The Peninsula School
English Language Centre 2010
SAMPLE SEQUENTIAL 10 WEEK LESSON PLAN
English Language Centre
NB.: Once a skill is introduced, continual revision occurs throughout the programme.
Week
Theme
Reading
Writing
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Australian
Animals
Comprehension
Information
gathering skills.
Daily Diary Writing
(Ongoing)
Verb Tense: Present
Simple Tense
Preposition Usage
2
Australian
Animals
Comprehension
Skills to interpret
meaning interpret
meaning
Descriptive Writing
Vocab. Extension
Verb Tense: Past
Tense
Adjective/Noun usage
Use of Article
Australian
Animals
Reading for
pleasureUse of Library
facilities
Vocabulary
development.
3
Week
Theme
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Reading
Sequential writing to
explain and inform.
Eg. A recipe
Writing
Grammar
Verb Tense: Present
Continuous
Review Time –Tense
connection
Adverbs
Grammar
Listening
Speaking
Listening to Audio
Tapes
(Ship or Sheep ,
Grapevine,
Understanding
Australian English)
Greetings and
responses
Introducing self to
the class.
Dictation
Of short paragraphs.
Introduce Weekly News
video and related
listening activities
(BTN)
Listening
Asking for
information and
assistance.
(The practice of
stress and
intonation in
speech)
Making Requests
and
Giving Responses.
Formal invitations.
(Pronunciation of
difficult sound
units)
Speaking
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Australian
Culture/History
Reading for a
purpose.
Simple research
assignments.
Simple summary
writing from research
5
Australian
Culture/History
Reading for pleasure
Short Stories
Interpret characters,
plot, and themes.
Descriptive writingCharacter and plot
descriptions
Australian /Culture
Reading Newspaper
articles.
Identify genre and
tone.
Persuasive Writing
(one point of view)
Newspaper Article
analysisAuthor’s intent and
identification of
main points of
paragraphs.
Structure of an
argumentative essay.
Ie. introduction,
paragraphs, conclusion
Verb Tense
Future Tense /Modal
verbs
Listen for stress and
intonation pattern in
words.
Reading
Writing
Grammar
Listening
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7
Week
Current
Affairs
Theme
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Verb Tense: Past
Continuous
Punctuation Usage
(Full stops , Capital
letters)
Verb Tense: Present
Perfect
Further Punctuation
(Commas, quotation
marks)
Comparative/Superlat
ive
Verb Tense: Past
Perfect
Punctuation
(Question and
exclamation marks)
All introduced
programmes
continued.
All programmes
continued
‘Listen Carefully’
and audio tape
programme.
Describing Things
Short Presentation
(Recognition and
pronunciation of
syllables)
Asking for, and
giving
Instructions
Pair Work
Role-play
Dialogues.
(Conversations
with native
speakers)
Giving opinions,
and making
predictions
Talking about
experiences.
(Idiom usage in
conversation
English)
Speaking
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Current Affairs
Festivals and
Traditions
Festivals and
Traditions
Analysis of
argumentative
writing.
Writing to persuade
Further Research
skills.
Precis writing
Synonym usage
Conjunction Usage
And phrases.
Creative/Narrative
Writing
Simple Poetry
Simple and complex
sentence structure
analysis and word
order.
Novel interpretation
(contrasting points of
view)
Conditionals
(If I……)
Pronouns and
Determiners
Listening
comprehension skill
development
Video tapes
(Discriminating
between words of
similar sound)
Note-taking skills from
guest speakers, video
and audio tapes.
Comparing Things
(Pronouncing
words of similar
sound eg walkwork)
Note taking skills
Give a class
presentation with
use of technology,
eg Power Point.
Debating
It is expected that an advanced level student will cover all set tasks in 10 weeks, but the average student may need a semester to
complete the programme.
Peninsula International
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