Macmillan English 2 – course planner - 90 sessions (45 minutes each)

Unit / Reading and comprehension
(1 session) / Working with words and sentence building
(1 session) / Grammar and listening
(1 session) / Phonics and class writing
(1 session)
Revision – What can you see? What are they doing? What can you say? (1 session)
Unit
1
4
sessions / What a mess! (story with familiar setting) / Vocabulary: action verbs, craft items, gifts
Sentence building: capital letters and verbs with the -ing ending / Grammar: What are you doing?
I'm drawing.
He is reading. / They are reading.
Is he watching TV?
Yes, he is. / No, he isn't.
Listening: Listen and draw a picture (listening for detail) / Phonics: words with the ee long vowel spelling
Class writing: An email (ordering words to form an email)
Unit
2
4
sessions / I love the city (poem) / Vocabulary: modes of transport
Sentence building: nouns and adjectives / Grammar: Do you like the city?
Yes, I do. / No, I don't.
I/We/They like the city.
I/We/They don't like the noise.
Listening: street conversations (matching dialogues and pictures) / Phonics: words with the oo long vowel spelling
Class writing: A busy street (describing a picture)
Unit
3
4
sessions / Our sports club (description text) / Vocabulary: sports, opposites
Sentence building: contractions / Grammar: Does Ben like karate?
Yes, he does. / No, he doesn't.
Tilly likes tennis.
She doesn't like chess.
Listening: A radio advertisement (identifying the names of sports) / Phonics: words with a 'magic e' spelling pattern
Class writing: The sports club (filling in a fact file, describing activities)
Revision Units 1-3 (1 session)
Test Units 1-3 (1 session)
Unit
4
4
sessions / The five senses (information text) / Vocabulary: descriptive adjectives, words relating to senses
Sentence building: question marks / Grammar: I can see you.
Can you see me?
Can you see him/her/them?
Listening: What can you hear? (matching dialogues and pictures) / Phonics: words with the ai long vowel spelling
Class writing: Sights and sounds (answering questions to write a description)
Unit
5
4
sessions / The sound of the clock (narrative poem) / Vocabulary: school items and activities, times, daily routines
Sentence building: commas and and in a list / Grammar: Do you read at school?
Yes, we do. / No, we don't.
Does Ben get up at 6 o'clock?
No, he doesn't. He gets up at 7 o'clock.
Listening: Susie's big picture (sequencing) / Phonics: words with the ea long vowel spelling
Class writing: Your day (writing about routines)
Unit
6
4
sessions / Kit works on a farm (information text) / Vocabulary: farm animals
Sentence building: proper nouns / Grammar: What's her job?
She's a teacher.
Where does she work?
In a school.
She doesn't work on Saturdays.
Listening: Aunt Meg's day (sequencing) / Phonics: words with the ar long vowel spelling
Class writing: Let's write about jobs (people and their jobs)
Revision Units 4-6 (1 session)
Test Units 4-6 (1 session)
Unit
7
4
sessions / Famous towers (information text) / Vocabulary: buildings, countries, capital cities
Sentence building: prepositions of place / Grammar: Yesterday we were at the City Tower.
The tower was tall.
I was scared.
Listening: Big Ben (listening for gist, listening for detail) / Phonics: words with the igh long vowel spelling
Class writing: The TV Tower (answering questions to write a description)
Unit
8
4
sessions / The giant carrot (story with familiar context) / Vocabulary: fruits and vegetables, food
Sentence building: past tense of 'to be' / Grammar: Was the flag blue?
Yes, it was. / No, it wasn't.
The peaches were nice but they weren't very big.
Listening: At the supermarket (listening for gist, listening for detail) / Phonics: words with the ow long vowel spelling
Class writing: A poster (answering questions to write a description)
Unit
9
4
sessions / Just like Mum (autobiographical story) / Vocabulary: rooms and house items
Sentence building: singular and plural nouns / Grammar: My dad phoned.
We talked for half an hour.
He helped me.
