English Teaching Project - Teaching Syllabus and Methods of Execution

Main Coordinators:
Han Yen Kwang Calvin
Seth Koh Xi Liang

sorry if its a little confusing. its directly copied from my word document

Schedule:
8 – 11 Dec, 1300 to night daily

Lesson Rubrics:

1 Colours

1.1 Primary colours: red, blue, yellow, black and white

1.2 Secondary colours: purple, green, orange, grey, pink

1.3 Tertiary colours: brown

1.4 Warm and cool colours

- Hands on: a) colouring/painting of a rainbow (ROYGBIV)
b) construction of spinning rainbow wheel

- Logistics: general: colourful construction paper
a) colouring material
b) colouring material, Circular cardboard paper and string

2 Numbers

2.1 Numbers 1 – 20 (spelling)

2.2 Numbers 21 – 99 (21 = 20 + 1 = twenty-one etc.)

2.3 Numbers beyond: hundred, thousand, million

- Hands on: a) Play UNO/Stress

b) Code Breaker (Zhong Ji Mi Ma)

_{- Logistics: a) Packs of UNO cards}

3 Weeks and Months

3.1 Weeks Monday – Sunday

3.2 Months January – December

3.3 Number of days per month

- Hands on: Knuckle determination of 31 days or less

- Logistics: Calendar

4 Family

4.2 Parents (father, mother)

4.3 Siblings (elder/younger brother, sister)

4.4 Grandparents (grandfather, grandmother)

4.5 Closer relatives(uncle, auntie, cousins)

- Hands on: Construct an personalised Family Tree

- Logistics: a) Worksheet A (Structure for Family Tree)

5 Food

5.1 Fruits (apples/oranges/pears/grapes/bananas/watermelons/pineapples)

5.2 Vegetables (leafy [cabbage/lettuce], flower [broccoli/cauliflower], fruits [tomato/cucumber] and roots [potato/onions/ginger])

5.3 Meat (chicken, duck, pork, mutton, fish)

5.4 Major carbohydrate sources (bread, cereal, rice)

5.5 Beverages (water, milk, coffee, tea)

5.6 Fats sources (cheese, oil, ice-cream, chocolates)

5.7 Essentials of Balanced and Healthy Diet (Singapore HPB Food Pyramid)

- Hands on: Piecing up and labelling of Food Pyramid

- Logistics: a) Worksheet B (Structure for Food Pyramid)
b) Worksheet C (Pictures of food types – to be cut and pasted on B), scissors

6 Animals

6.1 Household pets (dogs, cats, rabbits, hamsters)

6.2 Food sources (chickens, ducks, pigs, lamb, cow)

6.3 Identification of dangerous animals (lions, tigers, snakes)

- Hands on: a) Pictionary
b) Animal Game

- Logistics: a) Pictionary cards

7 Clothing

7.1 Men’s Wear (collared shirt, coat, tie, pants, belt, briefcase)

7.2 Women’s Wear (dress, necklace, earrings, blouse, skirt)

7.3 Casual Wear (singlet, t-shirt, Bermudas, cap)

- Hands on: a) Match the clothes

- Logistics: a) Worksheet D (Clothes for matching)

8 Weather

8.1 Different weather conditions (cloudy, sunny, rainy, windy, humid, hot, cold)

9 Body Parts

9.1 Head (eyes, ears, mouth, nose, hair, teeth)

9.2 Limbs (left/right shoulder, arm, elbow, hand, palm, fingers, thigh, knee, calf, leg, toes)

- Hands on: a) Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes

b) Simon Says

c) Hokie Pokie

10 Emotions

10.1 Pleasant emotions (happy, joyful, excited, surprised)

10.2 Unpleasant emotions (sad, angry, frustrated, shocked, tired)

- Hands on a) Happy, Angry, Sad, Joyful (Xi Nu Ai Le)

11 Conversational Skills

11.1 Self-introduction

11.2 Conversation-induction questions

12 Miniature Proficiency Test
- adapted from http://iteslj.org/v/v/