Adult Esl - Level 1 - Curriculum Scope and Sequence
This document provides an overview of the scope and sequence for an ESL Level 1B course. It outlines the affective, functional, and pronunciation goals for each unit over 7 weeks. Each unit focuses on different vocabulary like greetings, classroom objects, family members, occupations and verbs. Grammar focuses include verbs like "to be" and "to have", questions, and past tense. Phonics focuses build familiarity with letter sounds. Activities incorporate speaking, writing, reading, and listening. Assessments evaluate skills in phonics, listening, reading, writing, and speaking.
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Adult Esl - Level 1 - Curriculum Scope and Sequence
This document provides an overview of the scope and sequence for an ESL Level 1B course. It outlines the affective, functional, and pronunciation goals for each unit over 7 weeks. Each unit focuses on different vocabulary like greetings, classroom objects, family members, occupations and verbs. Grammar focuses include verbs like "to be" and "to have", questions, and past tense. Phonics focuses build familiarity with letter sounds. Activities incorporate speaking, writing, reading, and listening. Assessments evaluate skills in phonics, listening, reading, writing, and speaking.
➔ to welcome and embrace classroom diversity ➔ to construct/comprehend basic sentences ➔ to build familiarity with suprasegmental ➔ to build student comfort and confidence to ➔ to answer yes/no questions language elements of language interact in English in a multicultural setting ➔ to form yes/no questions ➔ to increase awareness of phonemes and ➔ to value, respect, and integrate student ➔ to answer basic content questions corresponding spelling experience and cultural/linguistic knowledge ➔ to build daily vocabulary (classroom, ➔ to begin to distinguish minimal pairs ➔ to collaborate with classmates and support household, family members, work, daily each other’s learning routine, shopping)
Weeks Unit Vocabulary Grammar Focus Phonics Focus Activities Assessments
❏ Greetings ❏ to be ❏ Letter names ❏ Speaking ❏ Phonics: Dictate
❏ Alphabet ❏ Where are you from? ❏ Rhymes ❏ Hey Diddle Diddle ❏ Listening: Select a ❏ Ask/give personal information name/origin ❏ Writing ❏ Writing: Where are ❏ Write the alphabet you from? What’s ❏ 1-2 sentences giving personal your name? information 1 Hello! ❏ Reading ❏ Read paragraph describing a student’s personal information ❏ Listening ❏ Rachel’s English: Introductions ❏ Speech samples ❏ Listen to partner spelling name (and write it!) ❏ Classroom Objects ❏ to be ❏ Short a ❏ Speaking ❏ Phonics: Dictate School and ❏ Household Objects ❏ Singular/Plural Nouns ❏ Mm ❏ Buckle My Shoe ❏ Listening: Select a 2-3 Home ❏ Prepositions of ❏ There is/There are ❏ Ask/give location picture Location ❏ Where is…? ❏ Describe a room ❏ Reading: Where is ❏ Numbers 1-10 ❏ Yes/No Questions (to ❏ Writing the pencil? be) ❏ Write a sentence about the location of ❏ Writing: Describe a objects in the classroom picture ❏ Reading ❏ Read sentences about an object location (and then move object) ❏ Early Reader Workshop ❏ Listening ❏ Draw room that partner describes ❏ Listen to and identify object location ❏ Family Members ❏ To have ❏ Short i ❏ Speaking ❏ Speaking: Hey ❏ Adjectives ❏ Possessive Adjectives ❏ Ss ❏ Describe family Diddle Diddle ❏ Yes/No Questions (to ❏ Writing ❏ Phonics: Dictate have) ❏ Short o ❏ Write 3-5 sentences about family ❏ Writing: Family book ❏ Tt ❏ Personal family book ❏ Reading Friends and ❏ Early Reader Workshop 3-4 Family ❏ Listening ❏ Speech samples ❏ Matching classmates’ description with picture
