Possible completed Scheme of work

Course Aims:
By the end of the course, students will be able to conduct simple conversations on everyday topics.
They will have improved their understanding of the uses of the present continuous and present simple, and started to use the past
simple.
They should also be able to use simple links such as and, and then, but and because.
There will be a strong emphasis on pronunciation throughout the course.
Objectives:
Students will achieve these aims through reading and listening comprehension practice and a range of speaking and writing activities
Students will give short presentations in pairs at the end of the course.

Week Tuesday 6.00-7.30 pm – Reading and Writing Thursday 6.00-7.30 pm – Listening and Speaking
1 Getting-to-know-you activities/Needs analysis Aims: To expand and practise language for talking about basic personal information
Activities: 1. Short listening comprehension – interviewer asks someone about their typical day
2. Interviews – students interview each other to practise language from interview.
Materials/Activities: Find some-one-who, paired interviews
Topic: Home life.
Language:
Functions: Describing daily routines and times, giving basic personal information including
dates.
Vocabulary: Giving dates, prepositions of time on, in, at (e.g., my
birthday is on 1st March).
Grammar: Asking each other simple questions about everyday life.
Pronunciation: Focus on the use of contractions (e.g., I'm, isn't,
he's, etc.). Basic stress and intonation patterns for words, short
sentences and simple questions.

Materials: Listening Comprehension from U3 'Elementary Listening Tasks'

2 Aims: To revise and practise language from last lesson
- To learn new vocabulary for describing rooms
Activities: 1. Reading comprehension – an account of someone's working
day including place descriptions
2. Describing own houses/place of work – picture dictation in pairs, short
writing activity
Language:
Function: Describing daily routines and times, describing
houses/places of work and rooms.
Vocabulary: Giving dates,
Worksheets to help students construct interview questions.
Aims: To expand and practise language for talking about sports and hobbies
Activities: 1. Short listening comprehension – short video report about popular sports and
hobbies in UK
2. Role plays – students role play people from video
3. Class survey – students design own survey in pairs then ask questions round the class
to complete.
Topic: Free time.
Language:
Vocabulary: Describing sports and hobbies.
Function: Expressing ability and inability.
 rooms, furniture, prepositions of place/time. Grammar: can and can't (e.g., I can swim, I can't play the violin)

Materials: Reading comp from U2 'Elementary Reading Tasks' Materials: 'Learn English Conversation' video
Pictures of houses and places of work
3 Aims: To introduce and practise present continuous to describe actions in Aims: To give students freer practice of present continuous to describe actions in progress
progress
Activities: 1. Reading comprehension to introduce target language in Activities: 1. Watch video (sound down) of animals – make commentary in pairs, compare
context original commentary. Correct and practice.
2. PPP lesson using examples from reading comp as context 2. Mime game + Q&A for further practice.
3. Controlled practice activities: Describing what people in picturesLanguage:
are doing. Function: Describing current activities of real people (mime
game?).
Language: Grammar: present continuous – asking each other simple questions
Vocabulary: verbs describing actions, revision of rooms, furniture. (Is he washing the car?, What are you doing?, etc.).
Prepositions. Pronunciation: Basic stress and intonation patterns for words,
Grammar: present continuous affirmative and negative (e.g. he is washing short sentences and simple questions.
the car, she isn't running).
Materials: You tube video of animals
Materials: Reading comp from U4 'Elementary Reading Tasks'
Pictures and worksheets for controlled practice
4 Aims: To introduce and practise vocabulary for describing places. Aims: To provide further practice of vocabulary for describing places and past simple of verb 'to
To introduce past simple of verb 'to be' for describing states in the past' be.'
(e.g. The museum was originally a rich family's house). To introduce language for giving directions
Activities: 1. Listening comprehension – someone describing a place they visited on holiday –
Activities: 1. Reading comprehension - Places in the local area – reading students complete details on map
short descriptions of places, including examples of was/were 2. Giving directions – pair work using simple maps
2. Writing own descriptions of local places using target language Language:
Language: Function: Giving and asking for very simple directions and locations.
Vocabulary/grammar: Vocabulary/grammar: Introduce/revise some of:
Past tense of the verb to be. Prepositions of movement: from, to, up, down, along, across.
Vocabulary for describing buildings and settings Prepositions of time: on, in, at.
Prepositions of place: near, in front of, behind, opposite.
Materials: Reading text – simplified version of tourist information Past tense of the verb to be.
brochure Link words: and, and then.

