ENGLISH SKILLS BUILDER 6eme – Volume 1

Par Elie Satingo MIGAN, Professeur d’Anglais au CEG Hêvié (ABOMEY-CALAVI)

Didacticien de la langue anglaise
Ancien Coordonnateur des Media Sociaux de l’Association Africaine des Professeurs d’Anglais (Africa ELTA)
Ancien Formateur et Consultant en Langue et Cross culture au Corps de la Paix (Peace Corps Benin, USA Embassy)
Fondateur et President de English Workshop International
Coordonnateur National du PACE
Cel : 0166926059/0165609872/0147815238

English Skills Builder Series

PACE Situation
Learning 2025-2026n° 1: At school
Learning Situation n° 1: Loved or exploited?
Category: Online Student’s Books
Focus:
Focus: Vocabulary, Grammar, Integrative
Function Skills
and Argumentative & Explanatory
Writing USAGE: Enseignement - Apprentissage - Evaluation

USAGE: Integration, TD, Renforcement, Cours de Maison, Cours en ligne…

Cel : 0166926059/0165609872/0147815238

OVERVIEW

 Discovering the school environment

 Essential vocabulary related to greetings and introductions
 Subject pronouns with “to be” in the simple present tense
 The alphabet
 Cardinal numbers
 Asking and answering about age, origin, and place of residence
 Days of the week
 Ordinal numbers
 Reading and Listening comprehension activities
 Essential vocabulary related to classroom furniture and school supplies
 The regular plural
 The demonstratives
 The months of the year
 Saying the date
 Prepositions of position and place
 Telling the time
 The simple present of “to have”
 Having fun: Song & Poem
 Integration

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Classroom Language for Beginners (English – French)

English Français
Good morning, class. Bonjour la classe.
How are you today? Comment allez-vous aujourd’hui ?
I am fine, thank you. Je vais bien, merci.
Let’s start the lesson. Commençons la leçon.
Listen, please. Écoutez, s’il vous plaît.
Repeat after me. Répétez après moi.
Read the text. Lisez le texte.
Write this in your notebook. Écrivez ceci dans votre cahier.
Open your book. Ouvrez votre livre.
Close your book. Fermez votre livre.
Look at the board. Regardez le tableau.
Stand up. Levez-vous.
Sit down. Asseyez-vous.
Work in pairs. Travaillez par deux.
Work in groups. Travaillez en groupes.
Raise your hand. Levez la main.
Be quiet, please. Silence, s’il vous plaît.
May I come in? Puis-je entrer ?
Sorry, I am late. Désolé(e), je suis en retard.
I don’t understand. Je ne comprends pas.
Please, can you repeat? Pouvez-vous répéter, s’il vous plaît ?
How do you say 'eau' in English? Comment dit-on « eau » en anglais ?
What does this word mean? Que veut dire ce mot ?
I don’t know. Je ne sais pas.
Can I go out, please? Puis-je sortir, s’il vous plaît ?
That’s all for today. C’est tout pour aujourd’hui.
See you tomorrow. À demain.
Goodbye. Au revoir.

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Lesson n°1: Starter Situation
Skills: Integrative skills
Activity 1: Picture Observation
Instruction: Listen and repeat

A classroom A teacher and students A teacher and students

At school

Activity 2 : Matching game.

Instruction : Match the words in column A to their meanings in French in column B.
Column A : Column B :
1- A school a- Un/Une élève
2- A teacher b- Une salle de classe
3- A student c- Une école
4- A classroom d- Un professeur
Activity 3: Unscrambling letters
Instruction: Reorder the letters to form the correct words.
1- erhcaet
2- sutendt
3- romoclsas
4- soochl

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 Sequence 1: Greetings and introductions
Lesson n°2:
Vocabulary: Greetings and introductions

Lead-in

Instruction: Look at these pictures.

Picture N° 1 Picture N° 2 Picture N° 3

Presentation

Instruction: Listen and repeat these dialogues.

A- Morning Greeting – 00h00 -11h59 B- Afternoon Greeting – 12h00-17h59

Dialogue 1: Dialogue 2:
Anita: Good morning! Fifamè: Good afternoon!
Hermione: Good morning! My name Kouagou: Good afternoon! My name
is Hermione. What is your name? is Kouagou. What is your name?
Anita: My name is Anita. Nice to Fifamè: My name is Fifamè. Nice to
meet you! meet you!
Hermione: Nice to meet you too. Kouagou: Nice to meet you too.

