English Banana.com Schools Scheme of Work – Beginner & Elementary Classes Week: Topic: Introductions Grammar: verb to be – positive, negative & question forms Vocabulary: greetings and introductions Social English Themes: writing a postcard personal information focus on study skills alphabet – upper and lower cases reading and listening to English every day – newspapers, magazines, internet, tv, radio, etc possessive pronouns: my, your polite function words: yes please, no thanks alphabetical order articles numbers 1-30 this / that these / those everyday objects classroom words (meta-language) & objects My friends and my family 2nd week review present simple tense family and friends introducing people question forms, e.g can I have ? describing people meeting people you don’t know yes / no questions jobs using a calendar wh- questions daily routines looking for a job me, you, him, her – object pronouns days, months and seasons punctuation marks simple common verbs using a dictionary trip to a local museum English Banana Schools English Banana.com Schools Scheme of Work – Beginner & Elementary Classes Out and about telling the time: it's countries, nationalities & languages asking “What’s the time?” there is / there are numbers 31-200 taking your driving test I would like phone numbers buying a bus / train ticket can, can't ask about travel plans booking a flight online prepositions of time transport informal conversations giving and asking for directions going on holiday booking a hotel telling the time time phrases Let’s stay in parts of a sentence home and garden reading a utility bill word order in sentence building different types of accommodation writing a cheque / other payment methods possessive pronouns: his, her, its, our, their furniture would you like ? ordinal numbers 1st-10th looking for a place to live simple conjunctions home shopping – using the internet and catalogues possessions writing a short email English Banana Schools English Banana.com Schools Scheme of Work – Beginner & Elementary Classes Get active mid-course review / test like + (verb)-ing / neg / question form hobbies, sports and activities deciding how to spend the weekend (not) very / quite + adjectives activity gerunds: cooking, cycling, etc at the swimming pool / gym adverbs of frequency adjectives & opposites frequency words: once, twice, every etc individual tutorials Hit the shops! evening trip to a concert or exhibition have you got? / I have got / She hasn’t got etc going shopping returning items to a shop places in a town at the cinema everyday signs and notices in a café / restaurant some / any prepositions of place food and drink how many? / how much? money / does ? Questions with auxiliary verbs buying food singular / plural nouns trip to a nearby town / place of interest countable / uncountable nouns I feel terrible! past simple – was, were health registering with a doctor there was / were parts of the body registering with the job centre / council tax office past simple – be, go, do, have more common verbs attending appointments and interviews English Banana Schools English Banana.com Schools Scheme of Work – Beginner & Elementary Classes past simple – regular / irregular feelings and emotions at the doctor’s / dentist’s / hospital completing simple forms Special occasions different cultures celebrate in different ways! present continuous the weather present simple or continuous? making plans for a celebration comparative adjectives + than order in a restaurant adverbs: slowly, quickly, etc more adjectives future plans with "going to" accepting / declining invitations revision of previous topics – recapping and consolidation comparative and superlative adjectives planning a party at the party finding out what the weather will be like comparing various options develop vocabulary building skills dates with ordinal numbers clothes colours Future plans future plans with "will" hopes and fears for the future future learning options future plans with "want to" short and long term goals keeping a diary intensifiers – too / really / completely etc maybe / I think so / I hope so planning education goals English Banana Schools English Banana.com Schools Scheme of Work – Beginner & Elementary Classes revision of previous topics – recapping and consolidation end of course party – organised by the students 10 Revision week practice papers practice listening tests individual tutorials revision of previous topics – recapping and consolidation mock exam/s exam/s English Banana Schools