Syllabus
Area: English
Level: 1st year Second Cycle
Bugs Syllabus 3. Macmillan-Heinemann ELT, 2004.
1st year, second Cycle. 1
5
Introduction Hello, Bugs!
Teaching objectives
- To say hello and goodbye.
- To get to know and greet the characters of the course.
- To present oneself by saying name and age.
- To act out a dialogue.
- To listen to and understand the story Spike and Gracie.
- To sing a song and act it out.
- To count to twenty.
- To write the numbers from 1 to 20.
- To exchange personal information.
- To follow instructions.
- To read a comic strip.
- To revise language from previous levels.
Contents
Reflection on language
- Functions and uses of the language:
- Ways of saying hello and goodbye.
- Questions and answers about personal information. What’s your
name? How old are you? I’m...
- Vocabulary:
- Numbers from 1 to 20.
- Colours: red, green, brown, black, pink, blue.
- Vocabulary related to the characters in the book: web, leaves, rock,
flower, bird, cap, trainers.
- Phonetics:
- Intonation of questions for asking the name and the age.
Communicative skills
- Listening to and reading a story.
- Understanding and giving verbal responses to simple questions.
- Non-verbal responses to simple instructions: finding words in a word square,
colouring a drawing, counting elements...
- Matching the spelling forms with the sounds.
- Taking part in activities involving exchanging personal information.
- Forming questions about the identity of people and identifying them.
- Reproducing the intonation of the questions studied in the unit.
Sociocultural aspects
- Interest in learning English.
- Pleasure in listening to and reading the story in the unit.
- Enjoying the class activities.
- Interest in completing the activities in the book correctly.
Contents
Reflection on language
- Functions and uses of the language:
- Questions and answers about where objects are Where’s...? It’s...
- Questions and answers about objects What is it?
- Vocabulary:
- Classroom objects: desk, chair, school bag, notebook, pen,
ruler.
- Prepositions of place: in, on, under.
- Animals: hamster, dog, tortoise, bird, fish, grasshopper,
spider.
- Colours: brown, white, yellow, green, orange, black.
(revision).
- Parts of the body: eyes, mouth, legs, wings, antennae.
- Phonetics:
- Correspondence of the schwa sound with its spelling form (under,
ruler, mother).
Communicative skills
- Listening to and reading a story and understanding specific information.
- Verbal responses to simple questions.
- Matching the spelling forms with the sounds of the alphabet.
- Recognising and using rhythm, intonation and stress in a song.
- Role-playing short dialogues.
- Identifying specific information in short oral texts.
- Written response to simple questions.
- Reading and writing the basic vocabulary from the unit.
- Listening for the schwa sound in several words.
Sociocultural aspects
Teaching/learning activities
- Playing various games with flashcards and word cards from the unit (Guess
the flashcard, The missing flashcard...). (L – S-W)
- Matching the drawings with the corresponding word (matching the flashcards
with the word cards). (R – W)
- Listening to, singing, reciting and performing the songs and chants from the
unit. (L – S)
- Communicative games: Spike’s Web Game, Hide the grasshopper,
The Bugs Words Game. (L – S – R)
- Colouring drawings and completing the written sentences. (R – W)
- Listening to, acting out and reading Archie’s pet story.(L – S – R)
- Listening to a text and numbering the drawings. (L – W)
- Completing a drawing following written instructions. (R)
- Understanding true/false sentences on the story. (R)
- Finding objects in a picture and completing the sentences about this picture. (W)
- Solving a crossword. (R – W)
- Doing a drawing and written description of own pet. (W)
- Listening to and reading a descriptive text about grasshoppers. (L – R)
- Writing the name of the parts of the grasshopper in a drawing. (R – W)
- Making a minibook about the story (sticking in the speech bubbles, cutting out
and folding the pages of the book, making the book cover...). (R – W)
- Reading the story in the unit using the minibook. (R)
Evaluation activities
- Doing the exercises from Bug
Evaluation 1 from the activity
book:
- Listening to a text and
numbering the drawings. (L
– W)
- Writing names of pets. (R –
W)
- Writing answers to questions
such as Where’s the
pen? (R – W)
- Evaluating own work. (R –
W)
- Completing the section Spike’s
Dictionary Web using the
stickers from the unit. (R)
- Optional:
- Doing the evaluation test in
the unit. (L – R – W)
- Test yourself worksheets. (R
– W)
Contents
Reflection on language
- Functions and uses of the language:
- Describing the clothes they are wearing I’m/he’s/she’s wearing...
