SYLLABUS FAMILY AND FRIENDS 5 UNIT 1 6

Suggested syllabus– Family and Friends 5

ENGLISH SUGGESTED
SYLLABUS

Family and Friends 5

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Suggested syllabus– Family and Friends 5
Family and Friends 5_SUGGESTED SYLLABUS
20 WEEKS/ 60 LESSONS
UNIT

WEEK

LESSON
1

2

SECTION

LANGUAGE ITEMS

Lesson 1: Story

Decide, build, tools, wood,
hammer, nail, sheets,

Lesson 2: Words

Lesson 3:
Grammar 1
3

Unit 1: You
can build
it!

4

Saw, rope, nail, hammer,
roller, tray, tools, tape
measure
Present perfect and ever,
never:
Have you ever cleaned a
kitchen?
I’ve never made a cake.

Present perfect and since,
for:
Kim has had woodwork
Lesson 4: Grammar
lessons since he was eight.
2
He’s worked on this
wooden table for two
weeks.

PAGE

SKILL

8

Reading and
Speaking

9

Reading and
Speaking

10

Listening,
Speaking and
Writing

Tools
11

2
5

6

3

Lesson 5: Skills
time!
Reading
Lesson 6: Words in
context

7

Lesson 7: Skills
time! Writing

8

Lesson 8: Review
Unit 1

Read a poem about: My
tree house
Listening: Listening and
ordering objects
Speaking: Asking and
answering questions about
making things.
Writing focus:
Rhythm in poetry
(counting syllables and
stresses)
Review vocabulary and
grammar patterns of Unit 1

2

TOPICS

12

Reading

13

Listening and
Speaking

14
15


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Listening,
Speaking and
Writing

9
10
Unit 2:
It’s show
time!

4

11
12

Lesson 2: Words

Lights, script, curtain,
stage, character, make-up

The 1st test

Starter – unit 1

Extra Lesson

Outdoor teaching

14

Past simple tense:
It was great!
Lesson 3: Grammar Present perfect:
1
I’ve cut the grass and I’ve
tidied up all the leaves.
Present perfect with
Lesson 4:
already, yet, before, just
Grammar 2

15

Lesson 5: Skills
Time

13
5

6

Lesson 1: Story

Audience, arrive, script,
scary, broken down,
costumes, perform

Lesson 7: Skills
time! Writing

Read the text: The Crown
Diamond
Listening: Listening and
ordering events
Speaking: predicting the
ending to a play
Writing focus: Features of
a play script

18

Lesson 8: Review
Unit 2

Review vocabulary and
grammar patterns of Unit 2

19

Lesson 1: Story

Cupboard, rubber gloves,
washing line, brilliant,
surprise

16

17

Lesson 6: Words in
context

3

16

Listening and
Reading

17

Speaking

18

Writing and
Speaking

19

Writing and
Speaking

20

Reading and
Speaking

21
22

23

24

Listening and
Speaking
Writing and
Speaking
Listening,
Speaking and

Writing
Listening and
Speaking

Putting on a
play

Putting on a
play


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Unit 3:
The best
party ever!

Sponge, lampshade, sack,
broom, cloth, feather
duster
Comparatives and
Superlatives with as…
as…/ not as…as..: This
year, the carnival will be
Lesson 3: Grammar
better than ever.
1
It’s as colourful as the
carnival in Rio
It’s the largest street

festival in the UK.
Structure with too/enough:
It’s too dark now.
Lesson 4: Grammar
Is it bright enough now,
2
Peter?
Lesson 2: Words

20

21

22

25

26

Writing and
Listening

Reading,
Writing and
Speaking
Household
items

27

Writing and
Speaking

8
23

Extra Lesson

Outdoor teaching

Lesson 5: Skills
time! Reading

Reading: Look at the
carnival

28

Lesson 6: Words in
context

Listening: Predicting and
listening for descriptions
Speaking: asking and
answering about wearing
costumes

