Academy Stars 3

Children 3

SECOND TEST - TEACHING POINTS -

Coverage: Units 3, 5 and 5

Not all the teaching points below will be tested.

Grammar
- to be: present simple or past simple?
- countable or uncountable nouns: - some and any
- How much / many – There is / are
- Past simple – all forms – regular verbs.

Vocabulary
- Places around town
- Adjectives to describe people
- Family members
- Food and tableware
- Safari
- Musical instruments
- Action verbs
- Dressing up

Writing
Students should be able to:
- Write a story: An amazing day. - Workbook p. 34-35
- Write a webpage about a Safari Park. - Workbook p. 45
- Write a blog post about your grandparents. - Workbook p. 55

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Second TEST - SYLLABUS -

By now your group routine should be well established and students are probably more
comfortable with sharing in the group. Keep on exploiting activities that promote interpersonal
and collaborative skills, and allow children to express ideas and opinions.

UNIT 3

Lesson 1
Learning objectives: Identify and use new words: places around town.
Make the most of the visual used to introduce the unit and do activities 1 to 4 following TB
suggestion. Try to incorporate flashcards into activities to make them more memorable. Before
doing exercise 4, you might want to consider different ways to pair students.
To exploit this song to the full, you might want to add to what is in the TB. For instance, you can try
‘Lyric Grab’ as it is a really engaging activity. You should prepare a list of words from the lyrics of
the song. You then get all the words of places mentioned in the song ‘Tower Town’, and put one
word on one slip of paper which you stick to the whiteboard. Place all the words randomly on the
whiteboard and put the students into two teams. They stand in line facing the whiteboard, you play
the song and when a student hears a word from the song, they grab it, run to the back of their line
and then the next student continues. Continue the song until it has finished. Count the words and
congratulate the winning team!

Reinforcement: Workbook page 28

Create visual aids with your students to provide them with

peripheral learning (we perceive much more in our
environment than that to which we consciously attend).

Lesson 2
Learning objectives: Read a story. Identify new words. Adjectives to describe people.
Follow TB and do exercises 1 to 3 as suggested. Please notice the Teaching
Star! These boxes provide useful classroom tips, practical activities and support
for teachers. Apart from using simple and clear explanations, it would be a
good idea to pair each new word with a gesture, as this helps students learn
new words in a foreign language.

Reinforcement: workbook pages 29.

Lesson 3
Learning objectives: Reading comprehension: scan and categorise; sounds and spelling.
Follow TB warm-up and then do activities 1 to 5 as suggested. Please notice the Teaching Star!
box.
Reinforcement: workbook page 30

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Lesson 4
Learning objectives: understand to be, present simple or past simple.
Do it all following TB suggestions and use the class video, if you have access to it. Make sure to
use the supporting animations to present grammar and focus on form in an engaging and
memorable way. Please notice the Teaching star! and make sure to round off with a cooler activity
to consolidate the new grammar.

Reinforcement: workbook page 31. Remind students that they can refer to the Grammar reference
on page 120.

Lesson 5
Learning objectives: make Wh- questions with was/were; use new words: family.
Do it all following TB suggestions and use the class video, if you have access to it. This real-world
video brings the dialogue to life and supports understanding. Again, you might want to pair each
Wh- question words with a gesture to make it more memorable. Please notice the Teaching Star!
and encourage pairwork. Make the most of activity 3. This personalisation activity enables children
to relate language to their own lives.

Reinforcement: workbook page 32. Remind students that they can refer to the Grammar reference
on page 120 while completing these activities.

Lesson 6
Learning objectives: Listening and speaking: follow sequenced information.
Do it all following TB suggestions. Please notice the Teaching star! Follow the three stages:
before, while and after listening.

Reinforcement: workbook page 33.

Lesson 7
Learning objectives: plan and write a story.
Do it all following TB suggestions. These carefully staged activities support children in building up
the text. They also give children the support and scaffolding they need to produce. Please notice
the Teaching star!.
Reinforcement: workbook pages 34 and 35.

Lesson 8
Learning objective: Make deductions and speculate about someone’s identity.
This lesson focuses on critical thinking skills. The tasks prepare children to make decisions, solve
problems, and take control of their learning. Please notice the Teaching star! Do it all following TB
suggestions.

Reinforcement: workbook pages 36 and 37.

Reading time
Learning objectives: Read a funny story. Develop reading fluency.

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When you do a reading/video activity, it is often useful to plan for the following three stages:
before, while and after reading/watching. Make the most of this beautifully illustrated text since it
will help develop a love of reading and build confidence in reading longer texts. Key vocabulary
and structures are consolidated to give examples of natural language use. Make sure to use the
animated video as it brings the story to life.

UNIT 4

Lesson 1
Learning objectives: Identify and use new words: food and tableware; sing a song.
Follow TB warm-up to introduce the topic. Then do activities 1 to 5 following TB as well.
It would be advisable to use/make/print sets of flashcards with key vocabulary. These will be useful
to present, revise, pair students, and play games, among others.

Reinforcement: workbook page 38.

Extra material: ‘Do you like…?’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frN3nvhIHUk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13mftBvRmvM

Lesson 2
Learning objectives: Reading an informational website.
Follow TB warm-up to introduce the topic and then do activities 1 to 4 as suggested.
Learning to learn: try to make the most of these activities, as they foster learner autonomy and
enable children to apply learning strategies. Please notice the Teaching Star! and play team
games in the class.

