Primary Education: Second Course English

Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

COMET 2

UNIT 0: A Day at School

Suggested timing: 3 weeks during 1st Term

0.1 RESOURCES

 Comet 2 Student’s Book: Unit 0

 Comet 2 Class CD 1: Tracks 2 - 10

 Comet 2 Flashcards and Word cards: body parts and actions and Alphabet cards

 Comet 2 Interactive whiteboard resources and Digital Book: Unit 0

 Comet 2 Activity Book: Unit 0.  Art materials and realia: A4 paper, a soft ball, crayons or pencil colours, tokens.

 Comet 2 Unit Tests: Unit 0

Comet 2 Unit 0 Mixed-ability Booklet (3 worksheets per unit: 1 reinforcement, 1 consolidation & 1 extension)

Comet 2 Student Multi-rom .

Comet 2 DVD Game Box for classroom IWB.

0.2 METHODOLOGY

This unit draws on three main approaches to learning: experiential learning, the communicative approach and content-and-language integrated learning (CLIL) in order to revise the main contents in Comet 1. This unit emphasizes the use of learning skills such as repetition of models, memorization, word association, gestures and visual cues to acquire vocabulary, basic structures and phonology through related communicative activities. Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

0.3 UNIT OBJECTIVES

IN UNIT 0 STUDENTS WILL LEARN TO:

1. To introduce oneself and greet Halley the Comet 2. To revise key vocabulary and structures from level 1 3. To revise the alphabet 4. To identify the owners of different objects 5. To count to 20 correctly 6. To associate written numbers with the corresponding numerals 7. To revise the unit vocabulary 8. To complete evaluation and self-evaluation activities 9. To develop observation skills 10. To express their own preferences

0.4. CONTENTS

0.4.1 BLOCK 1 [B1]: LISTENING, SPEAKING AND CONVERSING

Interact to introduce themselves using non-verbal and verbal messages in L2 by using the visual context and/or knowledge about the situation transferred from L1. (Lesson 1 & 2)

Listen and understand the information so that they can recognise the objects named in the listening texts. (All lessons)

Show oral comprehension by understanding the instructions and doing a simple task such as matching numbers and classroom objects words. (Lesson 3)

Revise the vocabulary by playing the game: True or false. (Lesson 2)

Listen to and identify numbers and colours by counting and showing the corresponding number or crayons along with the song Sing with me. (Lesson 4)

Show oral comprehension by listening and pointing at the objects according to the instructions in CD Track 8. (Lesson 4)

Use the visual context and knowledge about the topic and situation transferred from L1 to express ownership in L2. (Lesson 3) Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

Relate spoken numbers to the written graphology and recognize unit vocabulary while playing Bingo. (Lesson 6)

Listen to and perform the unit song . (Lesson 5)

Value the second language as an instrument of communication. (All Lessons)

0.4.2 BLOCK 2 [B2]: READING AND WRITING

Read previously met words and write yes or no according to the information. (Lesson 1)

Read and match school items with their corresponding picture. (Lesson 3)

Read and complete a short sentence about a picture to describe it. (Lesson 2, 3, 5)

Match vocabulary to pictures by tracing a line. (Lesson 2)

Read words and simple sentences previously met in order to tick true information about a picture. (Lesson 6)

Initiate the use of basic reading skills such as the use of visual and verbal cues, transfer previous knowledge about the subject or the situation. (All lessons)

Read and write words and short sentences previously met in spoken interaction and reading texts in order to transmit information or to play games. (All Lessons)

Show interest in the careful presentation of written texts. (All lessons)

0.4.3 BLOCK 3 [B3]: KNOWLEDGE OF LANGUAGE

0.4.3.1 LINGUISTIC KNOWLEDGE

BASIC LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS AND STRUCTURES

Showing agreement or disagreement: Yes. No. Identifying objects and colours: What’s this? It’s a school bag. What colour is it? Green. Identifying people: What’s his name? Halley. Locating objects: Where’s the umbrella? Here it is. Asking and saying a person’s age: How old is Tessa? She’s seven. Asking and answering questions about ownership: Is it his pencil? No, it’s her pencil. Identifying colours: What colour is number 14? Pink. Making birthday wishes: Happy birthday, Green Comet! Identifying numbers, colours and objects: Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

What number is in this square? Three. What colour is the school bag? (Orange.) How many pencils are there? Two. Expressing preference: What is your favourite page? This one.

VOCABULARY

Classroom objects: book, rubber, pencil, chair, table, ruler, pencil case, school bag

Weather conditions: raining, sunny, windy, cloudy, hot, cold

Numbers: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty

Colours: pink, orange, purple, blue, red, brown, green & yellow

PHONOLOGY

Develop rhythm and intonation by learning and singing along with Sing with me & Halley’s jingles. (Lessons 1, 4 & 6)

Practice pronunciation by repeating the vocabulary words and phrases varying the speed. (All lessons)

Practice pronunciation of unit vocabulary. (Lesson 6)

USE OF LANGUAGE

Associate words pronunciation with the graphology and semantics from previously met spoken texts, such as Tessa and Tobby ready for school . (Lesson 1)

Identify and use previously met vocabulary to carry out a written or oral task. (All lessons)

Revise the numbers by associating the pronunciation and graphology in a speaking game. (Lesson 3)

Associate classroom items, toys, food, and family meaning and pronunciation by classifying correctly the Flashcards. (Lesson 6)

Show interest in using the foreign language in a variety of classroom situations. (All lessons)

0.4.3 .2 REFLECTIONS ON LEARNING

Make predictions about an outcome based on previous knowledge. (Lesson 1)

Revision of previous knowledge: Family, toys, food, prepositions, numbers, colours, classroom objects. (All lessons)

Repeat to aid memorization and acquire vocabulary by singing the song Play with me using gestures and visual cues. (Lesson 4) Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

Use memorization skills to play the game What’s missing? and review vocabulary and basic structures. (Lesson 3)

Play, listen, count and point in order to practice different learning skills focus. (All lesson)

Show self confidence in one’s ability to learn the foreign language and pleasure in learning the foreign language. (All lessons)

0.4.4 BLOCK 4 [B4]: SOCIO CULTURAL ASPECTS AND INTERCULTURAL AWARENESS

Recognize and learn basic language for social interaction by writing an introduction, playing the ball game, practicing birthday greetings or singing Halley’s jingle. (Lessons 1, 2, 5 & 6)

Show a receptive attitude towards people who speak foreign languages by paying attention in class and participating in activities. (All Lessons)

0.5 ATTENTION TO DIVERSITY

0.5.1 REINFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES

Play the memory game: What’s missing? & Missing Numbers (Lesson 3 & 4)

Recognize and remember a sequence of vocabulary pictures. (Lesson 2)

Use Flashcards to help remembering previously met vocabulary. (Lesson 1, 4, 5 & 6)

Complete the phrases and sentences. (Lesson 2 & 3)

Sing Halley’s goodbye as a class. (Lesson 7)

0.5.2 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

Listen to CD track 1.4, a more extended version of Tessa and Toby ready for school. (Lesson 1)

Dramatize the dialogues in Tessa and Toby ready for school (Lesson1)

Create personalized Body bingo cards for use in a game. (All lessons)

Play the game Unit Bingo to revise vocabulary. (Lesson 6)

Label the pictures in the Activity Book. (Lesson 1 & 3)

Add more words to the vocabulary review on each lesson. (All lessons) Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

Practice pronunciation of greetings and introductions. (Lesson 1, 5 & 6)

0.5.3 RESOURCES FOR DIVERSITY

Comet 2 Unit 0 , Lessons 4 & 5 for reinforcement and extension of unit language.

Comet 2 Unit 0 extended version 2 audio for Lesson 1 to challenge more advanced learners.

Comet 2 Unit 0 Mixed-ability Booklet (3 worksheets per unit: 1 reinforcement, 1 consolidation & 1 extension)

Comet 2 Student Multi-rom for reinforcement work at home and in class.

Comet 2 DVD Game Box for classroom IWB.

0.6 BASIC COMPETENCES

Basic Competences in the Unit 0

COMPETENCE LESSON ACTIVITY ASSESMENT CRITERIA

Students are able to:

All All of the activities in the unit. Show interest communicating in English.

1. LINGUSTIC 1 & 2 Introducing yourself Participate in oral interactions

2 & 3 Listen and number. Participate in guides aural interactions.

1 Look and mark Yes or No. Read and identify words.

6 Playing Bingo Identify basic vocabulary

2, MATHMATICAL 4 Making sums Recognize numbers and sum them up

4 Counting to twenty. Use numbers in English.

5 Answering questions about age Ask and answer about age

3. KNOWLEDGE & 3 Where is it? Locate objects in space INTERACTION WITH THE PHYSICAL 4 Greeting classmates Interact with the classroom setting. WORLD

4. DIGITAL All lessons Look and match using the digital book & Progressively develop their use of ICT. interactive whiteboard.

5. CIVIC/ SOCIAL 3 Play Anagrams. Follow rules while playing a game. Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

4 Wrap up game. Work as a class to complete a task.

4 Listen and sing. Participate actively in a whole group activity.

6 Play Bingo. Follow rules while playing a game in group.

6. CULTURAL & 1 Illustrating a family tree Create a personalized drawing of their own ARTISTIC families. 3 Listen and draw Draw what they listen to on the CD 5 Making Birthday cards. Create a model of birthday card. 6 Listen and sing Use music to further their English vocabulary.

7. LEARNING TO 3 Game: What is missing? Memorize a sequence and identify changes. LEARN 4 Game: Missing numbers. Recognize and memorize numbers.

6 Board Game Recognize and classify the vocabulary they know 6 Unit test Recognize error as a part of the learning process

8. AUTONOMY 6 Participating saying out the bingo words. Show confidence in L2. AND PERSONAL INITIATIVE 6 Complete your badges. Express a personal preference about lessons.

0.7 ASSESMENT

0.7.1 ASSEMENT CRITERIA FOR UNIT 1

BY THE END OF THIS UNIT STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO:

1. Recognize and name basic vocabulary items from Comet 1. 2. Extract some information from an oral or written text. 3. Recognize and use greetings and introductions. 4. Identify numbers, colours, food, toys, weather & classroom objects. 5. Understand instructions. 6. Locate objects. 7. Express quantity. 8. Express preference. 9. Complete evaluation and self-evaluation activities. 10. Show respect for classmates in classroom activities. 11. Participate actively in classroom activities.

0.7.2 ASSEMENT STRATAGIES FOR UNIT 1

Objective measurements (e.g., Unit 1 Test, drills, songs, chants and practice). Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

Written items (e.g., tracing, filling in words, matching and completing simple sentences).

Observation by the teacher of students individually and in groups interactions.

Spoken presentations (e.g., role play, storytelling, charades, etc.).

Graphic tests and displays (e.g., concept maps, outlines).

Course or topic development portfolios.

Guided problem solving.

Group collaboration (2-5 students).

Presentations (e.g., digital or printed posters, video or image exhibits or demonstrations).

Learner creation and facilitation of a topic.

Tutorials including self-assessment, peer assessment and student-teacher assessment.

Games and simulations.