C- Evening Greeting – 18h00-23h59 D- Hello/Hi - (Any time)

Dialogue 3: Dialogue 4:
Koffi: Good evening! Joseph: Hello!
Sotiré: Good evening! My name is Crépine: Hi! My name is Crépine.
Sotiré. What is your name? What is your name?
Koffi: My name is Koffi. Nice to meet Joseph: My name is Joseph. Nice to
you! meet you.
Sotiré:
. Nice to meet you too. Crépine: Nice to meet you too.

E- Goodbye (wave hand as leaving)

Dialogue 5:
Anna: Goodbye, Peter!
Peter: Goodbye, Anna! See you tomorrow.

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Note:

Moment Time periods Greetings

Morning 00h00-11h59 Good morning
Afternoon 12h00-17h59 Good afternoon
Evening 18h00-23h59 Good evening
Morning – Afternoon- Evening Any time Hello/Hi
Waving hand as leaving Any time Goodbye

NB:
Surname/Last name = Nom de famille
Given name/First name = Prénom

Practice

Activity 1: Match the words to their meanings in French.

Words Meanings in French

1- Good morning a- Salut
2- Good afternoon b- Au revoir
3- Goodbye c- Bon après-midi
4- Good evening d- Bonsoir
5- Hello/Hi e- Bonjour

Activity 2: Complete this table.

Time period Greeting

1- 6h00 ………………………………………………….……..
2- 14h20 ……………………………………………….………..
3- 19h00 ………………………………………………...……….
4- Any time ………………………………………………..………..

Production

Activity 3: Reorder these words to make a meaningful dialogue, then practice it with a partner.
Thomas: /evening/!/Good/
Rose: /name/is/My/Rose/./your/What/?/is/name/evening/Good/!/
Thomas: My/is/Thomas/name/./ to/you/meet/Nice/./
Rose: meet/Nice/to/too/./you

Homework

Write 3 short dialogues using different greetings.

Practise at home with a family member.
Be ready to greet your teacher in English next class.

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 Lesson n°3:
Structure: Subject pronouns with “to be” in the simple present tense
Lead-in

Look at me. I am the teacher. Now, look at your friend. You are students.

Activity 1: Listen and repeat these sentences. Then underline the personal pronoun and the verb “to be”
in each sentence.
1- I am a teacher.
2- You are a student.
3- Jacques and Leonard are boys.
4- Anita is a girl.
Presentation

Note:
A- Personal pronouns and the verb “to be”
Pronouns To be Example
I am I am a student.
You are You are my friend.
He is He is a teacher.
She is She is my sister.
It is It is a cat.
We are We are in class.
You are You are in class.
They are They are happy.

Note: John and I = We

John and Anita = They
Assiba and you = You (plural)
B- The verb “to be” in the different forms

1- Affirmative form 2- Negative form

(Full form) (Contracted form) (Full form) (Contracted form)
I am I’m I am not I’m not
You are You’re You are not You aren’t
He/She/It is He’s/She’s/It’s He/She/It is not He/She/It isn’t
We are We’re We are not We aren’t
You are You’re You are not You aren’t
They are They’re They are not They aren’t

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 3- Interrogative form 4- Structure & Examples
Am I? Affirmative form: S+ am/are/is/+object
Are you? Example: You are a student.
Is he/she/it? Negative form: S+ am/are/is/+not +object
Are we? Example: You are not a teacher.
Are you? Interrogative form: Am/Are/Is +S+ object+?
Are they? Example: Is Alex a teacher?

Activity 2: Listen and role play this dialogue with your partner. Then switch roles.
John: Hi Anita! Are you a teacher?
Anita: No, I am not. I am a student. And you?
John: I am a student too.
NB: Who + to be = asks about identity (a person)
What + to be = asks about profession, thing, or category
Questions Answers
Who are you? I am Antoinette.
What are you? I am a teacher.
Practice
What is it? It is a book.
Activity 1: Put the verbs in brackets into the simple present tense and then replace each subject with the
correct personal pronoun.
1- John (to be) a student.
2- Donatien (to be) a teacher .
3- Assiba and you (not to be) teachers.
4- Amira and Rebacca (to be) friends?
5- Fifamè (not to be) happy.
Activity 2: Turn these sentences into the indicated form.
1- Hélène is happy. (Negative form)
2- Josephine is a teacher. (Interrogative form)
3- Armelle and Armella are not twins. (Affirmative form)
4- Are you happy? (Negative form)
5- Sophie is not happy. (Interrogative form)

Production
Instruction: Answer these questions orally.
- Are you a teacher?
- Are you a student?
- Is John a teacher?
- Who are you?
Homework

Instruction: Reorder the words to form the correct sentences.

