BCC Intensive English Program Grade 4

Course Syllabus for Semester 2 / 2016-2017

Course Objectives:
This course is an outcomes-based, English language enrichment course designed to develop
and consolidate students skills in the areas of Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing.
Specific course objectives include:
To encourage children to be active and constructive in their own learning, using English
as a tool to do things and to create personally significant meaning.
To integrate learning English with other areas of learning at primary school.
To help children learn how to learn and to encourage them to begin to become
responsible, independent, reflective learners.
To promote an atmosphere of co-operation and collaboration in class.
Course book
BackPack 4 Second Edition
Teaching-Learning Materials and Resources:
Student book, Workbook, Inter-Active Whiteboard, CD-ROM, flashcards, supplementary
videos, materials to complete projects and activities; scissors, construction paper, card,
coloured pencils, markers, glue.
Course Schedule
Week

Topic
Unit 6 In the Old Days

Text
Unit 6

13
Oct 25
Nov 11

46
Nov 14
Dec 2

Over the course of three weeks students will be

working on the unit titled In the Old Days.
During this unit students will learn to compare
the past and the present. They will also be talking
about inventions as well as what life was like in
the past.
Unit 7 Its a Date!

Student Book pg.62-73

Over the course of the next three weeks students

will be working on the unit titled Its a Date!
During this unit students will learn about
holidays, celebrations, how to make future plans
and birthday traditions. They will also learn about
ordinal numbers. Reading CAT Week 6

Student Book pg.74-85

Workbook pg. 61-72

Unit 7

Workbook pg. 73-84

7, 8, 11
Dec 5 - 16

Jan 4 - 6

9
Dec 19
Dec 23
9 -10
Dec 24
Jan 3

Unit 8 Hobbies Are Fun!

Unit 8

Over the course of the next three weeks students

will be working on the unit titled
Hobbies Are Fun! During this unit
students will learn to talk about
hobbies, collections and giving their
opinions. Writing CAT Week 7

Student Book pg. 86-97

Christmas Celebration Week

Christmas Break

Unit 9 Lets Dance!

12 14
Jan 9

Jan 27

Workbook pg. 85-96

Unit 9

Over the course of the next three weeks students

Student Book pg. 98-109
will be working on the unit titled Lets Dance
During this unit students will learn about different Workbook pg.97-108
dancing styles, traditional folk dances, dance
movements and ballroom dancing for children.
Listening Test = Week 12
Speaking Test = Week 13

15
Revision week for End of Semester Exams

Units 6 - 9

IEP End of Semester Exams.

Units 6- 9

Jan 30
Feb 3
16
Feb 6
Feb 10
17
End of Year Student Projects
Feb 13
Feb 17
18
Main School End of Semester Exams
Feb 20
Feb 24