0.7.3 PROPOSED ASSESMENT ACTIVITES FOR UNIT 1

Extract some information from an audition using realia. (Lesson 1) (Block 1)

Recognize and name some food items by participating in a blackboard activity. (Lesson 1) (Block 1 & 4)

Complete reading and listening activities proposed in class. (All lessons) (Block 1 & 2)

Recognize and use greetings and introductions by introducing themselves using verbal and non-verbal language. (Lessons 1 & 2) (Block 1 & 4)

Participate actively in classroom activities by interacting using L2 to play the game True or False (Lesson 2) (Block 1 & 3)

Express possession using the structure: I’ve got + noun. E.g. I’ve got two sisters by answering simple question from their family trees. (Lesson 2) (Block 1 & 2)

Participate in classroom lessons and activities. (All lessons) (Block 3 & 4)

Show a positive attitude in class. (All lessons) (Block 4)

Identify the unit vocabulary by singing the song Sing with me using gestures and visual cues. (Lesson 4 & 5) (Block 1 & 3)

Reviewing basic vocabulary by playing the game Anagrams (Lesson 3)(Blocks 2, 3 & 4) Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

Recognize objects location by saying or writing the correct preposition. (Lesson 3) (Block 1, 2 & 3)

Complete evaluation and self-evaluation activities by doing the Badges activity to indicate preferences in the unit and share with the class. (Lesson 7) (Block 3)

Complete evaluation and self-evaluation activities by taking the Unit 1 Test and later correcting own mistakes during the correction process. (Lesson 8 ) (Block 1, 2 & 3) Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

COMET 2

UNIT 1: Stretch and Bend

1.1 RESOURCES

 Comet 2 Class CD 1: Tracks 2, 10- 16

 Comet 2 Flashcards and Word cards: body parts and actions

 Comet 2 Activity Book: Unit 1  Art materials and realia: Class CD, On-line Digital Book, flashcards: parts of the body, sticky tape, sets of cut-up card sentences, 2 scarves as blindfolds, old magazines, scissors, glue, a large glass bottle and a small plastic bottle, 2 socks in a plastic bag, 2 rubber bands in a plastic bag, 2 paper clips in a plastic bag, word cards, small tokens, a dice, a small photograph of each child or a picture.

 Comet 2 StoryBook: Unit 1  Comet 2 Unit Tests: Unit 1

Comet 2 Unit 1 Mixed-ability Booklet (3 worksheets per unit: 1 reinforcement, 1 consolidation & 1 extension)

Comet 2 Student Multi-rom

Comet 2 DVD Game Box for classroom IWB.

1.2 METHODOLOGY Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

This unit draws on three main approaches to learning: experiential learning, the communicative approach and content-and-language integrated learning (CLIL) in order to learn about the human body and be able to express information related to the topic. Literacy has been carefully integrated through the story: The Gingerbread boy within a clearly structured framework to practice the language through related communicative and artistic activities.

1.3 UNIT OBJECTIVES

1. To recognize and name parts of the body and joints. 2. To extract information from a text. 3. To give and respond to Instructions. 4. To sing and act out the unit song. 5. To present can / can’t for ability. 6. To identify and name body joints. 7. To develop awareness of different kinds of materials. 8. To develop fine motor skills and reading comprehension skills 9. To revise and extend unit vocabulary. 10. To build awareness of the importance of exercise. 11. To develop listening comprehension skills. 12. To recognize verbs of movement. 13. To encourage autonomy. 14. To develop speaking skills. 15. To revise the unit and vocabulary and structures.

1.4 CONTENTS

Predict information about the contents of the unit from visual cues. (Lesson 1)

Listen, learn and do the movements and then match the movements to the instructions. (Lesson 1)

Dramatize the movements with mime. (Lesson 1)

Listen to, revise, and point to the body parts and sing Lesson 2 song. (Lesson 2)

Play Stick the body part to revise body parts and movements vocabulary (Lesson 2)

Listen to, learn and number pictures using CAN / CAN’ T (Lesson 3) Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

Interact using L2 to play the card game Body joint race (Lesson 3)

Listen to, learn, sing and dramatize the song: Halley’s jingle. (Lesson 4)

Touch and guess different materials and their properties using their knowledge about the topic transferred from L1 to play a game. (Lesson 4)

Use of the visual context and knowledge about the topic transferred from L1 to carry out and activity of listening for confirmation. (Lesson 5)

Listen, sing and act out the song Listen and do the actions. (Lesson 6)

Dramatizing an appointment with the doctor to contextualized the unit vocabulary (Lesson 6)

Revising vocabulary by playing the TPR game Stop (Lesson7)

Read previously met words and match with pictures according to the information. (Lesson 1 & 3)

Read and choose the initials of body parts looking to their corresponding picture. (Lesson 2)

Read and complete a short sentence about a picture to describe it. (Lesson 4)

Read and look for information in their immediate setting to express possibility or impossibility (Lesson 4)

Trace and read words previously met in order to give information about a picture. (Lesson 5)

Read and describe a dance using the unit vocabulary (Lesson 6)

1.4.3.1 LINGUISTIC KNOWLEDGE Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

Describing physical movement: Shake your leg!

Responding to commands: Touch your toes and jump!

Describing physical abilities: I can bend my arms. I can’t shake my finger.

Responding through physical movement: Who can touch their toes three times!

Talking about different materials: Plastic can bend, glass can’t stretch!

Asking about materials: What’s this? It’s a bottle. What’s this made of? plastic, glass, etc.

Describing objects: It’s small, it’s made of rubber and you can stretch it!

Developing further awareness of body joints: shoulder, hip

Describing and counting: I can see five feet!

Talking about abilities: Can you touch your foot with your hand!

Body parts and joints: leg, toe, finger, etc.

Giving commands: Shake your finger, bend your leg!

Building awareness of differences between body parts and joints: Which one is a joint?

Identifying: What can you see in this square?

Counting: How many squares are there? Nine.

Expressing preference: What is your favourite (page)? This one.

VOCABULARY

Parts of the body: finger, toe, hand, foot-feet

Parts of the body and the corresponding movements: Stretch your toes!

Physical movement verbs: bend, shake, stretch

Joints: wrist, elbow, ankle, knee, shoulder, hips

Numbers:1 - 20

PHONOLOGY Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

Develop rhythm and intonation by learning and singing along with Listen, sing and do and Halley’s jingle (Lessons 2 & 7)

Practice pronunciation of the words CAN and CAN’ T in phrases (Lesson 3)

Practice pronunciation of words and phrases repeating them correctly. (Lesson 1 & 6)

Carry out a role play and giving the correct intonation to different lines sais by each of the characters (Lesson 6)

USE OF LANGUAGE

Identify and use body joints vocabulary to create a Face poster. (Lesson 5)

Present the poster to their classmates (Lesson 5)

Revise the body parts and materials by associating the pronunciation and graphology in a speaking game. (Lesson 3 & 4)

Associate body joints and movements, meaning and pronunciation by creating Picture & Word cards. (Lesson 3)

Use language learnt to create and dramatize a simple dialogue at the doctor. (Lesson 6)

Associating unit vocabulary, meaning and pronunciation by matching Flashcards and Word cards (Lesson 6)

Revision of previous knowledge: parts of the body, numbers, colours, classroom objects. (All lessons)

Repeat to aid memorization and acquire vocabulary by singing the song Move your leg (listening 13) using gestures and visual cues. (Lesson 2)

Use gestures to carry out the activity dramatizing with mime and communicate a message to classmates. (Lesson 1)

Invent and describe a dance to aid memorization(Lesson 6)

Use memorization skills to play the game What’s missing? and acquire vocabulary and basic structures. (Lesson 2)

Play, listen and count in order to practice different learning skills focus. (Lesson 7) Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

Recognize and learn basic language for social interaction by acting out a role play: (Lesson 6)

Play the memory game: What’s missing? (Lesson 2)

Match Word cards and Flashcards to learn body parts. (Lesson 6)

Correct the phrase. (Lesson 4)

Improve memorization by playing the joint race. (Lesson 3)

Make a dance –rap- to review unit vocabulary. (Lesson 6)

Create their own Picture and Word cards to revise vocabulary. (Lesson 3 & 4)

Sing Halley’s goodbye as a class. (Lesson 7)

Listen to CD track 12, a more extended version of Presentation listening. (Lesson 1)

Work in pairs to practice orally written activities .(Lesson 1)

Write as much information as possible from listening activities. (Lesson 3 & 5)

Play the game Materials Bingo to consolidate vocabulary. (Lesson 4)

Draw and label the body parts and joints. (Lesson 4)

Describe their rap while acting it out for the rest of the class. (Lesson 6)

Practice pronunciation commands. (Lesson 5 & 6)

1.5.3 RESOURCES FOR DIVERSITY Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

1. LINGUSTIC 3 Listen and number. Participate in guide aural interactions.

3 Game: The body joint race. Listen and identify words and pictures

5 Presenting a body poster Use comprehensively unit vocabulary

6 Acting out a role play Participate in simple dialogues in L2

2, MATHMATICAL 1 Doing actions to present the unit topic. Understand numbers in English.

3. KNOWLEDGE & 1, 2, 3 & 5 Introducing movements and body joints. Transfer knowledge from other languages. INTERACTION WITH THE PHYSICAL 6 Listen and do. Recognize actions and body joints used. WORLD

4. DIGITAL 1, 2, 5 & 6 Look and learn using the digital book & Progressively develop their use of ICT. interactive whiteboard.

5. CIVIC/ SOCIAL 3 Make and use picture cards. Follow rules while playing a game in threes.

5 Make a body joints poster. Work in groups to complete a task.

6 Listen and sing. Participate actively in a whole group activity.

7 Play Stop. Follow rules while playing a game individually.

6. CULTURAL & 1 Colouring a title. Create a personalized page of the book. ARTISTIC Draw body parts and movements to participate Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

3 Making picture cards. in a game.

5 Make a body joint poster Use with creativity the vocabulary learnt in the unit.

Use vocabulary following a certain rhythm. 6 Read and describe a dance.

7. LEARNING TO 2 Game: What is missing? Memorize a sequence and identify changes. LEARN 3 & 5 Making picture cards and a poster Identify different ways of classifying vocabulary words.

8. AUTONOMY 4 Read, trace and circle. Develop autonomy and confidence when AND PERSONAL carrying out a task in L2. INITIATIVE 7 Complete your badges. Express a personal preference about lessons.

1.7 ASSESMENT

1. Recognize and name most parts of the body and joints 2. Extract some information from a text. 3. Give and respond instructions. 4. Show listening comprehension skill through songs 5. Express ability 6. Recognize different kinds of materials 7. Show fine motor and comprehension skills 8. Further unit vocabulary 9. Show awareness of the importance of exercise 10. Understand and give command using verbs of movement 11. Complete evaluation and self-evaluation activities. 12. Show respect for classmates in classroom activities. 13. Participate actively in classroom activities.

Objective measurements (e.g., Unit 1 Test, drills, songs, chants and practice).

Observation by the teacher of students individually and interacting with others.

Spoken presentations (e.g., role play, storytelling, charades, etc.). Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

Extract some information from a text using visual cues. (Lesson 1) (Block 1)

Recognize and name most parts of the body by reading and follow instructions to complete words. (Lesson 2) (Block 2)

Complete reading and listening actives proposed in class. (All lessons) (Block 1 & 2)

Participate in guided aural interactions in predictable communication situations by dramatizing a visit to the doctor. (Lesson 5) (Block 1 & 3)

Participate actively in classroom activities by interacting using L2 to play Body joint race (Lesson 3) (Block 1 & 3)

Express possibility using: Can / Can’t. E.g. I can bend by matching new vocabulary to pictures and use as a cue to complete simple sentences. (Lesson 3 & 4) (Block 1 & 2)

Participate in classroom lessons and activities. (All lessons) (Block 4)

Identify the body parts and joints by participating actively in listening activities using gestures and visual cues. (Lesson 5) (Block 1 & 3)

Relate each material to different objects by labelling pictures. (Lesson 4) (Block 2, 3 & 4)

Give a simple description of body joints by identifying and using body parts vocabulary to create a body joints poster. (Lesson 5) (Block 1 & 2) Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

Complete evaluation and self-evaluation activities by taking the Unit 1 Test and later correcting own mistakes during the correction process. (Lesson 8 ) (Block 1, 2 & 3)

COMET 2

UNIT 2: Adventure Island

2.1 RESOURCES

 Comet 2 Class CD 1: Tracks 2, 10- 16

 Comet 2 Flashcards and Word cards: Furniture, Household items and places cards

 Comet 2 Activity Book: Unit 2  Art materials and realia: Sticky tape, sheets of paper, finger puppets (Pupil’s Book 2, page 87), unit stickers and blank white cards, a small bowl of water, small plastic, glass, metal and wooden objects to experiment with (coins, marbles, etc.), old magazines, glue, Story book (Activity Book 2, pages 63-64.)

