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This lesson introduces the unit’s Big Question, and presents and practises eight items of vocabulary through a
series of listening and speaking activities, including a chant and a flashcard game.
through a flashcard
game, detailed in the A game on the Classroom
teaching notes. Presentation Tool provides
further vocabulary practice.
Warm up the recording a second time and ask them to listen and
• Introduce the theme for the lesson, e.g. for Lesson 1 in point again, this time repeating the words.
Unit 1 say, Let’s think about colours! • Play the chant recording and ask the students to point
• Present the vocabulary using the flashcards for this to the things in the picture when they hear them. Then
play the same recording again and encourage the
lesson. Alternatively, you may use the colour balloons
on the Bright Ideas Poster. students to join in with the chant.
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This lesson provides further practice of the vocabulary presented in the previous lesson through a listening
activity, a sticker activity and a follow-up speaking activity.
Stickers
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One of the children course characters heads up this lesson in each unit. The content of the lesson relates
to their answer to the Big Question in Lesson 1 of the unit. The lesson presents a new grammar structure
through a cartoon featuring the child character and the class puppet, Sock. The students then practise the new
language aurally and orally, through the lesson song and a flashcard game.
Warm up • Iftheyoucartoon.
like, organize the students into pairs to act out
• Choose a warm-up activity from the teaching notes. See the suggestions for ways to do this in
the teaching notes.
Class Book
• Focus the students on the profile picture of the child
• Focus the students on the large picture and ask them
which characters they can see. Ask them what else they
course character. Ask them what the character’s name can see and elicit the vocabulary from Lesson 1. Tell them
is. Then ask them if they can remember their answer the picture is for a song that they are going to listen to.
to the Big Question in Lesson 1. For the answer to
this question, refer to the audio transcript for Lesson • Play the song recording and ask the students to point
1 activity 1, or the Lesson 1 illustration where the to the things in the picture when they hear them. Then
characters are depicted in the same order from left to play the same recording again and encourage the
right as their answers depicted on the whiteboard. students to join in with the song.
• Then focus the students on the cartoon and ask them • Play the grammar practice game in the teaching notes,
which characters they can see. using the flashcards for Lesson 1 where appropriate.
• Play the recording and ask the students to listen and Further practice
follow in their books. Then play the recording again,
pausing after each line, and encouraging the students
• Athesong worksheet is provided for further practice of
first grammar structure and vocab set of the unit.
to listen and repeat. Worksheets to be downloaded via the access card.
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Another of the children course characters heads up this lesson in each unit. The content of the lesson again
often relates to their answer to the Big Question in Lesson 1 of the unit. The lesson provides further practice
of the grammar presented in the previous lesson, through a listening activity, a pencil activity, and a follow-up
communicative activity.
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A third course character heads up this lesson in each unit. The character presents a story from their own life
with a thematic link to their answer to the Big Question in Lesson 1. The story provides exposure to the six new
vocabulary items presented and practised in this lesson. The follow-up activities develop integrated skills and
include comprehension checking and consolidation of the story.
Flashcards
Storycards
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Warm up • Tell the students they are going to listen to the story
• Introduce the theme for the lesson, e.g. for Lesson 5 in and they can check their ideas.
Unit 1 say, Let’s think about school things! • Use the storycards to tell the story. Either tell the story
• Present the vocabulary using the flashcards for this yourself, using the script from the reverse side of each
card, or play the recording.
lesson.
• Use activity 2 to elicit the vocabulary from the students. • Ask the children to tell you the number of the story
You can use the flashcards for this lesson from the frame where Sock is hiding, or point to him on the
Classroom Resource Pack to support the students’ corresponding storycard.
answers visually.
• Organize the students into groups to act out the story.
• Focus the students on the profile picture of the child See the suggestions for unit 1 on page 46 for how to
support the students in the acting out activity.
course character. Ask them what the character’s name
is. Then ask them if they can remember their answer to
the Big Question in Lesson 1. Further practice
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This lesson provides further practice of the vocabulary presented in the previous lesson, through a listening
activity, a pencil activity and a follow-up speaking activity.
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A fourth course character heads up this lesson, the content of which often links to their answer to the Big
Question in Lesson 1. The lesson presents a second core grammar structure through a cartoon featuring the
course characters. The students then practise the new language aurally and orally, through a listening activity,
a pencil activity, and a follow-up communicative activity.
Warm up of the activity with the students. Play the recording for
• Choose a warm-up activity from the teaching notes. the students to complete the activity.
Class Book • Play the recording again if necessary. Then check the
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This lesson is headed up by a fifth course character, and presents content from key areas of the curriculum,
linked to the character’s answer to the Big Question. The lesson presents and practises four or five new items
of cross-curricular vocabulary. The activities encourage the students to think about the content, and practise
and consolidate what they have learned. They also provide opportunities for developing critical-thinking skills
and creativity.
Worksheets
• Then focus the students on the initial image or images Further practice
and ask them what they can see. The students can
respond in L1 if necessary. Repeat their answers back to
• Across-curricular
worksheet is provided for further practice of the
content. Worksheets to be downloaded
them in English. via the access card.
• Play the recording for the first activity and encourage the
students to listen and point. Then play the recording a
second time for the students to listen and repeat.
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The last lesson features pronunciation practice of an individual letter sound in English and orally reviews all
the core vocabulary from the unit through an engaging game. The students are also encouraged to evaluate
their own work and the progress they have made over the course of the unit.
Warm up they can say the word correctly, they can continue on
• Do the warm-up activity in the teaching notes. their next turn. If they are unable to say the word, other
members of the group should tell them the correct
Class Book word (or the group should ask the teacher for help).
