Scheme of Work – Year 7

This scheme of work is a guide for teachers teaching Year 7 classes. It incorporates the use of the Gateway to English 1 textbook
and workbook and represents one year’s study. Teachers should feel free to change, modify, supplement and vary the content of
this scheme according to their students’ needs and abilities. There is a lot of material in the two books and it is unlikely that all
eighteen units will be completed in full.

Although every effort should be made to move sequentially through the textbook, it is expected that some materials might be
selectively left out. In order to make this selection more systematic, topics have been differentiated into three categories. These are
denoted in the following way:

* represents work suitable for academically challenged learners (and presupposes study by average and able students).
** represents work suitable for academically average learners (and thereby includes higher level achievers).
*** represents extension work suitable for academically able learners.

Teachers should take advantage of the ICT resources available at their respective schools to supplement the activities in this
scheme of work wherever possible.

Teachers should also be conscious of the fact that diagnosis of student needs and areas of concern and improvement should be an
ongoing process, using both formative and summative assessment.

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 Year 7 Scheme of Work
Core Textbook: Gateway to English 1

Unit/Topic Writing Reading Listening and Grammar & Vocabulary Study Skills
Speaking Language use

UNIT 1 Genre: Descriptive * Brochure * Dialogue * Have/has (got) * Clothes * Using a glossary
* Character (adventure session * Nouns * Physical
Yusri and you descriptions (1st camp) (Discussion on Attributes
and 3rd person): * Narrative (camp clothing) * Parts of the
core journal) body
* Introductions
Focus on: Focus on:
(a) Handwriting (a) Direct questions
(b) Use of capital (b) Identifying
letters sequence of
(c) Full stop Events
(c) Simple inference

UNIT 2 Genre: Descriptive * Narrative (Ghost *** Biodata of a * Possessive ‘s * Family

** Brief personal story) penfriend * Subject relationships
Family and friends descriptions (listening) pronouns * Rooms in a
(3rd person): Focus on: * Regular plurals house
core (a) Why questions * there is/ there *** Countries and
(b) Finding explicit are nationalities
* Extended information ** Computer terms
description (c) Simple
(1st person): inference
extension (d) Continuing a
text (by
Focus on: predicting
(a) Basic from the
paragraphing context)
Informal letter
format (in
the form of an
E-mail)

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 Unit/Topic Writing Reading Listening and Grammar & Vocabulary Study Skills
Speaking Language use

UNIT 3 Genre: Descriptive * Superman * Discussing * Can/can’t * Abilities * Making a study

* Extended * Short biography routines and * Verbs * Hobbies timetable
description (3rd (Helen Keller) interests * Present simple
Life can be a person): core (making tense
challenge Focus on: interrogatives) * Telling the time
Genre: Narrative (a) Who questions * What time +
*** Superheroes in (b) Pronoun present simple
action: reference
extension (c) Applying own
experiences
Focus on:
(a) gathering
information on
interests,
routines and
making a
biodata

UNIT 4 Genre: Descriptive * Real animals, * Exchanging * Present simple * Animal names * Dictionary skills
* Description of fantasy animals information (singular and * Animal parts (alphabetical
Animals around fantasy animals: through yes/no plural * Size and colour order)
the world core Focus on: questions questions + * Adjectives
(a) Predicting short answers)
Focus on: content * Adjectives
(a) Using a table (b) Information before nouns
to plan transfer to table
content (c) Collating
(b) Proof-reading information
(capitalisation, from text
verbs, (d) Inference and
paragraphing deduction
(c) Expanding * Summary skills 1
notes
Focus on
(a) Classifying into
groups
(b) Generalising

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 Unit/Topic Writing Reading Listening and Grammar & Vocabulary Study Skills
Speaking Language use

UNIT 5 Genre: Factual * Interview (a * Recording * Verb ‘to be’: * Animal * Using a
* Description, veterinary officer) information present tense classification dictionary and
Man and animals problem and *** Animal poem from a forms (+ve, -ve (wild/farm/pet thesaurus
solutions: * Narrative telephone and questions) animals)
core (traditional story) conversation * Contracted * Basic medical
and a medical forms terms
Focus on: Focus on: consultation * Present simple
(a) Allocating (a) Finding (negative)
sentences to explicit and * Making an * Common
paragraphs implied appointment by irregular plurals
(b) Sequencing information telephone
sentences in (b) Evaluating
paragraphs characters * Question and
answer to
complete a
survey form

* Following a
story

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 Unit/Topic Writing Reading Listening and Grammar & Vocabulary Study Skills
Speaking Language use

