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.