1- I/am/a/not/./teacher/
2- you/Are/happy/?/
3- She/a /is/student/./
4- Amira/Deborah/./friends/and/
5- Joyce/a/is/./girl

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 Lesson n°4:
Vocabulary: The Alphabet

Energizer

Listen to this audio carefully.

Source: https://youtu.be/ccEpTTZW34g?feature=shared

Lead-in

What image is this?

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Presentation

Activity 1: Listen and repeat.

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Activity 2: Listen and role play this dialogue with your partner. Then switch roles.

Dialogue:

Josiane: My name is Josiane? What is your name?

Eliane: My name is Eliane.

Josiane: How do you spell it?

Eliane: E-L-I-A-N-E

Activity 3: Listen and learn this alphabet song.

Source: https://youtu.be/ccEpTTZW34g?feature=shared

Practice

Instruction: How do you spell the following names?

ANITA SAMADOU KOUAGOU NEKIMA

Production

Play Alphabet Bingo: Give each student 6 or 7 random letters; teacher calls letters; students cross out matches.

First to cross all says “Bingo!”

Example: E T C A H R E

Answer: TEACHER

Homework

Write 5 words you know (from class or life) and underline the first letter.

Example: T eacher

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Lesson n°5:
Vocabulary: Cardinal Numbers

Lead-in

What is this picture about?

Presentation

Activity 1: Listen and repeat.

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Activity 2: Listen and role play this dialogue with your partner. Then switch roles.
John: How many students are there in the classroom?
Hélène: There are 70 students in the classroom.
John: How many teachers are there in the classroom?
Hélène: There is one teacher in the classroom.

Practice

Activity 1: Complete this table.

Numbers Letters
5 ………………………………………
15 ………………………………………
………………………………………….. Thirty-six
60 ……………………………………...
…………………………………………. Seventy-five
………………………………………….. Twenty-nine
………………………………………….. Forty-two
98 ……………………………………..
100 ……………………………………..

Production

Instruction: Answer questions based on the picture below. (Oral communication)

1- How many students are there in the classroom?

2- How many teachers are there in the classroom?

Model: There are/is……………………………….in the classroom.

Homework

Write your parents’ phone number in English words.

Complete with the correct words.
1- One + One =…………………….
2- Twenty-one +………………= Thirty
3- .....................+ fifty= One hundred
4- Twenty + Twenty=……………………

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Lesson n°6:
Function: Asking and Answering about age, origin, and where you live

Lead-in

Instruction: Look at carefully the picture answer the questions below.

Joseph Debora
h

I am from I am From Lokossa.

Malanville. I live in I live in Abomey. I
Cotonou. I am 12. am 11 years old.

Questions:
- Where is Joseph from?
- How old is Joseph?
- Where does Anita live?
- Is Anita 15 years old?

Presentation

Instruction: Listen and role play this dialogue with your partner. Then switch roles.
Joseph: Hi Debora. Where are you from?
Debora: Hello Joseph. I am from Lokossa. And you?
Joseph: I am from Malanville. Where do you live?
Deborah: I live in Abomey. And you?
Joseph: I live in Cotonou. How old are you?
Deborah: I am eleven years old. And you?
Joseph: I am twelve.

Note:

1- Asking and answering about age

Question: How old are?
Answer: I am………(years old.)

2- Asking and answering about origin

Question: Where are you from?
Answer: I am from…………………..

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 3- Asking and answering about the place of residence
Question: Where do you live?
Answer: I live in……………………………..

 Illustration

Questions Answers
How old are you? I am 12 (years old).
Where are you from? I am from Athiémé.
Where do you live? I live in Hêvié.

Practice

Activity 1: Match the names to the personal information.

Names Personal information

1- Yayi Boni a- I am 65 years old. I am from Ouidah. I live in New York and Paris.
2- Patrice Talon b- I am 67. I am from Ouidah. I live in Cotonou.
3- Angélique Kidjo c- I am 73 years old. I am from Tchaourou.I live in Cotonou.

Activity 2: Reorder these words so as to get the correct sentences.

1- from/I/am/./Bohicon/
2- lives/Hubert/Lomé/in/./
3- are/Where/?/you/from/
4- you/Where/do/live/?/
5- How/is/old/?/Zenabou/

Production

Instruction: Ask and answer the following questions orally with your partners.
1- How old are you?
2- Where are you from?
3- Where do you live?

