Unit 3 Focus: Rivers and coasts - 3 Lessons (60-90 minutes)

Reading/Topic: The Nile and the ancient Egyptians, The water cycle, The Amazon river and rainforest, Robinson Crusoe Island;

Listening/Speaking: - Listening: An extract from a documentary about the Nile and the ancient Egyptians;

• Speaking: Talk about a trip, Compare and evaluate three tweets, Ask questions about geography and the natural world;

Use of English: Non-defining and defining relative clauses;

Vocabulary: Rivers and coasts (source, sediment, delta), The water cycle (condensation. evaporation);

Writing: A summary of an extract from a documentary, An account of a trip;

Project: A magazine article about a major river;

Unit 4 Focus: Great expeditions - 4 Lessons (60-90 minutes)

Reading/Topic: The sinking of the Titanic and the exploration of the wreck, Expeditions from China in the 15th century, Space exploration;

Listening/Speaking: - Listening: A radio discussion about exploring the wreck of the Titanic, A narrative describing the voyages of Zheng He’s treasure fleet, A discussion about space exploration;

• Speaking: Tell the story of the Titanic in your own words, Discuss the ethics of exploring the wreck of the Titanic, Retell the story of China’s Treasure Fleet, Discuss space exploration;

Use of English: Revision of past tenses, Sentence adverbs (though, as well), Revision of the will future;

Vocabulary: Sea voyages (fleet, liner, maiden voyage, set sail), Space exploration (solar system, planet, space station);

Writing: Predictions about space exploration;

Fiction: Chike and the River by Chinua Achebe;

Project: A great expedition;

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NOTE: While these lessons follow the Cambridge Framework for Secondary 2, they may also be suitable for students from Secondary 1 or Secondary 3, depending on the students’ ability.

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