Messages Book 1 EAL Scheme of Work, A1 Entry Level / Breakthrough
EAL A1 Entry Level Scheme of Work Messages Book 1, Beginners English Module 1 “Facts” Messages Book 1 EAL Module 1 “Facts” About the module:
A1 Entry / Breakthrough Level Module 1: Facts Unit 1: What do you remember? Unit 2: Are you ready? • •
Geography Rhythm drill: word stress
The module is divided into two units. The first is to discover what English, if any, the students already know by making short sentences Listening and reading skills: and giving personal information. The second unit builds on the first and • Punctuation also requires students to ask and give personal information. • Listen to and understand a song • Read a letter in English Learning outcomes: • Life and culture: Alphabet world Grammar: • Read an e-mail • I’m / I live / I’ve got • Listen to an interview for a student survey • He / She ….. His / Her • Listen to a radio quiz • Classroom language • Life and culture: The UK • Can: asking for permission and help • Be: affirmative, negative, questions, short answers • Questions with “What”, “Where”, “Who” and “When” • Singular and plural nouns ©Cambridge University Press 2008 PHOTOCOPIABLE
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Vocabulary and pronunciation: • Numbers and dates • The alphabet • Things in the classroom • Members of a band • Interests and activities • Countries and cities
Communicative Tasks: • Introductions • Ask and answer questions about other people • Write a letter to an English friend • Ask for and give information • Write about an imaginary band • Describe interests • Talk about cities and countries Where the module fits in • Play a quiz game Each “Messages” module is divided into two units. Each unit is further subdivided into three steps. Students are introduced to the learning This module is expected to take approximately 15 hours outcomes and are then taken through a series of related exercises. Resources They are expected to compile a portfolio of personal information at the Resources include: end of each module entitled “All about me”. This coursework is based on • “Messages 1” Student Book the language covered earlier. Also at the end of each module, students’ • “Messages 1” Workbook progress is assessed in a review. A record card is then completed by • “Messages 1” Teacher’s Book each student and is kept with the portfolio. • “Messages 1” Teacher’s Resource Pack
Expectations At the end of this module: most students will: be able to form simple sentences in which they give personal information. They will be able to communicate in the classroom in English, ask questions, and understand spellings, numbers and dates. They will be able to use simple negatives, and be able to talk and answer questions about their interests and activities. some students will not have made so much progress and will: only be able to answer simple questions relating to their name, road, town, and being at school. some students will have progressed further and will: be able to speak
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“Messages 1” Audio CD “Infoquest” www.cambridge.org/elt/messages/infoquest www.cambridge.org/elt/messages/teacherquest www.cambridge.org/elt/messages A1 Reader: “Bad Love” A1 Reader: “Blood Diamonds” A1 Reader: “Dirty Money” A1 Reader: “Don’t stop now” A1 Reader: “Help!” A1 Reader: “Hotel Casanova” A1 Reader: “Inspector Logan” A1 Reader: “John Doe” A1 Reader: “Just like a movie” A1 Reader: “Let me out” Module 1 “Facts” Page 2
more fluently giving not only their name and age, but also their birthday and those of others in their family. They will be able to speak in some detail about their interests and activities. They will be able to express opinions and give descriptions of their town and school.
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A1 Reader: “Next door to love” A1 Reader: “Parallel” A1 Reader: “The big picture” A1 Reader: “The Penang file” A1 Reader: “Three tomorrows”
Prior learning It is assumed that students who study using “Messages 1” will have little or no English language skills. By following Book 1 for a maximum of 90 hours, they will acquire the necessary survival language in order to be able to cope in most lessons.
Out-of-school learning Students could extend their “All about me” coursework by adding information about their home countries and cities. They could research and include extra details about their activities and interests.
Future learning It is assumed that students will continue to work through the six “Messages 1” modules before being fully integrated into mainstream lessons.
“Britishness” The following elements of Britishness are taught in this Module: • Manners • Special days • The United Kingdom • Landmarks • Refugees • Superstitions
“Irishness” There is an extra element of Irishness available for this Module: • The Republic of Ireland
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Learning objectives Students should learn to ask and answer basic questions when meeting and greeting someone. how people meet and greet in the UK compared with their own country. to say and write the alphabet.
Possible teaching activities Students meet and greet other students previously unknown to them. Students practise the phrases, shaking hands in groups of four. Students ask other students for their name. Song. Use video/authentic television of people introducing themselves, e.g. game shows. alphabet games, songs, chants.
Learning outcomes Students conduct conversations using “hello” “how are you” etc. respond to the question “Who is this”? note down or circle a name from your own country.
Points to note Citizenship: when highlighting cultural differences, such as how people meet and greet, teachers should try to break down national stereotypes. Students should learn to celebrate diversity and to see the benefits of other people’s customs where they differ from their own.
understand pronunciation of the alphabet and pronounce and use letters for themselves, responding to the question, “How do you spell it?”
Simulate telephone introductions and spell out names.
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Learning objectives Students should learn
Possible teaching activities
to give and respond to basic greetings and instructions.
Demonstrate greetings with gestures. Teacher models with someone unknown to class, e.g. older student.
Learning outcomes Students conduct brief conversations as questioner/respondent from memory.
Points to note Students could copy model conversations to practise aloud and learn at home. Encourage active learning, e.g. covering up key words, getting parents to help.
Show pictures of famous faces to elicit answer to “What is your name?” Photographs of famous people on paper plates can be effective for presentation of the model conversation. Use video or audiotapes of authentic exchanges. Show link between phrases/sentences and words, pointing to the written forms as they are spoken aloud. Students practise the phrases, shaking hands in groups of four.
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Learning objectives Students should learn to understand and use basic questions and answers to give personal information, including numbers.
Possible teaching activities Teach numbers 1–20. Write the numbers on the board in random order, and then erase them. Ask students to reinstate the numbers from memory. Count against the clock; do simple mental arithmetic; give initial or final sound of number, students complete. Build knowledge of numbers into phrase “I am … years old”. Extend numbers up to 31 using similar activities. An introductory activity can be to use the students’ own birthdays to present the months. Display an IAW grid with two columns headed Name and Birthday. The second column has the birth dates of students in the class. Slowly reveal the dates and ask, “Whose birthday is on the 9th March?” and so on, filling in the names of the students. Rehearse the names of the months with an identification
Learning outcomes Students understand and respond to numbers in simple plurals in classroom instructions.
Points to note For the activity using the internet remind students of effective search techniques on the internet or when using paper-based sources.
ask and answer, “How old are you?” orally and in writing. respond to page number instructions. ask and answer around the class, “When is your birthday?” and understand dates. say and write dates.
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game, and then extrapolate the form for giving the date. Ask the students to practise in pairs. Students conduct a survey around the class, asking, “When is your birthday?” collecting at least five dates and check their answers on the IAW or board. Ask each student to say their own birthday. Then ask them to arrange themselves in birth date order and say the date out loud. Use the internet or other sources to find birth dates of famous people. Play “Who am I?”: students ask each other, “When is your birthday?” and give the answer appropriate to a particular famous person. Students identify the person from an OHT/worksheet and greet the person accordingly. Teach how to give dates using a calendar. Students practise orally and in writing.
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Learning objectives Students should learn to understand and use the words for classroom objects. how to use the indefinite and definite articles. techniques for remembering vocabulary and spelling.
Possible teaching activities Guessing games (hidden flash cards, objects pictured at an unusual angle, slow reveal on overhead projector or being revealed from behind another object on the interactive whiteboard). Students share strategies for memorising the spellings and meanings of the words, e.g. similarities to own language, colour-coding. Picture bingo: students can take the part of the bingo caller. Pair work asking for classroom objects.
Learning outcomes Students respond to “Is it a…?” questions with “yes / no”. respond to “Is it a … or …?” with “It’s a …”. respond to “What’s this?” with “It’s a…”. ask for objects with “I’d like a … please” and “a … please” and “have you got a … please?” with “Yes, I’ve got…”.
Points to note When introducing classroom objects, it is useful to plan a sequence of activities which progresses from single word level to statement level to short dialogue level, so that students can rapidly use newly acquired language for real purposes in the classroom. When setting a ‘learning homework’ teachers should help students by recommending different approaches, and the time to take over it, as well as indicating how it will be assessed, e.g. Will spelling be important or just meaning? Precise guidance on what is required in a homework is important.
‘Hotter and colder’ game with hidden objects.
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Learning objectives Students should learn how to ask for help if required and understand the teacher’s brief enquiries.
Possible teaching activities Set up deliberate problems and situations to elicit specific phrases. Teacher demonstrates how to express a problem by acting the part of a student.
Learning outcomes Students understand and reply to general queries. use words and phrases of everyday classroom context.
Points to note This is a good opportunity for teachers to try to praise or reward students for using the target language spontaneously.
Presentation/repetition games where the teacher speaks very quickly or very softly.
Learning objectives Students should learn numbers 1–20 and how to use them to express their age and the number of classroom objects. strategies for memorising numbers.
Possible teaching activities Number games. Counting games, counting against the clock; chanting (slowly, softly, loudly). Pair work asking and answering the question “How old are you?”
Learning outcomes Students ask the question “How old are you?” orally and in writing and answer. use numbers in sentences.
Points to note Ideas for number games might be sought from primary schools teaching the National Numeracy Strategy, e.g. answering with number cards; waiting five seconds before putting hands up.
ask and answer the question “How many pens?” with “There are X pens”.
Students are given objects sealed into envelopes; they feel the packet to identify what is inside and try to count how many objects there are.
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Learning objectives Students should learn to construct simple sentences by combining a small range of phrases with a noun or series of nouns.
Possible teaching activities
Learning outcomes Students
Cumulative sentence game, e.g. “I went to market to buy ...”.
build up sentences in spoken and written English.
Pointing as a whole class: “Where is the…?” Learning objectives Students should learn
Possible teaching activities
that they must match subject and verb forms, and how to do so in these contexts (first and second person singular only).
Encourage students to spot the differences in verb forms for first and second person singular using examples encountered so far.
Learning objectives Students should learn how to give the date (days, months and numbers up to 31). how to ask for and give birth dates.
Possible teaching activities Counting/number games and songs. Giving rugby scores using British teams and newspaper photos. Students say on which day certain TV programmes are broadcast. To introduce the months of the year, present the birth dates of famous American and British stars, showing a picture of each person and giving the date in figures, e.g.
Learning outcomes Students
Points to note It is important, even at this early stage, to show students that they are able to generate their own sentences by combining different elements.
Points to note
understand and use verb forms correctly.
Learning Outcomes Students
Points to note
understand and note down a number from 1 to 31. write the day and date when required, including for each piece of work. ask and answer the question “When is your birthday?” understand dates and people's birthdays. Module 1 “Facts” Page 10
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3/9/72. Students progress to listening to a tape of famous men and women, e.g. sports personalities, giving details of their birthdays. Students listen and identify who is talking. Students arrange themselves into birth date order around the class. Students can note their own birthdays on a card in figures. These can then be used for birthday bingo. Students ask and answer around the class, in the form of a survey, the question “When is your birthday?” They then choose three of their answers and fill them in on their three-in-a-row bingo card, e.g. 3.9 / 9.4 / 20.10. Learning objectives Students should learn correct pronunciation and intonation for the words and phrases covered in the module. to use their knowledge of the complexity of English sound/spelling and stress rules.
Possible teaching activities Aural discrimination exercises: students guess sounds or words by watching the teacher’s or another student’s mouth movement. To practise rising intonation to form questions, students work in
Learning outcomes Students have satisfactory pronunciation and intonation for the language covered in this module.
Points to note Pronunciation and vocabulary for classroom commands should be taught progressively throughout the module.