Homework

Instruction: Write a short paragraph about yourself using the structures:

1. My name is………………………………
2. I am…………………………..years old.
3. I am from……………………………….
4. I live in………………………………….

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Lesson n°7:
Vocabulary: Days of the Week and Ordinal Numbers.
Lead-in

Instruction: Look at carefully the picture and answer the questions below.

Questions:
- What is this?
- What can you read on it?
Presentation

Activity 1: Listen and repeat.

Days of the week

Question: How many days are there in the week?

Answer: There are seven days in the week. They are: Monday – Tuesday – Wednesday – Thursday – Friday
– Saturday and Sunday.

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Activity 2: Listen and repeat.
Ordinal numbers

Question: What is the first day of the week?

Answer: The first day of the week is Monday.

Question: What is the seventh day of the week?

Answer: The seventh day of the week is Sunday.

Activity 3: Listen and role play this dialogue with your partner. Then switch roles.
Joyce: Hi Glorieuse! How many days are there in the week?
Glorieuse: Hello Joyce. There are seven days in the week.
Joyce: What is the fourth day of the week?
Glorieuse: The fourth day of the week isThursday.
Joyce: Is Wednesday the sixth day of the week?
Glorieuse: No, it is not.
Joyce: Is Tuesday the second day of the week?
Glorieuse: Yes, it is.

Practice

Activity 1: Memory chain

Instruction: Play this game with your mates.
 First student says: Monday, first
 Second student: Monday, first. Tuesday, second.
 Continue around the class adding days and ordinal numbers.

Activity 2: Find your partner

Instruction: Play this game with your mates.
 Give half the class day cards (Monday, Tuesday…) and the other half ordinal number cards (First,
Second…..).
 Students walk around to find their matching partner.

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Production

Instruction: Ask and answer the following questions orally with your partners.
1- What is the first day of the week?
2- What is the fourth day of the week?
3- What day is after Wednesday?
4- What day is before Sunday?

Homework

Instruction: Write five sentences using ordinal numbers and days of the week.

Model: The first day of the week is Monday.

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Lesson n°8: Reading activity
Lead-in

Instruction: Look at carefully the picture and answer the questions below.

Questions:
- What do you see in the picture above?
- Where are the students?

Pre-reading

Answer the following questions orally:

- What is your name?
- Are you from Lomé?
- Do you live in Cotonou?
- Are you 17 years old?

While-reading

Text:
My name is Yvette. I am 10 years old. I am from Allada. I live in Cotonou. I am a student in form 1. My school is
Houeyiho Secondary School. My English teacher is Jeannette. She is from Abomey. She is very kind.

Unpublished
Activity 1: Answer by True or False.
1- Yvette is twelve years old.
2- Yvette lives in Cotonou.
3- Her English teacher is Jeannette.
4- Jeanette is from Porto-Novo.

Activity 2: Answer these questions on the text.

1- How old is Yvette?
2- Where does she live?
3- What is Yvette?

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 4- What is Jeannette?
5- Is Jeannette a student?
6- Where is Jeannette from?

Activity 3: Put the verbs in brackets into the simple present tense.
1- Yvette (to be) a student.
2- She (to be) 10 years old.
3- Jeannette (to be) a teacher?
4- Yvette (not to be) from Allada.

Post-reading

Instruction: Introduce yourself aloud, just like Yvette:

 My name is…………………………………….
 I am…………………………………..years old.
 I am from…………………………………….…
 I live in…………………………………….……
 My school is………………………………..….
 My English teacher is………………………..

Homework

Write a short paragraph about yourself using the same structure as Yvette’s text.

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Sequence 2: Classroom furniture and school supplies
Lesson n°9:
Vocabulary: Classroom furniture

Lead-in

What is it?

Presentation

Activity 1: Look, listen and repeat.

Window Desk Bench

Door Table Stool

Chair Blackboard Classroom

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 Activity 2: Listen and repeat.

What is it?

- It is a chair.

What is it?

- It is a stool.
- Is it a table?
- No, it is not a table.

Practice

Activity 1: Reorder the letters to form the correct words.

1- oostl
2- airch
3- dowinw
4- ablet
5- chbne

Activity 2: Complete with the correct words.

1-It is a ……………….. 2- It is a……………………… 3- It is a……………………..

Production

Instruction: Answer the questions orally.

Is it a window?
What is it?

What is it? Is it a stool?

Homework

Draw your classroom and write the names of five things in it.

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Lesson n°10:
Vocabulary: School supplies
Lead-in

What do you see in the pictures below?

Picture N°1 Picture N° 2 Picture N° 3

Presentation

Instruction: Look, listen and repeat.