❏ Occupations ❏ What are you doing? ❏ Short u ❏ Describe people in action Buckle My Shoe ❏ Work Locations ❏ Nn ❏ Describe job ❏ Action Book: 5-6 ❏ Ff ❏ Little Bunny Foo Foo Newspaper clippings Work and Feb 17 ❏ Writing to write descriptive Actions Feb 24 ❏ Write 1-2 sentences about people in sentences action (present progressive) ❏ ❏ Reading ❏ Short Story ❏ Charades (read description and act) ❏ Listening ❏ Fill-In: Leaving on A Jet Plane (present progressive) ❏ Days of the Week ❏ Past Simple ❏ Short e ❏ Speaking ❏ Present: Little ❏ Past Time Words ❏ Past Irregular ❏ Cc ❏ This Little Piggy (past tense) Bunny Foo Foo ❏ What did you do…..? ❏ Bb ❏ Describe yesterday’s events ❏ Phonics: Dictate ❏ Ask questions about yesterday/week ❏ Reading: ❏ Writing Comprehension 7 ❏ Describe yesterday/week’s events Questions Yesterday Mar 2 ❏ Answer questions about yesterday ❏ Reading ❏ Short story about yesterday ❏ Listening ❏ Place storyboard in order ❏ Adele “Someone Like You” ❏ Free-Time Activities ❏ Like (love) ❏ Hh ❏ Speaking ❏ Phonics: Dictate ❏ Food ❏ Dislike (hate) ❏ Rr ❏ Use “I like…” to talk about hobbies ❏ Listening/Speaking/ ❏ Numbers ❏ Could I have….? ❏ Dd ❏ Use “I like…” to talk about food Reading:: Role Play ❏ US Currency ❏ Count and Non-Count ❏ Gg ❏ Role play: Restaurant ❏ Writing: Menu Nouns ❏ Ww ❏ Class Survey - Likes/Dislikes ❏ Ll ❏ Writing ❏ Write about family members’ 8-9 Recipes and likes/dislikes Mar 9 Restaurants ❏ Write recipe for class “recipe book” Mar 16 ❏ Write description of favorite food for class “recipe book” ❏ Reading ❏ Early Reader Workshop ❏ Read a menu ❏ Listening ❏ Speech samples (hobbies) ❏ Role Play: Restaurant
❏ Time of Day ❏ to vs. at ❏ Kk ❏ Describe daily schedule ❏ Reading: Early ❏ Yy ❏ Writing Reader Read-Aloud ❏ Write about daily schedule ❏ Writing: Daily 10 Daily ❏ Reading Schedule Mar 23 Schedule ❏ Early Reader Workshop ❏ Listening ❏ Fill-In: Rock around the Clock (Short o, final k, times) ❏ Action Verbs ❏ Can ❏ Vv ❏ Speaking ❏ Occupations ❏ Can you….? ❏ Qq ❏ Role Play: Interview ❏ Xx ❏ Writing ❏ Zz ❏ Write 1-2 sentences about abilities 11 Occupations (can) March 30 & Abilities ❏ Reading ❏ Early Reader Workshop ❏ Listening ❏ Speech samples (work, can) ❏ Nature Words ❏ to be (past) ❏ sh, wh ❏ Speaking ❏ There was/ there were ❏ ch, th ❏ Share childhood stories ❏ Present: Childhood ❏ Adverbial Phrases with ❏ Ask questions about classmates’ Stories When childhood 12 ❏ Writing Childhood Apr 6 ❏ Describe childhood (5-10 sentences) ❏ Reading ❏ Short story about childhood ❏ Listening ❏ Fill-In: Short story about childhood 13 Weekend ❏ Future Time Words ❏ to be going to ❏ Long a ❏ Speaking Apr 13 Plans ❏ Long i ❏ Describe weekend plans ❏ Writing ❏ Describe weekend plans ❏ Reading ❏ Early Reader Workshop ❏ Listening ❏ Fill-In: Old Town Road (going to, can/can’t) ❏ Need ❏ Long o ❏ Speaking ❏ Want ❏ Long u ❏ Describe future plans ❏ Have ❏ Long e ❏ Writing ❏ Write about future plans 14 ❏ Reading Apr 20 Future Plans ❏ Early Reader Workshop ❏ Listening Api 27 ❏ Sweet Caroline (long vowel) ❏ I Wanna Dance with Somebody (want)