 Comet 2 Story Book: Unit 2  Comet 2 Unit Tests: Unit 2

 Comet 2 Unit 2 Mixed-ability Booklet (3 worksheets per unit: 1 reinforcement, 1 consolidation & 1 extension)

 Comet 2 Student Multi-rom .

 Comet 2 DVD Game Box for classroom IWB. Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

2.2 METHODOLOGY

This unit draws on three main approaches to learning: experiential learning, the communicative approach and content-and-language integrated learning (CLIL) in order to learn about the human body and be able to express information related to the topic. Literacy has been carefully integrated through the use of different reading materials within a clearly structured framework to practice the language through related communicative and artistic activities.

2.3 UNIT OBJECTIVES

1. To recognize and name items of furniture 2. To extract information from a text 3. To talk about the things one has or hasn’t got. 4. To sing and act out a song 5. To develop listening comprehension skills 6. To recognize and name common household objects 7. To associate furnishings different rooms in the house. 8. To revise the names of different materials 9. To discover which materials float and which sink 10. To make observations and present conclusions using the present simple 11. To revise and extend unit vocabulary and structures 12. To build awareness of the differences between the present and the past. 13. To develop speaking skills 14. To complete evaluation and self-evaluation activities

2.4 CONTENTS

Make predictions about the topic of the unit using visual cues. (Lesson 1)

Listen to and point to the items in Family Robinson activity. (Lesson 1)

Dramatize the story The Gingerbread boy using finger puppets. (Lesson 1 & 5) Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

Revise the Gingerbread boy story repeating the text and holding up the puppet. (Lesson 2)

Listen to, learn, and point to the furniture and sing the song: Hey-ho!He-ey ho! (Lesson 2)

Listen to, consolidate vocabulary and sing the song Let’s dance!. (Lesson 2)

Show oral comprehension by listening and ticking the pictures of the descriptions in CD Track 22. (Lesson 3)

Interact using L2 to play a guessing game for short answers (Lesson 3)

Listen to, dramatize and sing the song: Halley’s jingle. (Lesson 4)

Experiment and tick the appropriate box under the picture to show oral comprehension transferring knowledge about the situation from L1. (Lesson 4)

Listen and produce verbal and non-verbal messages by acting and singing a song (Lesson 6)

Trace and match previously met words with their corresponding pictures. (Lesson 1)

Read and write on their corresponding lines some pieces of furniture . (Lesson 2)

Read and complete short sentences to describe a picture. (Lesson 2 & 3)

Match Flashcards to Word cards trying to develop speaking skills (Lesson 6)

Read words previously met in order to tick true information about their houses and then complete simple sentences. (Lesson 6)

BASIC LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS AND STRUCTURES Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

1. Listing possessions: We’ve got more wood. We haven’t got a bath. 2. Describing location: What’s that next to you? 3. Asking questions about possessions: Have you got a (fridge)? 4. Using short answers to respond: Yes, I have. No, I haven’t. 5. Making observations: It floats. / It sinks. 6. Asking about materials: What’s it made of? 7. Establishing comparisons: The bath is the same. The cooker is different. 8. Presenting the concept of museums: This bed is very old. I is in a museum. 9. Comparing objects in the home and in a museum: Have you got a fireplace (like this)? Yes, I have. No, I haven’t. 10. Describing different rooms in the house: We’ve got a cooker and a fridge in the kitchen. 11. Comparing with classmates: My living room is the same. My kitchen is different. 12. Identifying: What can you see in this square? 13. Counting: How many squares are there? Nine. 14. Expressing preference: What is your favourite (page)? This one.

VOCABULARY

1. Furniture: sofa, fireplace, armchair, bookcase, bath, mirror, cupboard, fridge, cooker 2. Verbs: float, sink 3. Places: home, museum 4. Revision: Family member, school supplies, toys, prepositions

PHONOLOGY

Practice pronunciation by repeating exchanges in track 19 (Family Robinson) (Lesson 1)

Acting out the previous exchanges emphasizing the importance of an adequate intonation (Lesson1)

Develop rhythm and intonation by learning and singing along with Hey ho! He-ey ho! and In my bedroom (Lessons 2 & 6)

Play with picture cards to learn the correct pronunciation of short answers yes, we have / No, we haven’t . (Lesson 3)

Practice pronunciation of words with the letter F. (Lesson 3, 5, 6 & 7)

USE OF LANGUAGE

Associate spelling, pronunciation, and meaning of lexical items related to the rooms of a house, furniture and materials (Lessons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6) Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

Identify and use furniture and household items vocabulary to create an At Home poster. (Lesson 5)

Revise language by singing songs. (Lesson2 & 6)

Associate furniture items, meaning and pronunciation by matching Flashcards and Word cards. (Lesson 6)

Use language learnt to create a text from a model: description of a room. Students make a choice of the reader, purpose and contents. (Lesson 6)

Make predictions about a story using visual aids. (Lesson 1)

Revision of previous knowledge: Parts of the house and family members.(Lesson1)

Repeat to aid memorization and acquire vocabulary by singing the song Hey ho! He-ey ho! using gestures and visual cues. (Lesson 2)

Create an At Home poster to consolidate vocabulary (Lesson 5)

Repeat to aid memorization and acquire vocabulary by singing the song In my bedroom using gestures and visual cues. (Lesson 6)

Use memorization skills to play the game Memory and acquire vocabulary and basic structures. (Lesson 6)

Observe the rules of a game when playing it (Lesson 2, 3, 5 & 7)

Show self confidence in one’s ability to learn the foreign language and pleasure in learning the foreign language. (Lessons 1, 5 & 6)

Recognize and learn basic language, intonation and rhythm for social interaction dramatizing the dialogues: CD1.19 Family Robinson (Lesson1)

Become familiarize with some basic aspects of literary works from English- speaking countries: Robinson Crusoe & The Treasure Island (Lessons 1 & 6)

Show a receptive attitude towards people who speak foreign languages by paying attention in class and participating in activities. (All Lessons) Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

Recognize and remember a sequence of vocabulary flashcards. (Lesson 1)

Complete the sentences. (Lesson 2)

Identify materials and tick the correct column. (Lesson 4)

Match Word cards and Flashcards to learn furniture. (Lesson 6)

Make a story book to be able to tell the Adventure Island story. (Lesson 6)

Make a picture of a room to revise vocabulary. (Lesson 6)

Listen to CD 1 track 20, a more extended version of Family Robinson . (Lesson 1)

Practice pronunciation singing different parts of a song. (Lesson 2)

Create personalized furniture cards for use in classroom activities. (Lesson 3)

Mime and sing a song to revise vocabulary (Lesson 4)

Create a personalized poster and talk about it to the rest of the classmates (Lesson 5)

Illustrate the story: The Adventure Island.(Lesson 6)

Draw and label a room picture. (Lesson 6)

Comet 2 DVD Game Box for classroom IWB. Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

1. LINGUSTIC 3 Listen and tick. Participate in guides aural interactions.

5 Game: True or False Listen and understand simple sentences

3 Guessing game Use correctly short answers

2, MATHMATICAL 2 Recognizing a sequence. Process and organize information.

4 Guess the material Use logical thinking to complete a task.

3. KNOWLEDGE & 3 Associate room to household items Transfer knowledge from similar situations in INTERACTION L1 WITH THE PHYSICAL 4 Experiment and tick. WORLD Recognize different materials and their properties

5 Introducing same / different Transfer knowledge from other languages.

4. DIGITAL All lessons Use the digital book Progressively develop their use of ICT.

5. CIVIC/ SOCIAL 1 Revising Family members Identify family relations

2 Game: Let’s dance. Follow rules while playing a game in pairs.

5 Make an At Home poster. Work in groups to complete a task.

2 & 6 Listen and sing Participate actively in a whole group activity.

6. CULTURAL & 6 Illustrating the story: The adventure Island. Create a personalized drawing of the story. ARTISTIC 3 Making Picture cards. Draw pieces of furniture to participate in a game. 1 Dramatizing oral exchanges with finger puppets. Use drama to express actions. 6 Read and write: The living room in my house. Draw and describe a room.

7. LEARNING TO 1 Making predictions Develop predicting skills as a learning strategy LEARN 3 Creating word cards Becoming aware of the usefulness of creating materials to review a language. Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

8. AUTONOMY 4 Experiment and tick. Make observations and present conclusions. AND PERSONAL INITIATIVE 7 Complete your badges. Express a personal preference about lessons.

2.7 ASSESMENT

1. Recognize and name items of furniture 2. Extract information from a text 3. Talk about the things one has or hasn’t got. 4. Sing and act out a song 5. Participate actively in listening comprehension activities 6. Recognize and name common household objects 7. Associate furnishings different rooms in the house. 8. Recognize the names of different materials 9. Identify which materials float and which sink 10. Make observations and present conclusions using the present simple 11. Show capacity to revise and extend unit vocabulary and structures 12. Be aware of the differences between the present and the past. 13. Show speaking skills 14. Complete evaluation and self-evaluation activities 15. Show respect for classmates in classroom activities. 16. Participate actively in classroom activities.

Presentations (e.g., digital or printed posters, video or image exhibits or Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2 demonstrations).

Games and simulations. Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

Extract some information from the text Family Robinson using visual aids. (Lesson 1) (Block 1)

Recognize pieces of furniture and household objects and locating them. (Lesson 1) (Block 1 & 3)

Participate in guided aural interactions in predictable communication situations by dramatizing the dialogues in Family Robinsons using finger puppets. (Lesson 1) (Block 1 & 3)

Participate by answering questions from teacher in the TPR song Hey ho!He-ey ho! (Lesson 2)(Block 1 & 3)

Participate actively in classroom activities by interacting using L2 to play the card game Let’s dance! (Lesson 2) (Block 1 & 3)

Respond to questions about possession using short answers: Yes, I have / No, I haven’t by completing a listening activity and playing a guessing game. (Lesson 3) (Block 1 & 2)

Work cooperatively in a group when making an At Home poster (Lesson 5)(Block 4)

Draw a picture on a living room and label the items(Lesson 6) (Block 2 & 3)

Give a simple description of a house by identifying and using furniture and materials vocabulary to create an At Home poster. (Lesson 5) (Block 1 & 2)

COMET 2

UNIT 3: Scarecrows

3.1 RESOURCES

Comet 2Student’s Book: Unit 3

Comet 2Class CD 1: Tracks 24- 30

Comet 2Flashcardsand Word cards: Clothes cards

Comet 2Interactive whiteboard resources and Digital Book: Unit 3

Comet 2Activity Book: Unit 3 Art materials: Sticky tape, large sheets of paper, A4 paper, table cloth, old magazines, scissors, small coloured cards, small blank cards, spinning top, glue, small tokens, a dice and a small picture or photograph.

Comet 2 StoryBook: Unit 3 Comet 2Unit Tests: Unit 3

 Comet 2 Student Multi-rom.

 Comet 2 DVD Game Box for classroom IWB.