Listening: Where is he? (identifying location) / Phonics: words with the ay long vowel spelling
Class writing: Let's write about yesterday (activities at home)
Revision Units 7-9 (1 session)
Test Units 7-9 (1 session)
Unit
10
4
sessions / Meet the dinosaurs! (information text) / Vocabulary: opposites
Sentence building: simple past tense with -ed / Grammar: I liked the Great Wall. It was huge.
I loved the Pyramids. They were enormous.
Listening: At the museum (matching dialogues and locations) / Phonics: words with the ir long vowel spelling
Class writing: Dinosaurs (writing short descriptions)
Unit
11
4
sessions / The Big Dinner (story with familiar context) / Vocabulary: food
Sentence building: contractions / Grammar: Did you like your sandwich?
Yes, I did. / No, I didn't.
Did he/she like his/her pizza?
Yes, he did. / No, she didn't.
Listening: Ordering a meal (listening for detail) / Phonics: words ending with the er spelling (schwa)
Class writing: Writing about food (taking a survey and writing about the results)
Unit
12
4
sessions / Fun in the Fun House (poem) / Vocabulary: action verbs
Sentence building: prepositions of place / Grammar: I climbed the pyramid.
He didn't climb it.
We liked the train.
They didn't like it.
Listening: At the Fun House (listening for gist, listening for detail) / Phonics: words with the ou long vowel spelling
Class writing: At the Fun House (describing a visit to the Fun House)
Revision Units 10-12 (1 session)
Test Units 10-12 (1 session)
Unit
13
4
sessions / Weather (poems) / Vocabulary: weather
Sentence building: adverbs / Grammar: When is your birthday? It's in July.
How many days are there in March? There are thirty-one.
Listening: Listen and draw the weather (listening for detail) / Phonics: words with the y long vowel spelling
Class writing: Let's write about the weather (describing weather scenes)
Unit
14
4
sessions / Streams and rivers (information text) / Vocabulary: water transport
Sentence building: comparative adjectives / Grammar: Are there any girls in the picture?
There aren't any girls.
There are some boys.
Listening: What are the boats? (matching dialogues and pictures) / Phonics: words with the oa long vowel spelling
Class writing: Riverside Sports Club (writing a report about water sports)
Unit
15
4
sessions / When the clock struck twelve... (dialogue) / Vocabulary: countries and nationalities, clothes
Sentence building: question words / Grammar: Whose bag is this?
Whose socks are these?
It is / They are mine / yours / his / hers / ours / theirs.
Listening: What are the flags? (identifying combinations of colours and shapes) / Phonics: words with the oy long vowel spelling
Class writing: Let's write a story (writing a story in the form of a dialogue)
Revision Units 13-15 (1 session)
Test Units 13-15 (1 session)
Unit
16
4
sessions / A very clever dog (story) / Vocabulary: things around town, directions
Sentence building: direct speech / Grammar: Yesterday we went to the castle.
The castle had four towers.
We ran up the steps.
Listening: A map (following directions) / Phonics: words with the ur long vowel spelling
Class writing: Let's write a story (correcting mistakes to write a story)
Unit
17
4
sessions / Chuckle with Charlie and Chip (word puzzles) / Vocabulary: an acrostic puzzle, ordinal numbers
Sentence building: irregular past tense verbs / Grammar: Did you go to the castle? Yes, we did.
Did you see The Puzzler? No, we didn't.
We did not go in the Blue Tower.
We did not see The Puzzler.
Listening: A funny story (sequencing) / Phonics: words with the or long vowel spelling
Class writing: Write a story (using picture and word prompts to write a story)
Unit
18
4
sessions / Happy New Year! (autobiographical account) / Vocabulary: sound words, celebrations
Sentence building: plural nouns with -es / Grammar: Did you find the picture in the Black Tower?
We didn't find it in the Black Tower.
We found it in the Red Tower.
Listening: A story about a dragon (listening for gist, listening for detail) / Phonics: words with the ow long vowel spelling
Class writing: Finish your story (using picture prompts to complete a story)
Revision Units 16-18 (1 session)
Test Units 16-18 (1 session)
Course revision (2 sessions)
Final test (2 sessions)
Wrap-up (1 session)

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