Learning Objectives

Resources

Remarks

Language Forms and Communicative Functions

Language Skills

• Use adjectives to describe objects, e.g. I can be a little fish swimming about.
• Use the simple present tense to describe habitual actions, e.g. Jenny pretends she is a little fish.
• Use modals to talk about ability, e.g. Ann can dive like a dolphin.
• Use the simple present tense to express interests, feelings and opinions, e.g. Tom likes to swim like a shark.
• Use prepositions to indicate position, e.g. Draw a nought or cross in one of the boxes.
• Use the simple present tense to talk about planned activities, e.g. It starts at 4 p.m.
• Use connectives to show the time relationship between two actions, e.g. When you get to the last two squares, jump right round.
• Use adverbials to describe, e.g. Peter jumps like a whale.
• Use imperatives to give instructions and directions, e.g Then hop and jump back to the beginning.
• Use adjectives to show order, e.g. Next, hop on one foot for one square.

Reading:

• Identify time markers or simple linking words to understand the connection between ideas
• Recognizing recurrent patterns in language structure, such as word structure, word order, sentence structure and organization of text-types
• Locate specific information in a short text in response to questions
• Using visual clues, context and knowledge of the world to work out the meaning of an unknown word and a complete expression

Writing:

• Putting letters in a correct order to make meaningful words
• Reproducing words or sentences from writing and words from the environment
• Adding personal ideas and information when a model or framework is provided, such as filling in gaps
• Writing sentences and paragraphs which present ideas logically
• Identify purpose and audience for a writing task
• Decide on the sequence of content

1. The games we play in different seasons
2. More Games and Sports
3. Swimming
4. Outdoor Games
5. Indoor Games
6. Things to do on Rainy Days

Brief Descriptions:
Writing tasks about sports and games

User Tips:

• Ask students to discuss what they usually do in different seasons before doing Task 1 and Task 2.
• Students can write about different activities in different seasons in Task 1.
• In Task 2, students can learn more names of games and sports. They can write about the games and sports they like to play.
• In Task 3, students can write about the children in the swimming pool when a framework is provided.
• In Task 4, students can learn the names of games they play in the playground and write the instructions to play the games.
• In Task 5, Students can learn the names of some indoor games.
• In Task 6, students can apply their prior knowledge in writing instructions to finish the steps in making sandwiches.

Learning Objectives

Resources

Remarks

Language Forms and Communicative Functions

Language Skills

• Vocabulary:
  • Sports and fitness, e.g. play volleyball, rollerblade, lift weights, do pushups

Listening:

• Working out the meaning of unknown words using contextual or pictorial clues

http://www.eflnet.com/vocab/fitness_vocabulary.php

Brief Description:
An audio vocabulary list about sports and fitness

User Tips:

• Click on each item to listen to the pronunciation.
• The vocabulary list can be used for self-learning.

Learning Objectives

Resources

Remarks

Language Forms and Communicative Functions

Language Skills

• Vocabulary:
  • (Set 1) Names of sports, e.g. baseball, ice hockey, football, badminton
  • (Set 2) Names of sports, e.g. cycling, swimming, hiking

Listening:

• Locate specific information in response to simple instructions or questions

(Set 1)
http://www.123listening.com/sportsplay.php

(Set 2)
http://www.123listening.com/sportsgo.php

Brief Description:
A listening exercise with downloadable MP3 audio and printable matching worksheets

User Tips:

• The different audio downloads and worksheets can be combined in various ways to cater for learner differences.
• Click 'Teaching Materials' to download flashcards, bingo cards and PowerPoint files to learn names of different sports.
• Click 'Ready to print worksheets' to download printable materials about sports.

Learning Objectives

Resources

Remarks

Language Forms and Communicative Functions

Language Skills

• Vocabulary:
  • Sports and activities, e.g. surfing, skating, go rock climbing
• Use quotation marks to denote direct speech
• Use the simple past tense to describe activities or events in a story

Reading:

• Recognize the format and language features of some common text types, e.g. stories
• Locate specific information in a short text in response to questions

Listening:

• Identify the gist or main ideas in simple spoken texts, e.g. short stories, with the help of cues
• Locate or provide specific information in response to simple instructions or questions

Brief Descriptions:
A web-site with songs, stories and other activities about activities and sports

User Tips:

• Click 'The Busy Buzz' to listen to the song to motivate students.
• Click 'Buzz and Bob's Big Adventure' to read a story about what the children did for an adventure holiday.
• Click 'Sports Maze' to listen to the words and choose the right picture in order to move across the maze.

Learning Objectives

Resources

Remarks

Language Forms and Communicative Forms

Language Skills

• Vocabulary:
  • Adjectives to describe sports activities, e.g. thrilling, exciting, relaxing
  • Adjectives to describe feelings, e.g. thrilled, excited, relaxed 
•  Use the connective 'because’ to give reasons, e.g. We like playing tennis because it is healthy.
• Use ‘ing’ nouns or noun phrases to refer to activities, e.g. I enjoy swimming.
• Use simple present tense to express interests or simple truths, e.g. Swimming is a kind of water sport.

• Work out the meaning of unknown words by using semantic clues
• Recognize the format and language features of some common text types, e.g. letters

• Plan and organise ideas by using strategies such as mind maps
• Use appropriate formats, conventions and language features when writing a variety of text types, e.g. letters

• Locate specific information in a conversation 

Speaking:

• Participate effectively in an oral interaction

User Tips:

• Teachers can download teaching materials LT 1.1-1.14 to carry out the tasks.
• In ‘Task 1’, students learn about different sports and conduct a survey on favourite sports.
• In ‘Task 2’, students review different sports facilities in the school and discuss which sports facility to be built.
• In ‘Task 3’, students write a letter to the Principal to make suggestions on the sports facility to be built in the school. Teachers can draw students’ attention to the structure of a letter before writing.
• Teachers can show students some vocabulary building strategies, e.g. compounding, derivation, word combinations.

The Flying Classroom Series: Sports
An ETV programme about a girl who finds interests in doing sports to make herself stronger
http://resources.hkedcity.net/resource_detail.php?rid=234068196

Sports
A video about names of different sports
http://www.english-4kids.com/kidsvideos/beginnervideos/popularsports/popularsports.html

Lecky Compares
Interactive games about comparatives and superlatives adjectives
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/player.php?file=compare-order7