3.3UNIT OBJECTIVES

1. To recognize and name clothes 2. To extract information from a text 3. To talk about likes and dislikes 4. To sing and act out the unit song 5. To develop listening comprehension skills through a song 6. To identify articles of clothing 7. To describe what someone is wearing 8. To develop listening comprehension skills through dialogue 9. To revise clothes and descriptions 10. To develop motor and reading comprehension skills 11. To express preferences 12. To revise and extend kinds of materials 13. To identify materials used to make clothing 14. To develop reading comprehension skills 15. To describe one’s own clothing 16. Todevelopspeakingskills 17. Todevelopwritingskills 18. To revise the unit and vocabulary and structures 19. To complete evaluation and self-evaluation activities

3.4 CONTENTS

3.4.1 BLOCK1 [B1]: LISTENING, SPEAKING AND CONVERSING

Make predictions about the topic of the unit using visual cues. (Lesson 1)

Listen to and point to the items in Scarecrows, old clothes and birds activity. (Lesson 1) Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

Use short term memory to categorize clothes by relating flashcards to a previous picture. (Lesson 1)

Revise the Unit vocabulary by playing the game What’s missing?. (Lesson 2)

Expressing likes and preferences by participating in guided oral interactions(Lesson 2)

Listen to, learn, and point to the furniture and sing the song: Hey, scarecrow! (Lesson 2)

Answering to teachers questions when prompted using the present continuous to make descriptions (Lesson 3)

Show oral comprehension by listening and recognizing the pictures of the descriptions in CD Track 28. (Lesson 3)

Interact using L2 to describe their classmates using the right tenses and word order (Lesson 3)

Listen to, learn and sing the Halley’s jinglefor unit 4(Lesson 4)

Listen and guess objects to show oral comprehension transferring knowledge about the situation from L1. (Lesson 5)

Listen and produce verbal and non-verbal messages by acting and singing a song (Lesson 6)

Reviewing unit vocabulary and structures playing the game: Guess who? (Lesson 6)

Read and match previously met words with their corresponding pictures. (Lesson 1)

Complete unit vocabulary with their corresponding initials. (Lesson 2)

Draw a scarecrow according to a written description. (Lesson 3)

Complete short sentences, helped by the teacher, taking care of the word order (Lesson 4)

Read and match short descriptions to their corresponding picture (Lesson 5)

Match Flashcards to Word cards trying to develop speaking skills(Lesson 6)

Read words previously met in order to tick true information about their houses and then complete simple sentences. (Lesson 6)

Initiate the use of basic reading skills such as the use of visual and verbal cues, transfer previous knowledge about the subject or the situation. (All lessons) Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

1. Giving descriptions: It’s his shirt. It’s her blouse. 2. Answering queries about likes and dislikes: Whatdo birds like? They like seeds! What don’t they like?Scarecrows! 3. Giving descriptions: It’s a blue jacket. It’s a pinkflower! 4. Expressing preference: I like my shoes. I like red! 5. Talking about appearance. He’s got a red jacket! 6. Inquiring about likes / dislikes: Do you like the redjacket or the blue jacket? Do you like your shoes? 7. Describing appearance: My scarecrow is wearinga red jacket. 8. Responding to a question: What’s he wearing?He’s wearing a green dress. 9. Giving reasons for clothing preferences: I like myred shoes. 10. Talking about different clothes: It’s a yellow t-shirt. 11. Expressing and understanding the differences betweenday and night: At night you can see pink well. 12. Asking for information: What (is Janet) wearing? (Sheis wearing) 13. Developing further awareness of materials: leather,cotton, wool 14. Describing and identifying materials: It’s made ofcotton. 15. Understanding descriptions: It’s made of rubber.It’s small. It’s in your pencil case. What is it? (rubber) 16. Describing one’s own clothes: I’m wearing… 17. Asking for information: What are you wearing? 18. Identifying: What can you see in this square? 19. Counting: How many squares are there? Nine. 20. Expressing preference: What is your favourite (page)?This one.

VOCABULARY

 Nouns: Scarecrows, birds, seeds, farmersand clothes  Materials: leather, cotton, wool  Revision: alphabet, clothes, colours, materials (metal, wood, plastic, glass)

PHONOLOGY Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

Practice pronunciation by repeating exchanges in track 24 or 25 (Scarecrows, old clothes and farmers) (Lesson 1)

Making oral descriptions of classmates paying attention to correct pronunciation, intonation and rhythm (Lesson3)

Develop rhythm and intonation by learning and singing along with Hey, scarecrow! & When it’s so dark (Lessons 2 & 6)

USE OF LANGUAGE

Associate spelling, pronunciation, and meaning of lexical items related to clothes and materials (Lessons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6)

Identify and use clothes and materialsvocabulary to create aClothingposter. (Lesson 5)

Revise language by singing songs. (Lesson2 & 6)

Associate clothes and colours’ meaning and pronunciation by categorizing them on the blackboard. (Lesson 6)

Use language learnt to create a text from a model: describing themselves. (Lesson 7)

Make predictions about a story using visual aids.(Lesson 1)

Revision of previous knowledge: Clothes.(Lesson1)

Repeatto aid memorization and acquire vocabulary by singing the song Hey, scarecrow!using gestures and visual cues. (Lesson 2)

Create a Clotingposter to consolidate vocabulary (Lesson 5)

Repeat to aid memorization and acquire vocabulary by singing the song When it’s so darkusing gestures and visual cues. (Lesson 6)

Use memorization skills to play a game and acquire vocabulary and basic structures. (Lesson 4)

Observe the rules of a game when playing it (Lesson 2, 4, 6& 7)

Show self confidence in one’s ability to learn the foreign language and pleasure in learning the foreign language.(Lessons 1, 5 & 6)

3.4.4 BLOCK 4 [B4]: SOCIO CULTURAL ASPECTS AND INTERCULTURAL AWARENESS Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

Recognize and learn basic language, intonation and rhythm for social interaction continuing the song Hey, scarecrow!(Lesson2)

Play Hangman to review the alphabet and vocabulary from the previous units. (Lesson 1)

Trace, read and match new vocabulary words to consolidate knowledge (Lesson 1)

Make a picture dictation. (Lesson 2)

Create picture cards to carry out an oral activity. (Lesson 3)

Play a memory game to revise unit vocabulary and improve memorization (Lesson 4)

Categorize unit vocabulary using visual aids. (Lesson 6)

Complete a text with missing words using visual cues. (Lesson 7)

Listen to CD 1track 25, a more extended version of Scarecrows, old clothes and birds. (Lesson 1)

Practice pronunciation singing different parts of a song. (Lesson 2)

Describe classmates using unit vocabulary. (Lesson 3)

Mime and sing Halley’s jingle to revise vocabulary (Lesson 4)

Create a personalized poster and talk about it to the rest of the classmates (Lesson 5)

Make a personal description completing a text (Lesson 7)

Comet 2 Unit 2 Mixed-ability Booklet (3 worksheets per unit: 1 reinforcement, 1 consolidation & 1 extension) Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

1. LINGUSTIC 1 Listen and point. Participate in guides aural interactions.

2 Picture dictation Listen and understand simple sentences

6 Describe one’s clothes Use correctly unit vocabulary

2, MATHMATICAL 4 Guess the material Use logical thinking to complete a task.

3. KNOWLEDGE & 1 Predict the lesson topic Transfer knowledge from similar situations in INTERACTION L1 WITH THE PHYSICAL 5 Associate clothes and materials. WORLD Recognize different materials and their properties

4 Introducing light / dark Transfer knowledge from other languages.

5. CIVIC/ SOCIAL 3 Describing classmates. Follow rules while playing a game in pairs.

5 Make a Clothing poster. Work in groups to complete a task.

2 &6 Listen and sing Participate actively in a whole group activity.

6. CULTURAL & 3 Making Picture cards. Draw unit clothes to participate in a game. ARTISTIC 6 Draw and write Illustrate scarecrows and describe them.

7 Draw and colour Create a self-portrait.

7. LEARNING TO 1 Making predictions Develop predicting skills as a learning strategy LEARN 3 Creating picture and word cards Becoming aware of the usefulness of creating materials to review a language. 6 Categorizing vocabulary Develop techniques to organize and learn new Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

vocabulary

8. AUTONOMY 4 Predict lesson topic. Make observations and present conclusions. AND PERSONAL INITIATIVE 7 Complete your badges. Express a personal preference about lessons.

3.7 ASSESMENT

1. Recognize and name clothes 2. Extract information from a text 3. Talk about likes and dislikes 4. Sing and act out the unit song 5. Develop listening comprehension skills through a song 6. Identify articles of clothing 7. Describe what someone is wearing 8. Develop listening comprehension skills through dialogue 9. Revise clothes and descriptions 10. Show motor and reading comprehension skills 11. Express preferences 12. Revise and extend kinds of materials 13. Identify materials used to make clothing 14. Show reading comprehension skills 15. Describe one’s own clothing 16. Showspeakingskills 17. Show writingskills 18. Revise the unit and vocabulary and structures 19. Complete evaluation and self-evaluation activities

Graphic tests and displays (e.g., concept maps, outlines). Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

Games and simulations. Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

3.7.3 PROPOSEDASSESMENT ACTIVITES FOR UNIT 3

Participate in guided aural interactions in predictable communication situations by repeating oral exchanges. (Lesson 1)

Listen to the recording and number the clothes as they are heard in the track. (Lesson 1)

Follow the instructions to complete a picture dictation. (Lesson 3)(Block 1 & 3)

Participate by answering questions from teacher in the TPR song Hey, scarecrow! (Lesson 2)(Block 1 & 3)

Participate actively in classroom activities by interacting using L2 to describe classmates (Lesson 2) (Block 1 & 3)

Respond to questions to describe one and the others when prompted by the teacher or classmates. (Lesson 4) (Block 1 & 3)

Work cooperatively in a group when making a Clothing poster (Lesson 5)(Block 4)

Draw one’s picture and complete a text to make self-portrait (Lesson 7) (Block 2 & 3)

Give a simple description of clothes by identifying and using clothes, colours and materials vocabulary to create aClothing poster. (Lesson 5) (Block 1 & 2)

Complete evaluation and self-evaluation activities by doing the Badgesactivity to indicate preferences in the unit and share with the class. (Lesson 7) (Block 3)

Complete evaluation and self-evaluation activities by taking the Unit 1Testand later correcting own mistakes during the correction process. (Lesson 7) (Block 1, 2 & 3) Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

COMET 2

UNIT 4: I can play!

Suggested timing: 3 weeks during 2nd Term

4.1 RESOURCES

 Comet 2 Class CD 1: Tracks 31 - 39

 Comet 2 Flashcards and Word cards: Musical instruments, clothes, adjectives cards

 Comet 2 Activity Book: Unit 4  Comet 2 Story finger puppets: Unit 4

 Art materials: sticky tape, finger puppets, blank white cards, empty water bottles, small pebbles and sand, a funnel, percussion instruments(drum, tambourine, triangle, etc.), maracas made by students, old magazines, A4 paper, scissors and glue, small tokens and a dice.

 Comet 2 Storybook: Unit 4

4.2 METHODOLOGY

4.3 UNIT OBJECTIVES

1. To recognize and name musical instruments 2. To talk about the instruments one can play 3. To sing and act out the unit song 4. To develop listening comprehension skills through a song 5. To recognize and name musical instruments and actions 6. To make and respond to suggestions 7. To make a musical Instrument 8. To revise the names of different actions and musical instruments 9. To introduce musical concepts: loud – soft, fast – slow 10. To understand the function of graphs 11. To interpret a bar graph 12. To create and recite a poem 13. To appreciate the importance of rhythm and composition 14. To revise the unit and vocabulary and structures 15. To complete evaluation and self-evaluation activities

4.4 CONTENTS

Predict information about the story Musical festival from visual aids . (Lesson 1)

Extract information from dialogues in a digital format of a CD. (Lesson 1)

Dramatize the dialogues between unit characters using finger puppets. (Lesson 1)

Listen to, learn and act out the TPR song Let’s all sing and dance. (Lesson 2) Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

Respond correctly to suggestion in the guessing game (Lesson 3)

Listen to, sing and dramatize Halley’s jingle. (Lesson 4)

Follow oral instructions to play a musical instrument (Lesson 4)

Extract information from graphs and present it to the rest of classmates. (Lesson 5)

Interact using L2 to play with the musical poster (Lesson 5)

Listen to, learn and sing the song: Halley’s jingle. (Lesson 2)

Listen and tick the appropriate box under the picture to show oral comprehension about actions and musical instruments and create a poem. (Lesson 6)

Use of the visual context and knowledge about the topic or situation transferred from L1 to relate daily routines and musical concepts. (Lesson 6)

Read previously met words, match and colour pictures according to the information. (Lesson 1)

Draw and trace musical instruments with their corresponding picture. (Lesson 2)

Create picture and word cards (Lesson 3)

Read and match short sentences to pictures. (Lesson 3)

Read and complete short sentences with new vocabulary using visual aids (Lesson4)

Present written conclusions of information from bar graphs. (Lesson 4)

Writing a poem using visual aids. (Lesson 6)

BASIC LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS AND STRUCTURES Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

Talking about one’s abilities: I can play the guitar.