- Identifying family members Is it...? Yes, it is / No, it isn’t.
- Vocabulary:
- Clothes: T-shirt, shoes, socks, dress, trainers, jeans, hat,
coat.
- The family: family, mum, dad, auntie, uncle, cousin, sister,
brother, me.
- Halloween: Halloween, costumes, games, pumpkin lanterns,
parties, witch.
- Verbs: make, go, wear, play. (revision)
- Colours: blue, green, red, brown, yellow.(revision)
- Phonetics:
- /I/ (pink, witch) /i:/ (jeans, he).
Communicative skills
- Listening to and reading a story.
- Verbal responses to simple questions about the contents of the story.
- Acting out dialogues.
- Reading a simple text about Halloween and finding specific information.
- Listening to and singing a song following the lyrics of the song.
- Reading and writing the basic vocabulary from the unit.
- Listening for specific information in short oral texts.
- Producing simple oral and written texts following models provided.
- Distinguishing between the sounds in the unit.
Sociocultural aspects
- Willingness to take part in group games.
- Interest in talking about the clothes somebody is wearing.
- Respect for others in class
- Pleasure in listening to and reading the story in the unit.
- Enjoying playing communicative games.
- Interest in talking and asking about own family.
- Interest in talking about how Halloween is celebrated.
Evaluation activities
- Doing the exercises from Bug Evaluation 1 from the activity book:
- Matching oral descriptions of characters with the corresponding pictures.
(L-W)
- Reading a descriptive text and colouring a drawing following the
instructions in the text. (R-W)
- Writing vocabulary related to the family. (R-W)
- Evaluating own work. (R-W)
- Completing the section Spike’s Dictionary Web using the stickers from the
unit. (R-W)
- Optional:
- Doing the evaluation test of the unit. (L-R-W)
- Test yourself worksheets. (R-W)
Teaching objectives
- To describe wild animals.
- To listen to and understand the story in the unit: What’s the matter tiger?
- To read the story in the unit.
- To sing songs.
- To use English while playing.
- To talk about where the animals live.
- To make a minibook.
- To read the comic strip of the unit: Spiders are never scared!
- To recognize the relationships between sounds and spelling.
Contents
Reflection on language
- Functions and uses of the language:
- Expressing possession I’ve got... / I haven’t got...
- Expressing states of mind I’m / I’m not scared.
- Vocabulary:
- Parts of the body of animals: whiskers, teeth, tail, mouth, body,
tongue, eyes, ears.
- Animals: tiger, gorilla, snake, crocodile, leopard, whale,
fish, lion, zebra, giraffe, bird.
- Habitats: jungle, sea, grassland.
- Phonetics:
- s + consonant as first letter in word (snake, storm, skirt).
Communicative skills
- Understanding short oral and written texts.
- Listening to and reading a story.
- Oral response to questions about the contents of the story.
- Producing simple oral and written texts following models provided.
- Listening to and singing a song following the lyrics of the song.
- Acting out dialogues.
- Distinguishing between and producing the sound of the unit.
Sociocultural aspects
- Willingness to follow routines.
- Interest in learning about wild animals.
- Pleasure in listening to and reading the story in the unit.
- Enjoying the class activities.
- Interest in taking part in class activities.
- Taking care when doing activities in the book.
Teaching/learning activities
Evaluation activities
- Doing the exercises from Bug Evaluation 1 from the activity book:
- Listening to descriptions of wild animals and numbering the drawings.
(L-W)
- Reading the descriptions of animals and matching them with the
corresponding pictures.(R-W)
- Writing a description of a wild animal.(W)
- Evaluating own work.(R-W)
- Completing the section Spike’s Dictionary Web using the stickers from the
unit.(R-W)
- Optional:
- Doing the evaluation test of the unit.(L-R-W)
- Test yourself worksheets.(R-W)
- Doing progress test 1.(L-R-W)
Teaching objectives
- To express likes and dislikes.
