CONTENT
UNIT 1: Yesterday at School
Aim: Routines, Past Events & Recounts
Can do: Present simple routines + past simple recounts; time markers; sequence linkers
Cambridge focus: Listening for detail; speaking extended turn; 5–7 sentence writing.
UNIT 2: FINDING OUR WAY
Aim: Places, Prepositions & Directions
Can do: Present simple routines + past simple recounts; time markers; sequence linkers
Cambridge focus: Speaking maps; reading detail tasks.
UNIT 3: LET'S SHOP AND COOK!
Aim: Food, Culture & Transactions
Can do: Exchange transactional language and write short descriptive instructions/recipes. Cambridge focus: Listening multi-part; speaking role-play; paragraph writing
UNIT 4: WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Aim: Opinions, Preferences & Comparisons
Can do: Give reasons and short opinions; compare activities
Cambridge focus: Reading for detail; speaking with follow-up questions.
UNIT 5: ON THE MOVE
Aim: Journeys, Safety & Travel Stories
Can do: Give directions, describe journeys and report short past trips.
Cambridge focus: Listening map + sequencing; speaking directions
UNIT 1: YESTERDAY AT SCHOOL
In this unit you will learn to:
• Listen to stories about school days.
• Talk about your own experiences at school.
• Write about things that happened yesterday.
• Use past words like started, played, finished, found, took Competencies in this unit Communication · Collaboration · Critical Thinking Creativity · Social Responsibility · Learning to Learn .
Rapid on-Ramp
Look at the pictures. What do you see?
• �� �� With a partner, name three things in the pictures.
GET READY
• �� What did you do after school yesterday? Tell your partner one word.
CLASSMATES SAY
• Noura (Algiers): "Last Tuesday, we started a recycling project!"
• Khalil (Oran): "I made a model of Tipaza's Roman ruins."
• Yasmine (Constantine): "First I finished my homework, then I helped my friend."
• Idir (Bejaïa): "I listened to my grandfather's stories."
Think & Share
Your Turn:
Look at the pictures. Which activity did you do last week? Tell your partner one sentence about it.
LISTEN AND LEARN
�� LISTEN TO KHALIL'S DAY (Track 1.1)
Listen to Khalil talk about last Tuesday. Number the pictures (1–4).
(Pictures: test, football, painting, waving goodbye)
�� WHAT DID YOU HEAR?
Tick (✓) what Khalil did:
• had a test
• wrote a story
• played football
• scored goals
• painted pictures
• said goodbye
�� GRAMMAR SPOT
take → took "I took a test."
give → gave "She gave me a pencil."
find → found "We found shells."
read → read "He read a book."
✦ �� CHALLENGE!
Use two of these verbs in sentences about your day.
GRAMMAR AND PRACTICE
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SPOT THE DIFFERENCE
Noura's Monday:
Plan
We have science
I make a poster
We find information
We read books
�� COMPLETE THE RULES
Some verbs add -ed (played).
Some verbs change (take → took).
�� �� YOUR TURN
What happened
We had a test!
I gave a talk
We found old photos
We read a story
Ask your partner: "What did you take to school yesterday?"
�� GRAMMAR CHECK
Remember: have → had, make → made, do → did..
GRAMMAR AND Pronunciation
�� SORT THE VERBS
Add -ed: play → ______, watch → ______
Change: take → ______, give → ______
�� SAY IT RIGHT (Track 1.2)
Listen and repeat:
• /t/: finished, watched
• /d/: played, cleaned
• /ɪd/: started, wanted
�� �� PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE
Listen and repeat the sentences. Notice which word is stronger.
• "I FINished my work." (the action is stronger)
• "I finished my WORK." (the thing is stronger)
Now say each sentence aloud. Try to change the strong word.
✦ �� CHALLENGE!
Write one sentence with a /t/ sound and one with /id/.