UNIT 6: At the Beach

 OBJECTIVES
 Throughout this unit children will be able to:

•    Identify and name beach activities
•    Spell words
•    Predict what happens in the story
•    Listen, read, understand and act out the story
•    Learn the grammar table for Unit 6
•    Ask and say what you are doing
•    Say what other people are doing
•    Practise pronunciation: /b/ and /v/
•    Understand and think about values
•    Sing a song and say a rap
•    Play the games
•    Make and play with the beach cut-out cards
•    Listen and read about rock pools
•    Listen and read a report
•    Prepare, plan and write your project
•    Read a poem
•    Watch a video clip
•    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	attack danger donkey rides kite protect rescue safe shadow
Core vocabulary: beach activities collecting shells, fishing, lying in the shade, making a sandcastle, playing Frisbee, playing volleyball, playing with a bat and ball, putting on sun cream, snorkelling, swimming in the sea, beach, seaside Story vocabulary dolphin, shark CLIL vocabulary: Secrets of the sea crab, jellyfish, rock pool, seahorse, sea urchin, seaweed, star fish Structures What am I doing? You’re … What are you doing? I’m/We’re … Are you …ing? Yes, I am./No, I’m not. I’m/He’s/She’s/We’re/They’re …ing.	cloudy, dive, fish and chips, hot, jump, live, look, play football, raining, read a book, ride, row, run, sing, sit, sunny, swim, T-shirt, walk, weather I’ve got … I’m/He’s/She’s wearing … It’s …/It isn’t … There is/are … The alphabet Colours	Main function: asking and saying what you’re doing What are you doing? I’m … .
Pronunciation	-      the /b/ and /v/ sounds (bat, beach / very, vest)

CROSS-CURRICULAR ITEMS

Natural Science: Secrets of the sea

ATTITUDES AND VALUES

•    Awareness that it’s important to keep safe
•    Willingness to take turns
•    Recognition that you can find things out by close observation
•    Confidence in using classroom language
•    Enjoyment in reading a cartoon strip story
•    Willingness to review, assess and plan your own learning