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the way English can use intonation to form a question. Learning objectives Students should learn to use a steadily increasing number of phrases to conduct classroom business, including working with a partner.
pairs constructing questions which require the answer yes or no.
Possible teaching activities Students answer the register in English. Deliberately set work for which students must request certain materials.
Learning outcomes Students understand instructions. use some everyday words and phrases.
Points to note Students need to learn taskspecific language, including the teacher’s instructions, in order to be able to sustain the use of English in the classroom. Planning requires systematic analysis of students’ language needs.
Introduce the language of pair work, e.g. “Who starts? You or me?”
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9. Classroom language
8. Capital letters
7. Prepositions in, on, at
6. Plural nouns
5. The verb “be”
4. Can I…please?
3. Dates
2. Numbers
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Entry Level Assessment Review Module 1: Facts Unit 1: What do you remember? Unit 2: Are you ready? 1. The English Alphabet
Messages Book 1 Staff EAL Mark Sheet Module 1 “Facts”
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I am a beginner A1 Entry Level Module 1: Facts
Messages Book 1 Student Record Card Module 1: “Facts” First name:………………………………………………………………………………. Last name:………………………………………………………………………………
Module 2: Things and people Module 3: Daily life Module 4: Inside and outside Module 5: Today and tomorrow Module 6: Looking back I am no longer a beginner A2 Level 1 / Preliminary
Tutor Group: ………………
In this module you have learnt: • To make sentences in English • To tell the class about yourself • To talk to your teacher in English • To understand a letter in English • To ask and answer personal questions • To understand and use numbers • To say the date • To spell words in English • To ask for permission and help • To ask for and give information • To write about an imaginary pop group • To ask and answer questions about your interests • To talk about facts • To play a quiz game
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Listening Reading Speaking Writing
“All about me” portfolio
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EAL A1 Entry Level Scheme of Work Messages Book 1, Beginners English Module 2 “Things and People” Messages Book 1 EAL Module 2 “Things and People” About the module:
A1 Entry / Breakthrough Level Module 2: Things and People Unit 3: What have you got? Unit 4: Descriptions • •
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The module is divided into two units. The first introduces everyday vocabulary for objects which most students possess. The second Listening and reading skills: concerns asking about and describing objects and people. • Listen for specific information • Read an announcement Learning outcomes: • Story: “The Silent Powers” Chapters 1 and 2 Grammar: • Life and culture: Collections • Have got • Read a “Happiness recipe” • A, an, some, any • Listen to personal descriptions • Possessives, ‘s • Listen to and understand a song • Possessive adjectives • Life and culture: London • This / these / that / those • What is / are … like? • Has got • Adjectives ©Cambridge University Press 2008 PHOTOCOPIABLE
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Vocabulary and pronunciation: • Everyday things • Families • Rhythm drill: plural nouns • Appearance and personality • The body • I’ve got a headache / cold
Where the module fits in
Communicative tasks: • Talk about possessions and things you use at school • Say who something belongs to • Write a description of a family • Ask about and describe things • Write a “Happiness recipe” • Describe someone’s appearance and personality • Write about an imaginary person
Each “Messages” module is divided into two units. Each unit is further subdivided into three steps. Students are introduced to the learning This module is expected to take approximately 15 hours outcomes and are then taken through a series of related exercises. They are expected to compile a portfolio of personal information at the Resources end of each module entitled “All about me”. This coursework is based on Resources include: the language covered earlier. Also at the end of each module, students’ • “Messages 1” Student Book progress is assessed in a review. A record card is then completed by • “Messages 1” Workbook each student and is kept with the portfolio. • “Messages 1” Teacher’s Book • “Messages 1” Teacher’s Resource Pack • “Messages 1” Audio CD Expectations • “Infoquest” www.cambridge.org/elt/messages/infoquest At the end of this module: • www.cambridge.org/elt/messages/teacherquest most students will: be able to name the objects they bring to College. • www.cambridge.org/elt/messages They will be able to name and write about the members in an extended • A1 Reader: “Bad Love” family. They will be able to describe people’s character and appearance • A1 Reader: “Blood Diamonds” and say how they feel. • A1 Reader: “Dirty Money” • A1 Reader: “Don’t stop now” some students will not have made so much progress and will: be able • A1 Reader: “Help!” only to name classroom objects, people in an immediate family and • A1 Reader: “Hotel Casanova” some parts of the body. They will only be able to say whether • A1 Reader: “Inspector Logan” something is good or bad, but will not be able to progress to • A1 Reader: “John Doe” descriptions. • A1 Reader: “Just like a movie” ©Cambridge University Press 2008 PHOTOCOPIABLE
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some students will have progressed further and will: be able to write a full description of their families including details such as likes and dislikes, appearance, and character. They will be able to talk about illnesses and give a brief report of an accident which has resulted in an injury. They will be able to comment on healthy and unhealthy lifestyles.
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A1 Reader: “Let me out” A1 Reader: “Next door to love” A1 Reader: “Parallel” A1 Reader: “The big picture” A1 Reader: “The Penang file” A1 Reader: “Three tomorrows”
Prior learning It is assumed that students who study using “Messages 1” will have little or no English language skills. By following Book 1 for a maximum of 90 hours, they will acquire the necessary survival language in order to be able to cope in most lessons.
Out-of-school learning
Future learning It is assumed that students will continue to work through the following five “Messages 1” modules before being fully integrated into normal mainstream lessons.
Students could extend their “All about me” coursework by adding information about their home countries and cities. They could research “Britishness” and include information about a famous person from their own country The following elements of Britishness are taught in this module: and give their opinion as to his / her character. • Family life • Birthdays • Pets • How much do things cost? • Musical artists
“Irishness” There is an extra element of Irishness available for this Module: • How much do things cost?
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Learning objectives Students should learn to talk and write about themselves, family, friends, pets and cartoon characters, including simple descriptions using is + adjective and possessives (first/second person). to use the modifiers “very” and “quite”.
Possible teaching activities
Learning outcomes Students
Students build up sentences adding adjectives each time, e.g. I am tall..., I am tall and intelligent.
show a photograph of family and say, “This is my family. The dog is called… He is nice but stupid.”
Match written/spoken text to photographs of people or pictures of cartoon characters. Then ask students to write their own statements or short paragraphs for a matching game, using familiar characters or their own family details. The modifiers “very” and “quite” can be introduced as appropriate. Discuss family photographs in groups, introducing and describing other families/pets. Video presentation: students describe their family and pets in English using a piece of family video without the sounds.
write a similar short description of a family photograph using starter prompts or a model.
Points to note My / your can be introduced with known classroom objects. Students can be asked to describe famous families, e.g. from soap operas, rather than their own. Third-person accounts could be practised using text-manipulation software.
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Students listen to/read firstperson accounts and transfer them to third person using pronouns. Students use a simplified word list to check meanings and find new adjectives. Learning objectives Students should learn to listen to or read about people talking about themselves, family, etc to consolidate language covered so far.
Possible teaching activities Students listen to English speakers talking about themselves and their family (using the kind of language covered in Units 1 and 2 and this unit) and complete a grid to show their comprehension, noting details such as names and ages of brothers and sisters, pets, etc.
Learning outcomes Students
Points to note
show that they understand items of information, e.g. My brother is four years old and is nice. He is called James.
Students complete a true/false exercise. Students complete unfinished words in a text.
Learning objectives Students should learn how to initiate and develop simple conversations by using a greeting,
Possible teaching activities
Learning outcomes Students
Points to note
Revise and practise questions and answers covered so far. Transcribe
initiate conversations with questions such as, “Hello. What is
Show use of connectives between nouns to form lists, and between
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asking questions and using the connective “and”.
examples to the IAW, inserting large-scale AND and BUT, demonstrating the effects on the quality of language produced and on adjacent words. Highlight correct intonation in questions and statements.
your name?” “Have you got any brothers or sisters?” “What are their names?” answer with statements such as, “I’ve got a brother but no sisters. He is called John and he’s 14. He is intelligent and sporty.”
clauses to make extended statements. Do not assume that students will use these words automatically. Stress the value of extending what is said and written.
Ask students to draft and redraft a series of interview questions using a word processor. Build up a wall display of written descriptions (correct English redrafted using a word processor if possible) of students and families/pets, etc illustrated by photos. Students talk about their own/others’ families to a visiting teacher (or record commentaries, or use multimedia software or video camera if available).
Learning objectives Students should learn to talk about healthy and unhealthy activities (some new, some encountered before).
Possible teaching activities Use cartoons/photos/video clips of different people doing different things which can be categorised as healthy/unhealthy.
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Learning outcomes Students
Points to note
show understanding of phrases such as, “He smokes lots of cigarettes”, “He does little sport” and use these phrases. Module 2 “Things and People” Page 6
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Say and mime new activities. Ask students to write down the activity under headings healthy/unhealthy. For students needing more support provide a list of activities from which they can select and copy. Students repeat phrases as if they were a heavy smoker, e.g. with a smoker’s cough, or as if they were very unfit, etc. Students describe what friends or different members of their family do. Other students in the class make a judgement: “That’s healthy/unhealthy”. Using written descriptions of people carrying out healthy or unhealthy activities, students create and play a board game ‘Keep Fit’.
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Learning objectives Students should learn to adapt previously learnt structures, to describe causes and effects of lifestyles.
Possible teaching activities
Learning outcomes Students
Students match statements to conclusions.
link cause and effect to produce sentences.
Points to note Let students use their imagination. Several inferences can be made from one item, or lack of items.
Students analyse the contents of a bag or list and make up statements about the owner’s lifestyle. Students are given different lists of five things selected from a common list. Working in pairs, they ask and answer questions about what they do/don’t have from this list and then summarise what their partner has said, drawing conclusions about their lifestyle. Students write up their findings. Students listen to young people talking about aspects of their lifestyle, and explain how they are healthy or unhealthy. Students explain in English the reasons for their conclusions.
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Learning objectives Students should learn to apply new language to PSHE, science, and design and technology materials.
Possible teaching activities Select ten facts from an English fact sheet on healthy lifestyles. Students highlight key words and concepts from the ten facts in English. They brainstorm their ideas and use dictionaries / glossaries to help. Present the same ten facts in a different order on a separate sheet. Students place them in the correct order.
Learning outcomes Students show understanding of what they learn in other subjects, expressed in simple English.
Points to note The fact sheet activity could be presented using a word processor. Students use cut and paste techniques to match the statements. Where students suggest other materials, teachers should guide them carefully, to avoid overuse of dictionaries, etc.
Underline and number several phrases from the English text. On a separate sheet the first half of each phrase is given in column 1. Column 2 is blank. Column 3 has the second half of each phrase, but jumbled up. Students copy the correct half of each phrase in column 2. Students can draw further on materials they have encountered in other lessons, and try to summarise them simply.
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Learning objectives Students should learn to understand and use the words for possessions. how to use the indefinite and definite articles. techniques for remembering vocabulary and spelling.
Possible teaching activities Guessing games (hidden flash cards, objects pictured at an unusual angle, slow reveal on overhead projector or being revealed from behind another object on the interactive whiteboard). Students share strategies for memorising the spellings and meanings of the words, e.g. similarities to own language, colour-coding. Picture bingo: students can take the part of the bingo caller. Pair work asking for classroom objects.
Learning outcomes Students respond to “Is it a…?” questions with “yes / no…”. respond to “Is it a … or a …?” with “It’s a …”. respond to “What’s this?” with “It’s a…”. ask for objects with “I’d like a …. please" and “A … please” and “Have you a … please?” with “Yes, I’ve got…”.
