A Junior High School ESL Curriculum - Year 1
Speaking/ Communication Component
Unit Lesson Number Topic Example
Unit 1 1.1 Meeting for the First Time - Formal versus Informal A: Nice to meet you.
B: You too
1.2 Greeting and Introducing Friends A: This is my friend, Kat.
B: Hi Kat. Nice to meet you.
1.3 Enquires - Are you Bob? A: Are you from Australia?
B: Yes, I am.
A: Are you Bob?
B: No, I'm not.
Unit 2 2.1 Object Identification

Object Possession		 This is an ant.
That is a boot.
This is my cup.
That is Bob's cat.
2.2 Singular Object Enquiries A: Is this a shoe?
B: Yes, it is. / No, it is not. It is a boot.

A: Is that a car?
B: Yes, it is. / No, it is not. It is a van.
2.3 Hobbies I like music.
I play the guitar.

A: Do you play the guitar?
B: Yes, I do. / No, I don't.
Unit 3 3.1 I do, but I don't. I play the trumpet, but I don't play the piano.

I have a bike, but I don't have a car.
3.2 Identifying Objects A: What is this?
B: It is a cow. / I don't know.
3.3 Likes and Dislikes: School Subjects. A: What is your favourite subject, Jimmy?
B: I like History.
Unit 4 4.1 Eating Habits: Breakfast. A: What do you have for breakfast?
B: I have rice.

A: Do you have cereal for breakfast?
B: Yes, I do. / No, I don't.
4.2 Possessives Excuse me. Is this your cow?
4.3 Shopping: Singular vs Plural. Two Hamburgers, please.
Unit 5 5.1 Counting Possessives A: How many cows do you have?
B: I have 20 cows.
5.2 Suggestions A: What do you want to do?
B: Let's play a trick.
5.3 Interests, Likes and Possessions - 1 A: What do you like/play/have...
 What does Bob like/play/have...
B: I like/play/have...
 Bob likes/plays/has ...
Unit 6 6.1 Interests, Likes and Possessions - 2 A: Do you play soccer?
B: Yes, I do. / No, I don't.

A: Does Bob/he play soccer?
B: Yes, he does. / No, he doesn't.
6.2 Directions Excuse me. Which bus goes to the library?
6.3 Questions About People A: Who is your father?
B: My father's name is Bob.

A: Who is Jimmy?
B: Jimmy is my friend.
Unit 7 7.1 The World Around Us: Time A: What time is it in London?
B: It's five twenty three in the afternoon.
7.2 The World Around Us: Weather A: How is the weather?
B: It is hot and sunny.
7.3 Location of Objects 1 A: Where is the cat?
B: It's in the dryer.
Unit 8 8.1 Location of Objects 2 A: Is the banana on the table?
B: Yes, it is. / No, it isn't.
8.2 Possessions A: Whose guitar is this?
B: It's mine. / It's Spoon Head's.
8.3 Survival Language 3: Identifying People From Pictures A: Who is this?
B: That's Emily.
A: This is Jimmy. Do you know him?
B: Yes, I do. / No, I don't.
Unit 9 9.1 Survival Language 4: Identifying people in a crowd A: Who is that?
B: That's Jezza.
9.2 Describing activities 1 Jezza plays baseball everyday.
Jezza is playing baseball now.
9.3 Describing activities 2
Describing activites 3		 A: Is he (Spoon Head) swimming?
B: Yes, he is. / No, he isn't.

A: What is he (Spoon Head) doing?
B: He is cooking.
Unit 10 10.1 Prohibition Don't sleep in class!
Don't stand on my flowers!
10.2 Daily routines 1 I get up at seven thirty.
10.3 Arranging to Meet Are you free on Sunday?
10.4 Abilities 1 A: Can you ski?
B: Yes, I can. / No, I can't.
Unit 11 11.1 Abilities 2 Jimmy can ski.
I cannot ski.
11.2 Enquires 1 A: Can we swim here?
B: Yes, we can. / No, we can't.
11.3 Enquires 2 A: When can we play baseball?
B: We can play baseball after school.
11.4 Asking for Permission 1 A: Can I close the door?
B: Sure. / Sorry, please leave it open.
Unit 12 12.1 Asking for assistance 1 A: Could you help me with the garbage?
B: OK. / Sorry, I have to go.
12.2 Simple Past Tense - Regular Verbs I watched TV yesterday.
12.3 Simple Past Tense - Irregular Verbs I got up at six yesterday.
12.4 Simple Past Tense - Questions A: Did you get up early this morning?
B: Yes, I did. No, I didn't.

What happened to all the chocolate?