- To ask for things.
- To give instructions on how to set the table.
- To listen to and understand the story in the unit: I’m very hungry!
- To sing a song and recite a rhyme.
- To take an active part in an improvised play.
- To write a text about likes and dislikes.
- To read the story in the unit.
- To read the comic strip in the unit: Gracie is hungry.
- To recognize the relationships between sounds and spelling.
- To use a cut-out to do a communicative activity.
Contents
Reflection on language
- Functions and uses of the language:
- Expressing own likes and dislikes. Do you like...? Yes, I do / No, I
don’t. I like... / I don’t like...
- Vocabulary:
- Food: macaroni, salad, fish, sausages, chips, rice, ice
cream, orange juice, eggs, bread, chicken, milk, cheese,
fruit, cereal, vegetables.
- Kitchen utensils: knife, fork, spoon, glass, plate.
- Phonetics:
- /aI/ (five, rice) /I/ (six, milk).
Communicative skills
- Listening to and reading a story.
- Oral answers to simple questions about the contents of the story.
- Producing simple oral and written texts from models provided.
- Listening for specific information in oral and written texts.
- Acting out dialogues.
- Matching the spelling form with the sounds of the alphabet.
- Recognising and using sounds: rhythm, intonation and stress in oral texts.
Sociocultural aspects
- Willingness to follow routines.
- Recognising where food comes from.
- Showing interest in using English to express personal likes.
- Taking an active part in communicative games.
- Showing respect towards others.
Teaching/learning activities
Evaluation activities
- Doing the exercises from Bug Evaluation 1 from the activity book:
- Listening to dialogues and numbering the drawings.(L-W)
- Writing sentences to express food tastes of the different characters.(R-W)
- Writing the basic vocabulary of the unit.(W)
- Evaluating own work.(R-W)
- Completing the section Spike’s Dictionary Web using the stickers from the
unit.(R-W)
- Optional:
- Doing the evaluation test of the unit.(L-R-W)
- Test yourself worksheets.(R-W)
Contents
Reflection on language
- Functions and uses of the language:
- Expressing own skills Can you...? Yes, I can / No, I can’t. I
can... / I can’t...
- Vocabulary:
- Sporting activities: play football, play tennis, ride a bike, play
basketball, rollerblade, skateboard, score goals, run,
swim, walk, skate, jump.
- Verbs: swim, run, walk, jump, score goals.
- Expressions: Quick! Throw the ball! Pass to me!
- Numbers from 20 to 50.
- Phonetics:
- /eI/ (play, skate) - /æ/ (hat, black).
Communicative skills
- Reading and listening to a story.
- Verbal and non-verbal responses to simple questions.
- Reading comprehension of texts and understanding specific information.
- Producing oral and written texts based on the models provided.
- Acting out dialogues.
- Matching spelling forms with the sounds /eI/ - /æ/
Sociocultural aspects
- Interest in learning English.
- Enjoying reading a story in English.
- Enjoying the class activities.
- Showing effort and interest in correctly completing the activities in the book.
Teaching/learning activities
Evaluation activities
- Doing the exercises from Bug Evaluation 1 from the activity book:
- Listening to sentences expressing the skills of a character and numbering
the drawings.(L-W)
- Listening to and writing numbers.(L-W)
- Writing questions and answers about own skills.(R-W)
- Evaluating own work.(R-W)
- Completing the section Spike’s Dictionary Web using the stickers from the
unit.(R-W)
- Optional:
- Doing the evaluation test of the unit.(L-R-W)
- Test yourself worksheets.(R-W)
Teaching objectives
- To talk about daily routines.
- To tell and ask for the time.
- To sing songs.
- To listen to and understand the story in the unit: Gerry the giant.
- To read the story in the unit.
- To distinguish between true and false sentences.
- To take part in a communicative game.
- To recognize the relationships between sounds and pronunciation.
- To read the comic strip of the unit: Spike’s drums.
Contents
Reflection on language
- Functions and uses of the language:
- Questions and answers about the time What time is it? It’s...
o’clock, It’s half past..., At...o’clock, At half past...
- Expressing daily routines I get up, I have a shower...