Points to note When introducing objects, it is useful to plan a sequence of activities which progresses from single word level to statement level to short dialogue level, so that students can rapidly use newly acquired language for real purposes in the classroom. When setting a ‘learning homework’ teachers should help students by recommending different approaches, and the time to take over it, as well as indicating how it will be assessed, e.g. Will spelling be important or just meaning? Precise guidance on what is required in a homework is important.
‘Hotter and colder’ game with hidden objects.
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Learning objectives Students should learn
Possible teaching activities
how to use simple verbs to express an opinion, in the positive and negative, followed by the definite article.
Present school subjects using students’ own timetables with reference to their own teachers’ names.
how to ask simple questions about people’s likes and dislikes.
Students make a presentation in speech and writing about school staff.
Learning outcomes Students
Points to note
understand and form statements and questions about people’s opinions on school subjects.
Students work in pairs, each having a version of the same timetable, with different blanks. They fill in the blanks by questioning their partner. Students listen to youngsters talking about the subjects they like and dislike, noting the information on a grid, then give a brief résumé or in writing, using the first person. Encourage students to change the person of the verb. Students interview each other about their likes and dislikes and report back results.
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Noughts & crosses in reverse, i.e. students form the appropriate negative to have the cross or nought removed & replaced by their team colour. A simpler activity is to match speech bubbles to picture clues. Another simplified activity is for students to listen to a tape of likes and dislikes and look at a picture transcript of what they hear. They tick if the picture clues match what is said and cross if the pictures do not match. Learning objectives Students should learn how to ask why and give a simple reason for their opinion. to adapt language previously learnt.
Possible teaching activities Give students about 10–15 adjectives to describe lessons and teachers. They find them in the glossary and classify them as positive or negative. Some students may use the glossary or a small dictionary unaided to add to this list, words of their own choosing. This activity could be organised as a Beat the Clock game with
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Learning outcomes Students understand questions and express opinions with reasons and understand others doing the same with statements. use a dictionary to find and use their own adjectives.
Points to note Topics covered in earlier units could be revisited here, e.g. describing family members, friends, pets, giving simple opinions. This will help reinforce the principle that language is not confined to one specific topic.
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contestants, e.g. groups of students with word cards, arranging words into positive or negative categories, from memory or with support. Students read and understand letters or e-mails from students about their likes and dislikes, with simple opinions on lessons and teachers. Students pick out a range of words/phrases to indicate likes/dislikes/opinions and adapt these for their own purposes. Some students could underline in a given colour anything that the students like and, choosing a different colour, underline anything they do not like. Using a writing frame students produce their own e-mail. Some students may require a menu of language from which to choose an appropriate statement. Students prepare short descriptions of different members of staff and present them to the class, which has to guess the ŠCambridge University Press 2008 PHOTOCOPIABLE
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teacher’s identity. Students prepare guided role plays/sketches or a cartoon featuring naughty students and angry teacher, drawing on known language. Students use similes to describe subjects and staff. Learning objectives Students should learn
Possible teaching activities
Learning outcomes Students
to ask and answer questions about specific illnesses/complaints.
Students mime and say problems out loud in pairs.
ask and answer questions about how they are feeling.
to initiate and develop conversations about illnesses.
‘In the doctor’s waiting room’ mime game: students mime symptoms for their team to identify (whole-class activity).
ask and answer questions, with details... “because I ate too many sweets”, “… for two or three days”.
to use language creatively and imaginatively in the context of health.
Doctors and nurses group practice activity: four students – patient, friend, nurse, doctor. One student acts out a symptom; second student identifies the symptom.
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understand or offer advice and remedies.
Once they feel confident about rules with a few parts of the body, half the class could look up ‘from the neck up’ words, the other look up ‘from the neck down’ ones; students able to apply pronunciation rules to each new word can teach what they have found to the rest of the class.
use and adapt language learnt for their own purpose.
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long the illness has lasted, reasons why they are unwell and simple remedies. Each type of card has a different category, students build up sentences. Cards can be differentiated, e.g. some with symbols; some with words; some with phrases. Role play, e.g. at doctor’s, chemist’s, pen friend’s home, with visual clues and stimuli. Comic sketch in doctor’s surgery or hospital. In preparing this, students use dictionaries to find new vocabulary, e.g. for symptoms or parts of the body. The activity can be extended with follow-up role plays in which students describe what they did/did not do to get better. Learning objectives Students should learn to listen, understand and respond to advertisements. to vary language from this topic to suit the world of advertising.
Possible teaching activities
Learning outcomes Students
Students needing additional support could play a board game where they advance if they land on a remedy, move back if they land on an ailment. The winner is the first person to leave the doctor’s
understand phrases such as “don’t hesitate to…” and “don’t forget to…”. to incorporate such phrases into the language of this unit to make up their own slogans.
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to read authentic texts on the subject of health.
surgery. understand, e.g. adverts, labels on Students note key points of simple medical products, short articles. messages/adverts which they read, e.g. in a magazine or on a website, or hear, e.g. on TV or radio. Students make a tape or video advertising a product. Students design a poster to advertise a product. Read for gist and/or detail an advert for a product or an article on a ‘lifestyle’ subject. Encourage students to find key language, not to be put off by unknown words and phrases.
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7. Adjectives
6. this / that / these / those
5. Possessive ‘s
4. Possessive adjectives
3. some / any
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Last name:……………………………………………………………………………… Tutor Group: ……………… In this module you have learnt: • Names of everyday things • Have got / has got + a / an; some / any • To talk about possessions and things you use at College • Possessive ‘s and possessive adjectives • This / these / that / those • To identify things and to say who something belongs to • The names of members of a family • To write a description of a family • Adjectives • What is / are … like? • To ask about and describe things • To talk about a person’s appearance and personality • Parts of the body • Adjectives describing how you feel • Have got + a headache / cold • To say how you feel • To write a description of an imaginary person Module 2 “Things and People” Page 18
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EAL A1 Entry Level Scheme of Work Messages Book 1, Beginners English Module 3 “Daily Life” Messages Book 1 EAL Module 3 “Daily Routine”
A1 Entry / Breakthrough Level Module 3: Daily Routine Unit 5: My world Unit 6: I’m usually late!
Listening and reading skills: • Read about British teenagers The module is divided into two units. The first introduces everyday • Listen to and understand a song activities which most students will do either at College or at home. The • Story: “The Silent Powers” Chapters 3 and 4 second extends this further with domestic chores and exercise. • Life and culture: Schools • Read and listen to a questionnaire Learning outcomes: • Listen to a conversation about meals Grammar: • Read a report about food in the UK • Present simple: affirmative, negative, questions, short answers • Listen to a description of someone’s day • Revision of question forms • Wh- questions Communicative tasks: • Present simple + frequency adverbs • Describe things you do • Have + a meal etc. • Write about teenagers
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Vocabulary and pronunciation: • Things you do regularly • Scary things • Verb + /s/ /z/ /iz/ • Stress and intonation in questions • Food, drink and meals • The time • Daily routines • Rhythm drill: vowel sounds
Where the module fits in Each “Messages” module is divided into two units. Each unit is further subdivided into three steps. Students are introduced to the learning outcomes and are then taken through a series of related exercises. They are expected to compile a portfolio of personal information at the end of each module entitled “All about me”. This coursework is based on the language covered earlier. Also at the end of each module, students’ progress is assessed in a review. A record card is then completed by each student and is kept with the portfolio.
Expectations At the end of this module: most students will: be able to talk about the things they do, their habits, likes and dislikes concerning food and drink. They will be able to write about food and drink and understand the time. some students will not have made so much progress and will: be able to tell the time, talk about some of the things they do, and recognise basic foods and drinks. some students will have progressed further and will: be able to make ©Cambridge University Press 2008 PHOTOCOPIABLE
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Talk about things you eat and drink Write a report about food Ask for and tell the time Describe daily routines
This module is expected to take approximately 15 hours
Resources Resources include: • “Messages 1” Student Book • “Messages 1” Workbook • “Messages 1” Teacher’s Book • “Messages 1” Teacher’s Resource Pack • “Messages 1” Audio CD • “Infoquest” www.cambridge.org/elt/messages/infoquest • www.cambridge.org/elt/messages/teacherquest • www.cambridge.org/elt/messages • A1 Reader: “Bad Love” • A1 Reader: “Blood Diamonds” • A1 Reader: “Dirty Money” • A1 Reader: “Don’t stop now” • A1 Reader: “Help!” • A1 Reader: “Hotel Casanova” • A1 Reader: “Inspector Logan” • A1 Reader: “John Doe” • A1 Reader: “Just like a movie” • A1 Reader: “Let me out” • A1 Reader: “Next door to love” • A1 Reader: “Parallel” • A1 Reader: “The big picture” • A1 Reader: “The Penang file” Module 3 “Daily Life” Page 2
comparisons between their own countries and the UK with regard to daily routines and food and drink.
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Future learning Prior learning
It is assumed that students will continue to work through the following four “Messages 1” modules before being fully integrated into normal mainstream lessons.
It is assumed that students who study using “Messages 1” will have little or no English language skills. By following Book 1 for a maximum of 90 “Britishness” hours, they will acquire the necessary survival language in order to be The following elements of Britishness are taught in this module: able to cope in most lessons. • Schools • Food and drink Out-of-school learning • Daily routine Students could extend their “All about me” coursework by adding • Transport information about their home countries and cities. They could research and include information about food and drink, perhaps with recipes or an “Irishness” analysis of which country has the healthier diet, their own or the UK. There is an extra element of Irishness available for this Module: They could compare their own lifestyle in the UK with that of their • Schools country of origin.
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Learning objectives Students should learn to use verbs within the context of daily routine in the home, e.g. in the style of ‘Mr. Men’.
Possible teaching activities Introduce new structures, using video sequence or actions, providing phrases as commentary. Students write up phrases.
Learning outcomes Students
Points to note For the activity on short passages students could use a word processor to write a description of the active person and transform it into a description of a lazy person.
Revise time phrases or adverbs. Students incorporate these into phrases. Make up short passages describing a day in the life of famous personalities. Students then make up similar passages about their own favourite personalities. Remind students of the use of negatives. Students contrast (orally and in writing) the lifestyles of two people, one active and one lazy. This could be role-played in a humorous or exaggerated way, and recorded on video. Creative writing: students invent characters in the style of ‘Mr. Men’ and imagine their daily routine. ©Cambridge University Press 2008 PHOTOCOPIABLE
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Learning objectives Students should learn
Possible teaching activities
to understand language to do with local transport.
Present pictures of different types of transport.
to talk about what means of transport they commonly use, using appropriate prepositions. correct word order for adverbs.
Choose some unusual mode of transport. Ask a simple question such as, “How do you get to school?” and when the student answers, suggest a problem, e.g. “There’s a strike”, so that students have to come up with alternatives.
Learning outcomes Students ask and answer questions. extend this to incorporate time and other places.
Points to note Take opportunities to highlight cultural differences or similarities. Use video if possible. Asking simple questions offers an opportunity at a simple level of dealing with the unpredictable.
Hotter/colder game: the teacher or a student hides a card showing a mode of transport somewhere in the classroom. One student is outside the room and re-enters to look for the card. Other students give clues about the student’s proximity to the hidden card by suggesting a mode of transport, which indicates if it is very near.
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Learning objectives Students should learn to write an informal letter, recombining elements of language learnt so far.
Possible teaching activities Teach the conventions of letter structure. Give students one or more model letters to read and understand, covering the range of contexts and language. To differentiate, present a jigsawstyle letter, either varying the number of jigsaw pieces, or asking students to reconstruct the letter from jumbled phrases and parts of sentences presented on paper, using their knowledge of grammar to work out how the sections fit together. Present short listening passages that link to the letters. These could be in the form of ‘audio letters’ recorded by some of the writers of the letters already studied, but without revealing their names. Students have to match the speakers with the writers of the letters.