Making suggestions: Let’s sing.

Responding to suggestions: Yes, let’s dance. No. I don’t want to.

Expressing opinions: I like / don’t like. It is + adjective.

Presenting conclusions: Ten girls like the drum.

Expressing preference: What is your favourite (page)? This one

VOCABULARY

Musical instruments: guitar, piano, flute, drum. Actions: play, sing, dance

Adjectives: loud, soft, fast, slow.

Revision: Numbers 1-20, parts of the body, clothes, furniture, limbs and joints

PHONOLOGY

Practice pronunciation by repeating exchanges in track 19 (Family Robinson) (Lesson 1)

Develop rhythm and intonation by learning and singing along with Let’s all sing and dance! (Lessons 2)

Practice rhythm and intonation by creating and reading a poem aloud. (Lesson 6)

USE OF LANGUAGE

Identify and use verbs and musical instruments vocabulary to create a Music poster. (Lesson 5)

Revise the alphabet by associating the pronunciation and graphology in a speaking game. (Lesson 6)

Associate body parts, meaning and pronunciation by matching the Flashcards and the Word cards. (Lesson 6)

Use language learnt to create a text from a model: description of a self portrait. Students make a choice of the reader, purpose and contents. (Lesson 5 & 6) Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

Revision of previous knowledge: parts of the body, numbers, clothes & daily activities. (Lesson 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6)

Repeat to aid memorization and acquire vocabulary by dramatizing the exchanges in CD 1.32 with finger puppets. (Lesson 1)

Repeat to aid memorization and acquire vocabulary by singing the song Let’s sing and dance using gestures and visual cues. (Lesson 2)

Organize vocabulary items into categories. (Lesson 7)

Recognize and learn basic language for social interaction (Lessons 1, 2, 3 & 4)

Acting out a story with puppets (Lesson 1)

Recognize and remember vocabulary by playing the game Statues. (Lesson 2)

Make picture cards to consolidate instruments vocabulary. (Lesson 3)

Complete sentences with new words. (Lesson 4)

Improve memorization by reviewing vocabulary from previous units while creating the unit poster. (Lesson 5)

Use flashcards to illustrate a song to consolidate vocabulary. (Lesson 6)

Classify vocabulary from previous lessons to aid long term memorization. (Lesson 7) Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

Listen to CD 1 track 32, a more extended version of Music festival. (Lesson 1)

Colour dictation for Activity Book 2, page 22, activity 1. (Lesson 1)

Draw and label a picture. (Lesson 2)

Make picture cards to revise instruments vocabulary. (Lesson 3)

Describe a poster to consolidate and extent vocabulary. (Lesson 5)

Practice pronunciation of words creating a poem. (Lesson 6)

Make a crossword about the unit vocabulary(Lesson 7)

1. LINGUSTIC 1 Listen and number. Participate in guides aural interactions. Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

3 Introducing responses to suggestions Respond correctly to suggestions

4 Presenting the lesson vocabulary Acquire vocabulary related to music

5 Look and write Present conclusions from graphs

6 Look and mark Yes or No. Read and identify words.

2, MATHMATICAL 5 Making a classroom survey. Understand the function of graphs.

5 Writing information from graphs. Use numbers in English.

3. KNOWLEDGE & 3 Introducing soft, loud, slow & fast. Transfer knowledge from other languages. INTERACTION WITH THE PHYSICAL 6 Matching music adjectives to times of day Relate feelings and times of the day. WORLD

5. CIVIC/ SOCIAL 2 Game: Statues. Follow rules while playing a game.

2 Listen and sing Participate actively in a whole group activity

5 Make a music poster. Work in groups to complete a task.

7 Let’s play!. Follow rules while playing a game in teams of three or four.

6. CULTURAL & 1 Colouring the instruments. Personalizing book drawings . ARTISTIC 5 Making a poster. Create materials to practise language

4 Playing a maraca. Develop a taste for music.

6 Writing a poem. Show linguistic creativity in L2.

7. LEARNING TO 2 Game: Odd one out. Recognize and classify vocabulary words. LEARN 3 Make picture cards Use learning strategies to review language

7 Revising vocabulary Organize the vocabulary in categories

8. AUTONOMY 1 Colour dictation Show initiative to complete a task AND PERSONAL INITIATIVE 7 Complete your badges. Express a personal preference about lessons.

4.7 ASSESMENT

1. Recognize and name musical instruments 2. Talk about the instruments one can play 3. Sing and act out a song Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

4. Develop listening comprehension skills 5. Recognize and name musical instruments and actions 6. Make and respond to suggestions 7. Make a musical Instrument 8. Revise the names of different actions and musical instruments 9. Introduce musical concepts: loud – soft, fast – slow 10. Understand the function of graphs 11. Interpret a bar graph 12. Create and recite a poem 13. Appreciate the importance of rhythm and composition 14. Revise the unit and vocabulary and structures 15. Complete evaluation and self-evaluation activities. 16. Show respect for classmates in classroom activities. 17. Participate actively in classroom activities.

Participate in guided aural interactions in predictable communication situations by dramatizing a story. (Lessons 1) Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

Recognize and name musical instruments by reading and matching words to pictures. (Lesson 1) (Block 2)

Making suggestions using the structures: Let’s + verb (base form), eg. Let’s sing and dance by reading and matching simple sentences to their corresponding pictures (Lesson 3) (Block 1 & 2)

Participate actively in classroom activities by interacting using L2 to play the card game Odd one out (Lesson 2) (Block 1 & 3)

Express opinions using the structure: I like / don’t like. It is + adjective by matching new vocabulary to pictures. (Lesson 4) (Block 1 & 2)

Writing a poem choosing the adequate words to create rhyme and rhythm (Lesson 6) (Block 2 & 3)

Relate each musical adjective to a corresponding part of the day to demonstrate knowledge of vocabulary. (Lesson 6) (Block 1 & 3)

Complete sentences in the activity book portfolio to create a model of invitation using visual aids (Lesson 6) (Block 2 & 3)

Identifying and using music vocabulary to create a Music poster. (Lesson 5) (Block 1 & 2)

COMET 2

UNIT 5: Vegetable World

5.1 RESOURCES

 Comet 2 Class CD 2: Tracks 1-7

 Comet 2 Flashcards and Word cards: Plants & food cards

 Comet 2 Activity Book: Unit 5  Comet 2 Story puppets: Unit 5

 Art materials: sticky tape, A-3 paper, A4 paper, old magazines, sets of cards with definitions, blank cards, glue scissors, small tokens, a dice, small alphabet sets.

This unit draws on three main approaches to learning: experiential learning, the communicative approach and content-and-language integrated learning (CLIL) in order to learn about healthy eating habits and be able to express information related to the topic. Literacy has been carefully integrated through the use of different reading materials within a clearly structured framework to practice the language through related communicative and artistic activities.

5.3 UNIT OBJECTIVES

1. To recognize and name vegetables 2. To extract information from a text 3. To categorize food 4. To sing and act out the unit song 5. To develop listening comprehension skills through a song 6. To learn about planting 7. To develop listening comprehension skills through dialogue 8. To identify and select food 9. To develop fine motor skills and reading comprehension skills 10. To talk about good eating habits 11. To revise and extend food 12. To learn how to categorize food 13. To develop reading comprehension skills 14. To develop speaking skills 15. To develop writing skills 16. To revise the unit and vocabulary and structures 17. To complete evaluation and self-evaluation activities

5.4 CONTENTS

Predict information about the topic of the unit using visual cues and text. (Lesson 1)

Extract information from oral texts to confirm predictions. (Lesson 1)

Making and responding to suggestions when prompted by the teacher (Lesson 2)

Listen to, learn, and point to food vocabulary and sing the song: Come to my pizza party. (Lesson 2) Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

Show oral comprehension by listening and drawing vegetables in their corresponding section. (Lesson 3)

Listen to, revise vocabulary and sing the song: Halley’s jingle (Lesson 4)

Listen to check the answers to an activity (Lesson 4)

Reviewing orally the unit vocabulary categorizing food (Lesson 5)

Establishing simple dialogues taking the Unit poster as a reference (Lesson 5)

Relate vocabulary to its spelling in the game Guess what I’m eating (Lesson 6)

Use of the visual context and knowledge about the topic or situation transferred from L1 to follow oral instructions about how to make a pizza. (Lesson 6)

Read previously met words to predict the topic of the unit. (Lesson 1)

Write the names of the food items shown in flashcards. (Lesson 1 & 7)

Trace, read and match the words to the corresponding picture (Lesson 1)

Read and complete a vocabulary words choosing the initials. (Lesson 2)

Complete short sentences by choosing the correct words according to the pictures (Lesson 3)

Write the items and prizes in a food shop (Lesson 4)

Read and complete sentences with teacher’s guidance (Lesson 5)

Read and write words and simple sentences previously met in order to complete the instructions of how to make a pizza. (Lesson 6)

Read and write words to complete a simple text using visual aids (Lesson 6)

5.4.3 BLOCK 3 [B3]: KNOWLEDGE OF LANGUAGE Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

Understanding a process: You plant the seeds or baby plants and you add water.

Learning about and describing a place: This garden has got many kinds of plants

Giving suggestions: Let’s have ...

Talking about preferences: I like carrots. Do you like lettuce? Yes, I do, No, I don’t.

Identifying and clarifying: You plant the lettuce in section 1.

Talking about what is eatable: You eat the stem, the seeds, the leaves, the root.

Expressing likes and dislike: I like…/ I don’t like…

Talking about price: How much is the cheese? Ten Euros.

Developing further awareness of fruit and vegetables: A banana is a fruit. Lettuce and carrots are vegetables.

Learning how to make something: Put the tomatoes on the pizza.

Responding to a request for information: What do you need for a pizza?

Building awareness of plant growth: First we plant the seed.

Counting: How many squares are there? Nine.