Reinforcement: workbook page 39.

Lesson 3
Learning objectives: Reading comprehension: contrast two texts; Sounds and spelling.
Follow TB warm-up and then do activities 1 to 5 as suggested. Activity 3 develops critical thinking
skills. Please notice the Teaching Star! and encourage children to underline key words.

Reinforcement: workbook page 40.

Lesson 4
Learning objectives: use countable and uncountable nouns some/any.
Do it all following TB suggestions and use the class video, if you have access to it. Make sure to
use the supporting animations to present grammar and focus on form in an engaging and
memorable way. Make sure to round off with the cooler activity to consolidate the new grammar.

You might want to use the magnifying glass idea and ask students to become detectives. Their
job: discover when to use some/any.

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Reinforcement: workbook page 41. Remind students that they can refer to the Grammar reference
on page 121 while completing these activities.

Lesson 5
Learning objectives: Use ‘How much/many…?’, ‘There’s/There’re….’
Do it all following TB suggestions and use the class video, if you have access to it. This real-world
video brings the dialogue to life and supports understanding. Please notice the Teaching Star!
Make the most of activity 3. This personalisation activity enables children to relate language to
their own lives.

Reinforcement: workbook page 42. Remind students that they can refer to the Grammar reference
on page 121.

Lesson 6
Learning objectives: Listening: listen for specific information. Speaking: give suggestions
and make a plan.
Do it all following TB suggestions. Please notice the Teaching star! to make sure that all students
have equal opportunities to speak. Before asking students to stand up and mingle, you might want
to ask them to rehearse with a partner and follow this procedure: think-pair-share. This will allow
them to be better prepared and gain confidence. Speaking is a complex skill and the difficulty for
children learning a foreign language should not be underestimated.

Reinforcement: workbook page 43.

Lesson 7
Learning objectives: make paragraphs in a website text.
Do it all following TB suggestions. These carefully staged activities support children in building up
the text. They also give children the support and scaffolding they need to produce. Please notice
the Teaching Star! and help children in their process of writing neatly.
Reinforcement: workbook pages 44 and 45.

Lesson 8
Learning objective: analyse and synthesise information.
This lesson focuses on critical thinking skills. The tasks prepare children to make decisions, solve
problems, and take control of their learning. Please notice the Teaching star! Do it all following TB
suggestions. Make sure to round off with the cooler activity as children tend to greatly enjoy
memory games.

Reinforcement: workbook pages 46 and 47.

Review – do it all.

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UNIT 5

Lesson 1
Learning objectives: Identify and use new words: family and musical instruments; sing a
song.
Follow TB warm-up to introduce the topic. Then do activities 1 to 5 following TB as well.
It would be advisable to use/make/print sets of flashcards with key vocabulary. These will be useful
to present, revise, pair students, and play games, among others. Please notice the Teaching Star!
and use TPR.

Reinforcement: workbook page 48.

Lesson 2
Learning objectives: Read poetry. Identify new words: action verbs.
Follow TB warm-up to introduce the topic and then do activities 1 to 3 as suggested.
Learning to learn: try to make the most of these activities, as they foster learner autonomy and
enable children to apply learning strategies. Please notice the Teaching Star! and promote
collaboration. You should also refer to the Values box, as it supports the development of social
skills, good citizenship, cooperation and collaboration.

Reinforcement: workbook page 49.

Lesson 3
Learning objectives: Reading comprehension: recognise features and interpret meaning;
sounds and spelling.
Follow TB warm-up and then do activities 1 to 4 as suggested. Please notice the Teaching Star!
and devote time to pronunciation.
Reinforcement: workbook page 50.

Lesson 4
Learning objectives: use past simple regular verbs.
Do it all following TB suggestions and use the class video, if you have access to it. Make sure to
use the supporting animations to present grammar and focus on form in an engaging and
memorable way. Please notice the Teaching star! and highlight spelling. Make sure to round off
with a cooler activity to consolidate the new grammar.

You might want to use the magnifying glass idea and ask students to become detectives. Their
job: discover ‘What happens after did/didn’t?’

Reinforcement: workbook page 51. Remind students that they can refer to the Grammar reference
on page 122 for model language and further practice page while completing these activities.

Lesson 5
Learning objectives: Use past simple yes/no questions. Use new words: dressing up.
Do it all following TB suggestions and use the class video, if you have access to it. This real-world
video brings the dialogue to life and supports understanding. Please notice the Teaching Star! and
personalise activities.

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Reinforcement: workbook page 52. Remind students that they can refer to the Grammar reference
on page 122 for model language and further practice page while completing these activities.

Lesson 6
Learning objectives: listen for specific information; ask and answer questions about family.
Do it all following TB suggestions. Please notice the Teaching star!

Reinforcement: workbook page 53.

Lesson 7
Learning objectives: writing rhyming poetry.
Do it all following TB suggestions. These carefully staged activities support children in building up
the text. They also give children the support and scaffolding they need to produce. Please notice
the Teaching Star! and devote time to working on intonation.

Reinforcement: workbook pages 54 and 55.

Lesson 8
Learning objective: analyse and evaluate information.

This lesson focuses on critical thinking skills. The tasks prepare children to make decisions, solve
problems, and take control of their learning. Please notice the Teaching star! and give mini-class
projects a go. Do it all following TB suggestions.

Reinforcement: workbook pages 56 and 57.

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