Learning outcomes Students
Points to note
show that they understand language and information given in an informal letter.
Vary the presentation of the letters, e.g. handwritten, word processed.
match what they hear with what they read.
Ideally, the letter to be written should have an authentic purpose, e.g. to someone in another class, partnership school, pen friend.
write an informal letter.
Students may have learnt letterwriting conventions in English. As part of their work in English, students are taught to plan, draft, redraft and proof-read their work on paper and on screen.
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information from the recordings. They can combine their information in pairs or individually. Students write a letter about their own daily routine (and other familiar contexts). They begin by working with a model in a textmanipulation program. The final account is word processed, redrafting to improve its accuracy and presentation, as necessary.
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Learning objectives Students should learn to understand and say which items of food and drink they (and others) like and dislike.
Possible teaching activities Present items of food and drink using flashcards/overhead transparencies (OHTs) / IAW or real objects within the context of likes and dislikes. Slowly revealing pictures of food or food labels can be a useful technique for presenting food items. Words can be revealed slowly as well as pictures.
Learning outcomes Students follow and use verb paradigms. ask and answer questions. report back using third person singular and plural. express their reactions to different foods.
Points to note It is important to introduce new lexical items within the context of previously familiar language so that students operate from the outset at an appropriate level, rather than always starting at Level 1 when new language is introduced. Cultural differences in terms of food, drink, mealtimes, etc should be discussed.
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students who got up early had a healthier breakfast than students who got up late boys had a healthier breakfast than girls
Students interrogate the data file and report their findings. Students write to partners to describe and/or find out about their preferences for food and drink. This could lead to comparisons with those of the class.
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Learning objectives Students should learn to understand authentic menus and choose appropriate food according to people’s likes and dislikes.
Possible teaching activities
Learning outcomes Students
Points to note
Present relevant language via tape/video. Students work with model dialogue with support gradually taken away, and substituting their own words/ideas. Quantities of food and drink are introduced where appropriate. Using authentic menus and working in groups, students choose appropriate dishes for different individuals with particular likes and dislikes. The requirements can be provided on cue cards or students can choose according to their own likes and dislikes within their group. Students role-play café scenes. Additional language structures will be needed. These role-plays can be recorded on video. While they are being recorded, the rest of the class notes down the details of the orders. These orders can be checked for accuracy at the end of the scene(s).
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Present profiles of different people/couples/families, stating their likes and dislikes on tape or on printed sheets together with a number of different orders from a given menu. Students listen to/read and match the order with the correct customer(s). Learning objectives Students should learn
Possible teaching activities
some facts about UK celebrations, a birthday, and to compare their own traditions with practice in the UK.
Present UK traditions in a range of forms/media. Video, OHT or photographic presentation could be used, and/or a reading text. Students make notes on a list of the ways that Easter or another event is celebrated in the UK. They put a tick if they do the same in their country of origin and a cross if they do not. Students make a summary of what the two cultures have in common.
Learning outcomes Students ask and answer questions about their own traditional ways of celebrating an event, or a birthday.
Points to note Citizenship: it is important to develop understanding of different traditions as equally valid to one’s own. Differences should be celebrated and affirmed and not treated as strange. Students should have the opportunity to compare with their own tradition (which in many cases will not be conventional Christian/English) and to have this affirmed in the context of the classroom.
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allows multicultural and personal special days to be included. These dates/events can be discussed in pairs, with partner A playing the part of a reporter and partner B being interviewed. Interviews can be written up as a class newspaper feature. During the interview partner A notes down brief details on an interview grid or reporter’s pad. After the interview students swap roles, before writing up their features. Learning objectives Students should learn to use a bilingual dictionary to find the correct word in English. to say what they would buy as a present for a friend or relative.
Possible teaching activities Present an imaginary circle of friends and/or a family, e.g. the Adams family. Ask students to suggest their character traits (revising language from Module 2). Introduce or brainstorm, followed by dictionary search, a range of potential gifts, e.g. Christmas , Eid or birthday.
Learning outcomes Students use a dictionary effectively, choosing correct words. apply knowledge of grammar to use unfamiliar words correctly.
Points to note The gift-matching activity could be presented as a word-processed file containing descriptions of the characters with the presents listed at the bottom of the text. Students must ‘cut’ each present and ‘paste’ it above the appropriate description.
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Explain how to use the grammatical information (and sometimes the need for cross-referencing) in order to select the desired word where there are different possibilities. Sentence-building card game, where parts of the sentence are put onto cards. Cards are shuffled and distributed. Each player tries to place a card. The winner is the one who gets rid of all their cards first. If they cannot place a card, they have to take another card from the pile. Students suggest which presents would be suitable for each person. Teachers give reasons and students go on to give other reasons. Students do likewise for their own friends and family. Students choose appropriate presents from authentic commercial advertising material from magazines/catalogues/the internet.
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5. Have got or have?
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I am a beginner A1 Entry Level Module 1: Facts
First name:………………………………………………………………………………. Last name:………………………………………………………………………………
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this module you have learnt: Present simple: affirmative and negative To describe things you do at home and at school To write about teenagers in your country of origin Present simple: questions and short answers, wh- questions Names of scary things To talk about fears, likes and dislikes Question forms To write a conversation about everyday life Present simple + frequency adverbs To talk about habits Names of food, drink and meals The verb “have” Things people eat in the UK and things you eat and drink To write a report about food in your country of origin Telling the time Vocabulary for daily routines To say when you do things Module 3 “Daily Life” Page 15
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A1 Entry / Breakthrough Level Module 4: Inside and Outside Unit 7: At home Unit 8: Having fun
Listening and reading skills: • Read a shopping list The module is divided into two units. The first deals with the home, • Listen to a conversation in a supermarket places and food. The second concerns the local area, including what • Story: “The Silent Powers” Chapters 5 and 6 activities are available. • Life and culture: Homes in the UK • Listen to and understand a song Learning outcomes: • Read a newspaper article Grammar: • Read a poem • There is / are • Life and culture: Stephen Hawking • Uncountable nouns • Prepositions Communicative tasks: • “Can” for ability and possibility • Describe different homes • I can see, I can hear • Write a description of your dream home • Must, mustn’t • Ask about places and food • Imperative • Write a “disgusting recipe”
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Where the module fits in
Each “Messages” module is divided into two units. Each unit is further subdivided into three steps. Students are introduced to the learning outcomes and are then taken through a series of related exercises. They are expected to compile a portfolio of personal information at the end of each module entitled “All about me”. This coursework is based on the language covered earlier. Also at the end of each module, students’ progress is assessed in a review. A record card is then completed by each student and is kept with the portfolio.
Expectations At the end of this module: most students will: be able to describe their home including its location, age, layout and furniture. They will be able to describe their town and include the names of shops and other key buildings. some students will not have made so much progress and will: be able to name most furniture items, rooms and key buildings. They will be able to say where the rooms are in their home and whether they like living there or not. some students will have progressed further and will: be able to make comparisons between their home in the UK and their home in their country of origin. They will be able to write a description of their town ©Cambridge University Press 2008 PHOTOCOPIABLE
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Make a notice for a club Describe things you can do in your town Describe the sights and sounds around you Tell people what you do Write a short poem
This module is expected to take approximately 15 hours
Resources Resources include: • “Messages 1” Student Book • “Messages 1” Workbook • “Messages 1” Teacher’s Book • “Messages 1” Teacher’s Resource Pack • “Messages 1” Audio CD • “Infoquest” www.cambridge.org/elt/messages/infoquest • www.cambridge.org/elt/messages/teacherquest • www.cambridge.org/elt/messages • A1 Reader: “Bad Love” • A1 Reader: “Blood Diamonds” • A1 Reader: “Dirty Money” • A1 Reader: “Don’t stop now” • A1 Reader: “Help!” • A1 Reader: “Hotel Casanova” • A1 Reader: “Inspector Logan” • A1 Reader: “John Doe” • A1 Reader: “Just like a movie” • A1 Reader: “Let me out” • A1 Reader: “Next door to love” • A1 Reader: “Parallel” • A1 Reader: “The big picture” • A1 Reader: “The Penang file” • A1 Reader: “Three tomorrows” Module 4 “Inside and Outside” Page 2
and compare this with a description of other towns. They will be able to talk about their ambitions.
Prior learning It is assumed that students who study using “Messages 1” will have little or no English language skills. By following Book 1 for a maximum of 90 hours, they will acquire the necessary survival language in order to be able to cope in most lessons.
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Future learning It is assumed that students will continue to work through the following three “Messages 1” modules before being fully integrated into normal mainstream lessons.
“Britishness”
The following elements of Britishness are taught in this module: • Houses Students could extend their “All about me” coursework by adding • Shops information about their home countries and cities. They could research and include information about buildings and accommodation.
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Learning objectives Students should learn to ask questions about where people live. to answer questions.
Possible teaching activities Students listen to young people describing where they live and match each person to a picture. This can be done using a commercially produced CD-ROM.
Learning outcomes students ask questions and provide and understand answers.
Cocktail party activity: students circulate with cards which identify the town and type of house they live in, and interview other students to find the one whose card matches their own. Learning objectives Students should learn how to develop a conversation about where they live by describing the rooms of their house and its furniture with prepositions.
Possible teaching activities True/false activity: students hear or read statements about a picture and say whether they are true or false. Game using overhead projector (OHP) or Interactive Whiteboard with visuals of different rooms and different items of furniture. A visual of a cat is moved around the screen.
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Points to note When using a multimedia CD-ROM students can listen to a spoken text as many times as they like. They also get immediate feedback whenever an answer is attempted. I live in… might lead to some work looking at the location of the main British towns on a map.
Learning outcomes students understand and produce in written and spoken forms descriptions of a house using a range of words for rooms and furniture, with previously learned adjectives and possessives.
Points to note Students should be shown how to keep and refer to their notes. Agree symbols and codes for the whole class to use.
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Information gap activity: students reproduce a picture of a room described to them. Students write descriptions of different accommodation to rent using magazine pictures or illustrations and floor plans. Using word-processing and desktoppublishing software, and scanned photographs, students can produce authentic-looking descriptions. These could be combined to make a small brochure. Listening: students hear a series of single sentences describing different rooms and have to pick out the prepositions. Revisit the use of negatives. Spot the difference: students describe the differences between two pictures of a bedroom or between a picture and a written or spoken description of a room.
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Learning objectives Students should learn
Possible teaching activities
how to say what time it is and use the time in questions and statements about everyday activities.
Students with word cards come to the front of the class to form the time which the teacher calls out or represents digitally on the IAW. Telly addicts: A TV programme is quoted and students have to give day and transmission time, using authentic TV listings if possible.
Learning outcomes Students ask questions. understand and say what time it is in simple statements. Activities seen in previous units could be exploited here, a survey could be conducted and the results displayed in the room.
Points to note Students might be given tapes to prepare oral and aural work for homework from time to time. Regular practice at home of listening to the time, for example, will help students’ self-confidence when they have to do the same in the greater pressure of the classroom.
Students stand facing each other in concentric circles. On instruction the inner circle rotates and holds up time cards for changing partners to answer the question, “What time is it?” Learning objectives Students should learn how to use a glossary. how to pronounce a new word found in the glossary. that the glossary gives the infinitive of a verb so that they are able to understand and produce language more
Possible teaching activities Team races to find certain specified words in the glossary, e.g. a room beginning with s. Some students will need support, for example being given more than one letter as a prompt, rather than just s. Students then use these words in
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Learning outcomes Students use both sections of a simple glossary to find new words such as ‘lit’ or ‘to play’. use a glossary reliably to help them understand an unknown word in a printed text.