VOCABULARY

Fruit and vegetables: lettuce, carrot, asparagus, tomatoes, sunflowers, banana, apple, pear Parts of a plant: flowers, leaves, fruit, stem, root, seeds Food: Cheese, pizza, ham, chicken Numbers: 1- 20

PHONOLOGY

Practice pronunciation starting letters. (Lesson 1)

Be aware of the importance of intonation when making and responding to suggestions (Lesson 2) Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

Giving instructions about how to plant and pick vegetables taking care of pronunciation (Lesson 3)

Develop rhythm and intonation by learning and singing along with Halley’s jingle. (Lessons 4)

Memorize a text and say it aloud paying attention to correct pronunciation, rhythm and intonation. (Lesson 5)

USE OF LANGUAGE

Identify and use previously learnt vocabulary to play the game Let’s eat and drink. (Lesson 1)

Use L2 to describe a process (Lesson 3, 5 & 6)

Revise the alphabet by spelling food vocabulary in the game Guess what I’m eating. (Lesson 6)

Associate vegetables and fruit, meaning and pronunciation by matching the Flashcards and the Word cards. (Lesson 7)

Use previously-introduced models to complete sentences in the foreign language. (Lessons 5 & 6)

Revision of previous knowledge: food. (Lesson 1)

Repeat to aid memorization and acquire vocabulary by singing the song Come to my pizza party using gestures and visual cues. (Lesson 2)

Show how everyday activities can help to revise L2 vocabulary, eg. Revising the fridge or preparing meals. (Lesson 2)

Create a Fruit and vegetable poster to consolidate vocabulary (Lesson 5)

Complete one’s badges to assess one’s performance in the unit. (Lesson 7)

Associate spelling, pronunciation, and meaning of lexical items related to daily activities (Lessons 1, 2, 3, 5 & 6)

Show self confidence in one’s ability to learn the foreign language and pleasure in learning the foreign language. (All lessons) Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

Discuss differences and similarities in meals between cultures (Lesson 5 & 6)

Recognize and learn basic language for social interaction. (All lessons)

Play the memory game: Who’s missing? (Lesson 2)

Trace and match new words to their pictures. (Lesson 1)

Draw food and tell to a partner to revise new vocabulary. (Lesson 2)

Complete simple sentences to consolidate language. (Lesson 3)

Classify foods according to the part we eat (Lesson 4)

Make a food shop to review unit language and numbers. (Lesson 4)

Improve memorization by learning and reciting a text. (Lesson 5)

Writing a recipe to revise vocabulary (Lesson 6)

Play a board game to review the vocabulary of the unit. (Lesson 7)

Listen to CD 2 track 1 , a more extended version of How to make a vegetable garden . (Lesson 1)

Follow oral instructions to play a running dictation.(Lesson 1)

Make a party basket to review food vocabulary. (Lesson 2)

Create a food shop to transfer their knowledge from L1 situations to L2. (Lesson 3)

Make a Fruit and Vegetable poster. (Lesson 5) Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

Spelling lesson vocabulary in the game Guess what I’m eating (Lesson 6)

Practice pronunciation of starting letters. (Lesson 1)

1. LINGUSTIC 3 Listen and number. Participate in guides aural interactions.

5 Do the sums Listen to confirm information

5 & 6 Look and write instructions. Read and identify words.

2, MATHMATICAL 5 Do sums. Use numbers in English.

5 Introduce the concept of money. Pay and use money using L2.

3. KNOWLEDGE & 4 Categorizing eatable parts of plants Distinguish the different eatable parts of INTERACTION vegetables and fruits WITH THE PHYSICAL 6 Listen and complete a text. WORLD Describe how a plant grows.

4. DIGITAL All lessons Use the digital book. Progressively develop their use of ICT.

5. CIVIC/ SOCIAL 1 Running dictation. Follow rules while playing a game in pairs.

2 Listen and sing Participate in a whole group activity singing Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

5 Make a Fruit and Vegetables poster. chorally

6 Game Guess what I’m eating. Work in groups to complete a task.

Participate actively in groups of three.

6. CULTURAL & 1 Make a party basket. Draw the food they would carry to a party. ARTISTIC 3 Making Picture cards. Draw food to participate in a game.

5 Create s Fruit and vegetable poster. Use creativity when designing a poster.

6 Inventing a pizza Use creativity in everyday activities like cooking.

7. LEARNING TO 5 Categorizing food Learn strategies to memorize vocabulary LEARN 5 Making picture cards Show interest in creating materials to review language 7 Reflecting on the unit Analyse one’s favourite ways of learning

8. AUTONOMY 1 Making predictions Express opinions and ideas. AND PERSONAL INITIATIVE 6 Inventing a pizza Carry out everyday activities outside school establishing links with L2

Express a personal preference about lessons. 7 Complete your badges.

5.7 ASSESMENT

1. Recognize and name vegetables 2. Extract information from a text 3. Categorize food 4. Sing and act out a song 5. Show listening comprehension skills 6. Learn about planting 7. Identify and select food 8. Show fine motor skills and reading comprehension skills 9. Talk about good eating habits 10. Revise and extend food 11. Learn how to categorize food 12. Show reading comprehension skills 13. Show speaking skills 14. Show writing skills Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

15. Revise the unit and vocabulary and structures 16. Complete evaluation and self-evaluation activities 17. Show respect for classmates in classroom activities. 18. Participate actively in classroom activities.

Listen to the recording and point the food as they are heard in the track. (Lesson 1) (Block 1)

Recognize and name food by choosing the food they would take to a party. (Lesson 2) (Block 2 & 3)

Work cooperatively in a group by making a fruit and vegetable poster (Lesson 5)

(Block 2, 3 & 4)

Participate actively in classroom activities by interacting using L2 to create a food shop (Lesson 4) (Block 2 & 3) Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

Indicate the parts of the plants that can be eaten. (Lesson 5)(Block 2 & 3)

Describe the growth of a plant by completing a text (Lesson 5) (Block 2 & 3)

Give a simple description of food by identifying and using fruit and vegetables vocabulary to create a Food poster. (Lesson 5) (Block 1 & 2)

Describing a process: making a pizza (Lesson 6)(Block 2, 3 & 4)

COMET 2

UNIT 6: My Town

6.1 RESOURCES

Comet 2Class CD 2: Tracks 8- 16

Comet 2Flashcardsand Word cards: Places, furniture, transportcards

Comet 2Activity Book: Unit 6 Comet 2Story finger puppets: Unit 6

 Art materials: sticky tape, finger puppets, A4 paper, blank white cards, old magazines, scissors, glue, sets of word cards, photocopy of 16- square grids, small tokens, a dice.

Comet 2 Story Book: Unit 6

Comet 2Unit Tests: Unit 6

6.2 METHODOLOGY

6.3 UNIT OBJECTIVES

1. To recognize and name different places 2. To describe townfeatures 3. Toexpresslikes and dislikes 4. To sing and act out the unit song 5. To develop listening comprehension skills through a song 6. To recognize and name places. 7. To identify different vehicles 8. To name places where vehicles stop for passengers 9. To understand the use of maps 10. To create a map key and illustrated map 11. To become aware of one’s surroundings and the facilities in one’s town 12. To create a descriptive text 13. To revise the unit and vocabulary and structures 14. To complete evaluation and self-evaluation activities

6.4 CONTENTS

Predict information about the story The town mouse and the country mouse from visual aids. (Lesson 1)

Extract information from dialoguesin a digital format of a CD. (Lesson 1)

Dramatize the dialogues between unit characters using finger puppets. (Lesson 1)

Listen to, learn and act out the TPR song In my town, in my town. (Lesson 2) Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

Describe places using There is / are (Lesson 3)

Discuss about the importance of collective transport (Lesson 4)

Follow oral instructions to find places in a map. (Lesson 5)

Interact using L2 to play with the Town poster (Lesson 5)

Listen and sing I like my town, yes! in order to find concrete information. (Lesson 6)

Revise vocabulary from previous lessons categorizing it orally on the blackboard (Lesson 6)

Read previously met words and write them in their correct spaces according to the information and pictures. (Lesson 1)

Read and circle the adequate words in relation to the picture. (Lesson 2)

Read and complete short sentences with the lexicon from the word bank. (Lesson 3)

Read and complete spaces with new vocabulary using visual aids (Lesson4)

Tick and write the words to complete a short text about student’s own street. (Lesson 5)

Invent a town: draw and label places in it (Lesson 6)

Talking about town features: There is a park. There are schools. Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

Expressing likes and dislikes: I like / don’t like your town.

Talking about town features: There is a hospital. There are schools.

Indicating places: At the bus stop

Asking for and giving information: Where’s the airport? A – eleven.

Describing a place: There are two schools in Comet Street.

Expressing preference: What is your favourite(page)? This one.

VOCABULARY

 Places: town, country, building, street, park, shop, fire station, police station, hospital, map, airport, coach station, train station, bus stop  Revision: Numbers 1-20, Musical instruments, Vegetables

PHONOLOGY

Practice pronunciation by repeating exchanges in track 8/ 9 (The town mouse and the country mouse) (Lesson 1)

Develop rhythm and intonation by learning and singing along with In my town, in my town and I like my town, yes!(Lessons 2& 6)

Practice rhythm and intonation by reading short texts aloud. (Lesson 3, 5, 6, & 7)

USE OF LANGUAGE

Use L2 to dramatize a story. (Lesson 1)

Revise the alphabet and numbers while learning to use maps. (Lesson 5)

Associate places vocabulary, meaning and pronunciation by matching the Flashcards and the Wordcards. (Lesson 6)

Use language learnt to create a text from a model: description of a town. Students make a choice of contents. (Lesson 6)

Show interest in using the foreign language in a variety of classroom situations. (All lessons) Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

6.4.3.2 REFLECTIONS ON LEARNING

Make predictions about an outcome based on previous knowledge.(Lesson 1)

Revision of previous knowledge: vegetables, furniture, means of transport, numbers, and musical instruments.(Lesson 2, 3, 4, 5 & 7)

Repeatto aid memorization and acquire vocabulary by dramatizing the exchanges in CD 2.8/ 9 with finger puppets. (Lesson 1)

Repeat to aid memorization and acquire vocabulary by singing the song In my town, in my town using gestures and visual cues. (Lesson 2)

Show self confidence in one’s ability to learn the foreign language and pleasure in learning the foreign language.(All lessons)

Become familiarize with English literature: The Town mouse and the Country mouse(Lesson 1)

Recognize and learn basic language for social interaction(Lessons 1 & 5)

Acting out a story with puppets (Lesson 1)

Recognize and remember vocabulary by playing the game Let’s dance!. (Lesson 2)

Make picture cards to consolidate instruments vocabulary. (Lesson 3)

Listen to check and complete an exercise. (Lesson 4)

Use flashcards to illustrate a song to consolidate vocabulary. (Lesson 6)

Classify vocabulary from previous lessons to aid long term memorization. (Lesson 7) Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

Listen to CD 2 track 9, a more extended version of The town mouse and the country mouse. (Lesson 1)

Complete a text with the word bank to consolidate new vocabulary. (Lesson 2)

Make picture cards to revise places vocabulary. (Lesson 3)

Participate in a discussion about means of transport (Lesson 4)

Draw, colour and label a map of one’s town. (Lesson 6)

All All of the activities in the unit. Show interest communicating in English. Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

1. LINGUSTIC 1 Listen and point. Participate in guide aural interactions.

3 Introducing descriptions of places Use correctly There is/ are

4 Presenting the lesson topic and language Acquire vocabulary related to means of transport 5 Listen and write Find places in map 6 Look and write. Read and identify words.

2, MATHMATICAL 5 Read a map. Use numbers in English.

3. KNOWLEDGE & 1 Identify places from sounds. Transfer knowledge from other languages. INTERACTION WITH THE PHYSICAL 4 Discuss about collective transport Show awareness of the importance of public WORLD transport. 5 Describe their town Locate different places in town

5. CIVIC/ SOCIAL 2 Game: Let’s dance. Follow rules while playing a game.

4 Discuss the importance of public transport Show respect while participating in oral discussions 5 Make a Town poster. Work in groups to complete a task.

