Contextualising learning
Grade 5
External context
Topic, sub-topic |
Situation |
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Locations |
Persons |
Objects |
Events |
Operations |
Texts |
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-Календар свят в Україні та країнах виучуваної мови -Традиції святкування
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House Ukraine England School Inside/outside Street |
Pen-friends family classmates St.Nicholas Santa Claus |
Presents Christmas tree Decorations Cards |
parties Christmas eve New Year Halloween Easter Birthday visiting relatives family celebrations |
Buying and giving presents Congratulating people Sending invitation cards Decorating a house making costumes cooking dishes
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-postcards - articles - e-mails - advertisement - guide book Greeting wishes Songs Poems Recipes |
Communicative language skills
Oral comprehension |
Written comprehension |
Oral interaction |
Written interaction |
Online interaction |
Oral production |
Written production |
Can understand short story, dialogue. Can answer the questions, get main information. Can share information about holidays in Ukraine and compare it with the holidays of another culture.
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Can understand simple information about holidays and traditions. Can find necessary info (place, date, address etc).
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Can answer the questions about the holidays. Can understand the main ideas about holidays.
Can understand greeting words and songs and talk with partner.
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Can present simple ideas in writing. Can write a short greeting and congratulations |
Can send e-mail with congratulations or invitations. Can react to greeting |
Can briefly describe holidays.
Can tell about favourite holiday and its celebrating with simple sentences.
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Make up a list with favourite holidays.
Can complete the sentences giving the main information about holidays.
Can produce a simple post of a favourite holiday |
Core skills
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Critical thinking |
Creative thinking |
Communication |
Collaboration |
Emotional development |
Can compare Ukrainian and England holidays and customs. |
Can make invitation cards and write them down.
Can add information to other’s ideas about holidays and traditions, costumes etc.
Can create a simple short story about holidays in England and in Ukraine |
Can ask questions about presents wishes etc .
Can discuss with others holidays, traditions, celebrations and speak over their own experience.
Can use appropriate forms greetings
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- Can create a poster.
-Can make a group project, for instance “Holidays in Ukraine”.
-Can make dialogues about traditions of celebrating.
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Can express their likes and dislikes.
Can describe the emotions during celebrations.
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Language functions |
Sample exponents |
Sample vocabulary |
Sample grammar |
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Describing liking and disliking, asking for and giving information, comparing and expressing own impressions, emotions, feelings, agreeing/disagreeing |
What’s your favourite holiday?Do you celebrate that holiday with your family or with your friends?What holidays do you celebrate?What are your favourite religious holidays? What do you know about foreign holidays?What holiday food do you like?My favourite holiday is… I celebrate it with…My favourite religious holidays are… We decorate…Do you know about … Halloween (New Year) etc.?Do you like Halloween(Christmas)….?
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a parade fireworks a barbecue
Christmas tree St. Nicholas New Year May Day St. Nicholas’ Day |
turkey pumpkin pie burgers corn on the cob sweet potatoes pecan pie
A holiday A tradition A party Presents A gift |
to get flowers to sing carols to wear vyshyvankas to wear fancy dress the New Year tree
To celebrate To invite to make a birthday cake to make a wish to make postcards to decorate a house and a fireplace |
Adverb: adverbs of frequency (always, often, sometimes, never) Conjunction: because, and, but, or Verb: there is / there are; have got, to be going to Past SimpleTense, Present Simple Tense, Future Simple Tense Imperatives Numerals and Dates
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Sample learning outcomes for the topic
By the end of studying the topic, learners will be able to:
Sample assessment for learning strategies
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