PLAYS FOR BASIC ENGLISH LEARNERS: A-1 to A-2

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Grades 2 - 4

A. VOCABULARY for grades 2, 3, 4 at BASIC Level: CEFR A- 1 to A-2 1. REVIEW of BEGINNER WORDS (Seen in Grades K, 1, 2)

(Vocabulary fluency increases gradually, over time and with practice.) all colors covered in Kindergarten and first grade, plus: pets, bird, cage, rabbit, fish, beak, behind, in, on, under, tank, wall, flowers, pets, Do you have a computer?

WORDS: camera, comics, computer, pictures, rings, toys, video game, violin, behind, between, in, on , next to, in front of, under

Days of the week

WORDS / PHRASES: in the morning / afternoon, the weekend, go swimming, play tennis, visit grandparents, have a music lesson, paints, cleans, watches, does, goes, visits, plays, cooks

Where do you live?

a flat, an apartment, cottage, house, city, town, village, garden, upstairs, downstairs, on the ground floor

FAMILY: pretty, sister, brother, mother, father, twin sister / brother, grandmother, grandfather

What time do you get up?

get up, go to bed, have lunch, do homework, watch TV, go to school, have breakfast, o’clock, half past, quarter past, in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening

FRIENDS: bike, film, pizza, cinema, restaurant, swimming pool, tennis club, She plays hockey.

MONTHS OF THE YEAR: all 12 months, Christmas, birthday, Easter, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day

Ordinal numbers for dates:

1st – 31st

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2. NEW WORDS / PHRASES (for Grades 3 and 4)

(Vocabulary fluency increases gradually, over time and with practice.) GRADE 3

Describing daily routines, events and weather Telling the time and giving dates

Expressing ability and inability

Giving very simple directions and locations

Describing current activities of real people or those in pictures Describing states in the past

Lexis

Present continuous tense Can and can’t

Prepositions of movement from, to, up, down, along, across Prepositions of time on, in, at

Prepositions of place near, in front of, behind, opposite Past tense of verb to be

Ordinal numbers up to 31st (for dates) Link words and, and then

Jobs

Places in the local area Place of study

Home life Weather Free time

Times and dates GRADE 4

Talking about past events

Talking about future plans and intentions Expressing simple comparisons

Expressing likes and dislikes

Describing manner and frequency Holidays

Shops

WorkHobbies/sports Food

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Past simple tense of regular and common irregular verbs Going to future

Adverbs of manner and frequency

Comparatives and superlatives of adjectives Link word: but

Vocabulary specific to the topic area Vocabulary specific to the subject areas

Adverbs of frequency, e.g. sometimes, often, never

Adverbial phrases of frequency, e.g. every day, once a week Expressions of past time, e.g. yesterday, last night

3. MORE WORDS and PHRASES:

What’s the weather like? warm, sunny, cloudy, rainy

What do you study? art, biology, chemistry, multiplication Free time: music, homework, go out, play video games Tell me about your town or city.

I live in... historic city, crowded, quiet What are they doing?

He’s brushing his teeth, shopping, working, watching TV, washing up, reading, eating Best friends:

short, blonde, friendly, straight, wear, strong Work: What does your father do? He’s a lawyer.

Where’s your classroom?

It’s down the hall. go along, turn left / right Family matters:

using the future, describing people, possessives Play time:

frequency, time expressions, every day, six o’clock School’s out:

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holidays, present / future, when, where, why, who Sports:

likes and dislikes, present continuous, questions

Memorable meals: food, cooking, talking about a meal Future with going to

Nice work: jobs, work, quickly, well, occupations

Shop around: describing ways of shopping, sequencing: first, next, after, finally

In class: talking about the past, comparison / superlative the best, the most difficult, easiest

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1. August - September - October

Frogs Need Love, Too

SPECIFIC VOCABULARY:

under, behind, in, frog, frogs, in front of, children, playground,

sandbox, dog, boy, grass, flowers, there is, there are, climbing, running, bugs, table, bench, love, need SETTING:

a park with a pond CHARACTERS:

Narrator

Fernando, King of the Frogs Jorge, a little boy

Other students, as a chorus... or form several groups of actors, all doing the same play, at the same time... and the teacher circulates to listen to their English fluency.

THE PLAY

NARRATOR: Fernando was King of the frogs in his pond.

Frogs eat many bugs each day, especially flies

and mosquitoes. The biggest problem that frogs have is that no one loves them. They are not a favorite

pet of anyone. You can not walk with them. They can not

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