6. CULTURAL & 1 Colouring cats. Follow written instructions. ARTISTIC 5 Making a poster. Create materials to practise language

6 Drawing a map of their town Draw and label a map

7. LEARNING TO 2 Make predictions Develop predicting skills as learning strategy. LEARN 3 Make picture cards Use learning strategies to review language

8. AUTONOMY 4 Discuss with classmates Show initiative expressing their opinions AND PERSONAL INITIATIVE 6 Draw your town Use initiative and creativity to complete a task

7 Complete your badges. Express a personal preference about lessons.

6.7 ASSESMENT

18. Recognize and name different places. 19. Describe town features. Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

20. Express likes and dislikes. 21. Sing and act out a song. 22. Show listening comprehension skills. 23. Recognize and name places. 24. Identify different vehicles. 25. Name places where vehicles stop for passengers. 26. Understand the use of maps. 27. Create a map key and illustrated map. 28. Become aware of one’s surroundings and the facilities in one’s town. 29. Create a descriptive text. 30. Revise the unit and vocabulary and structures. 31. Complete evaluation and self-evaluation activities. 32. Show respect for classmates in classroom activities. 33. Participate actively in classroom activities.

Participate in guided aural interactions in predictable communication situations by dramatizing a story. (Lessons 1) Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

Recognize and name town places by reading and matching words to pictures. (Lesson 1) (Block 2)

Describing pictures using the structures: There is/ are, playing a guessing game (Lesson 3) (Block 1 & 3)

Participate actively in classroom activities by interacting using L2 to play the game Let’s dance!(Lesson 2) (Block 1 & 3)

Express their opinions about collective transport to show their speaking skills and knowledge of vocabulary (Lesson 4) (Block 1, 3 & 4)

Locating places in a map showing their listening skills (Lesson 5) (Block 1& 3)

Show creativity drawing their town and knowledge of lesson vocabulary and structures completing a short text according to the drawing (Lesson 6) (Block 2 & 3)

Identifying and using places vocabulary to create a Town poster. (Lesson 5) (Block 1 & 2)

COMET 2

UNIT 7: Where do people live?

Suggested timing: 3 weeks during 3rd Term

7.1 RESOURCES

Comet 2Class CD 2: Tracks 17 - 24

Comet 2Flashcardsand Word cards: Landscapes and placescards

Comet 2Activity Book: Unit 7  Art materials: sticky tape, a drawing of a balloon, A4 paper, old magazines scissors, plasticine, poster paper, a landscape cube, small tokens and a dice.

Comet 2 Storybook: Unit 7

7.3UNIT OBJECTIVES

1. To name landscape features 2. To extract information from a text 3. To sing and act out the unit song 4. To develop listening comprehension skills through a song 5. To describe a landscape 6. To revise places and landscapes 7. To develop awareness of the water cycle 8. To develop reading and listening comprehension skills 9. To revise and extend unit vocabulary 10. To build awareness of places in nature 11. To develop fine motor skills 12. To develop reading comprehension skills 13. To develop writing skills 14. To describe a place 15. To revise the unit and vocabulary and structures 16. To complete evaluation and self-evaluation activities

7.4 CONTENTS

Predict information about places from visual aids. (Lesson 1)

Extract information from oral texts in the CD. (Lesson 1)

Deduce vocabulary from definitions. (Lesson 1)

Listen to, learn and act out the TPR song CD2 track 20 /23. (Lesson 2& 4)

Listen to extract specific information (Lesson 3)

Listen to, sing and dramatize Halley’s jingle. (Lesson 4) Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

Interact using L2 to play with the places in nature poster (Lesson 5)

Listen and act out the song I love the mountains. (Lesson 6)

Talking about preferences. (Lesson 6)

Read previously met words, match and colour pictures according to the information. (Lesson 1)

Choose the initials of the words using visual aids. (Lesson 2& 3)

Read and complete short sentences with new vocabulary using visual aids (Lesson4)

Present written conclusions of information from bar graphs.(Lesson 4)

Draw and label pictures with the unit vocabulary. (Lesson 5)

Read short sentences and complete missing information (Lesson 5)

Write a description of the place one lives following a model (Lesson 6)

Talking about location: I live in a house, near the hospital.

Describing location: Where do some people live? In the city, at the seaside, etc.

Describing different places. What can you see in a valley? There is a …There are….

Identifying a cycle: rain, goes up / comes down; forms clouds

Understanding a description: This is a big mountain. Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

Describing a cycle:Water goes up.

Making a model of the local landscape with plasticine.

Giving information about oneself: Hello, my name is… I live in…

Counting: How many squares are there?

VOCABULARY

 Places: mountain, forest, seaside, sea, river, valley, desert  Landscapes: forest, valley, seaside, mountains, desert and river  Revision: animals, colours, vegetables, rooms in a house, food and clothes

PHONOLOGY

Pronounce correctly the vocabulary learnt in the unit (All lessons)

Repeating unit vocabulary and structures emphasizing the importance of an adequate intonation (Lesson1, 4 & 6)

Develop rhythm and intonation by learning and singing along with I love the mountains(Lessons6)

Use of appropriate distinctive intonation between questions and statements. (All lessons)

USE OF LANGUAGE

Revise vocabulary from previous lesson (Lesson 1, 3, 5 & 7)

Identify and use verbs, places and landscapesvocabulary to create a Places in natureposter. (Lesson 5)

Label pictures with the words given (Lesson 5)

Revise the alphabet by associating the pronunciation and graphology in a speaking game. (Lesson 6)

Associate body parts, meaning and pronunciation by matching the Flashcards and the Wordcards. (Lesson 6)

Use language learnt to create a text from a model: description of the place they live. Students make choice of contents. (Lesson 6)

Show interest in using the foreign language in a variety of classroom situations. (All lessons) Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

Observe the rules of a game when playing it (Lesson 1)

Revision of previous knowledge: food, clothes, buildings, animals, colour, vegetables and plants.(Lesson 1, 3, 4 & 7)

Repeat to aid memorization and acquire vocabulary by singing the song I love mountains using gestures and visual cues. (Lesson 6)

Use the Picture dictionary to revise and consolidate vocabulary. (Lesson 3)

Play a memory game to develop short- term memory skills (Lesson 4)

Complete one’s badges to assess one’s performance in the unit. (Lesson 7)

Recognize and learn basic language for social interaction(Lessons 1, 2, 3 & 4)

Progressively use and take advantage of body language to communicate more effectively with people who speak a different language. (Lessons 2 & 4)

Play a guessing game to consolidate vocabulary (Lesson 1)

Recognize and draw vocabulary with the activity what’s missing? (Lesson 2)

Make picture cards to consolidate landscapes vocabulary. (Lesson 3)

Use flashcards to illustrate a song to consolidate vocabulary. (Lesson 6) Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

Classify vocabulary from previous lessons to aid long term memorization. (Lesson 7)

Listen to CD 2 track 18, a more extended version of listening exerciseWhere do people live?.(Lesson 1)

Draw a balloon and describe landscapes to consolidate vocabulary. (Lesson 2)

Make picture cards to revise instruments vocabulary. (Lesson 3)

Describe a picture completing adequately short sentences. (Lesson 6)

All All of the activities in the unit. Show interest communicating in English. Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

1. LINGUSTIC 1 Listen and point. Participate in guides aural interactions.

3 Read and draw Describe landscapes accurately

4 Presenting the lesson vocabulary Acquire vocabulary related to water cycle

5 Look and write Associate pictures, meaning and spelling

6 Listen and sing. Extract specific information from a song.

2, MATHMATICAL 4 &5 Describe the water cycle Use logical thinking to complete a task.

3. KNOWLEDGE & 1 Listen and number. Identify different landscapes. INTERACTION WITH THE PHYSICAL 2 & 3 Describe what they see from an imaginary Recognize different features of landscapes. WORLD balloon 4 & 5 Develop awareness of the water cycle Sing and act. Look and write

5. CIVIC/ SOCIAL 1 Game: Guess where I am. Follow rules while playing a game.

5 Make a places in nature poster. Work in groups to complete a task.

6. CULTURAL & 1, 2 & 5 Colouring What’s missing. Personalizing book drawings . ARTISTIC 3 Read, draw and colour Draw and describe a picture

5 Making a poster. Create materials to practise language

6 Draw and colour. Express their preferences showing creativity.

7. LEARNING TO 3 Make picture cards Use learning strategies to review language LEARN 3 Use picture dictionary Use different sources to further vocabulary

6 Read and write Write a text following a model

7 Revising vocabulary with a cube Answer questions about unit vocabulary

8. AUTONOMY 4 Trace, find and colour Show initiative to complete a task AND PERSONAL INITIATIVE 7 Complete your badges. Express a personal preference about lessons.

7.7 ASSESMENT

BY THE END OF THIS UNIT STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO: Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

34. Name landscape features 35. Extract information from a text 36. Show listening comprehension skills 37. Sing and act out the unit song 38. Describe a landscape 39. Revise places and landscapes 40. Show awareness of the water cycle 41. Show reading and listening comprehension skills 42. Revise and extend unit vocabulary 43. Build awareness of places in nature 44. Show fine motor skills 45. Show reading comprehension skills 46. Show writing skills 47. Describe a place 48. Revise the unit and vocabulary and structures 49. Complete evaluation and self-evaluation activities 50. Show respect for classmates in classroom activities. 51. Participate actively in classroom activities.

7.7.3 PROPOSED ASSESMENT ACTIVITES FOR UNIT 7 Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

Recognize and name landscapes by reading and matching words to pictures. (Lesson 1) (Block 2)

Describe landscapes using the correct structure and vocabulary (Lesson 2 & 3) (Block 1 & 3)

Participate actively in classroom activities by interacting using L2 to talk about the poster(Lesson 5) (Block 1 & 3)

Relate each place to a different phase of the water cycle to show knowledge of the unit vocabulary and contents. (Lesson 5) (Block 1 & 3)

Identifying and using music vocabulary to create a Places in nature poster. (Lesson 5) (Block 1 & 2)

Express preferences using the structure: I like / don’t like andnew vocabulary (Lesson 6) (Block 1 & 3)

Writing text from a model to give information about oneself (Lesson 6) (Block 2 & 3)

Complete sentences in the activity book portfolio to describe a landscape using visual aids (Lesson 6) (Block 2 & 3)

Complete evaluation and self-evaluation activities by taking the Unit 4Testand later correcting own mistakes during the correction process. (Lesson 7 ) (Block 1, 2 & 3) Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

COMET 2

UNIT 8: Animals in the wild

Suggested timing:3 weeks during 3rd Term

8.1 RESOURCES

Comet 2 Student’s Book: Unit 8

Comet 2Class CD 2: Tracks 25 - 38

Comet 2Flashcardsand Word cards: Animals, landscapes, body coverings and animal partscards

Comet 2Activity Book: Unit 8 Comet 2Story finger puppets: Unit 8

 Art materials: sticky tape, finger puppets, stickers,blank white cards, paper plates, finger paint, old magazines, A4 paper, scissors and glue, small tokens and a dice.

Comet 2 Storybook: Unit 8

8.2 METHODOLOGY

8.3 UNIT OBJECTIVES

1. To recognize and name wild animals 2. To describe the characteristics of different animals 3. To sing and act out the unit song 4. To develop listening comprehension skills through a song 5. To say where one lives 6. To describe habitats 7. To identify four basic types of body covering 8. To name the body covering of different animals 9. To make an animal mask. 10. To learn more about the savannah as an ecosystem 11. Tomake a fact file 12. To talk about one’s favourite animals in the savannah 13. To create a descriptive text 14. To revise the unit and vocabulary and structures 15. To complete evaluation and self-evaluation activities

8.4 CONTENTS

Predict information about Who is in the savannah? Using written and visual cues. (Lesson 1)

Extract specific information from descriptionsin a digital format of a CD. (Lesson 1)

Dramatize the dialogues between unit characters using finger puppets. (Lesson 1) Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

Listen to, learn and act out the TPR song Crocodiles, in the river. (Lesson 2)

Interact using L2 to correct the teacher in the game Correct me! (Lesson 3)

Follow oral instructions to revise vocabulary with a matching activity (Lesson 4)

Guess vocabulary words from teacher’s descriptions. (Lesson 5)

Interact using L2 to play with the Wild animals poster (Lesson 5)

Listen to and extract specific information from the song We look at the birds. (Lesson 6)

Use of the visual context and knowledge about the topic or situation transferred from L1 to describe their favourite animal. (Lesson 6)

Read previously met words and match them to pictures. (Lesson 1)

Trace words and match them to pictures (Lesson 1)

Read, write and draw animals’ vocabulary from the word bank in the correct frame. (Lesson 2)

Trace questions and answers, and read them aloud. (Lesson 3)

Read and complete the chart with new vocabulary using visual aids (Lesson4)

Count items and complete the text (Lesson 5)

Complete descriptions of different animals, read them and draw according to the text (Lesson 6)

Read the sentences and complete them according to the picture (Lesson 6)

Complete a crossword looking at the pictures (Lesson 7)

Show interest in the careful presentation of written texts. (All lessons) Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

Describing animals: It hasn’t got big ears or a trunk. I’ve got a long tail.

