ALPHA CENTRE LESSON PLAN, Designed for Early Learners of English Aged between 7-9

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Lesson

Intro Lesson
(ages 7-9)
Starter

1
Whats this

Objectives

Greetings, Names,
follow simple
instructions,
Identify and
recognize ages
Identifying things
in the classroom
and all school
things.

Saying different
toys and about the
toys everyone likes
2

Play time

Structure

Hello, Hi, How

are you?,
Whats your
name..? my
name is.,
good bye.
Whats this?
Its a pen, Its a
book, ruler,
rubber .etc.

What toy is
this? Its a kite,
train, teddy,
doll..etc. the
colour of a toy

Phonics

Target
Vocabulary

Hello, Hi,
what, name,
my, I

Initial
Sounds:
abcd
Aa: apple
Bb: bird
Cc: Cat

Pen, book,
table, bag,
table, door,
window,
board, chair,
classroom,
pencil..etc.

Initial
Sounds
efgh
Ee: egg
Ff: fish
Gg: Goat
Hh: hat

Kite, train,
doll, bike,
cube, blocks,
teddy, car,
truck, red,
blue, orange,
green

Activities / Skills

Listening: listening to the teacher

identifying him/herself
Speaking: Introducing ourselves one
by one
Singing: Hello, Hello, whats your
name song.
Reading: a description
Listening: Identifying objects.
Speaking: Whats this? Its a
Writing: counting words in a
sentence, writing about my school
things,
Singing: Whats this song
Assignment: students get homework
per topic taught in the work book
Reading: a poem, my favourite things
Listening: Identifying favourite things.
Speaking: Whats your favourite?
Writing: deviding sentences into
words, writing about my favourite
things,
Singing: Toys toys toys song
Assignment : students get homework
per topic taught in the work book

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Lesson

This is my
nose

Review 1

Hes a hero

Objectives

1. Saying
different parts of
the body
2. Identifying
singulars and
plurals

Structure

This is my
nose, these are
my ears, these
are my eyes

Phonics

Target
Vocabulary

Initial
Sounds:
Ijkl
Ii: ink
Jj: jam
Kk: kite
Ll: lion

Eyes, nose,
mouth, ears,
legs, hands,
fingers,
knees, head,
shoulders,
hair,
legsetc.

Initial
Sounds
mnop
Mm: mum
Nn: nurse
Oo: range
pp: pen

Nurse,
doctor,
teacher, chef,
housewife,
farmer, pupil,
policeman,
firefighter

- Identifying
Whats this? I
things we studied like toys
in the past topics This is my nose

- Identifying
different jobs,
- Saying what
everyone wants
to be in the
future

What does he
do? Hes a
Teacher, Hes a
doctor.,
Mom is a
nurse.etc.
What do you
want to be in
the future?

Activities / Skills

Reading: Instructions
Listening: Identifying body parts
Speaking: describing someone
Writing: identifying full sentences,
writing about my body.
Singing: (songs) head, shoulder knees
and toes, Ten fingers on my hand
Assignment: students get homework
per topic taught in the work book
Reading: a description
Listening: Identifying objects.
Speaking: words taught in each topic
Writing: writing about our toys and
doing exercises
Singing: songs Whats this, toys, ten
fingers on my hand
Assignment: students get homework
per topic taught in the work book
Reading: an autobiography
Listening: Identifying people by their
jobs.
Speaking: Is she a doctor? Yes, she is
What do you want to be in the future?
I want to be a nurse.
Writing: Capital letters at the start of
names, sentences,
Singing: two kind doctors
Assignment : students get homework
per topic taught in the work book

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Lesson

Where is the
ball?

6
Billys Teddy

Are these his

trousers?

Objectives

Structure

Phonics

Target
Vocabulary

- Identifying
things in a park
- Differentiating
between In, On
and under.

Where is the
ball? Its under
the slide. Its
on the swing

Initial
Sounds:
qrst
Qq: queen
Rr: rabbit
Ss: sofa
Tt: Teddy
Uu:Umbrella

- Identifying the
people in the
family
- Identifying the
possessive(s)

Possessive (s)
Its Billys kite
Its moms bag
Its Dads pen
Its Grandpas
egg
Its Grandmas
food
This is her/his
T-shirt, Are
these his
socks? Yes
they are
No they arent

Initial
Sounds:
vwxyz
Vv: van
Ww:window
Xx: box
Yy: yo yo
Zz: Zebra

Mum, dad,
brother,
sister, aunt,
uncle,
grandpa,
grandma,
cousin..

The alphabet
the alphabet
letter names
and their
sequences

T-shirts,
blouse, tights,
skirt, jeans,
trousers,
boots, shoes,
shirt, sweater,
socks, dress,
shorts..

- Identifying
different clothes
- describing
someone by his
or her clothes
- Identifying
colours of
different clothes

Slide, swing,
net, in, on,
under,
seesaw, ice
cream, tree,
pool, Frisbee

Activities / Skills

Reading: a puzzle text

Listening: Identifying objects by
location.
Speaking: where is the kite?
Writing: capital letters at the start of
the sentence.
Singing: (song) At the park
Assignment: students get homework
per topic taught in the work book
Reading: a puzzle text
Listening: distinguishing details.
Speaking: whos this
Writing: question marks, family things
Singing: (song) In my family..
Assignment: students get homework
per topic taught in the work book
Reading: a caption story
Listening: Identifying clothes.
Speaking: what colour is his shirt?
Writing: Contractions, writing about
my favourite clothes
Singing: (song) every day, I put on my
socks, I put on my shoes
Assignment : students get homework
per topic taught in the work book

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Lesson

Wheres
grandma?