Pen Chalk Pencil Duster Eraser

Map Sharpener Pencil case Clock Ruler

Bag Slate Book Copy-book Scisssor

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 Practice

Activity 1: Match the words in column A to their meanings in French in column B.

Column A Column B
1- Book a- Gomme
2- Copy-book b- Stylo à bille
3- Pencil c- Sciseau
4- Chalk d- Ardoise
5- Bag e- Sac
6- duster f- Effaceur
7- Scissor g- Cahier
8- Slate h- Crayon
9- Eraser i- Livre
10- Pen j- Craie

Activity 2: Name these school supplies.

 It is a…………………………….. 2. It is a…………………… 3. It is an………………………………

Production
Instruction : Answer the questions orally.

What is it? What is it?

Is it a pencil? Is it a ruler?

Homework

Drawing task : Draw 5 school supplies you learned today. Write their names under each drawing.
Example :

A pencil

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 Lesson n°11:
Structure: The regular plural
Lead-in

Instruction: Look at carefully the picture and answer the questions below.

Picture N° 1 Picture N° 2 Picture N° 3

Questions :
- What do you see in each picture ?
- How many pens are there in picture 1 ?
- How many pens are there in picture 2 ?
- How many students are there in picture 3 ?
Presentation
Instruction: Listen and repeat.
1- There is one pen in picture 1.
2- There are four pens in picture 2.
3- There are three students in picture 3.
Note:
Rules for Regular Plurals:
1- Most nouns: add -s → pen → pens, book → books

A pen Four pens A book Six books

2- Nouns ending in s, x, z, ch, sh: add -es → bench → benches

A bench Two benches

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 NB:
 There is + singular noun →When talking about one thing.
Example: There is a book on the desk.
 There are + plural noun →When talking about more than one thing.
Example: There are three books on the desk.

Practice

Activity 1 : Complete this table.

Singular Plural
Table ………………………………………………………
………………………………………………….. Windows
Copy-book ……………………………………………………..
…………………………………………………. Pencils
Bench …………………………………………………….
Stool …………………………………………………….
…………………………………………………. Chairs
Box …………………………………………………….

Activity 2: Put the words in brackets into the correct form.

1- There is one (chair) in the corner.
2- There are two (desk) in front of thye window.
3- There are ten (pen) on the table.
4- There is one (ruler) in the pencil case.
5- There are three (school bus) in the school.
6- There are many (book) in the cupboard.
7- There is one (eraser) in the bag.
8- There are five (poster) on the wall.
9- There is one (teacher) in the classroom.
10- There is one (bag) under the desk.

Production

Activity: Pair Work “I see…”

Instruction: Look around the classroom and say in pairs what you see. Use the plural form.
Example: I see two windows. There are twenty benches.
Homework

Draw 5 things in your classroom. Write the name of each thing. Then, write its plural form.
Example:

A book Books

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 Lesson n°12:
Structure: The demonstratives
Lead-in

 Teacher walks into the classroom holding a pen and says:

Look! This is a pen.
 Then points to a chair far from them and says:
That is a chair.
 Brings two books close to the students:
These are books.
 Points to two windows far away:
Those are windows.

Question: Do you know what “this, that, these, those” mean?

Presentation

Instruction: Listen, repeat and guess the meaning.

What is this ?

This is a pen.

What is that ?

That is a pen.

What are these?

These are pens.

What are those?

Those are pens.

Note:

Near the speaker Far from the speaker

Singular → This = 1 thing near me Singular → That = 1 thing far from me
Plural → These = 2+ things near me Plural → Those = 2+ things far from me

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 Examples in the classroom:
- This is a book. (near me)
- That is a board. (far from me)
- These are pens. (near me)
- Those are chairs. (far from me)

Practice

Activity 1: Answer these questions.

1
What is this ?

2
What is that ?

3
What are these?

4
What are those?

Activity 2: Turn these sentences into the correct form.

1- These are (pencil).

2- That is a (desk).
3- Those are (ruler).
4- This is a (blackboard).
5- These are (eraser).
6- That is a (chair) .
7- These are (notebook).
8- This is a (school bag).
9- Those are (marker).
10- That is a (teacher).

Production

Activity 1 : Point and Say

- Teacher points to an object and says: "What is this/that?"
- Students answer using the correct demonstrative and object.
Activity 2 : Group Work
Students work in pairs. One student points to objects near or far and asks, the other answers.
Example:
A: What is this?
B: This is a desk.