Describing animals’ habitats: Lions and giraffes live in the savannah.

Identifying animals: What’s that? Is it a snake?

Asking and answering questions about habitat: Where do you live? I live in the savannah.

Asking about body coverings: Have birds got scales? What have they got?

Describing the savannah: There is a river. There are birds.

Expressing preference: What is your favourite(page)? This one.

VOCABULARY

 Animals: monkey, elephant, crocodile, giraffe, snake.  Parts of animals: trunk, neck, teeth  Landscapes: Savannah, dessert, mountain, river, sea  Body coverings: feathers, scales, hair, skin  Revision: Parts of the body, town and country

PHONOLOGY

Practice pronunciation by repeating exchanges in track 25 /26 (Surprise in the Savannah) (Lesson 1)

Develop rhythm and intonation by learning and singing along with Crocodiles, in the river and We look at the birds(Lessons 2& 6)

Practice rhythm and intonation by reading text aloud. (Lesson 5, 6& 7)

USE OF LANGUAGE

Identify and use animals and landscapesvocabulary to create a Wild animals poster. (Lesson 5) Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

Revise the alphabet by associating the pronunciation and graphology in a crossword. (Lesson 6)

Associate body parts, meaning and pronunciation by matching the Flashcards and the Wordcards. (Lesson 6)

Use language learnt to create a text from a model: description of an animal. Students choose contents. (Lesson 5& 6)

Revision of previous knowledge: numbers, landscapes, parts of the body, town and country(Lesson 1, 2, 3, 4 & 7)

Repeatto aid memorization and acquire vocabulary by dramatizing the exchanges in CD 2.25/ 26 with finger puppets. (Lesson 1)

Repeat to aid memorization and acquire vocabulary by singing the song Crocodile, in the river using gestures and visual cues. (Lesson 2)

Recognize and learn basic language for social interaction(All lessons)

Progressively use and take advantage of body language to communicate more effectively with people who speak a different language. (Lessons 1 & 2)

Acting out a story with puppets (Lesson 1) Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

Recognize and remember vocabulary by playing the game Statues. (Lesson 2)

Make picture cards to consolidate animals vocabulary. (Lesson 3)

Use flashcards to illustrate the songWe look at the birds to consolidate vocabulary. (Lesson 6)

Classify vocabulary from previous lessons to aid long term memorization. (Lesson 7)

Listen to CD 2 track 26, a more extended version of Surprise in the Savannah. (Lesson 1)

Trace words in Activity Book 2, page 46, activity 1. (Lesson 1)

Draw a picture according to short sentences. (Lesson 2)

Make picture cards to revise animals’ vocabulary. (Lesson 3)

Categorize animals according to their body coverings to consolidate new vocabulary (Lesson 4)

Describe a poster to consolidate and extent vocabulary (Lesson 5)

Complete a text with help of the word bank (Lesson 6)

Comet 2 DVD Game Box for classroom IWB. Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

1. LINGUSTIC 1 Listen and number. Participate in guides aural interactions.

2 Match and trace Associate pictures, meaning and spelling

4 Presenting the lesson vocabulary Acquire vocabulary related to animal coverings

6 Read, draw and write Improve reading and writing skills

2, MATHMATICAL 5 Make a fact file Use numbers in English.

3. KNOWLEDGE & 1 Trace words to complete animals’ descriptions Increase knowledge of animals INTERACTION WITH THE PHYSICAL 3 Look and write Transfer knowledge from L1 WORLD 5 Game: True or False? Demonstrate knowledge of animals habitats

5. CIVIC/ SOCIAL 2 Game: Statues. Follow rules while playing a game.

2 & 6 Listen and sing Participate actively in a whole group activity

5 Make a music poster. Work in groups to complete a task.

6. CULTURAL & 2 Draw and colour Use new vocabulary accurately ARTISTIC 5 Making a poster. Create materials to practise language

6 Draw a favourite animal Use creativity to complete a task

7. LEARNING TO 1 Making predictions Develop predicting skills as a strategy LEARN 3 Make picture cards Use learning strategies to review language

8. AUTONOMY 6 Draw your favourite animal Show initiative to complete a task AND PERSONAL INITIATIVE 7 Complete your badges. Express a personal preference about lessons. Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

8.7 ASSESMENT

52. Recognize and name wild animals 53. Describe the characteristics of different animals 54. Sing and act out the unit song 55. Show listening comprehension skills through a song 56. Say where one lives 57. Describe habitats 58. Identify four basic types of body covering 59. Name the body covering of different animals 60. Make an animal mask. 61. Show knowledge about the savannah as an ecosystem 62. Make a fact file 63. Talk about one’s favourite animals in the savannah 64. Create a descriptive text 65. Revise the unit and vocabulary and structures 66. Complete evaluation and self-evaluation activities 67. Show respect for classmates in classroom activities. 68. Participate actively in classroom activities.

Presentations (e.g., digital or printed posters, video or image exhibits or demonstrations). Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

Extract specific information from an oral exchange. (Lessons 1)(Block 1)

Dramatize a story with finger puppets. (Lesson 1) (Block 1 & 3)

Draw and colour each animal to their corresponding frame and then describe the picture with a short sentence (Lesson 2) (Block 1, 2& 3)

Participate actively in classroom activities by interacting using L2 to play the game Statues(Lesson 2) (Block 1, 3& 4)

Make picture cards following instructions (Lesson 3) (Block 2, 3 & 4)

Writing a poem choosing the adequate words to create rhyme and rhythm (Lesson 6) (Block 2 & 3)

Complete a chart to classify animals according to their body coverings (Lesson 4) (Block 2& 3)

Complete a text to create a fact file using visual aids (Lesson 5) (Block 2 & 3)

Identifying and using animals vocabulary to create a Wild animals poster. (Lesson 5) (Block 1 & 2)

Draw animals according to written descriptions (Lesson 6) (Block 2 & 3)

COMET 2

9 EXTRA MATERIALS: Holidays and Seasons

Suggested timing:Specific lessons during 1st and2nd Term

9.1 RESOURCES

Comet 2 Student’s Book: EXTRA MATERIALS

Comet 2 Class CD 1: Tracks 31 - 39

 Art materials: Scissors, glue, A4 paper, harvest festival basket (included in Holidays and Seasons materials),a Snowman Christmas ornament (included in Holidays and Seasons materials), short pieces of string (three per child), A4 card, two large buttons and a small plastic carrot or a real one and a picture of different snowflakes, a multi-coloured mask (included in Holidays and Seasons materials), pictures of a carnival poster prepared earlier, flashcards of two or three musical instruments, clothes and food, A5 paper, poster paper, a bag to put the masks in.

9.2 METHODOLOGY

This unit draws on three main approaches to learning: experiential learning, the communicative approach and content-and-language integrated learning (CLIL) in order to learn about festivals and holidays and be able to express information related to the topic. The contents, that lead to a better knowledge of foreign countries’ celebrations and hence culture, have been carefully integrated in the units through communicative and artistic activities. Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

9.3 UNIT OBJECTIVES

1. To learn about Harvest Festival (Harvest) 2. To make a harvest festival basket (Harvest) 3. To revise fruit and vegetables, colours, numbers. (Harvest) 4. To learn about snow and how to make a Christmas ornament.(Christmas) 5. To make a Snowman Christmas ornament.(Christmas) 6. To learn about carnival and things related to it.(Carnival) 7. To make a carnival mask.(Carnival)

9.4 CONTENTS

Describe orally their crafts and respond to teacher’s questions about them (All festivals)

Follow oral instructions to complete a task (All festivals)

Use of the visual context and knowledge about the topic or situation transferred from L1 to talk about festivals and holidays.(All festivals)

Value the second language as an instrument of communication.(All festivals)

Write the words involve in the activity and match them to their corresponding picture (All festivals)

Identifying food, Counting, Expressing preferences (Harvest) Identifying pictures, Describing(Christmas) Describing a person, memorizing a chant (Carnival)

VOCABULARY

Revision: Possession, Vegetables (Harvest) Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

Revision: Parts of the body, Clothes, Colours, Weather.(Christmas) Revision: Clothes, Musical instructions, Colours, Food and book characters.(Carnival)

PHONOLOGY

Improve pronunciation talking about holidays and seasons (All festivals)

Practice rhythm and intonation by reciting a chant (Carnival)

USE OF LANGUAGE

Revise vocabulary and structures from previous units participating in oral communication activities (All festivals)

Show interest in using the foreign language in a variety of classroom situations. (All festivals)

Revision of previous knowledge: parts of the body, numbers, clothes, colours, weather & food. (All festivals)

Repeatto aid memorization and acquire vocabulary by learning a chant. (Carnival)

Label pictures to review vocabulary. (Harvest & Christmas)

Show self confidence in one’s ability to learn the foreign language and pleasure in learning the foreign language.(All festivals)

Recognize and learn the characteristics and meaning of celebrations in other countries(All festivals)

Show a receptive attitude towards people who speak foreign languages by paying attention in class and participating in activities. (All festivals)

Label the pictures to identify their parts (Harvest & Christmas)

Describe the crafts to classmates (All festivals) Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

1. LINGUSTIC All Answer to teacher’s questions Interact using L2

2, MATHMATICAL Harvest Count the vegetables in their baskets Use numbers in English.

3. KNOWLEDGE & All Describe festivals Transfer knowledge from other languages. INTERACTION WITH THE PHYSICAL Christmas Make an ornament for the Christmas Tree Recognize the origins of different traditions. WORLD

4. DIGITAL All Use the digital book Progressively develop their use of ICT.

5. CIVIC/ SOCIAL All Make a craft Follow oral instructions to complete a task

6. CULTURAL & All Colour the crafts. Create materials to practice language ARTISTIC

7. LEARNING TO Harvest & LEARN Christmas Label the pictures Classify words to revise vocabulary

8. AUTONOMY Carnival Colour a mask Show initiative to complete a task AND PERSONAL INITIATIVE

9.7 ASSESMENT

69. Talk about Harvest Festival (Harvest) 70. Make a harvest festival basket (Harvest) 71. Revise fruit and vegetables, colours, numbers. (Harvest) 72. Talk about snow and how to make a Christmas ornament.(Christmas) 73. Make a Snowman Christmas ornament.(Christmas) Primary Education: 2nd Course. COMET 2

74. Talk about carnival and things related to it.(Carnival) 75. Make a carnival mask.(Carnival) 76. Show respect for classmates in classroom activities.(All festivals) 77. Participate actively in classroom activities.(All festivals)

Objective measurements (e.g. chants and practice).

Written items (e.g., labelling pictures).

Recognize and name parts of the body and vegetables by matching words to pictures. (Harvest and Christmas festivals) (Block 2)

Express preferences when prompted by the teacher. (Harvest festival) (Block 1 & 3)

Describe their crafts showing knowledge of vocabulary and structures (All festivals) (Block 1 & 3)

Show interest and respect for different festivals and celebrations in other countries (All festivals) (Block 4)