MAP OF CHANGES MS1

Sequences Learning objectives Key changes

* Greet people
* Introduce myself
The content of the pre-sequence
* Ask about a new friend’s name.
(textbook) to be acquired gradually along
* Give information and respond to questions about me: my age, my class and my hometown.
the school year.
Resources
1 Lexis: Basic lexis related to the topic  Personal pronouns and possessives to
Grammar: be dealt with gradually. Stick to those
*verb ‘to be’ (present simple tense) mentioned in the sequence.
*Personal pronouns [I - you](
*Possessive adjectives [my - your ]  ‘To have’ (target structure) omitted &
*Prepositions of location: in+ hometown/at+ School transferred to seq 2.
*Numbers from 1 to 13
Pronunciation /aɪ/-/ei /(to be integrated as a skill and not as an isolated lesson/one hour session)
- Give information/respond to questions about me (My age , class, hometown) ( review)
- Ask and give information about my family (parents, brothers and sisters) and pets

Resources
Lexis: * Basic lexis related to the topic.
Grammar:
*Present simple tense with the verb: to live (only affirmative form)
*verb ‘to be’ (present simple tense)
*verbs ‘to have’ / ‘to be’ (present simple tense) ‘To have’ (target structure) omitted from
- Affirmative/negative forms. seq1 & transferred to seq2 (new
2 - Yes/No questions only learning).
*Numbers from 14 to 100
*Articles a/ an
*Use of simple sentence pattern
- memorized/ modeled ones: affirmative and interrogative
*Use of question words (who? , what ? , where ? )
*Demonstratives: this / that
*Personal pronouns [all of them]
* To be: - Affirmative/negative forms.
- Yes/No questions only
Pronunciation: / θ/ / δ / ( integrated as a skill)
 *Tell the time
*Talk about daily and leisure activities (objective adjusted)

Resources
Lexis: * Basic lexis related to the topic.
Grammar:
 Talk about daily and leisure activities
3 *Discourse markers: today, every…
instead of daily activities only.
*The present simple tense with concrete, routine actions
*positive, negative and interrogative forms
*Wh’ questions & *Yes / no questions
*Prepositions of time: in (the morning /afternoon…); at ( time); on (day)
Pronunciation: pronunciation of the final’s’: /s/ , /z/ ,/ɪz (to be integrated as a skill and not as an
isolated lesson)
*Ask and give information about:
 My country (currency/flag/national and religious days)
 Other countries (nationalities/ Flags/ currencies/ celebration days)

Resources
Lexis: * Basic lexis related to the topic.
4 Grammar:
- ‘to be’ in the present simple with cardinal points
- ‘to have’ in the present simple
- Using the personal pronoun ‘it’ with places.
- The possessive adjectives ‘my/ our’ with places
- Using ‘what’ and ‘where’ with ‘to be’ to ask about location.
- Prepositions of location (in). ( review)
- Pronunciation: / θ/ / δ / ( review)