- Description of parts of the day It’s breakfast time...
- Vocabulary:
- Routine actions: get up, have a shower, brush my teeth, get
dressed, have breakfast, go to school, have lunch, have
dinner, go to bed.
- The time: o’clock, half past.
- Parts of the day: breakfast time, lunchtime, dinnertime,
bedtime.
- Phonetics:
- /g/ (get, go) - /ʤ/ (juice, giant).
Communicative skills
- Listening to, reading and understanding specific information in a story.
- Forming questions and answers about the time.
- Reading messages and understanding specific information.
- Acting out dialogues.
- Written and oral description about personal daily routine.
- Matching the spelling forms with the sounds of the alphabet.
- Recognising and using sounds: rhythm, intonation and stress in oral texts.
Sociocultural aspects
- Pleasure in listening to and reading the story in the unit.
- Interest in finding out about the daily routine of classmates.
- Interest in doing activities and craftwork accurately.
- Confidence and enjoyment when doing mime and drama.
- Respect towards classmates during role plays.
- Interest in finding out about and respecting the customs of Anglo-Saxon culture
(mealtimes).
Evaluation activities
- Doing the exercises from Bug Evaluation 1 from the activity book:
- Listening to sentences about the daily routine of a character and
numbering the drawings.(L-W)
- Listening to different times and drawing the hands of a watch.(L-W)
- Writing sentences about personal routine.(R-W)
- Evaluating own work.(R-W)
- Completing the section Spike’s Dictionary Web using the stickers from the
unit.
- Optional:
- Doing the evaluation test of the unit.(L-R-W)
- Test yourself worksheets.(R-W)
- Doing progress test 2.(L-R-W)
Contents
Reflection on language
- Functions and uses of the language:
- Describing the weather It’s cold, It’s raining...
- Describing common summer activities I go to the... in summer.
- Vocabulary:
- Places associated with the summer: beach, mountains, park,
swimming pool, country, lake.
- Weather: cold, snowing, cloudy, sunny, raining.
- Things to take to the beach: sunglasses, towel, camera, sun
cream, sun hat, swimsuit, swimming trunks, beach ball,
suitcase.
- Animals: polar bear, fox, reindeer, penguin, seal, whale.
- Geographical features: mountains, beach, continent, land,
ocean, pole.
- Geographical places: North Pole, South Pole, Artic, Antarctic.
- Phonetics:
- /h/ as first letter in word.
Communicative skills
- General understanding and identification of specific information in the story and
the comic strip of the unit.
- Forming questions and answers, both orally and written, following models
provided.
- Reading descriptive texts and understanding specific information.
- Identifying the basic vocabulary from the unit both orally and written.
- Producing oral and written texts from models provided.
- Matching the sound /h/ with its letter.
- Recognising and using sounds: rhythm, intonation and stress in oral texts.
Sociocultural aspects
- Recognising the importance of respecting the rules of games.
- Valuing the use English in the classroom.
- Showing interest in expanding own knowledge through English.
- Pleasure in listening to and reading the story in the unit.
- Showing interest in the activities in the book.
Evaluation activities
- Doing the exercises from Bug Evaluation 1 from the activity book:
- Listening to sentences describing what people do in the summer with the
correct drawings.(L-W)
- Writing sentences to describe the weather.(R-W)
- Writing a description of the contents of a suitcase.(R-W)
- Evaluating own work.(R-W)
- Completing the section Spike’s Dictionary Web using the stickers from the
unit.(R-W)
- Optional:
- Doing the evaluation test of the unit.(L-R-W)
- Test yourself worksheets.(R-W)
Contents
Reflection on language
- Functions and uses of the language:
- Describing the clothes somebody is wearing He’s/she’s... wearing
(revision).
- Expressing personal skills He/she can/can’t... (revision).
- Describing people He’s/She’s clever, young...
- Vocabulary:
- Vocabulary related to the story Puss in Boots:
- Characters: Puss in boots, king, queen, princess, cat,
father, prince, man.
- Clothes: coat, boots, hat, crown.
- Actions: swim, rollerblade, catch, skateboard, ride a
bike, speak English, jump, give, help, get married.