Materials: Listening Comprehension from U6 'Elementary Listening Tasks'

Maps, pictures to illustrate prepositions of location
5 Aim: Consolidation of language from last two lessons First half: Revision Lesson - games and activities to cover all areas looked at so far.
- to look at use of link words Second half:
Aims: Improve listening skills. Introduce vocabulary related to giving presentations
Activities: 1. Reading comprehension Activities:
2. Planning written work in small groups Listening Comprehension: Short video on how to give a presentation
Speaking preparation: Put students in pairs to prepare mini-presentations (10 mins each) on a
Language: topic of their choice in weeks 8 and 9.
Topic/function: Describing a journey, reading comprehension – further
work on: Language:
Vocabulary/grammar: Prepositions, Past tense of the verb to be. Link Vocabulary: Basic phrases for presentations Today we are talking about, first, here you can see,
words and, and then, but, because have you got any any questions? Etc.

Write a story about a journey for homework. Materials:

Materials for games and activities
Materials: Reading comprehension about my journey from UK to here (I Video
will write text) Vocabulary sheet
6 Progress test (45 minutes) First half of lesson: Return tests
Work in pairs on preparing their mini-presentations. Activities to review weak areas in test.
They can get support from me in this lesson. The rest of the preparation Second half of lesson:
must be done as homework. Aims: To introduce and practise language for talking about jobs and describing work routines.
Activities: 1. Short listening comprehension
Materials: 2. Paired interviews
Test
Materials:
Marked tests, materials for review activities
Listening Comprehension from U7 'Elementary Listening Tasks'
7 Aims: 1. To provide further practice of language for talking about jobs Aims: 1. To provide further practice of common regular verbs in the past simple.
and describing work routines. 2. Introduce common irregular verbs in the past simple (go, come, get).
2. Introduce some common regular verbs in the past simple. 3. To introduce weather vocabulary

Activities: 1. reading comprehension. Activities: 1. Listening comprehension – description of a holiday, revise language for describing
2. Controlled practice (speaking and writing) of some common regular places and the past simple, introduce weather vocabulary.
verbs in the past simple. 2. Freer speaking practice: Ask each other simple questions using the past simple and weather
Language: vocabulary.
Grammar: past simple
Vocabulary/topic: work Materials: Listening Comprehension from U8 'Elementary Listening Tasks'
Pronunciation of past tense endings.
 Materials: Reading comp from U7 'Elementary Reading Tasks'
Worksheet
8 Aims: Consolidation of language from last two lessons First half of lesson:
Three mini-presentations, followed by questions and answers from students.
Activities: 1. Grammar exercises Further work on the past simple, Second half of lesson:
weather and holiday vocabulary. Aim: Practise intensive listening skills
2. Reading comprehension Activities:
Listen to a song (with past simple) – gap fill Lost Boy Ruth B
Materials: Worksheet Pre-teach vocab, Introduce Peter Pan briefly when pre-teaching vocab for song.
Short story from MacMillan Elementary Graded readers series
Materials: Video clip of Peter Pan, Video of Lost Boy
Gap fill Lost Boy worksheet
Vocabulary worksheet
9 First half of lesson: Three mini-presentations, followed by questions and Revision: Teams – competition: Vocabulary and grammar games to cover all areas looked at so
answers from students. far.
Second half of lesson:
Aims: To practice extensive reading
To recycle vocabulary
Activities: Reading comprehension and discussion Materials: As needed for activities selected
Writing homework – write a story incorporating words from a list
Materials: Short story? (If they enjoyed the MacMillan one in last lesson
or I will adapt or write myself to incorporate lots of the language we have
looked at. If they didn't like doing a short story, Reading comp from U10
'Elementary Reading Tasks' )
Vocabulary list to revise for homework
10 End of course test End of course party – students bring in snacks, watch short video or listen to a song.
Feedback on presentations. Give back tests.