From: Aug 26, 2024 to: Aug 30, 2024

Subject: English
Grade: 7

Greetings from Albert Einstein School! We are thrilled to present the weekly plan filled with
educational adventures, special events, and reminders tailored for your child's success and enjoyment.

Unit 1 What is identity?

To begin the week students will complete a writing task titled ‘All about me’. ESH Student Portait:
This will provide an opportunity for students to write about themselves and
their interests along with providing an understanding of the students abilities Unique & Imaginative - Au…
and areas in which they need improvement.
Resources
Following that students will complete a test to get a baseline understanding of
their abilities. This test will include a number of sections to show areas in which ● Student Book
students are strong and areas in which students need to improve. ● Workbook
Finally this week we will start Unit 1. Students will learn about: ● Student Journal
‘How do we identify people?’
To introduce the unit to the students, we will begin with a classroom
Vocabulary
discussion on the caption “Identity is more than a name. It is more than
what you see. I am more. I am me”. For this exercise students will work Gist, detail, Blond-haired,
together while practicing the “think, pair, share” approach to stimulate
students' independent thinking. blue-eyed, courageous,
Following this students will work to complete a number of activities determined, elderly,
while learning new vocabulary related to the unit and ‘Identity’. This enthusiastic, female, kind,
vocabulary will be used throughout the unit and is an essential part of
the weekly learning. male, middle-aged,
Key phrases will be learnt also that can be helpful in the use of teenage, well-dressed,
identifying people. Students will use these phrases along with their own doppelganger, account,
words and ideas to describe and identify people.
hacker, hotspot, install, link,
‘What makes you unique?’
Once introduced to the unit students will complete a ‘reading to learn’
password, PIN, post,
activity. The main goal of this for the students is to be able to read for privacy
gist or detail and identify when it is necessary and in what situations to Noun Endings
do so. Students will complete activities to ensure they are able to
identify when to read for gist and when to read for detail. -ation -er -ity -ness -ment
Students will then learn about noun endings and will complete an -sion -ty
activity in which they match the correct noun endings to the words in
the parentheses.
Grammar
Students will finish this part of the unit by completing activities related
to noun endings and how to correctly match words with their noun Present Simple - facts and
endings to help with student grammar understanding and word routines
formation. Students will then work in pairs to make more noun endings
to ensure they have an understanding of how to correctly match nouns Present Continuous -
with their ending. actions happening now
To finish the week students will hold a class discussion to talk about Present Perfect - happened
some of the key vocab and concepts that have been learned so far in in the past but relevant
the unit, providing them with an opportunity to ask any questions they
may have related to it and express their thoughts. now.
“What makes us who we are?” Defining relative clause -
Students will read a personal profile asking the question “Who am I?”. essential information
Following this students will study the main grammar points of the unit, Non-defining relative
the present tense. Students will build on their knowledge of the present
clause - non-essential
tense by completing a number of sentences that are true to them.
information
Following this students will move on to defining and non-defining
relative clauses. Students will complete works based on this grammar
to build their knowledge and understanding of the material.
To finish off this section of the unit, students will work together to
brainstorm some vocabulary relating to a personal profile for
themselves. Following this, students will complete a personal profile
effectively answering the question “Who am I?”.
“Why do we need to protect our identity?”
Students will learn about life skills and the importance of protecting
their identity when online. They will read a web page article on online
safety and answer some short questions. Students will then listen to a
podcast, with the intention of answering questions and recognising key
information.
To finish this life skills strategy students will learn a speaking strategy on
the importance of emphasizing important points and how to effectively
deliver a speech. Once completed, they will need to complete a 2
minute speech talking about how to give advice on identity theft.
“How can we describe people?”
To finish the unit students will complete a writing task. Students will
once again complete a personal profile, this time on somebody they
know well. To prepare for this task students will read a profile about
someone that has been written by their friend. This will help students
develop an understanding of what is required for the task and how to
approach it.
A mind map will be made by all students to help them generate and
organize ideas. Once students have completed this they will write a first
draft for their writing task. When all corrections are made students will
finish their final draft of the writing task.

Revision
Students will start revision of the unit by completing a number of
exercises in both their student books and their textbooks. This revision
 will be related to all aspects that have been covered in vocabulary and
grammar.
Following this students will take the end of the unit test.
Finally students will prepare a poster on what they have learned
throughout the unit to showcase their understanding of the material
covered and make a presentation to test their speaking ability.

Key Questions/Critical Thinking

“What makes us who we are?”

“Why do we need to protect our identity?”
“How can we describe people?”

Key Questions/Critical Thinking

‘How do we identify people?’
‘What makes you unique?’

Have a wonderful week!

*subject to change
*Completed tasks will be highlighted

Upcoming Tests Reminders IMPORTANT!

● Students will have an end of ● Please remind students ● Please try to get the
unit test once they have to bring in a notebook for student books as soon as
completed the unit. Please their English lesson. If possible.
remind students to study they do not have one
and be prepared for this please get one.
test.

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