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Activity 3: "Classroom Walk" Game
- Students walk around the class in pairs.
- They point to different objects and use this/that/these/those in sentences.
Example:
- These are markers.
- That is the teacher’s table.
Summary

Near + singular → This

Far + singular → That
Near + plural → These
Far + plural → Those

Homework

Draw 4 things in your classroom:

1 thing near you (singular)
1 thing far from you (singular)
2 things near you (plural)
2 things far from you (plural)
Write one sentence under each drawing using the correct demonstrative.
Example:
- This is a pen.
- Those are windows.

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Lesson n°13:
Vocabulary: The months of the year and Saying the date
Lead-in

Instruction: Listen to this audio carefully.

Source: https://youtu.be/Fe9bnYRzFvk?feature=shared
Questions:
- What song is this?
- When is your birthday?
- What month are we in now?
Presentation

Part A: The months of the year

Instruction: Look, listen and repeat.

Question: How many months are there in the year?

Answer: There are twelve months in the year. They are: January - February - March - April - May - June - July
- August - September – October – November - and December.

Part B: Saying the date

Note:
In British English:
Formula: Subject + to be + the+ ordinal number + of + month (+ year)
Example: It is the 1st of October, 2025.

Instruction: Listen and repeat.

Question: When is your birthday?
Answer: My birthday is on the 10th of July.
Question: What’s the date today?
Answer: Today is the 3rd of November.
Question: When is Christmas Day?
Answer: It’s the 25th of December.

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 Practice

Activity 1: Complete this table.

Events Month
Christmas ………………………………………………………..
Vodun Days ………………………………………………………..
Yams Festival ………………………………………………………..
The independence Day ………………………………………………………..

Activity 2: Answer these questions.

1- What is the second month of the year?
2- Is March the 10th month of the year?
3- What month comes before September?
4- What month comes after February?
5- What’s the date today?
6- When is your birthday?
Production

Activity 1: Missing Month Drill

- The teacher says the months in order but skip one.
- Students shout the missing month. Example: “January, February, …, April” → Students say “March!”

Activity 2: Chain Drill

Student A: “January”
Student B: “January, February”
Student C: “January, February, March”
… continue around the class.

Activity 3: Integration
 Students make a Birthday Calendar for the class.
 Each writes their birthday: “My birthday is on the 14th of February, 2026.
 Display on the wall.
Homework

Task 1: Write the missing months.

1- January,…………………, March
2- April, May, ……………………….
3- ………….., August, September
4- October, …………., December

Task 2: Match the dates to the words.

Dates Words
1- 1st
May a- The fifteenth of March
2- 15 March
th b- The twenty-third of July
3- 23rd July c- The first of May

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Lesson n°14:
Vocabulary: Prepositions of position and place

Energizer

Instruction: Listen to this audio carefully.

Source: https://youtu.be/DHb4-CCif7U?feature=shared
Lead-in
- The teacher shows students a real object (like a book and a bag) or a picture.
- The teacher puts the book on the table.
Question: Where is the book?
Presentation

Instruction: Look, listen and repeat.

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  Example in the classroom
- The pen is in the box.
- The book is on the table.
- The bag is under the chair.
- The board is behind the teacher.
- The teacher is in front of the board.
- The bag is next to the chair.
- The ball is between the shoes.
Practice

Activity 1: Fin in the gaps. Activity 2: Tick the correct answer.

Production

Activity 1: Answer this question orally.

Where is the book?

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Activity 2: Pair work (oral).
- Student A hides or places an object somewhere.
- Student B asks: “Where is the pen?”
- Student A answers: “It is under the chair.”
Homework

- Draw your classroom or bedroom.

- Write 5 sentences using the prepositions: in, on, under, behind, in front of, next to, between.

Example:

- The book is on the table.

- The shoes are under the bed.

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Lesson n°15:
Structure: Possessive adjectives
Lead-in

- Teacher shows a school bag and says: This is my bag.

- 👉 Points to a student and says: This is your bag.
Questions:
- Where is your pen?
- Where is your book?

Presentation

Instruction: Listen and repeat.

Subject Possessive Adjective Example

I My This is my book.
you your That is your chair
He his This is his pen.
She her That is her bag
It Its The classroom has its clock.
We our This is our classroom
You your This is your house.
Their their These are their tables.

Note:
 Possessive adjectives show who something belongs to. They come before a noun (object).
Practice

Activity 1: Complete the sentences with the correct possessive adjectives.