Points to note Throughout the unit, students’ stock of target language phrases, for active and passive use, should be built up gradually. These can be built up on a wall display and in a special section of students’ notebooks. Students should use English for answering the register, giving in marks, stating the date, Module 4 “Inside and Outside” Page 6
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greeting the teacher and should use standard phrases for frequent activities in every lesson.
Students work in pairs to prepare a description of a picture which contains some unknown words; they use a glossary for support, and apply their knowledge of pronunciation rules in their presentation. Students might create a word puzzle on the theme of house using picture (or verbal) clues based on their glossary work. Learning objectives Students should learn
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the names of at least eight countries (Asian/European) and words relating to languages and inhabitants.
Compare maps of Europe/Asia. Working in pairs, students find countries and enter them on a blank outline map of Europe/Asia.
Learning outcomes Students understand and produce statements.
Points to note Using a multimedia CD-ROM, students could click on different countries on a map, hear and see the names and practise the pronunciation at their own pace.
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Students study brief profiles, which give personal details and information about where they live, of a number of young people who either speak or are learning English. Transcribe the words they find for country/language to a board/overhead projector (OHP) or IAW in headed columns. Students listen to or read similar profiles of young people without knowing their names. Stimulus materials can come from video, cassette tapes, or printed documents. They have a map of Europe/Asia with each person’s name printed by a particular city. They identify the person from what they hear or read.
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Learning objectives Students should learn to give the position of countries and cities using the points of the compass.
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Learning outcomes Students
Teach the points of the compass using an OHT or IAW map.
understand and describe where countries and cities are.
Points to note
Information gap activity: encourage students to use English as the medium of communication. Students work in pairs. Each student is given a map containing complementary information. They have to ask each other for the name and spelling of particular missing towns/cities, taking it in turn to ask and answer questions. Learning objectives Students should learn vocabulary to describe the natural environment.
Possible teaching activities Show students slides, photos, brochures or videos of different countries. Ask them to brainstorm the kind of language they will need to describe what they see, making two lists, known language in their own language and new language in English. They listen to the descriptions and note down new words in English, using dictionaries or glossaries to help them refine what they have written. They
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understand and describe aspects of an area.
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listen again to the commentary and then try to reconstruct what they have heard orally and then in writing. Transcripts can be on an OHP for slow-reveal reconstruction; gapped texts and text-manipulation software can also be used. Students compare their own town or region, or another region of the UK, with a chosen town or region in their country of origin and discuss and note similarities and differences. True/false game: in teams students prepare statements about a given number of places and ask their opponents whether the statements are true or false.
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Learning objectives Students should learn to talk and write about their town, including general location and main features.
Possible teaching activities Students match pictures taken from brochures about English towns to descriptions. They find similar features and identify vocabulary used.
Learning outcomes Students talk about, or write in paragraphs about a range of personal information using earlier and current work, at least partly from memory.
Points to note This is an opportunity to revise language learnt in previous units.
Students identify towns from taped/written descriptions.
Learning objectives Students should learn to say where places are in a town, using a range of simple prepositions, and what can be done there.
Possible teaching activities Information gap map, revising main places in a town. Students work in pairs. Each student has a different version of the same map, with different information missing.
Learning outcomes Students ask questions and answer with sentences. produce spoken statements.
Points to note It is important to show most students how grammar allows them to manipulate language for their own purposes and therefore get away from set phrases to form new utterances.
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Problem-solving task: students are given identities with particular likes and dislikes. Their partners have to suggest the best town or part of a town to visit to suit their needs. Partner A uses first person, Partner B uses third person statements. Learning objectives Students should learn to deal with the unfamiliar by using context and known language.
Possible teaching activities Ask more able students to make simple A4 pages on their town and region, and/or answer prepared questions orally on the same topic. Students answer comprehension questions and/or make notes about the most significant details. Texts from the internet can be used with a writing frame, so that students can reconstruct key information from the text and present a simple structured summary. This can then serve as a model for students to adapt as they create their own descriptions.
Learning outcomes Students pick out main points from unfamiliar language using context and other clues, e.g. visual, gestures.
Points to note Remind students of simple phrases they can use to get extra help. Dealing with the unknown is an essential but difficult skill, to be built up over time if students are to tackle texts confidently in the knowledge that they have the tools to work on even unfamiliar language. Spotting obvious words is important, but attention to how the short words work is essential in order to decode continuous text.
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information on a structural grid. On an OHP or IAW show a text about an unfamiliar topic, containing some unknown language but also examples of structure/phrase types the students know. Collectively students categorise words and phrases they recognise.
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EAL A1 Entry Level Scheme of Work Messages Book 1, Beginners English Module 5 “Today and Tomorrow” Messages Book 1 EAL Module 5 “Today and Tomorrow”
A1 Entry / Breakthrough Level Module 5: Today and Tomorrow Unit 9: At the moment Unit 10: Plans
Listening and reading skills: • Listen to a football commentary The Module is divided into 2 Units. The first concerns clothes. The • Read about the World Cup second deals with future arrangements, items in a café and shop, and • Listen to a conversation at a football stadium the weather. • Life and culture: Sports fans • Read a list of items in a café and shop Learning outcomes: • Listen to and understand a song Grammar: • Read a postcard • Present continuous: affirmative, negative, questions, short • Story: “The Silent Powers” Chapters 7 and 8 answers • Life and culture: An exchange visit • Object pronouns • Present continuous used for the future Communicative tasks: • Suggestions • Describe things in progress at the moment • The future with “going to” • Play a guessing game
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Vocabulary and pronunciation: • Clothes • Football • Rhythm drill: -ing • Future time expressions • The weather • Weak form of “to” in “going to”
Where the module fits in Each “Messages” module is divided into two units. Each unit is further subdivided into three steps. Students are introduced to the learning outcomes and are then taken through a series of related exercises. They are expected to compile a portfolio of personal information at the end of each module entitled “All about me”. This coursework is based on the language covered earlier. Also at the end of each module, students’ progress is assessed in a review. A record card is then completed by each student and is kept with the portfolio.
Expectations At the end of this module: most students will: be able to talk about clothes, describe their school uniform, and say what they wear at home. They will be able to understand and make suggestions for future plans. They will also be able to understand a simple weather forecast. some students will not have made so much progress and will: be able to recognise most of the words for clothes. They will be able to identify activities when suggestions for the future are made. They will be able to recognise simple expressions concerned with the weather. some students will have progressed further and will: be able to ©Cambridge University Press 2008 PHOTOCOPIABLE
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Write a message to a friend Describe plans and intentions Talk about the weather Write a holiday postcard
This module is expected to take approximately 15 hours
Resources Resources include: • “Messages 1” Student Book • “Messages 1” Workbook • “Messages 1” Teacher’s Book • “Messages 1” Teacher’s Resource Pack • “Messages 1” Audio CD • “Infoquest” www.cambridge.org/elt/messages/infoquest • www.cambridge.org/elt/messages/teacherquest • www.cambridge.org/elt/messages • A1 Reader: “Bad Love” • A1 Reader: “Blood Diamonds” • A1 Reader: “Dirty Money” • A1 Reader: “Don’t stop now” • A1 Reader: “Help!” • A1 Reader: “Hotel Casanova” • A1 Reader: “Inspector Logan” • A1 Reader: “John Doe” • A1 Reader: “Just like a movie” • A1 Reader: “Let me out” • A1 Reader: “Next door to love” • A1 Reader: “Parallel” • A1 Reader: “The big picture” • A1 Reader: “The Penang file” Module 5 “Today and tomorrow” Page 2
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describe a school uniform, talk about colours and styles and give opinions about it. They can describe an ideal school uniform, what they wear at the weekend and to family celebrations. They will be able to understand an authentic weather forecast, and will be able to compare seasonal weather in the UK and in their country of origin.
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Future learning
It is assumed that students will continue to work through the following two “Messages 1” modules before being fully integrated into normal It is assumed that students who study using “Messages 1” will have little mainstream lessons. or no English language skills. By following Book 1 for a maximum of 90 hours, they will acquire the necessary survival language in order to be able to cope in most lessons.
Prior learning
“Britishness”
The following elements of Britishness are taught in this module: • Clothes Students could extend their “All about me” coursework by adding • Sport information about their home countries and cities. They could research and include information about clothes, national costume and fashion. “Irishness” They could include details about climatic and / or seasonal differences. There is an extra element of Irishness available for this Module: • Sport
Out-of-school learning
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Learning objectives Students should learn to use context and visual clues to work out the meaning of new adjectives, then make comparisons.
Possible teaching activities Revise known vocabulary for descriptions, such as colours, and give several definitions of new description adjectives such as style of clothes. Use pictures of famous people in typical roles to show how visual clues aid meaning. Use cartoon families, e.g. ‘The Simpsons’, ‘Rugrats’, or characters from soap operas or comedy shows to illustrate style.
Learning outcomes Students
Points to note
see how context, visuals and meaning are connected in sentences such as, “He is trendy: every day he wears a brand named T-shirt”. understand and ask questions such as, “Is he sporty?” produce phrases such as, “... is more fashionable than ...”. use comparatives, e.g. I am smarter than Gary.
The class chooses a student without the teacher’s knowledge. The teacher identifies the student by asking just ten questions. The students then do likewise, working in pairs. One chooses another student in the class, the other has to identify the student by asking questions (with prompt words and phrases on the board as necessary). Use the adjectives to ©Cambridge University Press 2008 PHOTOCOPIABLE
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compare famous people or students in the class. In pairs, students stage a mock argument, agreeing and disagreeing over the descriptions of each other’s clothes / fashion sense. Clothes and descriptions are written on cards. In small groups students turn the cards over and either keep the card or give it to the person who has the right description card. Students state reasons for their decisions. Students write a brief selfdescription. Read them out to the whole class and ask other students to try to guess who wrote each description.
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Learning objectives Students should learn how to use adjectives and comparisons in the context of clothes/fashion.
Possible teaching activities ‘Generation game’: show students a series of pictures of clothing on an overhead projector (OHP) or IAW and describe them at the same time, e.g. a red dress, a beautiful tie. Students have to see how many they remember. The same idea can be used with a bag of clothes.
Learning outcomes Students manipulate sentences. express preferences about clothes, e.g. For a party I prefer to wear black trousers.
Points to note Clothes catalogues can be found on the internet and pictures copied into a word processor to support a presentation.
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according to a picture. Give pairs of students five short phrases to dictate to one another to practise pronunciation and the spelling of adjectives. Substitution exercise: start with Paul wears a blue pullover, and then students change words alternately on instruction. Students describe what they prefer to wear, or what they do not wear. Put up an overhead transparency (OHT) or IAW slide with lots of phrases such as a blouse is cooler than pullover. Cover key words with pieces of card. See if students can reconstruct the full text. Using a word processor, students work with teacher-generated texts and their own writing to make adjective endings in different contexts clear.
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Learning objectives Students should learn how to use a dictionary effectively to distinguish between nouns and verbs.
Learning objectives Students should learn the demonstrative adjective this / these, etc. within the context of clothes shopping, and then build up to more demanding contexts using more complex language, e.g. comparatives and modifiers.
Possible teaching activities
Learning outcomes Students
Students are given sentences like, carry out similar activities on “He’s wearing a tie”, “Let's tie him other words related to clothes, up” and “The game ended in a tie”, such as skirt, pants, dress, socks. and have to use a dictionary to find the correct word to use in each case, using grammatical markers, words in brackets, etc.
Possible teaching activities Variation of “The price is right”: show clothes from a catalogue, and keep up a patter, e.g. “This blue jacket is cool. How much does this jacket cost?” while students guess the price which is written on the reverse of each picture. The student closest to the actual price ‘wins’ the picture. More able students could take the part of the teacher.