- Qualities: clever, old, young, rich, poor, beautiful,
handsome.
- Animals: fish, chicken, rabbit, donkey, cat.
- Places in London: theatre, museum, river, zoo.
- Phonetics:
- /ʧ/ (chair, chicken) - /ʃ/ (shower, shampoo)
Communicative skills
- General understanding and identification of specific information in the story and
the comic strip of the unit.
- Reading descriptive texts.
- Producing simple oral and written texts to describe people and/or places.
- Acting out dialogues.
- Role playing the story in the unit.
- Recognising and using sounds: rhythm, intonation and stress in oral texts.
- Matching the spelling forms with the sounds of the alphabet.
Sociocultural aspects
- Confidence and enjoying taking part in a drama activity.
- Respect for classmates.
- Enjoying preparing the role playing the story in the unit.
- Interest in memorizing a part in the role play.
- Interest in things about London.
Evaluation activities
- Doing the exercises from Bug Evaluation 1 from the activity book:
- Listening to the names of the characters from the story and numbering
them.(L-W)
- Writing the names of the characters of the story.(R-W)
- Reading sentences describing the characters and circling the correct
word.(R-W)
- Evaluating own work.(R-W)
- Completing the section Spike’s Dictionary Web using the stickers from the
unit.(R-W)
- Optional:
- Doing the evaluation test of the unit.(L-R-W)
- Test yourself worksheets.(R-W)
- Doing progress test 3.(L-R-W)
Contents
Reflection on language
- Functions and uses of the language:
- Expressing wants Can I have a...?
- Questions and answers about where personal objects are Where’s
my..?(revision)
- Vocabulary:
- Toys: doll, CD player, kite, plane, scooter, ball.
- Vocabulary related to Christmas: Christmas, Christmas card,
Christmas tree, star, Christmas stocking, Father
Christmas, Merry Christmas.
- Family: Mum, Dad, Grandpa, Grandma. (revision)
- Phonetics:
- Intonation of questions such as Wh-?
Communicative skills
- Reading short messages to identify information.
- Producing simple oral and written texts following models provided.
Sociocultural aspects
- Taking an active part in Christmas activities.
- Enjoying finding out more about Christmas traditions in Great Britain.
- Making a Christmas card with care.
Teaching/learning activities
- Communicative games: Guess the presents, Merry Christmas.(L-S)
- Listening to and singing the song It’s Father Christmas.(L-S)
- Reading a letter addressed to Father Christmas and pointing out the toys they
hear.(R-W)
- Writing the names of toys.(R-W)
- Reading letters addressed to Father Christmas and matching them with the
corresponding sacks.(R-W)
- Writing a letter addressed to Father Christmas.(R-W)
- Drawing the presents which they ask Father Christmas for.(W)
- Listening to the story in the unit.(L)
- Making a Christmas card.(R-W)
Contents
Reflection on language
- Functions and uses of the language:
- Expressing instructions put, mix, add, toss...
- Vocabulary:
- Vocabulary related to Pancake day:
- Ingredients: flour, sugar, butter, salt.
- Actions: put, mix, add, toss, eat.
- Cooking words: bowl, pan, mixture.
- Phonetics:
- Intonation of imperative sentences.
Communicative skills
- Verbal and non-verbal responses to simple instructions.
- Reading the texts and identifying specific information.
- Producing simple oral and written texts based on the models provided.
Sociocultural aspects
- Showing interest in finding out about and respecting British customs.
- Enjoying singing and performing a song about Pancake Day.
Teaching/learning activities
- Listening to and reading a text about Pancake Day.(L-R)
- Understanding true-false sentences about the above text.(R-W)
- Communicative games: Run and touch, The Pancake Race.(L-S)
- Writing the ingredients needed to make Pancakes.(R-W)
- Listening to and singing the song It’s Pancake Day.(L-S)
- Listening to and reading the recipe for Pancakes.(L-R)
- Reading and numbering the steps to make Pancakes.(R-W)
Evaluation criteria
- Is able to follow simple oral instructions and match them to pictures.
- Is able to read and understand a recipe for pancakes.
- Is able to write a recipe for pancakes.
- Knows what Pancake Day involves.
- Uses English as a basic means of communication in the class.