Unit 3: Sports Star

OBJECTIVES

Throughout this unit, the student will be able to achieve the following aims:

•    Identify and name sports
•    Spell words
•    Predict what happens in the story
•    Listen, read, understand and act out the story
•    Count to a hundred in tens
•    Learn the grammar table for Unit 3
•    Ask and say what you and other people can and can’t do
•    Practise pronunciation: /eɪ/ and /ɔː/
•    Understand and think about values
•    Sing a song and say a rap
•    Make and play with the sports cut-out cards
•    Play the games
•    Listen, read and answer questions about workouts
•    Understand and respond to instructions in the workout
•    Listen and read a report
•    Prepare, plan and write your project
•    Watch a video clip
•    Read a poster
•    Listen and use everyday classroom language
•    Listen and read for pleasure
•    Review, assess and plan your own learning

                      

CONTENTS

- LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE AND USE

Linguistic knowledge:

ACTIVE LANGUAGE			RECEPTIVE LANGUAGE
CORE LANGUAGE	RECYCLED LANGUAGE	CLASSROOM LANGUAGE	brain, heart, kids, players, press-ups, professional, relax, star, trains, weight Brilliant!, I don’t mind
Sports dive, do judo, do karate, ice skate, play table tennis, ride a bike, ride a horse, rollerblade, row, skateboard numbers 20–100 (in tens) Story vocabulary coach, goal, match CLIL vocabulary: Workouts for kids concentrate, easy, exercise, fist, fit, healthy, left, on the spot, right, strong, thumb touch … stretch … tap … roll … turn around Structures I can … Can you … ? Yes, I can./No, I can’t. I/He/She can/can’t … What can you do?	arms, basketball, boy, brother, climb, dance, favourite, girl, hop, ill, kick a ball, legs, park, play football, run, school, sister, sleep, swim, team, toes, walk days of the week the alphabet	Main function: asking for help I can’t do … Can you help me, please? Yes, all right.  I think the answer is … Can you repeat that, please? Yes, of course. It’s …
Pronunciation	-      the /eɪ/ and /ɔː/ sounds (play, skate / football, horse)

Stories:

-    Lily’s story

-    Tiger Street Tales

 Songs and raps: 

-    The Tiger Street word rap.

-    I can play football

- CROSS-CURRICULAR ITEMS

PE: Workouts for kids

- ATTITUDES AND VALUES

• Awareness of equal opportunities
• Awareness of the value of practising and making an effort
• Respect for what people can and can’t do
• Confidence in using classroom language
• Enjoyment in writing your project
• Willingness to review, assess and plan your own learning