Learning outcomes Students understand and produce sentences such as, “This blue jacket is nice. How much does it cost? I’ll take the green dress.” understand and use sentences and questions such as, “That is better. That’s too dear. That’s very good. Have you got something cheaper? These black shoes are nicer than the brown ones.”
Points to note Worked examples using enlarged OHT or IAW copies of a couple of dictionary entries are often the most effective way of teaching dictionary skills.
Points to note The class could follow this up by accessing clothes prices in online catalogues. Substitution activities are especially effective if students are able to call up teacher-generated texts in a word processor. They will be able to focus directly on the items of language requiring attention.
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catalogues/internet shopping can be used. Role-play dialogue in a clothes shop to buy an item of clothing. Students substitute underlined words to create their own version, and add extra details for themselves. Extend the previous dialogue, using comparatives and modifiers. Students have a transcript of a shop dialogue that differs in just a few subtle ways from a taped version, e.g. substituting “very” for “too”, “cheap” for “cheaper”, etc. Students cross out and correct errors in the transcript. Fashion makeover: in pairs or small groups students choose an outfit for someone else in the class from mail order catalogues/internet shopping pages. Students present their choice of outfit to the fashion victims who state whether they like or dislike the outfit and say what they prefer to wear normally. Character traits can also ©Cambridge University Press 2008 PHOTOCOPIABLE
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be linked to this activity. “I am very sporty and I therefore like to wear….” Learning objectives Students should learn to recombine all the above in sentences using the past and future tenses.
Possible teaching activities
Learning outcomes Students
Points to note
Variation on ‘Kim’s game’: show students an OHT / IAW picture of what a group of people are wearing and doing. From memory they have to say false whenever the teacher describes the picture wrongly and correct the detail.
understand details such as, ”The shortest girl had a long skirt on”, “He wore a brown hat in the picture”.
Arrange for two or three adults or year 12/13 students to interrupt the start of the lesson on some pretext. Students have to be eyewitnesses and describe what each person was wearing.
say or write sentences such as, “In 1968 women used to wear mini skirts”.
say or write sentences such as, “Mr. Brown was wearing a red tie”.
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The third activity in section 2 above (switching a TV from colour to black and white) could be re-run here and extended into full descriptions and reconstructions. Learning objectives Students should learn to read and/or listen to longer extracts on the topic of fashion.
Possible teaching activities Students hear or read messages from students in a partner school, about contemporary fashions and trends, not only in clothes but also other aspects of youth culture, e.g. which films, songs, groups, sports are currently popular.
Learning outcomes Students
Points to note
learn about aspects of teenage life in the UK or other countries where English is spoken. ask and answer questions about aspects of fashion.
Students could simulate an interview between a journalist and a fashion designer. The designer describes what styles/colours, etc are in vogue. Learning objectives Students should learn to develop their independence in language learning by using a dictionary to look up their hobbies and interests. how to understand and talk about basic leisure activities.
Possible teaching activities Read out, then write, a list of hobbies. See how many of these students can guess/work out. Use OHT / IAW copies of a few dictionary references to show students how to use a dictionary to
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Points to note Look out for opportunities for students to get away from using “I” all the time.
find the appropriate nouns and verbs to describe their leisure interests. understand and say simple phrases like, “I play chess. David Beckham plays football.”
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help them work independently. Students then look up in a bilingual dictionary, sports and other leisure activities which interest them and categorise the words into team games, sports, non-sports etc. They further list the words as nouns and infinitives. Using the OHTs / IAW again, teach students how to form the “I” form of the verbs listed as infinitives. This can lead into ‘Give us a clue’-style mime games and mime and response in pairs, focusing on the first-person form of verbs, e.g. “What do you do?” “I dance / I swim / I play cards.” Use flashcards or symbols on OHT / IAW, or use famous names, to teach the third-person form of verbs. This can be extended to verbs which have been listed following the dictionary search.
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Learning objectives Students should learn to express likes and dislikes of leisure activities in more than one way, including simple positive and negative opinions.
Possible teaching activities Revise like and prefer with school subjects, then apply to leisure activities. Show students flashcards, IAW or OHTs of leisure activities with gestures or symbols to indicate likes and introduce students to phrases such as, “I like to swim.” Then use gestures or symbols to indicate dislikes and introduce phrases such as “I don’t like dancing”.
Learning outcomes Students form a negative statement using not, e.g. “I do not like to dance” or a simple negative opinion, e.g. “It’s boring”.
Points to note Make explicit to students that ‘don’t’ is not in a dictionary and cannot be translated directly. Showing students how language is transferable is a key languagelearning skill.
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Learning objectives Students should learn to ask and answer questions of frequency, and use adverbs of time. to talk bout their routines.
Possible teaching activities Using an OHT / IAW slide of a calendar for a week and/or month, say how often you do a leisure activity, and circle the number of days appropriately. Then ask students to come to the front to do the same. Reinforce grammar with ‘human sentences’ at the front of the class, e.g. one student holds a card with I, another with go, another with every day and another with an activity. Students have to stand in the correct order.
Learning outcomes Students
Points to note
ask the question, “How often..?” and answer with sentences such as, “I / He … twice a week”. produce orally and in writing sentences such as, “Once a week I play football”. understand and say/write sentences such as, “I go to the cinema once a week”.
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Ask students to write a brief description of their activities and frequency. Then you (or a student) read these out to the class for students to guess the identity of the authors. Before introducing go, revise and extend known vocabulary relating to places for leisure activities. These can be practised using a sixor ten-sided die with numbers which refer to a set list. Students can work in pairs or this can be organised as a brief team game.
Learning objectives Students should learn how to understand and describe leisure activities.
Possible teaching activities Students listen to or read descriptions containing phrases such as you can + infinitive with known verbs about British towns or villages.
Learning outcomes Students understand and then produce statements such as, “You can go to the theatre”.
Points to note Explain that ‘you’ is used more commonly than ‘one’ in English.
produce statements such as, “We can play tennis at our school”.
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matching likes and dislikes to holiday locations in the UK using some authentic or pre-prepared material. Extend this to talking or writing about what they can/cannot do at home or at school.
Learning objectives Students should learn to apply their knowledge of going to + infinitive, to express future, and other structures, in the context of a visit.
Possible teaching activities Students listen to a tape of holiday plans and tick a grid to show what is going to happen. Read an outline of a trip e.g. a weekend in a study centre, with details of dates, travel, accommodation and programmes of activities, reminding students of going to + infinitive and future time words/phrases.
Learning outcomes Students
Points to note
understand the details of a passage containing a range of information in a number of paragraphs with simple and complex sentences. incorporate or adapt some of this information in a letter or message.
Students write a fax, letter or email, outlining what they are going to/want to do. Students choose to whom they are writing.
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Learning objectives Students should learn to express different possibilities, according to circumstances, and employ strategies for dealing with the unpredictable.
Possible teaching activities Teach the structure if + present tense in subordinate clauses. Use visuals or symbols, e.g. of weather, of car breaking down, etc, to indicate different possibilities, e.g. “If it rains ...”. Students match subordinate clauses to possible solutions, e.g. “If it rains, we’ll go to see a film”. Additional support can be provided with parts of sentences on card to build more complex sentences. Visual cues can be used to help students select the appropriate part of the sentence. Students work in groups to plan a holiday, based on information from materials already used in this unit.
Learning outcomes Students
Points to note
understand and construct for themselves sentences containing subordinate clauses, e.g. “If we go to London, we can go to Buckingham Palace”. make statements connected with future plans or wishes. respond with increasing confidence to the constraints. understand and respond in English to language heard. say or write sentences such as, “The neighbours played loud music all night. Next time we will stay somewhere quieter.”
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arrangements in a planned programme, and make amendments accordingly. Students read about mishaps which occurred on previous holidays and suggest how amends might be made next time, working with prompts as necessary. Learning objectives Students should learn to distinguish between present and immediate future. to use the immediate future, going to + infinitive.
Possible teaching activities Teach future time words (tomorrow, next) and then the immediate future by presenting a special week in someone’s diary and contrasting this with a usual week. Students listen to and understand someone’s New Year’s resolutions which use going to + infinitive. They then call up a word-processed account of the resolutions. The account contains a number of factual errors that must be corrected.
Learning outcomes Students
Points to note
understand the difference between present and future. use future time markers and express future intentions in conversation, e.g. “Tomorrow I’m going to wash the car”.
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Learning objectives Students should learn to use a range of structures to express intentions.
Possible teaching activities Elicit from the students and write on the board or IAW a list of familiar infinitives which involve actions; complete them with a phrase, e.g. go shopping. Use the list as a basis for saying what you intend to do (perhaps two or three actions) then get students to do likewise.
Learning outcomes Students
Points to note
understand and express future intentions. incorporate details about future intentions into a spoken or written piece of greater length, e.g. “Next weekend I’m going to go shopping in Birmingham and then I’m going to see Aston Villa play Manchester United”.
Add interest by getting students in turn to recall the previous statement, adding more and more activities. Extend by getting two students each to offer a phrase which you repeat to enable a change of personal pronoun, e.g. “You’re going to play football, but he’s going to play on the computer”. Students can add examples beginning “we” or “you”.
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Learning objectives Students should learn to adapt language creatively by making predictions, across a range of contexts. to express opinions about what will happen in the future. to use language imaginatively.
Possible teaching activities Start with some examples of predictions, then get students to make their own predictions for various forthcoming events and share them with the class. Fortune-teller game: give students visual clues to rehearse simple structured dialogue, e.g. “What are you going to do?” “I’m going to play football.” “When are you going to play football?” “Monday afternoon.”
Learning outcomes Students
Points to note
express what will happen in the future, e.g. “Aston Villa will beat Chelsea this year”. express at some length what will happen in the future. speak/write imaginatively about future events.
Students can then predict some future events for each other (in groups), e.g. “Shwan is going to marry a film star and he’s going to live in Hollywood”. In pairs, students predict (secretly and in writing) the outcome for themselves and for each other against a list of future life events (provided), e.g.: work: “Shwan is going to be an actor. As for me, I’m going to be a footballer”. home: “He is going to live in a ©Cambridge University Press 2008 PHOTOCOPIABLE
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caravan, but I’m going to live in a castle”. At the end of the predictions, students compare answers. Students predict future life events for celebrities or predict future plot developments for TV soap operas. Learning objectives Students should learn to cope with less predictable language when giving and responding to invitations.
Possible teaching activities Teach and practise like to in the I / you forms + infinitive. Provide a list of activities and invite individuals to take part, e.g. “X, would you like to play tennis this afternoon?” Repeat as pair work. Dating game: students make a date and fill in details on a grid. Using the grid they write a note to confirm the details.
Learning outcomes Students
Points to note
understand invitations to take part in future activity. give invitations and accept or refuse, giving reasons, e.g. “Would you like to play cards?” “I can’t because I’ve got to do my homework.” understand acceptances and refusals, and refuse politely with reasons, e.g. “Would you like to play chess?” “I’m sorry, I’ve got to help my father.”
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Messages Book 1 EAL Scheme of Work, A1 Entry Level / Breakthrough
Learning objectives Students should learn to read authentic texts for information on which to make decisions.
Possible teaching activities Students rearrange a jumbled itinerary according to picture clues. ‘Pelmanism’ game: match text to visual symbols. Battleships game: bang, splash. Student A states day and activity; if it matches, student B states, “OK let’s go”. If it does not match, student B says, “No I can’t”. First player to have five acceptances wins.
Learning outcomes Students read information texts with good understanding, and use these texts as the basis for their own writing, producing statements such as, “On Monday, we’re going to The Black Country Museum and we can have a picnic on the grass”.