UNIT 6 Genre: * Multi-format * Identifying * Demonstratives: * Environment ** Proof-reading

Argumentative information – opinions and this, that, these, and
Animals in danger * Short letter to text, table, attitudes in a those Conservation
newspaper graph, map, conversation * Prepositions of
expressing pictures place: Where
opinions: (endangered * Discussing is/are…?
core animals) pictures and
identifying
*** Animal poem * Newspaper differences
reports and
Genre: Descriptive letters (captured
* Description of python)
an animal:
core Focus on:
(a) Extracting and
Focus on: collating
(a) Expanding information in
notes in varied formats
paragraphs (b) Identifying
(b) Proof-reading explicit
(punctuation, information
paragraphing)

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 Unit/Topic Writing Reading Listening and Grammar & Vocabulary Study Skills
Speaking Language use

UNIT 7 Genre: Narrative * Childhood * Comparing * Time concept: * Household items *** Basic research
*** Childhood experiences homes of the past, present, skills for locating
Brunei memories experiences: past and future information
core Focus on: present day * Time
(a) Finding explicit prepositions: in,
Focus on: and implicit *** Life in Kg Ayer on, at
(a) Concept of the information in the 60’s * Time
past, present (b) Application to expressions with
and future own ago
experience * Possessives his,
(c) Pronoun her, their, my,
reference your, our

** Summary skills 2
(word
association)

UNIT 8 Genre: Factual * Identifying * Time * Substances and *** Creating a list of
* Past tense * Multi-format keywords prepositions: in, materials points
Ancient Egypt descriptive and information – for, from, to *** Peer checking
narrative: text, inserts, * More irregular and editing
core map, timeline past tense verbs *** Choosing
(Egypt) * Past tense relevant
Genre: Narrative * Use of dictionary
*** Factual Focus on: sequencing definitions
narrative (1st (a) Finding explicit adverbs
person): and implied
extension information
(b) Transferring
Focus on: information into
(a) Use of a flow
sequencing diagram
adverbs
(b) Creating a list
of points
(c) Peer checking
and editing

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 Unit/Topic Writing Reading Listening and Grammar & Vocabulary Study Skills
Speaking Language use

UNIT 9 Genre: Narrative *** Summary skills 3 * Past simple * Artifacts and its * Planning a story
* Fantasy story- (simple negative uses * Editing
Discovering the a journey paraphrasing) ** Past simple ** Expanding
past through time: reducing a list of interrogatives points on a table
core words into a * Irregular verbs ** Using a
single word or ** Past simple: had flowchart for
Focus on: phrase * Past/ present planning
(a) Past tense contrast ** Paragraphing
description *** Proofreading
(b) 1st person
narrative

UNIT 10 Genre: Narrative * Greeks legend: * Reading aloud * Determiners ** Character

** Short play, Odysseus and ** Drama * Some and any adjectives
Stories and plays writing Cyclops performance * Past simple
dialogue: (yes/no
extension Focus on: questions)
(a) understanding * There was/were
Focus on: character
(a) Making titles descriptions
(b) Character (b) understanding
description setting,
(c) Setting, problems and
problems and solutions in a
solutions narrative

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 Unit/Topic Writing Reading Listening and Grammar & Vocabulary Study Skills
Speaking Language use

UNIT 11 Genre: Narrative *** Narrative ** Past simple: ** More character

* Guided (complete more irregular adjectives and
Just a bit of Wood summary graded novel) verbs household
*** Imaginative ** Adverbs of objects.
story: core Focus on: manner with –ly
(a) Understanding suffix
Focus on: development of
(a) Linking short extended story
sentences with (b) Character
and/but/so relationships
(b) Planning a (c) Finding
story examples and
reasons to
support
opinions

UNIT 12 * Book report: ** Short biography ** Expressing * Past simple * Terms related to * Developing
extension (Mohandas opinions (wh-questions) books good
Finding out Gandhi) reading habits
Focus on:
(a) Identifying the Focus on:
title, author, (a) inferring
main meanings from
characters and context
setting (b) supporting
(b) Expressing statements with
personal views examples
of the book (c) Application to
being read own experience

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 Unit/Topic Writing Reading Listening and Grammar & Vocabulary Study Skills
Speaking Language use