• Point to the letter on the sign Miss Jones is holding and The student then has to say the word correctly on their
next turn and not turn the spinner again until their
demonstrate the letter sound. Then play the first part of the
recording, encouraging the students to repeat. subsequent turn. The first student to reach the finish
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The Big Projects provide an opportunity for hands-on, student-centred learning and develop the 21st century
skills of communication, collaboration and creativity. They also review and practise language from the course
to ensure students are equipped linguistically for the productive stages.
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This lesson reviews language from the corresponding Class Book unit in a new context. The language is
recycled in a listening text, chosen and presented by one of the children course characters. A varied range of
follow up activities practise the language aurally and orally in the new context.
The students
practise and
consolidate the
review language
in the new
context.
Further
speaking
practice of the
review language
is provided.
Warm up For the songs and poems, play the recording and ask the
• Review the key vocabulary from the corresponding students to point to the things in the pictures when they
hear them. If you like, play the recording a second time.
Class Book unit, using the flashcards.
For the stories, use the storycards provided the first
Activity Book
• Ask the students to look at the course character at the top
time you tell the story. You can choose to play the
recording or tell the story using the script from the
of the first page. Ask them to remember the character's reverse side of each card. Then play the recording
name. Explain that this character has something to share a second time, and ask the students to point to the
with the students (a song, a poem or a story). things in the pictures on the page when they hear
• Focus the students’ attention on the main illustrations them.
on the page. Use the questions in the first activity to
introduce the topic and to review vocabulary from
• Ask the students to do the listening or pencil activity in
activity 4 to review and practise the target language.
previous lessons.
• Tell the students that they are going to hear a song /
• Ask the students to do activities 5 and 6 to develop oral
communication skills.
poem / story.
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This lesson builds on the review language from the corresponding Class Book unit, extending it in the new
context of the previous lesson. The language extension is achievable and supported, and the carefully-staged
activities allow for personalization and creative input from the students.
The students recap Students’ collaboration and creativity This social, presentation-style activity
the listening text from is encouraged as they personalize the allows students to share and make
the previous lesson. language they have learned. active use of their creative work.
Activities 2–4 present and practise the Students develop This provides an opportunity to extend
extended grammar, and set up the freer learning to learn the presentation task so that it has real
speaking practice in activities 5 and 6. skills. aims for outside the classroom.
Activity Book • You can choose to extend the students’ work using the
• Ask the students to do review activity 1. Community Task. See the teaching notes for tips and
suggestions.
• Guide the students as they do activities 2 and 3, which
• Ask the students to evaluate their work in this lesson
present and practise the language extension. by colouring the image of Sock according to his
• Organize the students into pairs or groups, as expression.
appropriate, to do the controlled practice in activity 4.
• Encourage the students to be creative in the next
personalized task.
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This lesson provides a further review of language from the corresponding Class Book unit, this time in a real-
world setting. The lesson is headed up by a child from the wider international community, who shares aspects
of everyday life in their home country through photos and a listening text. The follow up activities check
comprehension of the text and offer the students an opportunity to respond personally with their own ideas
or aspects of their own culture.
Colourful photos bring This lesson features a This activity checks Students have opportunity to
the target culture to child from a different comprehension of the personalize what they have
life and provide visual country in every unit. culture listening text. learned and / or compare the
support for the listening. target culture with their own.
Warm up • Ask the students to listen to the child talking and point
• Review the key vocabulary from the corresponding to the photos and the things they can see as they are
described. Then play the recording.
Class Book unit, using the flashcards.
• Say the name of the child in the profile photo and ask the
each sentence. Encourage the children to tell you the
number of the photo the sentence refers to.
students to guess which country the child is from. (See
the teaching notes.) • Ask the children to look at the pictures in activity 4.
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This lesson further develops the theme and language of the previous lesson. Four to five new vocabulary items
are presented and practised through a wide variety of activities which develop 21st century learning skills, and
provide links with other key areas of the curriculum, such as art, science and maths.
The new words extend The students are encouraged to Students consolidate,
the core vocabulary of bring their own thoughts and This activity practise and personalize
the Class Book unit. ideas to the lesson content. inspires creativity. the lesson content.
The lesson content Students are exposed to The students’ own work provides
builds on the topic of the the new vocabulary in a the impetus for further oral
previous culture lesson. cross-curricular context. practice of the new vocabulary.
• Ask the students to do activities 2 and 3, demonstrating task. Encourage them to use the vocabulary they have
learned in this lesson.
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A cut-out game for each unit is provided at the end of the Activity Book. The games are specially designed so
that they thoroughly practise all the vocabulary and grammar from the unit. For some units, where both core
lexical sets and structures cannot easily be practised at once, the cut-out is double-sided to create two games.
This ensures comprehensive speaking practice of all new language.
An element of choice
heightens motivation
and facilitates learner
self-investment.
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A two-page unit review is provided at the end of every two units of the Activity Book. These pages review and
practise both core sets of vocabulary and structures from each of the corresponding Class Book units. The language
is recycled and personalized through a wide variety of pencil activities and communicative practice activities.
Personalized speaking
This page reviews and Pencil activity to provide This page reviews and practice of the first
practises language from a context for speaking practises language vocabulary set and
Class Book Unit 1. practice in activity 2 from Class Book Unit 2. structure from the unit
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The digital Classroom Presentation Tool is for use in conjunction with the Class Book and Activity Book print
materials. It is a valuable tool for effective classroom management, providing a clear focus in the classroom and
strong visual support for students, as well as extra practice of new language through engaging digital games.
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