15/15 weeks ready · Follows the order of the Egyptian Ministry of Education and Technical Education textbook English, Secondary One, Student’s Book, Term 1 (academic year 2025/2026), with its graded reader The Old Man and the Sea. All explanations, dialogs, exercises and quizzes are Darslab’s own.
Term 1Start Smart (revision); Unit 1 Egypt’s Heritage; Unit 2 Hands Help, Hearts Care; Unit 3 Truth Vs. Lies; Review 1; Unit 4 Save and Shine; Unit 5 Using Technology at Schools; Unit 6 Job Hunting; Review 2 and the Term 1 review
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Start Smart: reading, listening and a short email Start Smart (revision) and the Unit 1 opener: a short text about learning to speak with confidence (reference only), words such as anxious / hesitation / tolerance, a project listening (our own read-aloud text), a gap-fill with five words, rewriting with because / never / stopped, a short email, the Unit 1 aims
Unit 1 Egypt’s Heritage: pride, listening and past tenses Unit 1 Egypt’s Heritage (A): a text about pride in a country and its past (reference only), gist, detail, opinion and meaning from context, civilization / heritage / neighbourhood, a talk on preserving old places (our own read-aloud text), identity / pride / restoring, the past simple and past continuous with while / when / as / during
Unit 1 Egypt’s Heritage: comparison, essay shape and story clues Unit 1 Egypt’s Heritage (B) and the first chapter of the novel: a text that compares pride to a growing thing (reference only), civilization / monuments / inspire, a speaking task with an imagined meeting, essay shape (introduction, body, conclusion), reading the novel’s introduction and Chapter 1 (reference only)
Unit 2 Hands Help, Hearts Care: kindness, volunteering and modals Unit 2 Hands Help, Hearts Care (A): a story-like text about a small kindness (reference only), overwhelmed / isolated / irresistible / fade / optimism, a speaking task on showing respect, volunteering words and a listening text (our own read-aloud text), should / shouldn’t / must / mustn’t / have to
Unit 2 Hands Help, Hearts Care: duty, the five senses and story sequence Unit 2 Hands Help, Hearts Care (B) and Chapter 2 of the novel: a first-person text by a rescue worker (reference only), rescue / risky / obligation / emergency / trust / protect, a speaking task on bravery, the descriptive essay and the five senses, Chapter 2 of the novel (reference only)
Unit 3 Truth Vs. Lies: tricks, kind advice and conditionals Unit 3 Truth Vs. Lies (A): a text on trust, honesty and trickery (reference only), reputation / deceive / betrayed / exploit and the idioms ‘too good to be true’ and ‘trust but verify’, a role-play on a suspicious offer, an advice interview (our own read-aloud text), healthy boundaries, the zero, first and second conditionals
Unit 3 Truth Vs. Lies: rumours, essay plans and story tension Unit 3 Truth Vs. Lies (B) and Chapter 3 of the novel: a text on rumours and misleading words (reference only), rumour / misinformation / awareness, questions about causes and effects, an essay outline with a hook and a thesis, peer feedback (two stars and a wish), Chapter 3 of the novel (reference only)
Review 1: words, grammar and reading Review 1 (Units 1–3 and the novel so far): vocabulary and meanings, past tenses, modals and conditionals, a translation check, a reading text on a city topic, essay questions, a descriptive writing task, three questions on the story
Unit 4 Save and Shine: green changes, campaigns and verb patterns Unit 4 Save and Shine (A): an article on green industry (reference only), depletion / renewable / sustainable / eco-friendly, a role-play between a factory owner and an adviser, a campaign to cut waste (our own read-aloud text), reusable / campaign / waste / reduce / swap, verbs followed by to + infinitive or -ing
Unit 4 Save and Shine: reports, formal emails and symbols Unit 4 Save and Shine (B) and Chapter 4 of the novel: a story-like text about a school team that checks a resource (reference only), survey / observations / mission / impact / assembly, a speaking task on a class team, the formal email, Chapter 4 of the novel (reference only)
Unit 5 Using Technology at Schools: languages, some and any, and quantifiers Unit 5 Using Technology at Schools (A): a text on why learning a language matters, with if-sentences (reference only), fluency / tolerance / hesitation / perspectives / expanding, speaking with second conditional questions, a learner’s story and a listening on study tools (our own read-aloud texts), some and any, countable and uncountable nouns with many / much / a few / a little
Unit 5 Using Technology at Schools: feelings, informal emails and turning points Unit 5 Using Technology at Schools (B) and Chapter 5 of the novel: a story-like text about a traveller who cannot speak the language (reference only), anxious / complicated / confident / enriching, an essay on being multilingual, the informal email, Chapter 5 of the novel (reference only)
Unit 6 Job Hunting: first jobs, the STAR plan and articles Unit 6 Job Hunting (A): an article on finding work today (reference only), word forms (qualify, employ, succeed, professional, compete), resume / polished / footprint / generic / approach / attitude, a role-play of career advice, interview words and the STAR plan (our own read-aloud text), a / an / the and no article
Unit 6 Job Hunting: reading a CV, writing my CV and story themes Unit 6 Job Hunting (B) and Chapter 6 of the novel: a sample resume (reference only), analysis / coordinator / promotional, the parts of a CV, action verbs, writing a first CV, Chapter 6 of the novel (reference only)
Review 2 and Term 1 round-up Review 2 (Units 4–6 and the novel) and the Term 1 review: vocabulary in context, verb patterns, quantifiers, articles, a translation check, a reading text about a company, email and CV questions, a writing task, three questions on the story, and a look back at the whole term
The Egyptian Ministry of Education and Technical Education (MOETE) is not affiliated with, and does not endorse, Darslab. Lessons follow the order of the Ministry’s textbooks; all explanations, exercises and quizzes are Darslab’s own. Pictures of animals, plants and objects: Twemoji, CC BY 4.0.
