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Learner Pacing Guide

Level 2

Module 4 Academic Year 2011-12

King Abdul Aziz University | English Language Institute
Elementary Learner Pacing Guide for Module 4

Week Hour Units Page Exercises

01 1 Introduction and course overview Curriculum documents

Unit 1: Hello Everybody!

2 Talking About You 9 1, 2, & 4

Pair work: Speaking activity
3 Reading & Writing practice 9 5,6&7

Unit 2: Meeting People

4 Grammar focus: Questions, negatives & 12-13 1,2,3 & 4
short answers Grammar spot
5 Grammar Focus : Possessive ‘s 14 1,2 & 3
Vocabulary: family members
6 Grammar: Consolidation & practice 15 1, 2, 3

7 Vocabulary: Opposite adjectives 16 1, 2 (Vocabulary)

8 Reading & listening : An email from 16-17 1,2,3 & 4 (Reading/

America Listening)
9 Writing activity: Write an email about 16 5
your class
10 Everyday English: In a Café 18-19 1,2,3,4 & 5
Vocabulary: food & drink

Unit 3: The World of Work

11 Grammar Focus: Present simple 20-21 Starter,1& 2
He/she/it Practice 1 & 2
Grammar spot
12 Grammar focus: Questions & negatives 22 2 &3
Grammar spot
13 Further grammar practice 22-23 1,2,3,5 & 8

14 Reading activity: The Man with Twelve 24-25 1,2 & 3

Jobs
15 Listening activity: The Man with Twelve 25 5&6
Jobs
16 Vocabulary and pronunciation: verbs & 26 1,2,3 & 4
nouns related to jobs
17 Everyday English 27 1,2 & 3
What time is it?
18 End of week review Teacher’s materials &
Optional Workbook
Exercises
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Week Hour Unit 3 : The world of work (continued) Page Exercises

02 1 Workbook: Using pronouns in a text 20 12 & 13

2 Introductory Pre-writing activity: Writing Writing booklet

topic sentence Introductory
3 Preparing for Writing: Pre-writing Writing booklet
worksheets Unit 3
4 Preparing for Writing: Pre-writing Writing booklet
worksheets Unit 3
5 Portfolio Writing Task 1: Write about a 21 3
friend or relative
Unit 4: Take it easy!

6 Grammar focus : Present Simple 28-29 1& 2

7 Further grammar practice: Present Simple 29 5 & Grammar spot

Vocabulary : verbs for describing routine 3
8 Talking about you 30 1,2,3 & 4
Pair work: Speaking activity
9 A questionnaire: Further speaking practice 30 5&6

10 Reading & listening activity : My favourite 32-33 1,2,3, 4 & 5

season
11 My favourite season (cont.) 33 6 & What do you
think?
Vocab & speaking : Leisure activities 34 1&3
12 Everyday English : social expressions (1) 35 1& 2
Portfolio Reading Task 1 Portfolio worksheet

Unit 5: Where do you live?

13 Grammar focus : There is/are, 36 Starter, 1& 3
prepositions Grammar spot
Vocabulary : household furniture and items
14 Prepositions of place 36 4
Practice: What’s in your picture? 37 1
15 Speaking & Listening: What’s in the 38 1,2 & 3
kitchen?
Grammar Focus : some/any 39 Grammar spot
16 Grammar Focus : some/any, these/those 39 1,2,3 & 6

17 Reading & Speaking : Living in a bubble 40-41 1,2,3,4 & 5

18 End of week review Teacher’s materials &

Portfolio Grammar & Vocabulary Quiz 1 Portfolio worksheet
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Week Hour Unit 5: Where do you live? (continued) Page Exercises

03 1 Speaking & Portfolio Listening Task 1: 42 1,2 (T 5.5) & 3

Homes around the world
2 Workbook exercise : Linking words WB 31 10

3 Preparing for writing : Pre-writing tasks Writing Booklet

Unit 5
4 Preparing for writing : Pre-writing tasks Writing Booklet
Unit 5
5 Portfolio Writing Task 2 : Describe your 42 4
house
6 Everyday English: Directions 1 43 1,2,3,4 & 5

Unit 6: Can you speak English?

7 Grammar focus : use of can/can’t 44-45 Starter,

1,2 & Grammar spot
8 Further grammar practice : use of can/can’t 45 Practice1,2,&3

9 Grammar Focus : was/were, can/could 46 Grammar spot,

Practice 1 & 2
10 Grammar Focus : was/were, can/could 47 4,6 & 7
(cont.)
11 Vocabulary and Pronunciation: 50 1,2,3 & 4
Words that sound the same
12 Reading & speaking : Young 48-49 1,2,3 & 4
Entrepreneurs
13 Everyday English: On the phone 50-51 1,2,3 & 4
Portfolio Reading Task 2 Portfolio worksheet

Unit 7 : Then and Now

14 Grammar Focus : Past simple – regular 52-53 1,2 & 3
verbs Grammar spots

15 Grammar Focus : Past Simple – regular 53 4& 5

verbs
Practice : Talking about you 54 1,2,3 & 4
16 Grammar Focus : Past simple - Irregular 54 1&4
verbs
Practice: What did you do? 55 2,3 & 4
17 Reading & Speaking : Planes to rockets in 56-57 1,2,3,4 & 5
sixty years
18 End of week review Teacher’s materials &
Portfolio Mid-Module Reflection Portfolio worksheet
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Week Hour Unit 7: Then and Now (continued) Page Exercises

04 1 Preparing for writing: Pre-writing Writing Booklet

worksheets Unit 7
2 Preparing for writing: Pre-writing Writing Booklet
worksheets Unit 7

3 Portfolio Writing Task 3: Write about your WB 10

last holiday 40-41
4 Vocabulary & Listening: Words that go 58 1,2 & 3
together & prepositions
5 Vocabulary & Listening: Compound noun 58 4,5 & 6

Unit 8: How long ago?

