Starter unit,

Welcome Back to the Tiger Street Club!

OBJECTIVES

Throughout this unit, the student will be able to achieve the following points:

ð   Greet people and say goodbye

ð   Become reacquainted with the course characters

ð   Sing a song and say a chant

ð   Ask for and give information about what’s new

ð   Play a game

ð   Act out a dialogue

ð   Say the months of the year

ð   Make, order and play with the month cut-out cards

ð   Recognise and say the letters of the alphabet

ð   Ask and say how to spell words

ð   Watch video clips

ð   Count in tens to 100

ð   Ask and say where things are

ð   Review language from Levels 1, 2 and 3

Linguistic knowledge:

§  Active language

Core vocabulary: Tiger Street Club

good friends, go to school together, meet after school, mobile phone, noticeboard, school bag, sports bag, T-shirt

autumn, winter, spring, summer

months of the year

Structures

Welcome back. It’s good to see you again.

We’ve/I’ve got a new …

When’s your birthday?

When’s …’s birthday? It’s in (+ month).

Can you repeat that?

Recycled language

hello, goodbye

How do you spell … ?

What about you?

Where’s … ? It’s in/on/under/behind/next to …

numbers

the alphabet

Vocabulary from previous levels

§  Receptive language

I’m sorry.

capital letters

LITERARY EDUCATION

• Understanding simple literary works adapted to the students’ age and interests (narrative and poetic texts).
• Introduction to the use of the school library
• Taking part in dramatisations, memorisation, poem recitation, singing songs, telling stories, etc:

Songs: 

-      We are a good team.

-      The months chant.

CROSS-CURRICULAR ITEMS

§ Social Science: months of the year.

§ Maths: numbers 10-100

ATTITUDES AND VALUES

ð   Interest in learning English

ð   Enjoyment in becoming reacquainted with the course characters

ð   Pleasure in belonging to the Tiger Street Club

ð   Interest in learning the alphabet

ð   Interest in finding out about other people’s birthdays

ð   Willingness to participate in class

ð   Respect for others in the group

ð   Satisfaction in recalling familiar language