Chart of Unit Plans ESL 2

Quarter 1 (Units 1-10) Theme: Me, My Life and Routines

Unit 1 Talking about yourself

Vocabulary and Grammar Focus: “to be”, names, jobs, family

WIDA Language Objective: Students will use short sentences to introduce themselves and ask/answer basic questions about identity.

Unit 2 Routines and Habits 

Vocabulary and Grammar Focus: Simple present (I do, I go), adverbs of frequency (always, sometimes)

WIDA Language Objective: Students will talk about what they do each day and how often they do it.

Unit 3 Feelings and Emotions

Vocabulary and Grammar Focus: Adjectives for emotions (happy, tired), “feel” + adjective

WIDA Language Objective: Students will express how they feel and ask others about feelings.

Unit 4 Free Time and Hobbies

Vocabulary and Grammar Focus: Hobbies vocabulary, like + -ing, questions “What do you like doing?”

WIDA Language Objective: Students will ask and answer about favoured hobbies and free-time activities.

Unit 5 Home, Family and Friends

Vocabulary and Grammar Focus: Family vocabulary, possessives (my, his), descriptions (tall, young)

WIDA Language Objective: Students will describe their family and friends using simple adjectives and possessives.

Unit 6 My City and Community

Vocabulary and Grammar Focus: Places (park, school, shop), prepositions of place (next to, between)

WIDA Language Objective: Students will ask/give information about places in their community.

Unit 7 Food and Eating

Vocabulary and Grammar Focus: Food vocabulary, count/uncount nouns, “I have” / “I don’t have”

WIDA Language Objective: Students will talk about what they eat and like/dislike.

Unit 8 Travel and Transport Basics 

Vocabulary and Grammar Focus: Transport vocabulary, “go by”, there is/are

WIDA Language Objective: Students will describe how they travel and what transport they use.

Unit 9 Heath and Daily Problems

Vocabulary and Grammar Focus: Parts of the body, simple trouble vocabulary (ache, sick), “I’ve got…”

WIDA Language Objective: Students will report simple health issues and ask for help.

Unit 10 Review and Integration

Vocabulary and Grammar Focus: Review vocab/grammar from Units 1-9; project: “All about me”

WIDA Language Objective: Students will create a short presentation about themselves, using varied vocabulary and structures.

Quarter 2 (Units 11-20)_ Theme: Work, Community and Experiences