5 Scope and Sequence

Scope and sequence: Units 1-9

LANGUAGE BOOK 5

Language
Theme Reading and understanding Vocabulary
building
Unit Water stimulus: The Quest adjectives abstract nouns
text type: mystery story

1 comprehension: multiple choice/

extension

Unit Water stimulus: The Water Cycle alphabetical phrases

text type: information/explanation order

2 comprehension: sequencing a process/

extension

Unit Adventures stimulus: Cliffhanger root words apostrophes –

text type: adventure story omission and
3 comprehension: true or false/extension possession

Unit Adventures stimulus: Woodlands Adventure Park or/er words adverbs from
text type: information/persuasive writing adjectives

4 comprehension: cloze/inferential/
personal response/extension

REVISION: UNITS 1-4

Unit Mysteries stimulus: The Mysterious Cupboard homophones adjectives with y
text type: fantasy fiction story and ful

5 comprehension: narrative sequence/

extension

Unit Mysteries stimulus: The Mystery of the Mary Celeste definitions simple sentence;
text type: interview subject/verb/

6 comprehension: find the mistakes/

inferential/extension
object

Unit Up in the sky stimulus: Daedalus and Icarus definitions simple and
text type: play compound
7 comprehension: multiple choice/extension sentences

Unit Up in the sky stimulus: Man on the Moon synonyms phrasal verbs
text type: newspaper report
comprehension: true or false/extension
8
Unit Up in the sky stimulus: Soft landings/Moonlight/ words with ing adjectives
Spaceflight/Stars more than one
text type: rhyming poetry/haikus meaning
9 comprehension: literal/inferential/
extension

REVISION: UNITS 5-9

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FLUENCY
LANGUAGE BOOK 5 LANGUAGE BOOK 5
BOOK 5

Reading for
Grammar Fluency Spelling Writing enrichment

present simple and present 1 Holidays suffix ive continuing a The Quest
continuous story (mystery story)
The fisherman is mending his nets.
He goes fishing every day.

past simple and past continuous 2 African tion words sequencing a Water’s for …
While the plane was flying over the explorers process (poem)
forest, John looked out of the window.

present perfect and past simple 3 Andes ent/ence adventure story A Real-Life Adventure
Have you ever seen a polar bear? adventure words (biography)
Yes, I saw one yesterday.

future will; first conditional 4 Yellowstone ant/ance letter writing What’s an adventure
What will they do at the park? National Park words race?
If the weather is fine, they will have a (personal recount)
picnic.

REVISION: UNITS 1-4

modal verbs – should/ought to/must 5 Going ture words imaginative The caves at Wookey
We should unpack the suitcases. underground writing Hole
We ought to empty the boxes. (information/
First we must have something to eat. explanation)

present simple passive 6 Mystery in gu words interview The Bermuda

The ship is sailed by the crew. Peru Triangle
Meals are cooked in the galley. (information)

conversational phrases – agreement 7 TV stars ie words a play scene Wings

So do I. Me too. (information/
Neither do I. Me neither. explanation)

present continuous with future 8 'KidzWorld' ei words newspaper I want to be an

meaning magazine report astronaut
Five astronauts are going to the moon (poem)
tomorrow.
Their rocket is taking off at 10am.

exclamations and result clauses 9 The sky at tch words haikus Our Solar System
It's so hot! It's such a hot day! night (information)
They are such good players that they
win every match.

REVISION: UNITS 5-9

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Scope and sequence: Units 10-18

LANGUAGE BOOK 5

Language
Theme Reading and understanding Vocabulary
building
Unit Exploration stimulus: The shipwreck word definitions direct speech
text type: narrative adventure story (review)

10 comprehension: multiple choice/extension

Unit Exploration stimulus: Exploring Greece definitions forms of sentence

text type: summary notes/non-fiction
report
11 comprehension: correcting sentences/
extension

Unit Environment stimulus: The Stream synonyms future tense with

text type: narrative adventure story will
comprehension: cloze exercise/extension
12
Unit Environment stimulus: Join World Watch alphabetical order active and passive
text type: persuasive writing in form of verbs
leaflet
13 comprehension: true or false/extension

REVISION: UNITS 10-13

Unit Inventions stimulus: Kate is made smaller words and gender
text type: fantasy fiction story definitions/parts
14 comprehension: multiple choice/extension of speech

Unit Inventions stimulus: Television homophones more about

text type: biography/expressing a point compound
of view sentences and
15 comprehension: literal comprehension
questions/extension
clauses

Unit The Senses stimulus: A night in the jungle synonyms/ reported speech
text type: narrative story antonyms (review)
16 comprehension: sequencing/extension

Unit The Senses stimulus: How your ear works root words changing verbs to
text type: explanatory text and diagrams nouns by suffixing

17 comprehension: matching sentence

beginnings and endings/extension

Unit The Senses stimulus: The Five Senses Shop onomatopoeia separating
text type: list poems sentence tags with

18 comprehension: literal comprehension

questions/extension
commas

REVISION: UNITS 14-18

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FLUENCY
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BOOK 5
Reading for
Grammar Fluency Spelling Writing enrichment

reported speech (time shift present to 10 Ocean two-syllable continuing The Dolphin
past) explorers words – first a story (in (poem)
'I'm tired.' Jim said that he was tired. syllable a long chapters)
'I can't swim.' The girl said that she vowel
couldn't swim.

past simple passive 11 Journey in words in non-fiction Marco Polo

The stadium was rebuilt in 1869. Greece which ci/ti report (biography)
The Olympic Games were held there in sound like sh
1896.

present perfect + for/since 12 'The River' words with story settings How to make a solar
He has lived there for years. same letter still
They have been on their farm since sound but (instructional text)
1999. different letter
pattern

present perfect continuous + for/ 13 Let's recycle! suffixes ful/ persuasive The litter song
since less writing – posters (poem/song)
She has been in Borneo since 1995.
People have been cutting down trees
for years.

REVISION: UNITS 10-13

reported commands 14 Interview wa (sound of writing a story Cat’s eyes
James told Kate to sit down. with a star a is modified sequel (biography)
He told her not to touch the machine. after w)

modal verbs have to (past, present, 15 Children's TV words in expressing a Albert the TV addict
future) which i point of view (story with a moral)
They always have to work hard. sounds like
Jenny had to give a talk last week. ee
Suzy will have to give a talk tomorrow.

question tags 16 Night animals prefixes pre characterisation Your five senses
It's noisy, isn't it? and mis (explanatory text)
They're not dangerous, are they?

used to to express the past 17 Look here! war/wor explanatory texts My Hands
They used to live by the sea. words and diagrams (poem)
He used to play on the beach.

reflexive pronouns 18 The big quiz homophones non-rhyming list The Old Man and the
I baked the cake myself. poem Strong Man
The boys are enjoying themselves. (trad story from Iran)

REVISION: UNITS 14-18

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