UNIT 13 Genre: Factual ** Newspaper * Swimming * play/do/go + * Name of sports *** Proofreading
* Directed writing report (beach lessons (wh – name of sport (tense use)
Exercise is fun! * Personal letter rescue) questions) *** Contrast of *** Using a diary
(informal letter) ** Personal thank present simple
Refer page 161 you letter and past simple
of Gateway 1 ** Frequency
for letter layout: Focus on: adverbs
core (a) Finding explicit
information
Focus on: (b) inferring word
(a) Using the meaning from
present and context
past simple in
context

UNIT 14 Genre: Factual * Exposition * Understanding ** Predicative * Football terms – ** Note-taking

** Contrastive (football facts) a description adjectives position, skills
Football description: * Poem ** Extracting * Comparing officials, skills,
extension * Football league specific sentences with locations, etc.
table information adjective + er +
Focus on: * Match report from a radio than
(a) Sentence * Rules of a game discussion
construction for * Describing
comparisons Focus on: (football kit)
(a) Finding explicit *** Comparing
information personal
(b) Simple information
deductions
(c) Collating
information
from parts of a
text
(d) Interpreting and
applying rules

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 Unit/Topic Writing Reading Listening and Grammar & Vocabulary Study Skills
Speaking Language use

UNIT 15 Genre: Factual ** Narrative (crime * Present * Name of sports

*** Commentary on story) continuous * Physical activity
Extreme sports a sport tense * Verbs
* Rules for sports Focus on: (full/contracted ** Adjectives for
** Dialogue: (a) Transferring forms) expressing
extension information to a * Must/mustn’t for opinions
diagram obligation
Focus on: (b) Following the
(a) Using commas sequence of a
in lists narrative

UNIT 16 Genre: Letter * Personal letter ** Identifying ** Going to + * Public transport ** Presentation
writing ** Weather map explicit and infinitive skills
Yusri’s Friday ** Personal letter: ** Bar graph implied * Past/ future time
morning extension ** Route map information in a * Expressions
bank * How much/how
Focus on: Focus on: transaction many?
(a) Letter format (a) Scanning for ** Negotiating a
and layout specific taxi fare
(b) Envelope information * Eliciting
layout (b) Interpreting information in a
symbols, bar group
graph and a discussion
map

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 Unit/Topic Writing Reading Listening and Grammar & Vocabulary Study Skills
Speaking Language use

UNIT 17 Genre: Descriptive * Directions to a * Identifying a ** Comparative * Natural features ** Information

* Brief place place from a sentences with * Parts of a plant mapping
Brunei adventures description of a ** Narrative description more + adjective ** Abstract
place (adventure story) * Describing a + than adjectives
information ** Interpreting place ** Imperatives for
leaflet directions directions
*** Holiday
postcard: Focus on:
extension (a) Collating
information
Focus on: from parts of a
(a) Using text
illustrations to (b) Information
support a text transfer to a
map
(c) Evaluating
decisions

UNIT 18 Genre: Descriptive * Information *** Identifying * Object pronouns ** More natural
* Biodata leaflet (Mt information ** Simple past features
Brunei Yakin! *** Imaginative Kilimanjaro) from an in-flight (more wh-
autobiography: ** Airline route map announcement questions)
extension * Conjunctions:
Focus on: and, but, so,
Focus on: (a) Interpreting a because
(a) Using route map
questions to (b) Inferring
plan content meanings from
context

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 Lower Secondary (Years 7 and 8) Resources List

Texts marked with an asterisk (*) should already be in schools

Basic Texts

*1. Gateway to English 1: A Secondary Course for Brunei Darussalam, CDD

*2. Gateway to English 2: A Secondary Course for Brunei Darussalam, CDD

Supplementary Materials

*1. Secondary English for Brunei Darussalam 1 & 2, CDD

*2. Let’s Write 1 & 2, CDD

*3. Project English 1, 2 & 3, CDD

Other Resources

1. Bell, T et al., Web of Words: Grammar and Vocabulary Activities for Primary and Secondary Students, CfBT Multimedia
Education

2. Boulter, I et al., Summary Writing in Secondary Schools, CfBT

3. Fuchs, M & Bonner, M, Grammar Express, Longman

4. McCarthy, M & O’Dell, F, English Vocabulary In Use: Elementary, CUP

5. Milliken, S, The Way Ahead in English: Secondary 2, SNP Panpac

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6. Murphy, R, Essential Grammar In Use, CUP

7. Seaton, A, English Grammar for Students, Learners Publishing

(with accompanying workbook)

8. Soars, L & Soars, J, Headway Elementary, OUP

9. Soars, L & Soars, J, Headway Pre-Intermediate, OUP

10. Swan, M, Practical English Usage, OUP

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