Points to note Students could practise writing their letter using a model saved in a text manipulation programme that allows them different ways of working with the same text, e.g. spell, gap-fill, predict, rearrange.
read formal letters containing modals and polite forms, e.g. “We’re going to spend the weekend in York. Could you send us…”
Using information leaflets, prepare some sample itineraries for a group of visitors. Students then make up their own itineraries. Use some simple formal letters in which would-be visitors are asking for information about an area to illustrate further use of modal verbs. Exploit students’ knowledge of formal and informal usage in their own language.
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6. Present continuous or present simple?
5. Making suggestions
4. Object pronouns
3. The future with going to
2. Present continuous + future time expressions
Student Name
Entry Level Assessment Review Module 5: Today and Tomorrow Unit 9: At the moment Unit 10: Plans
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Messages Book 1 Student Record Card Module 5: “Today and Tomorrow”
I am a beginner A1 Entry Level Module 1: Facts
First name:………………………………………………………………………………. Last name:………………………………………………………………………………
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this module you have learnt: Present continuous: negative; questions and short answers To talk about things in progress at the moment Object pronouns To talk about present actions and to play a guessing game Names of clothes and to describe what you’re wearing now To say what you usually / never / sometimes wear Future time expressions Present continuous used for the future Suggestions To talk about future arrangements Make and reply to a suggestion The future with “going to” To talk about plans and intentions Make a notice of “good intentions” Weather vocabulary To talk about the weather To write a holiday postcard Module 5 “Today and tomorrow” Page 24
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EAL A1 Entry Level Scheme of Work Messages Book 1, Beginners English Module 6 “Looking Back” Messages Book 1 EAL Module 6 “Looking Back” About the module: The module is divided into two units. The first concerns occupations and the second the past simple.
Learning outcomes: Grammar: • Past simple of “be” and regular verbs: affirmative, wh- questions • Past simple: negatives, questions, short answers; irregular verbs Vocabulary and pronunciation: • Occupations • Rhythm drill: verbs + -ed / t / d / id / • Past time expressions • Words with the same vowel sound
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A1 Entry / Breakthrough Level Module 6: Looking Back Unit 11: About the past Unit 10: Heroes Communicative tasks: • Talk about people from the past • Play a quiz game • Write about an imaginary person’s life • Describe your early childhood • Describe things that happened in the past • Write a letter about an event in the past • Write a diary • Talk about your school year
This module is expected to take approximately 15 hours
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Listening and reading skills: • Listen to a conversation with a ghost • Read dictionary definitions • Story: “The Silent Powers” Chapters 9 and 10 • Life and culture: From north to south • Listen to a list of events in the past • Read an advertisement • Listen to and understand a song • Life and culture: The UK and the USA
Where the module fits in Each “Messages” module is divided into two units. Each unit is further subdivided into three steps. Students are introduced to the learning outcomes and are then taken through a series of related exercises. They are expected to compile a portfolio of personal information at the end of each module entitled “All about me”. This coursework is based on the language covered earlier. Also at the end of each module, students’ progress is assessed in a review. A record card is then completed by each student and is kept with the portfolio.
Expectations At the end of this module: most students will: be able to talk about the past. They will be able to tell people about their own childhood, including information about their former school in their country of origin. They will be able to write about key events in their lives.
Resources Resources include: • “Messages 1” Student Book • “Messages 1” Workbook • “Messages 1” Teacher’s Book • “Messages 1” Teacher’s Resource Pack • “Messages 1” Audio CD • “Infoquest” www.cambridge.org/elt/messages/infoquest • www.cambridge.org/elt/messages/teacherquest • www.cambridge.org/elt/messages • A1 Reader: “Bad Love” • A1 Reader: “Blood Diamonds” • A1 Reader: “Dirty Money” • A1 Reader: “Don’t stop now” • A1 Reader: “Help!” • A1 Reader: “Hotel Casanova” • A1 Reader: “Inspector Logan” • A1 Reader: “John Doe” • A1 Reader: “Just like a movie” • A1 Reader: “Let me out” • A1 Reader: “Next door to love” • A1 Reader: “Parallel” • A1 Reader: “The big picture” • A1 Reader: “The Penang file” • A1 Reader: “Three tomorrows”
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some students will have progressed further and will: be able to Future learning compare their life in the UK with their former life in their country of It is assumed that, at the end of this module, students will have reached origin. They will be able to give information about their past and National Curriculum English Level 3 and will be able to be fully include details. They will be able to write about their school year and integrated into normal mainstream lessons. A checklist follows this compare it to their former school. module so that staff may record the progress students have made in reaching the end of A1 Breakthrough.
Prior learning
It is assumed that students who study using “Messages 1” will have little The A2 Preliminary, or Lower Intermediate, Scheme of Work is or no English language skills. By following Book 1 for a maximum of 90 intended for those students who wish to continue their EAL studies hours, they will acquire the necessary survival language in order to be under the Extended Schools initiative, by attending lessons before and able to cope in most lessons. after school and during Easter and / or Summer School. Such students may be entered for external EAL examinations with Trinity or Cambridge. Out-of-school learning Students could extend their “All about me” coursework by adding information about their home countries. They could research and include “Britishness” The following elements of Britishness are taught in this Module: information about famous people and their own routine at school. • Jobs • Government • Famous people
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Learning objectives Students should learn to use a range of vocabulary, structures and tenses to narrate events about early childhood.
Possible teaching activities Revise earlier work on narrating events by reading examples of students’ work picking out examples of good style and brainstorming with the class why this is so, e.g. expressing opinions, using different tenses and persons. Work saved on word – processor could be enlarged, printed out and made into an OHT or IAW slide to assist the brainstorming. Students carry out a selfassessment activity.
Learning outcomes Students develop a better concept of style by incorporating stylistic features into their own speaking and writing.
Points to note Magazines and newspapers are a good source of more wide-ranging material. Students could make a class poster or their own aide– memoire of various ways of giving opinions. Teachers might correct any errors that may have been in the original before presenting it to students. Alternatively, spotting errors might be a stepping stone to improving accuracy.
Referring to a checklist of possible stylistic features, they reflect on which features they incorporate in their own work.
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Learning objectives Students should learn to talk and write about an event or early childhood in the past tense.
Possible teaching activities In the following activities students are supported in speaking and writing independently through progressive use of modelling and adapting examples, gapped texts, word fields (phrases as well as single words). Present sequences of a few actions, in mime, using OHTs/photographs/IAW or ‘silent’ video. Describe, and/or ask the students to describe, the actions in the past tense for students to imitate. Students create nonsense stories built up from numbered multiple-choice options selected by rolling a die. Many combinations of incongruous characters/actions/places/consequences are linked together.
Learning outcomes Students produce sentences in the past simple. speak and write more complex sentences.
Points to note Correct word order. Used appropriately, textmanipulation software can provide a powerful and effective way of helping students to explore and understand model texts. Drafting and editing are essential for students to improve the extent, range and accuracy of their writing. The use of ICT is very helpful and allows a piece of work to be developed over several sessions with minimum wasted effort.
Photo stories: students compose a sequence of photos and speech bubbles, with story text in the past simple underneath. Newsroom: give students isolated facts about a person, which, with guidance, they turn into a brief news article. ©Cambridge University Press 2008 PHOTOCOPIABLE
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Learning objectives Students should learn
Possible teaching activities
Learning outcomes Students
to recount the main details of a person’s life.
Students have to re-order a jumbled-up life story.
summarise, with varying degrees of support, a life story.
Students tell a story based on cartoon strips or short video clips. Their story is guided using gapped text or multiple-choice words and phrases.
speak and write more complex sentences.
Points to note Other activities will probably be suggested in the teacher’s guide to the schools video.
Students watch an episode from a BBC or C4 schools history video in English about a famous person. Give students prompts/prepared questions to help them summarise the life story. This support could be varied according to the students’ ability, e.g. filling in gaps with key words, writing the continuation of a sentence or paragraph, supplying key verbs. The prompts should encourage use of the past simple (the story). Then, with or without support, students recount the life story, perhaps working in small groups of similar ability. Encourage them to give opinions. ©Cambridge University Press 2008 PHOTOCOPIABLE
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Learning objectives Students should learn to use language creatively and imaginatively. to consolidate their use of the past simple and future tense in a new context.
Learning objectives Students should learn how to use simple verbs to express an opinion, in the positive and negative, followed by the definite article. how to ask simple questions about people’s likes and dislikes.
Possible teaching activities Give students a picture story with a section (or sections) missing. They complete the story.
Learning outcomes Students
Points to note
speak/write more complex sentences.
Students speak or write about how a programme might end. Pause the video halfway through or during a sequence. This could also be done with a written story. This is a good activity for revising the future tense.
Possible teaching activities Present school subjects using students’ own timetables with reference to their own teachers’ names. They talk about what they have done so far today, or yesterday.
Learning outcomes Students
Points to note
understand and form statements and questions about people’s opinions on a typical week at school and on the school year.
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and/or school year, noting the information on a grid, then give a brief résumé. Students interview each other about their [dis]likes and report back. Noughts & crosses in reverse, i.e. students form the appropriate negative to have the cross or nought removed & replaced by their team colour. A simpler activity is to match speech bubbles to picture clues using simple visual symbols. Another simplified activity is for students to listen to a tape of events and look at a picture transcript of what they hear. They tick if the picture clues match what is said and cross if the pictures do not match.
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Learning objectives Students should learn how to ask why and give a simple reason for their opinion. to adapt language previously learnt.
Possible teaching activities Give students about 10–15 adjectives to describe the school year, lessons and teachers. They find them in the glossary and classify them as positive or negative.
Learning outcomes Students understand questions and express opinions with reasons and understand others doing the same with statements. use a dictionary to find and use their own adjectives.
Points to note Topics covered in earlier units could be revisited here, e.g. describing family members, friends, pets, giving simple opinions. This will help reinforce the principle that language is not confined to one specific topic.
Some students may use the glossary or a small dictionary unaided to add to this list, words of their own choosing. This activity could be organised as a Beat the clock game with contestants, e.g. groups of students with word cards, arranging words into positive or negative categories, from memory or with support. Students read and understand letters or e-mails about their school year which include likes and dislikes, with simple opinions. Students pick out a range of words/phrases to indicate likes/dislikes/opinions and adapt these for their own purposes. ©Cambridge University Press 2008 PHOTOCOPIABLE
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Some students could underline in a given colour anything that the students like and in a different colour anything they do not like. Using a writing framework students produce their own e-mail. Some students may require a menu of language from which to choose an appropriate statement. Students prepare short descriptions of their school year and present them to the class. Learning objectives Students should learn how to use and adapt language learnt in other contexts. to give and understand information about their school day and year.
Possible teaching activities Students redraft their timetable and/or school calendar. Students give an oral account of a particular day (or month) to a partner, who then has to work out what day (or month) it is.
Learning outcomes Students make and understand statements about the school day/year using familiar verbs. form sentences on reading a student’s timetable/calendar.
Points to note If the account of the school day/year is saved in a word processor, students can focus directly on the editing that will need to be done to create their own personalised account.
Students read a fuller account of a student’s typical school day / year. They amend the text to make it apply to them.
