BCC Intensive English Program Grade 2

Course Syllabus for Semester 2 / 2015-2016

Course Objectives:
This course is an outcomes-based, English language enrichment course designed to
develop and consolidate students skills in the areas of Listening, Speaking, Reading
and Writing. Specific course objectives include:
To encourage children to be active and constructive in their own learning, using
English as a tool to do things and to create personally significant meaning.
To integrate learning English with other areas of learning at primary school.
To help children learn how to learn and to encourage them to begin to become
responsible, independent, reflective learners.
To promote an atmosphere of co-operation and collaboration in class.
Coursebook
English World 2
Teaching-Learning Materials and Resources:
Student book, workbook, audio CDs, flashcards, supplementary DVDs, materials to
complete projects and activities; scissors, construction paper, card, coloured pencils,
markers, glue, ActivBoard, television, video, CD player.

Course Schedule:

Weeks
1-2

Topic
Unit 7 A Trip in a Balloon

Oct. 26
Nov. 6

In this unit students will be learning to identify

food, drink and containers, months and seasons
of the year, use adverbs of frequency, and use
Theres or There are with countable and
uncountable nouns.

Text
Unit 7
Student book p.76-83
Workbook p.52-61

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Unit 8 Look at the Animals!

Through activities in this unit students will learn

Nov. 9 to identify animals, describe feelings using the

past tense of the verb to be, tell time using half

Nov. 20 past, comprehend a story about the past and to
use the conjunction but.
5-6

Unit 9 Look! The Sea!

Nov. 23 In this unit students will be learning to identify

sea creatures, describe things in the past with
Dec. 4 there and the verb to be, use prepositions,
identify animals in an aquarium and identify
numbers 60-100.
Reading CAT-Week 6
Unit 10- The Island
7-9
Dec. 8

Dec. 24

In this unit students will be learning to use third

person object pronouns with can, imperative
verbs in the affirmative and negative, write
information texts with labels and use the adverb
too in speaking.
Writing CAT-Week 7

Unit 8
Student book p.84-91
Workbook p. 72-81

Unit 9
Student book p.92-99
Workbook p.82-91

Unit 10
Student book p. 102-109
Workbook p. 92-101

10
Dec. 28
Jan. 1
11 12

Christmas and New Year Holidays

Unit 11-The Boat

Unit 11

Jan. 4
Jan. 15

Through activities in this unit students will learn

to use regular verbs in the past tense with all
pronouns, list using ordinal numbers firstseventh, identify jungle animals and their
actions.
Listening CAT-Week 12
Unit 12-Welcome home!

Student book p.110-117

Workbook p.102-111

In this unit students will be learning to identify

food and drink items, to use more prepositions,
use more regular past tense verbs and to talk
about what food you like and order the food
from a menu.
Speaking CAT-Week 13

Student book p.118-125

Workbook p.112-121

13-14
Jan. 18
Jan. 29

Units 12

15
Feb. 1
Feb. 5

IEP Exam Review Week

Units 7 - 12

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Feb. 8 IEP Exam Week
Feb. 12
17
Feb. 15 End of Year Student Projects
Feb. 19
18
Feb.22 Main School Final Exams
Feb. 26