6 Grammar Focus : Past simples – 60-61 Starter,

negatives/ago 1,2,3 & Grammar spot
7 Grammar Focus : Time Expressions 63 5,6 & 7

8 Vocabulary & pronunciation: 63 1,2,3 & 4

Forming nouns & adjectives
9 Everyday English: What’s the date? 65 1,2,3,4 & 5

10 Preparing for writing : Pre-writing Writing Booklet

worksheets Unit 8
11 Preparing for writing : Pre-writing Writing Booklet
worksheets Unit 8
Linking words- because, when, until WB 47 13 & 14.1
12 Portfolio Writing Task 4 : Write about an WB 47 14.2
old friend
Unit 9: Food You Like!

13 Grammar focus : Countable & uncountable 66 1, 2 & 3

nouns Grammar spot
Vocabulary: Food & drink
14 Grammar practice: Count and uncountable 67 1,2,3 & 4
nouns – some, any, a lot of…. Grammar spots x2
15 Grammar Focus : Would/do you like … 68 Practice 1 & 2
a or some? 68 3

16 Grammar Focus: much or many? 69 1& 3

17 Everyday English: polite requests 73 1,2,3 & 4

18 End of week review Teacher’s materials &

Portfolio Grammar & Vocabulary Quiz 2 Portfolio worksheet
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Week Hour Unit 9: Food you like! (continued) Page Exercises

05 1 Reading & Speaking: Food around the 70-71 1,2,3,4 & 5

world
2 Listening & Speaking: My favorite national 72 1,2,3,4 & What do you
food think
3 Preparing for writing: Pre-writing Writing Booklet
worksheets Unit 9
4 Preparing for writing: Pre-writing Writing Booklet
worksheets Unit 9

5 Portfolio Writing Task 5: Write a 70 6

paragraph about meals in your country
Unit 10: Bigger and better!

6 Grammar & Vocabulary Focus : 74 1,2 & 4

Comparative adjectives & opposite Grammar spot
adjectives
7 Grammar practice: Comparatives 75 Practice 1 & 2
Grammar spot
Have Got 76 Practice 1
8 Grammar Focus : Superlative adjectives 76-77 1,2 & 3
Grammar spot
9 Grammar practice: Superlative adjectives 77 Practice 1,4 & 5
Vocabulary : Adjectives for describing 3
people
10 Reading : Megacities 78-79 1,2,3 & 4

11 Portfolio Listening Task 2 : Megacities 78 5 (T 10.7)

Vocabulary : City and country words 80 1,2
12 Everyday English : Directions 2 81 1,2,3 & 4

Unit 11: Looking good!

13 Grammar focus : Present continuous 82 -83 Starter, 1,2 & 3

Vocabulary focus: clothing
14 Grammar practice: Present continuous 83 Grammar spot
Practice 1 & 2
15 Grammar Focus : Possessives 84 1,2 & 3
Vocabulary focus : various Grammar spot (85)
16 Further grammar practice : Possessives 85 1,2 & 5
Portfolio Reading Task 3
17 Everyday English : In a clothes shop 89 1,2 & 3

18 End of week review Teacher’s materials &

Portfolio Grammar & Vocabulary Quiz 3 Portfolio worksheet
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Week Hour Unit 12: Life’s an adventure! Page Exercises

06 1 Grammar focus: going to future 90 Starter, 1 & 2

91 Grammar spot
2 Grammar practice: going to future 91-92 3,5 & 6

3 Grammar focus : Infinitive of purpose 92 1,2 & 3

4 Grammar practice : Infinitive of purpose 93 4, 5 & Grammar spot

5 Vocabulary focus: Verb & noun 94 1

Reading & Speaking : Living 94-95 2,3 & 4
dangerously
6 Vocabulary and Speaking : weather 96 1,2,3 & 4

7 Everyday English : Making suggestions 97 1,2,3 & 4

Unit 13: How terribly clever!

8 Grammar focus : Question words 98 Starter
1 & grammar spot
9 Grammar focus : Question words 99 Practice 1,2 & 3

10 Grammar focus : Adverbs and adjectives 100 1& 2

11 Grammar focus : Adverbs and adjectives 100 Practice 1 & 5

Portfolio End of Module Reflection Portfolio worksheet
12 Vocabulary focus : describing feelings 101 1,2,3 & 4

13 End of week Review

Final Portfolio Review
Teacher’s materials &
14 End of module Review
Portfolio worksheet
Course book Units 1-6
15 End of module Review
Course book Units 7-13
16 Additional review and practice activities
from the workbook
17

18 Writing assessment