29

Listening,

Speaking and
Writing

27

Lesson 7: Skills
time!
Writing

Writing focus: beginnings
and endings of stories

30

Writing

28

Lesson 8: Review
Unit 3

Review vocabulary and
grammar patterns of Unit 2

Extensive
reading:non-fiction

Read the text about:
national youth theatre

24
9

The 2nd test

25

26

Reading

10

29

4

31

Listening,
Speaking and
Writing

32, 33
Reading

Household
items

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30

Extensive reading:
fiction

Read the text about: The
Rarf

31

Lesson 1: Story

Wildlife park, damage,
rubbish dump, pollution,
upset

11
32

Lesson 2: Words

Lesson 3:
Grammar 1
33

Unit 4: Our
planet

12

34

35
36
37

13

Past simple:
Some children were
playing when we arrived.
Past continuous:
Some children were
playing when we arrived.

Used to:
Lesson 4: Grammar
There used to be lots of
2
litter here.
Lesson 5: Skills
time
Reading
The 3rd Test
Extra lesson

38

Lesson 6: Words in

context

39

Lesson 7: Skills
time! Writing

40

Clean up, the environment,
litter, planet

Lesson 8: Review
Unit 4

Read the text about: An
eco home

34,35

Reading and
Speaking

36

Reading and
Speaking
Speaking

The

environment

37

38

Listening and
Writing

39

Writing and
Speaking

40

Reading

Outdoor teaching
Listening: Identifying
details of lifestyle
Speaking: Asking and
answering about the
environment
Writing focus:
Making writing more
fluent
Review vocabulary and
grammar patterns of Unit 4

14

41

42

Listening and
Speaking

Writing

43
Listening,

5

The
environment


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Speaking and
Writing
44,45

Reading,
Listening and
Speaking

46

Writing and
Speaking

43

Present continuous with
Lesson 4: Grammar
future meaning:
2
We’re leaving at two
o’clock

47

Writing and
Speaking

44

Lesson 5: Skills
time!
Reading

Read the magazine article
about: As good as new

48

45

Lesson 6: Words in
context

Listening: Listening and
ordering events
Speaking: asking and
answering about recyling

49

Listening,
Speaking and
Writing

50

Writing

41
Unit 5:
Reuse and
recycle

42

15

16

46
47

Unit 5:
Reuse and
recycle

Lesson 3:
Grammar 1

Bottle bank, carrier bag,
battery, metal, chemicals,
oil
Simple future tense with
Will/ won’t
Now Chip will know how
to do everything and he
won’t make mistakes.

Recycling

Reading

The 4th test
Extra Lesson

Outdoor teaching

48

Lesson 7: Skills
time! Writing

Writing focus: making
suggestions

49

Lesson 8: Review
Unit 5

Review vocabulary and
grammar patterns of Unit 5

50

Lesson 1 and 2:
Story

51

Lesson 3:

17
Unit 6:
Crazy
about
wildlife!

Lesson 1 and 2:

Story and Words

Reptile, programme, clean
up Insect house, aquarium,
reptile house, picnic area,
aviary, enclosure
Going to: future plans and
intentions
6

51

Listening,
Speaking and
Writing

52, 53

Reading and
Speaking

54

Listening,

Recycling
At the wildlife
park

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Grammar 1

52
18

53

Lesson 5: Skills
time!
Reading

Read the article about:
Gorrila

55

Lesson 7: Skills
time! Writing

56

Lesson 8: Review
Unit 6

Review vocabulary and
grammar patterns of Unit 6

Extensive
reading:non-fiction

and fiction
Review for the last
test.

Read the text about:
- Trash people
- The elephant’s Child

57
58
20

Lesson 4: Grammar Going to: preditcions
2
It’s going to fall.

Listening: Listening and
completing fact files
Speaking: Asking and
answering questions about
animals.
Writing focus: Topic
sentences and paragraphs

54

19

My class is going to adopt
a tiger.

Lesson 6: Words in
context

59
60

Speaking and
Writing

55
56

Speaking and
Writing
Reading

57

Listening and
Speaking

58

Writing

59

Listening,
Speaking and

Writing

60-63
Reading

Final English Test
Outdoor teaching and course ending.

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