[Archive] PEER - Module: The Magic of Nature (11 Units)

Unit: It’s Up to Me and You!   

Saving the environment is cool, as these rappers will tell you.

 

Language Forms/Functions

• Imperatives for giving instructions
• Imperatives to express prohibitions
• Simple present tense to describe habitual actions

 

Vocabulary

• Environment

 

Unit: The Human Body  

Find out how much you know about your own body by reading some information and answering some questions.

 

Language Forms/Functions

• Simple present tense to describe present states and express simple truths
• Comparative and superlative adjectives to make comparisons

Vocabulary

• Human body

 

Unit: How Green are You? 

Find out how green your classmates are by doing this survey.

 

Language Forms/Functions

• Simple present tense to describe habitual actions

 

Vocabulary

• Environment

 

Unit: Look out, Angel!   

Read or listen to this story to find out why Angel the fish has to be careful when playing away from home.

 

Language Forms/Functions

• Imperatives to give warnings
• “There is/are” to point out the existence of objects
• “That is/This is” to refer to animals

 

Vocabulary

Sea animals

 

Unit: Flying From the Sun to the Stars  

Listen to this song and fly through the solar system – fly past Mercury, Venus and go to Pluto!

 

Language Forms/Functions

• Present continuous tense to describe actions taking place at the time of speaking
• Adjectives to describe places
   

Vocabulary

• The planets

 

Unit: Planet Earth Museum   

Katie and Jaia are on a school trip with their class. Visit the museum with them, and learn more about our planet.

 

Language Forms/Functions

• Simple present tense to express simple truths

 

Vocabulary

• Environment

 

Unit: The Snowman     

Katie and Eddie build a snowman. Find out what happens when he waves at them.

 

Language Forms/Functions

• Simple past tense to describe activities or events in a story

 

Vocabulary

• Making a snowman

 

Unit: The Cold Planet   

Neila is an alien who lives on a cold planet where nothing can grow. Can Billy and Splodge help her?

 

Language Forms/Functions

• Simple past tense to describe activities or events in a story
• Adjectives to describe conditions

 

Vocabulary

• Outer space

 

Unit: Lisa the Lemur   

What happens when people cut down trees in the rainforest? Find out by listening to this song about a family of lemurs.

 

Language Forms/Functions

• Simple past tense to describe activities or events in a story
• Simple present tense to express needs

 

Vocabulary

• Places to live

 

Unit: Everything Under the Sea    

Find out which amazing creatures live in the sea by listening to this rhyming song.

 

Language Forms/Functions

• “There is/was” to indicate the existence of objects

 

Vocabulary

• Sea animals

 

Unit: Ali and the Magic Carpet    

Ali has found a magic carpet in his uncle’s shop. Where will the carpet take him? What will he see?

 

Language Forms/Functions

• Simple present tense to describe present states
• Adjectives to describe the weather

 

Vocabulary

• Weather