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4. time expressions
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1. past simple: was / were
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Messages Book 1 Student Record Card Module 6: “Looking Back”
I am a beginner A1 Entry Level Module 1: Facts
First name:………………………………………………………………………………. Last name:………………………………………………………………………………
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Tutor Group: ……………… In • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
this module you have learnt: Names of occupations Past simple of “be” To talk about people from the past To play a quiz game about famous people Past simple (affirmative): regular verbs To say what happened in the past Write about an imaginary person’s life Past simple: wh- questions / negatives / questions and short answers / irregular verbs To describe your early childhood Time expressions To describe things that happened / didn’t happen in the past Write a letter about a past event To describe events in the past To read an advert To listen to a song T t lk b t h lid d C ll Module 6 “Looking back” Page 12
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Past simple: was / were There was / were Past simple: regular and irregular verbs Time expressions Past simple of have / have got
--Listening Reading Speaking Writing
--“All about me” portfolio
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EAL A1 Entry Level Scheme of Work Messages Book 1, Beginners English QCA Assessment Scales for students with EAL
Please highlight each language statement when the student has achieved it Name of Student:…………………………………………………………
Listening Step One Students listen attentively for short bursts of time. They use non-verbal gestures to respond to greetings and questions about themselves, and they follow simple instructions based on the routines of the classroom. • •
Can show evidence of listening Can listen and respond, either non-verbally or in home language, to • • •
instructions questions commands
Step two Students understand simple conversational English. They listen and respond to the gist of general explanations by the teacher where language is supported by non-verbal cues, including illustrations. •
Can follow • •
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simple instructions explanations
Show evidence of listening in a small group
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Messages Book 1 EAL Scheme of Work, A1 Entry Level / Breakthrough
Level One (Threshold) With support, students understand and respond appropriately to straightforward comments or instructions addressed to them. They listen attentively to a range of speakers, including teacher presentation to the whole class. •
Can respond appropriately when the teacher is talking • •
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in a small group in a whole class situation
Show evidence of listening in a whole class situation
Level One (Secure) In familiar contexts, students follow what others say about what they are doing or thinking. They listen with understanding to sequences of instructions and usually respond appropriately in conversation. • •
Can understand and begin to respond appropriately to most student and teacher talk Can demonstrate an increasing confidence when listening
For Level Two onwards please refer to the combined statements for speaking and listening at the end of the Assessment Scale for speaking.
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Speaking Step One Students echo words and expressions drawn from classroom routines and social interactions to communicate meaning. They express some basic needs, using single words or phrases in English. • • •
Speak in home language (usually) Can use single words or phrases in English Can answer simple questions in English e.g. "What is your name?"
Step Two Students copy talk that has been modelled. In their speech, they show some control of English word order and their pronunciation is generally intelligible. • •
Can repeat a model Can make needs known using more than one word of English at a time
Level One (Threshold) Students speak about matters of immediate interest in familiar settings. They convey meaning through talk and gesture and can extend what they say with support. Their speech is sometimes grammatically incomplete at word and sentence level. • •
Can participate in group work as a speaker Can participate in meaningful conversations, although speech is not always correct
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Level One (Secure) Students speak about matters of interest to a range of listeners and begin to develop connected utterances. What they say shows some grammatical complexity in expressing relationships between ideas and sequences of events. Students convey meaning, sustaining their contributions and the listeners' interest. • • •
Can initiate conversations Can ask simple questions Attempt to use grammatical structures
National Curriculum Level Two Speaking and Listening Students begin to show confidence in speaking and listening, particularly where the topics interest them. On occasions, they show awareness of the listener by including relevant detail. In developing and explaining their ideas they speak clearly and use a growing vocabulary. They usually listen carefully and respond with increasing appropriateness to what others say. They are beginning to be aware that in some situations a more formal vocabulary and tone of voice are used. • • • •
Can demonstrate an increasing confidence when speaking or listening Show evidence of an increasing vocabulary Begin to extend sentences with more detail Begin to be aware of the need to vary language according to audience/situation
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National Curriculum Level Three Speaking and Listening Students express themselves and listen confidently in different contexts, exploring and communicating ideas. In discussion they show understanding of the main points. Through relevant comments and questions, they show they have listened carefully. They begin to adapt what they are communicating to the needs of the listener, varying the use of vocabulary and the level of detail. They are beginning to be aware of standard English and when it is used. • • • •
Can talk confidently in different contexts; By their comments and questions they show they understand the main parts of a discussion; Can vary their language to match differing situations or individuals; Begin to show that they understand the use of standard English.
National Curriculum Level Four Speaking and Listening Students speak and listen with confidence in an increasing range of contexts. Their talk is adapted to the purpose: developing ideas thoughtfully, describing events and conveying their opinions clearly. In discussion, they listen carefully, making contributions and asking questions that are responsive to others' ideas and views. They use appropriately some of the features of standard English vocabulary and grammar. • • • •
Can speak in an increasing range of contexts In discussion, they convey their ideas clearly By their responses they show that they understand that others have different views and ideas Can demonstrate an awareness of standard English vocabulary and grammar where appropriate
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Reading
Messages Book 1 EAL Scheme of Work, A1 Entry Level / Breakthrough
Step One Students participate in reading activities. They know that in English print is read from left to right and from top to bottom. They recognise their names and familiar words and identify some letters of the alphabet by shape and sound. • • • • • • • • • • •
Enjoy sharing a book with friends and adults Know where the front of the book is (appropriate to the language used) Know the difference between pictures and words Turn pages one at a time Can follow print (appropriate to the language used) Know to start at the top of the page Enjoy looking at books on their own Literate in home language Can use reading skills in home language to support learning Can recognise some familiar words such as their name Can recognise some letters by shape and sound
Step Two Students begin to associate sounds with letters in English and to predict what the text will be about. They read words and phrases that they have learned in different curriculum areas. With support, they can follow a text read aloud. • • • • • • •
Can recognise familiar words Can recognise letters in simple contexts e.g.. Using visual/phonic clues Can recognise initial sounds of own name Can recognise initial sounds of other known words Can recognise sounds in familiar words Can show interest in what others are reading Can choose books and want to share them with others
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Messages Book 1 EAL Scheme of Work, A1 Entry Level / Breakthrough
Level One (Threshold) Students can read a range of familiar words and identify initial and final sounds in unfamiliar words. With support, they can establish meaning when reading aloud phrases or simple sentences, and use contextual clues to gain understanding. They respond to events and ideas in poems, stories and non-fiction. • • •
Can recognise sounds in unfamiliar words Can listen to stories and poems and express interest Can follow the sense of a simple text
Level One (Secure) Students use their knowledge of letters, sounds and words to establish meaning when reading familiar texts aloud, sometimes with prompting. They comment on events or ideas in poems, stories and non-fiction. • • • •
Begin to read simple texts Begin to use picture, phonic and context clues in reading Begin to comment about what they have read at a simple level Can read and follow simple instructions
National Curriculum Level Two Reading Students' reading of simple texts shows understanding and is generally accurate. They express opinions about major events or ideas in stories, poems and non-fiction. They use more than one strategy, such as phonic, graphic, syntactic and contextual in reading unfamiliar words and establishing meaning. • • • •
Can read with some accuracy, simple texts Can express their opinions about what they have read at a literal level Can use word books and simple dictionaries Can use picture, phonic and context clues in their reading
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National Curriculum Level Three Reading Students read a range of texts fluently and accurately. They read independently, using strategies appropriately to establish meaning. In responding to fiction and non-fiction they show understanding of the main points and express preferences. They use their knowledge of the alphabet to locate books and find information. • • • • • •
Can read a range of texts with confidence, fluency and accuracy Can use their knowledge of the alphabet to access reference books Can recall important details about what they have read Can talk about the setting, story line and characters in a story Can use computer based resources Can demonstrate they have understood the texts
National Curriculum Level Four Reading In responding to a range of texts, students show understanding of significant ideas, themes, events and characters. They begin to use inference and deduction. They refer to the text when explaining their views. They locate and use ideas and information. • • • • •
Can talk about themes, events and characters in a text Can demonstrate that they have begun to infer and deduce Read aloud with appropriate expression Can skim for facts Can scan for detail
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Writing
Messages Book 1 EAL Scheme of Work, A1 Entry Level / Breakthrough
Step One Students use English letters and letter-like forms to convey meaning. Pre-literate students copy or write their names and familiar words and write from left to right. • • • • • • • •
Can hold a pencil correctly Can trace over pictures/draw round templates Know that writing in English goes from left to right Can draw a simple figure Can trace over adult writing Can attempt writing (make marks on paper, pretend writing) Can write the first letter of their own name Can write more than one letter of their own name
Step Two Students attempt to express meanings in writing, supported by oral work or pictures. Generally their writing is intelligible to themselves and a familiar reader, and shows some knowledge of sound and letter patterns in English spelling. Building on their knowledge of literacy in another language, students show knowledge of the function of sentence division. • • • •
Can write their own name Can identify some speech sounds and relate them to letters Can write some letters in response to speech or picture stimuli Can write simple words and phrases using teachers/students as scribes
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Messages Book 1 EAL Scheme of Work, A1 Entry Level / Breakthrough
Level One (Threshold) Students produce recognisable letters and words in texts, which convey meaning and show some knowledge of English sentence division and word order. Most commonly used letters are correctly shaped, but may be inconsistent in their size and orientation. • • •
Can write simple words and phrases on their own Can write simple sentences - often with omissions Can produce correctly shaped letters but not always with consistent size or correct orientation
Level One (Secure) Students use phrases and longer statements which convey ideas to the reader, making some full stops and capital letters. Some grammatical patterns are irregular and students' grasp of English sounds and how they are written is not secure. Letters usually clearly shaped and correctly orientated. • • • •
Can spell simple three letter words Can write a simple story with a beginning, a middle and an end Starts to use capital letters and full stops although not necessarily appropriately Can produce legible handwriting, correctly orientated
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National Curriculum Level Two Writing
Students' writing communicates meaning in both narrative and non-narrative forms, using appropriate and interesting vocabulary, and showing some awareness of the reader. Ideas are developed in a sequence of sentences, sometimes demarcated by capital letters and full stops. Simple, monosyllabic words are usually spelt correctly, and where there are inaccuracies the alternative is phonetically plausible. In handwriting, letters are accurately formed and consistent in size. • • • • • • • •
Can write simple poems Begin to sort words alphabetically Can write phrases unaided Can connect sentences using simple conjunctions - (and, but) Can write complete sentences sometimes using capital letters and full stops Can spell monosyllabic words containing common patterns (e.g. park, house, shop) Produces legible upper and lower case letters in one style and uses it consistently Begins to produce joined up writing
National Curriculum Level Three Writing Students' writing is often organised, imaginative and clear. The main features of different forms of writing are used appropriately, beginning to be adapted to different readers. Sequences of sentences extend ideas logically and words are chosen for variety and interest. The basic grammatical structure of sentences is usually correct. Spelling is usually accurate, including that of common polysyllabic words. Punctuation to mark sentences full stops, capital letters and question marks - is used accurately. Handwriting is joined and legible. • • • • • • •
Can write a fully punctuated sentence Can write a fully punctuated paragraph Can choose and use an appropriate style for written work Can choose and use a variety of vocabulary Can spell a range of monosyllabic words not always following common patterns Can spell a range of common polysyllabic words Handwriting is joined up and legible.
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Messages Book 1 EAL Scheme of Work, A1 Entry Level / Breakthrough
National Curriculum Level Four Writing Students' writing in a range of forms is lively and thoughtful. Ideas are often sustained and developed in interesting ways and organised appropriately for the purpose of the reader. Vocabulary choices are often adventurous and words are used for effect. Students are beginning to use grammatical complex sentences, extending meaning. Spelling, including that of polysyllabic words that conform to regular patterns, is generally accurate. Full stops, capital letters and question marks are used correctly, and students are beginning to use punctuation within the sentence. Handwriting style is fluent, joined and legible. • • • • • •
Can write in a wide range of forms Use vocabulary imaginatively Begin to write grammatically complex sentences Spelling of polysyllabic words is usually accurate Begin to use punctuation within sentences Handwriting is fluent, joined and legible
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