15/15 weeks ready · Follows the order of the Egyptian Ministry of Education and Technical Education textbook English, Preparatory Schools, Year One (Grade 7), Student’s Book, Term 1. All explanations, dialogs, exercises and quizzes are Darslab’s own.
Term 1Start Smart (revision); Unit 1 Life in a Digital World; Unit 2 Learning to Learn; Unit 3 Role Models; Review 1; Unit 4 Smart Choices; Unit 5 Future Dreams; Unit 6 Global Citizens; Review 2 and the Term 1 review
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Start Smart: hello again Start Smart (revision) and the Unit 1 opener: a short dialog, present simple, a / an / some, prepositions, word order, a paragraph about myself
A day in a digital life Unit 1 Life in a Digital World (A): a blog about a day with devices (reference only), noun / verb / adjective, tech words, screen time, adverbs of frequency, an email about devices (reference only), word families
Safe and smart online Unit 1 (B): a story chapter (reference only), cheerful / curious / collaborate / challenge, an email to a friend about my digital day, capital letters, a digital safety poster, Assessment Corner
Learning in different ways Unit 2 Learning to Learn (A): learning styles (a text for reading – reference only), mind maps, learning problems, can / can’t, present continuous, learning together, spidergram
My learning plan and journal Unit 2 (B): a story chapter (reference only), respect / ambition / courage / determination, my learning plan paragraph, full stop and question mark, a learning journal, Assessment Corner
Heroes and role models Unit 3 Role Models (A): an Egyptian scientist’s biography (reference only), hero qualities, past simple, a thinker’s biography (reference only), suffixes and prefixes
A hero who made a difference Unit 3 (B): a story chapter (reference only), values words, writing a biography with commas, a role model poster, Assessment Corner
Review of Units 1 to 3 Review 1 (Units 1–3): technology, learning and character words, a talk about transport (audio, not used), an email to a teacher, word classification, a passage, a dialog, grammar choices, a short biography
Smart choices and results Unit 4 Smart Choices (A): a decision and its result (reference only), decision / evaluate / positive / negative / responsible / careless, consequences, first conditional, should / shouldn’t, an interview (reference only), synonyms and antonyms
Advice, fairness and a rules poster Unit 4 (B): a story chapter (reference only), fairness and honesty, asking for and giving advice, a blog post with exclamation marks, a classroom rules poster, Assessment Corner
Future dreams and plans Unit 5 Future Dreams (A): a career advertisement (reference only), jobs and plans, talent and effort, be going to, a plan for a future career (reference only), collocations
My dream job: a review Unit 5 (B): a story chapter (reference only), purpose and hope, writing a review of a dream job, the apostrophe, a dream job mind map, Assessment Corner
Global citizens: rules and our river Unit 6 Global Citizens (A): a school handbook text (reference only), respect and responsibility, volunteers, must / mustn’t, review of tenses, an ocean text (reference only), connectors because / so / although / but
Making a difference Unit 6 (B): a story chapter (reference only), fair play and teamwork, writing a social media post, a Dos and Don’ts poster, Assessment Corner
Looking back at Term 1 Review 2 (Units 4–6) and the Term 1 review: decisions, careers and citizenship words, a passage about a hard choice (the book’s – not reused), an email about a dream job, a gapped text, a dialog, tenses and conditionals, a short biography, 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.
