English as a Second Language 2016-17

Easter Term Teaching Group: IE1, CEFR Level A2-B1 Text: Gateway B1, Examination Aims: Cambridge Preliminary (PET)

Week / Aims for the Week / Focus, Project or Trip work
Ms Mason / Ms Gibson / Friday Test
1 / Unit 1
V: Ages and stages of life, The family, Noun suffixes –ment, -ion, - ence
G: Present simple and continuous, Articles and Pronunciation: The
R & W: What are your parents doing? Strict parents, family dinners and An international e-pal
2 / Unit 1
V: Ages and stages of life, The family, Noun suffixes –ment, -ion, - ence
G: Present simple and continuous, Articles and Pronunciation: The
R & W: What are your parents doing? Strict parents, family dinners and An international e-pal / Gateway WB Unit 1 / Test 1A / Trip to Rye (KC)
3 / Unit 2
V: Crimes and Criminals, Phrasal verbs connected with investigating and finding
G: Past simple and continuous
R & W: An informal letter / Gateway WB Unit 2 / Test 2A / Trip to Canterbury (RM)
4 / Unit 3
V: Countries, nationalities and languages, negative prefixes
G: Countable and uncountable nouns and relative pronouns
R & W: A language biography / Gateway WB Unit 3 / Test 3A
5 (A.W.) / Unit 4
V: Parts of the body, Health problems and illnesses, Compound adjectives connected with health and medicine
G: Present perfect with ever, never, for, since, just, yet and already and Past simple
R & W: Notes and messages / Gateway WB Unit 4 / Test 4A / Trip to Hastings (RM)
6 / Half term
Week / Aims for the Week / Focus, Project or Trip work
RM / CG / Test
7 / Unit 5
V: TV programmes and adjectives ending in –ing and –ed
G: Comparatives and Superlatives
R & W: Descriptions and opinions / Gateway WB Unit 5 / Test 5A / Trip to Brighton (RM)
8 / Unit 6
V: Geographical features, The environment and different uses of get
G: Be going to, will, may, might and Zero and first conditional
R & W: A formal letter / Gateway WB Unit 6 / Test 6A
9 / Unit 7
V: Jobs, Personal qualities and Compound adjectives
G: Modal verbs of obligation, prohibition and advice
R & W: A letter of application and CV / Gateway WB Unit 7 / Test 7A / Trip to The Globe (RM)
10 / Unit 8
V: Relationships, feelings and noun suffixes
G: Past perfect and Gerunds and infinitives
R & W: A personal description / Gateway WB Unit 8 / Test 8A
11 / Unit 9
V: Fiction, Non-fiction and Phrasal verbs connected with reading and writing
G: Reported speech and statement and questions
R & W: A questionnaire / Gateway WB Unit 9 / Test 9A
12 (A.W.) / Unit 10
V: Computers and computing, The internet and collocations with e-mail
G: The passive – present simple and other tenses
R & W: Text messages / Gateway WB Unit 10 / Test 10A