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Looking back at Term 1

Week 15 · 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 · 3 lessons
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Looking back at Term 1: my portfolio paragraph

English Preparatory 1 Term 1, Review 2: pp. 101–103
GoalLook back at Term 1 and write a portfolio paragraph about what I learned.
New words
portfolio · a collection of your best worklook back · think about what happenedproud · feeling happy about what you didprogress · getting better step by stepgoal · something you want to reachrule · what we must or mustn’t do
Explanation

Look back at Term 1. In Unit 1 you learned about digital habits, adverbs of frequency and emails. In Unit 2 you learned about learning styles, can and can’t, and the present continuous. In Unit 3 you read about role models and used the past simple. In Unit 4 you made smart choices with if + will and should. In Unit 5 you made plans with going to. In Unit 6 you used must and mustn’t and wrote a post. Your portfolio paragraph is 60 to 80 words (up to 100 if you can) and has six ideas: my digital habits, how I learn, a role model, a smart choice, my dream, and one rule I keep. Use the present simple, the past simple, going to and must. Join ideas with because, but and so.

IdeaFrame
Digital habitsI … use … but I never … .
How I learnI learn best with … .
A role modelI admire … because … .
A smart choiceLast week I made a smart choice: … .
My dreamI’m going to be … .
One rule I keepI must … .
Worked examples

This term I learned a lot. I use my laptop for homework, but I never share my password. I learn best with pictures, so I draw mind maps. I admire my grandmother because she never gave up. Last week I made a smart choice: I told the truth. I’m going to be a teacher. I must keep the rules in my class and protect my school.

Read and listen to a model portfolio paragraph.
I can …Unit
talk about digital habits with always, never1
say how I learn and what I can do2
tell about a role model in the past3
give advice and say results4
talk about plans with going to5
say rules with must and mustn’t6
Term 1 can-do list. Say Yes, A little or Not yet for each.
Think–Pair–Share. Tell your partner the Unit you liked best and why.
Class activity

Make a portfolio page. Write your paragraph on a clean page, check the grammar and punctuation with a grown-up, and add a title. Keep it for next term. You can draw a small picture of something you are proud of.

Practice
1
Which idea does this sentence belong to: “Last week I made a smart choice: I told the truth.”
2
Write a sentence about your digital habits with a connector but.
3
Write a sentence about a role model with because.
4
Write a sentence about your dream with going to.
5
Writing: write your portfolio paragraph with all six ideas, about 70 words.