1- This book is for me. It’s…………….book.
2- This pen is for Anita. It’s………..pen.
3- These bags are for Hélène and Hélèna. They are………bags.
4- That ball is for you. It’s …………….…..ball.
5- This cat is for us. It’s ………………cat.
6- That car is for John. It’s ………..car.
7- These shoes are for the children. They are………….shoes.
8- This notebook is for me. It’s ………. .notebook.
9- That house is for my parents. It’s ………….house.
10- This bicycle is for you. It’s…………………..bicycle.

Activity 2: Reorder these words to get the correct sentences.

1- This/my/./is/book/
2- our/This/classroom/is/./
3- are/These/bags/./their/
4- This/ruler/her/./is/
5- pencil/This/is/his/./

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Production

Activity 1: Work in pairs and use classroom objects.

A: (points to bag) What is this?
B: This is my bag.
A: (points to friend’s chair) Whose chair is this?
B: This is his chair.

Activity 2: Write 6 sentences using possessive adjectives and your real classroom items.
Example:
- This is my ruler.
- That is her chair.
Homework

Draw a picture of your classroom. Label objects with sentences:

- This is my book.
- That is their desk.

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Lesson n°16:
Function: Telling the time
Lead-in

Instruction: Look at carefully the picture and answer the questions below.

Questions:
- What is this?
- Do you know how to say the time in English?
- What time is it?

Presentation

Instruction: Listen and repeat

 What time it is?/ What’s the time?

1- Full hours (o’clock.)
03:00
It’s three o’clock.
 Practice with 04:00, 06:00 , 10:00
2- Past
04:05
It’s five past four.
 Practice with 06:10, 07:20 , 11:18
3- Quarter past
10:15
It’s quarter past ten.
 Practice with 07:15, 08:15 , 02:15
4- Half past
07:30
It’s half past seven.
 Practice with 04:30, 03:30 , 02:3
5- To
07:35
It’s twenty-five to eight.
 Practice with 07:40, 08:50 , 02:55

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 6- Quarter to
11:45
It’s quarter to twelve.
 Practice with 06:45, 01:45 , 09:45
SUMMARY

NB :

1- AM and PM (meaning)
AM = morning, from midnight (00:00) to 12:00 noon.
PM = afternoon/evening, from 12:00 noon to midnight (24:00).

Example:

- School starts at 8:00 AM.

- We go home at 4:00 PM.
- We sleep at 10:00 PM.

2- Midnight, noon/midday
12:00 a.m. = midnight (00h00 in French)
12:00 p.m.= noon/midday (12h00 in French)

Practice

Activity 1 : Match the French times with their English equivalents.

French Time English Time

1- 10h45 a- 05 :15 PM
2- 13h12 b- 06 :30 PM
3- 18h30 c- 01 :12 PM
4- 17h15 d- 10 :45 AM

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 Activity 2 : Complete this table.

Time in figures Time in words

1- 10 :00 …………………………………………………………
2- 06 :30 …………………………………………………………
3- 04 :50 …………………………………………………………
4- 01 :15 …………………………………………………….…..
5- 09 :45 …………………………………………………..…….
6- 11 :22 ………………………………………………………...

Production

What time is it ? (Orally)

Homework

What time is it?

1 2 3

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 Lesson n°17:
Structure: The Simple Present of “to have”
Lead-in

- Teacher shows a school bag, a pen, and a book.

- Teacher says: "I have a pen." "I have a book."
Question:
- Do you have a pen?
- Do you have a bag?
Presentation

Instruction: Listen and repeat.

1- Affirmative form
I have a pen.
You have a book.
He/She has a bag.
We have chairs.
They have tables.
NB: I/You/We/They = have ; He/She/It = has
2- Negative form
I don’t have a ruler.
You don’t have a book.
He/She doesn’t have a pen.
We don’t have chairs.
They don’t have tables.
NB: don’t with I/You/We/They ; doesn’t with He/She/It.
Don’t = do not , doesn’t = does not
3- Interrogative form
Do you have a pen? → Yes, I do. / No, I don’t.
Does she have a bag? → Yes, she does. / No, she doesn’t.
Do they have books? → Yes, they do. / No, they don’t.

Practice
Activity 1: Put the verbs in brackets into the simple present tense.
1- Jonas (to have) a nice pen.
2- Job and Laurette (to have) nice bags?
3- I (not to have) a pencil case.
4- They ( not to have) class.
5- You (to have) a ruler?

Activity 2: Turn these sentences into the indicated form.