9
Lunch time

A new friend
10

Objectives

- Identifying the
rooms in the house
- telling where
someone is,
- Asking where
someone is.

- Identifying
different types of
food and fruits
- Identifying which
food you like and
what you have got
and havent got
- Identifying friends
- describing a friend,
by height, size, size
of hair and type of
eyes
- Describing
him/herself
- Describing a friend
-identifying different
shapes

Structure

Wheres dad?
Is he in the
kitchen?
Where are dad
and Tom?
Are they in the
garden?
Yes, they are..
What have you
got? I have got
2 sandwiches,
I have got an
egg
an + a e I o u
a for
consonants
He has got
long hair
She has got
black eyes
He hasnt got
It hasnt got
He hasnt got

Phonics

Target
Vocabulary

Digraphs: sh
Shoes
Kitchen,
Sheep
bedroom,
Fish
dining room,
garden,
upstairs,
downstairs,
living room
Digraphs: ch Banana,
Chair
apple, a, an,
Teacher
rice, meat,
Chick
biscuit, lunch
box,
sandwich,
egg, cheese
Digraphs: th
three
bath
teeth

Long hair,
short hair,
curly hair,
straight hair,
tall, slim , fat,
short, black,
brown, green
eyes, square,
circle,
rectangle
triangle

Activities / Skills

Reading: information on a webpage

Listening: Listening for locations
Speaking: Is Tom in the bedroom?
Writing: Identifying vowels and write
about my home.
Singing: (song) come into my house
Assignment: students get homework
per topic taught in the work book
Reading: Information text
Listening: distinguishing key words.
Speaking: I have got a banana, a pear
Writing: Using a and an, writing about
my whats in my lunch box
Singing: (song) open my lunch box..
Assignment: students get homework
per topic taught in the work book
Reading: a descriptive letter
Listening: Identifying different friends.
Speaking: shes got long hair. Whos
it? Its my new friend
Writing: Contractions, s and ve,
writing about my friend and extra like
describing myself and a friend
Singing: (song) Its a square
Assignment : students get homework
per topic taught in the work book

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11

Lesson

I like
Monkeys

12
Dinner
time

13

Tidy up
And
numbers
(11-20)

Objectives

Target
Vocabulary

Structure

Phonics

Whats your
favourite
animal,
I like
animals, I
dont like
They are big
animals
They are
little.
- Identifying food Do you like
- identifying food carrots?
preferences
What do you
- saying what I
like?
like for dinner.
I like yogurt
I like banana
I like rice

CVC words
a
man
cat
fan
pan

CVC words
e
pen
hen
ten
red

Rice, meat,
banana,
apple,
carrots,
tomato,
potatoes,
chicken,

Reading: information text

Listening: Identifying food preferences.
Speaking: what do you like?
Writing: writing about food I like.
Singing: (song) drink your milk
Assignment: students get homework
per topic taught in the work book

- Identifying
things in my
bedroom
- understanding
the difference
between theres
and therere
- saying numbers

CVC words
i
bin
fig
tin

Bedroom,
pillow, bed,
shelf, blanket,
Mat,
wardrobe,
clothes ,
computer,
shoes

Reading: a descriptive letter

Listening: distinguishing details.
Speaking: where are the shoes?
Writing: write about the things in my
bedroom
Singing:(song) there are ten in the
bedroom
Assignment : students get homework
per topic taught in the work book

- Identifying
different animals
- describing the
animals in the
zoo
- saying which
animal I like.

What do you
have in your
bedroom?
There is
There are
Where are
the shoes

Tiger,
elephants,
zoo,
monkeys,
lions, little,
big, small,

Activities / Skills

Reading: a poem, what am I

Listening: Identifying preferences.
Speaking: Its got 4 legs, its black and
orange its big..
Writing: Identifying adjectives, writing
about animals
Singing: (song) lets go to the zoo.
Assignment: students get homework
per topic taught in the work book

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14

15

Lesson

Action boy
can run

Lets play
ball

Revision
And test

Target
Vocabulary

Objectives

Structure

Phonics

- Identifying
different verbs
- differentiating
between can and
cant,
- saying different
actions

He can jump
He can run
She cant
swim
Can he talk?
Yes he can,
No he cant

CVC words:
0
dog
fox
log

Jump, fly,
sing, dance,
walk, run,
play, talk,
read, write,
eat,
cook..etc.

- Identifying
different things at
the beach
- Distinguishing
what we are
going to do.
- saying different
actions
- Saying different
things we studied
- being able to
introduce
ourselves
- asking questions
- ready to do the
final test

Lets swim
Lets play,
Lets find
What colour
is it?
Its blue
Its orange

CVC words:
u
rug
jug
sun

Sandcastle,
beach, ran,
crab, the sea,
umbrella,
boat, beach,
sun cream,
bad,

Introduce
yourself
Talk about
your family
Talk about
your home
Introduce
your friend

Myself,
yourself,
question,
Answer,
Ask

Activities / Skills

Reading: a description
Listening: Identifying animals & verbs.
Speaking: It can run, its big & brown
Writing: contractions; cant can,
(writing about what I can do.
Singing: (song) I can do anything
Assignment: students get homework
per topic taught in the work book
Reading: an information poster
Listening: distinguishing details
Speaking: lets play ball
Writing: Identifying verbs and writing
about the beach
Singing: (song) Its a wonderful day
Assignment: students get homework
per topic taught in the work book
Reading: a text selected by the
teacher
Listening: different recordings.
Speaking: about myself, my family,
Writing: write about myself, my
family
Singing: all songs