1- John has an eraser. (Negative form)
2- Anita has a nice pen. (Interrogative form)
3- I don’t have a ruler. (Affirmative form)
4- Do you have a scissor? (Negative form)
5- Rizikathou has a car. (Interrogative form)

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Production
Instruction: Ask and answer in with classroom objects.
A: Do you have a pen?
B: Yes, I do. / No, I don’t.
Homework

Activity 3: Fill in with : have / has / don’t have / doesn’t have / Do / Does.
1- I ___ a notebook.
2- She ___ a ruler.
3- They ___ chairs in the classroom.
4- He ___ a bag.
5- We ___ a teacher.
6- ___ you have a pen?
7- ___ she have a desk?
8- He ___ not have a book.
9- They ___ not have tables.
10- ___ they have markers?

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 Lesson n°18:
Structure: Listening Activity
Lead-in

Teacher points to different objects in the classroom and asks: What is this? (a chair, a table, a book)
Quick game: Students touch the object when the teacher says the word (e.g., Touch the bench!).
Pre-listening

Question: Are these in our classroom?

While-listening

Activity 1: Listen to the text and say whether the statements are True or False.
1- There are ten chairs in the classroom.
2- There are seven tables in the classroom.
3- The blackboard is on the wall.
4- The wastebasket is on the teacher’s desk.
Activity 2: Listen to the text and answer the questions.
1- How many chairs are there?
2- What is on the teacher’s desk?
3- Where is the clock?
Activity 3: Fill in the blanks.
1- There are ten ______ in the classroom.
2- The ______ is on the wall.
3- The students have ______ bags.
4- The wastebasket is ______ the teacher’s desk.
Post-listening

Pair work: Students look around their classroom and make 3 sentences about it.
Example:
- There are six tables..
Teacher invites 2–3 pairs to share with the class.
Homework Task

Draw your classroom at home (a simple picture). Write 5 sentences about it using today’s model:
- There is … / There are …
Example: There are twenty chairs. There is one desk.

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Lesson n°19: Having fun: Song and Poem

Part A: Song
Source: https://youtu.be/4hhZYcq9jS0?feature=shared
Instruction: Look, listen, repeat and learn.

Part B: Poem
Instruction: Look, listen, repeat and learn.

Poem
I go to school, I go to learn,
I read, I write, it’s my turn.

I see my friends, we laugh and play,

We learn new things every day.

The teacher teaches, kind and fair,

We listen, answer, and always care.

Books and pens are on my table,

I try my best and pass the test.
Unpublished

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 INTEGRATION: AIDE MEMOIRE 6eme – Volume 1 Par Elie Satingo MIGAN

Text: My school life

My name is Yvette. I am 10 years old. I am from Allada. I live in Cotonou. I go to Hêvié Secondary School. My
classroom is big and bright. There are twenty chairs and five tables. There is a blackboard on the wall. I have a
school bag. In my bag, there is a notebook and a pen. My teacher has a desk and a chair. There is a clock on the
wall. There is a wastebasket under the desk. I like my classroom very much. I am happy to learn and play with my
friends.
Unpublished
Activity 1: Read the text carefully and say if the sentences are True (T) or False (F).
1- Yvette is 14 years old.
2- She lives in Allada.
3- She goes to Hêvié Secondary School.
4- In her classroom, there is a blackboard on the wall.

Activity 2: Read the text carefully and answer the following questions.
1- What is Yvette?
2- Where is Yvette from?
3- What does Yvette have in her school bag?
4- Where is the wastebasket in the classroom?

Activity 3: Fill in the table with information from the text.

Item Information from the text
1- Student’s Age ……………………………………………………..…….
2- The residence of Yvette ……………………………………………………..…….
3- Number of chairs ………………………………..…………………….……
4- Classroom object on the wall ……………………………………………………………

Activity 4: Turn these sentences into the indicated form.

1- Yvette is ten years old. (Negative form)
2- Anita has a school bag. (Interrogative form)
3- I don’t have a ruler. (Affirmative form)
4- Yvette is not from Allada. (Affirmative form)
5- Yvette is happy to learn and play with her friends. (Interrogative form)

Activity 5: Choose the correct word.

1- This pen is for Alain. It is (her, his, their) pen.
2- Joyce and Thomas (are, is, am) friends.
3- John is ten years (age, old, number).
4- The teacher is in front (on, of, in) the students.
5- Agnès doesn’t (has, have, to have) a pencil case.

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Activity 6: Fill in the blanks with the correct answer.

Activity 7: Writing corner.

Topic 1: Write a short paragraph about yourself by answering the following questions:
- What is your name?
- What are you?
- How old are you?
- Where are you from?
- Where do you live?
- Do you have a bag?
- Do you have a ruler?

Topic 2: Write a short paragraph by answering these questions:

- When is your birthday?
- When do you have English class?

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