Brainix English
6th grade high school
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Chapter 1: Exploring the USA
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Planning a Trip to the USA
The semester takes place in the USA. This is where the first contact with Annie, the exchange partner, begins, and the regions and culture of the USA are authentically introduced.
Topics: Everyday life and leisure activities in the area of travel, life in the city/country USA, geographical USA, diversity of the states of the USA
Grammar: Indefinite Pronouns
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American Way of Life
The journey to New York begins. On the plane, the USA and its culture are introduced through sports, music, and holidays.
Topics: Airport, American Sports, Country & Hip Hop Music, Holidays/Festivals/Customs/Traditions, Thanksgiving, Independence Day
Grammar: Repeating the Simple Past
Chapter 2: New York City
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The Grand Central Station
Once you arrive at Grand Central Station, you can explore some of New York City's most important sights.
Topics: Life in the city in the USA and comparison with one's own life, train station, weather, supermarket, directions
Strategies: Times
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Times Square
Now, exchange partner Annie introduces herself in person at Times Square. Together, they explore the special features of this tourist attraction.
Topics: Times Square, billboards, size comparisons, yellow taxis
Grammar: Adjectives, Comparison and Comparison
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Madison Square Garden
The next day, we attend an ice hockey game at Madison Square Garden. A stadium announcer authentically shares fascinating facts about the sport.
Topics: Everyday life and leisure activities in the USA: ice hockey, music.
Life in the city: Madison Square Garden as a venue for many events
Grammar: Adjectives: comparison, comparison (repetition -er/est and adjectives + than ; as … as ; the irregular adjectives good and bad ; adjectives with more and most ).
Chapter 3: Rocky Mountains
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Planning a trip to the Rocky Mountains
Now it's time to plan a trip! Where exactly should the trip take place? When should the trip take place? What activities are planned? What means of transport will the class use, and where will they sleep?
Topics: Daily life and leisure activities related to travel. Further insights into the Rocky Mountains, a significant tourist region and an important geographical feature of the USA. Travel planning, accommodations, and transportation options.
Grammar: going-to-future, will-future, timetable-future.
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In the Rocky Mountains
Once you arrive in the Rocky Mountains, you will explore the region on five exciting day trips.
Topics: Everyday life and leisure activities related to travel. Further insights into important geographical features of the USA, including a touristically important region in the USA (Rocky Mountains), animals, Rocky Mountains, and travel accessories.
Grammar: D epending Relative Clauses, Contact Clause, Whose
Chapter 4: Diversity in the US
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New England
The tour continues to Plymouth, where Annie's grandparents live. Old stories, the city museum, and a house full of secrets provide exciting insights into New England history.
Topics: Train Station, Airport, Ticket Office, Museum, Directions, Mayflower, Pilgrims, New England States
Grammar: Modal Verbs ( could should, may, might )
Strategies: Skimming & Scanning a Text
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Melting Pot or Salad Bowl?
The next stop is Boston! Here, America's multicultural diversity is particularly evident through a festival, breakdance shows, and exploring the city's sights.
Topics: New England, Winter Fest, Everyday Life in the USA, Sights Boston
Grammar: Question Tags, Questions with Prepositions
Strategies: Mediation
Chapter 5: The Last Week in the USA
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The Environment
The focus here is on global issues of environmental protection, sustainability, and natural disasters. Ideas are collected on how everyone can protect the environment.
Topics: Environment, environmental protection, demonstrations, green footprint, environmental disasters
Grammar: Repetition of the comparative form of adjectives
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Saying Goodbye
Now Annie's stay abroad in the USA is coming to an end. It's time to say goodbye to the American school and New York.
Topics: Rooms & objects in a house, treasure hunt in New York, American school building
Repetition: Adjectival comparison, relative clauses, future tenses, modal verbs, question tags, questions with prepositions
Chapter 6: Exploring the UK
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UK, Great Britain or England?
A daydream takes the learners from their classroom study of UK geography to a flea market in England. Various stallholders offer insights into sports, music, and food.
in the UK.
Topics: Flea market, emails, hobbies, cricket, chess rolling, geographical UK,
Loch Ness
Strategies: Expressing feelings, thanking and responding
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Extraordinary Phenomena in Scotland
From a newsstand, the students dream of being transported to Scotland for an exciting ghost hunt at Eilean Donan Castle.
Topics: Everyday life and leisure activities in Scotland, geographical UK, Eilean Donan Castle
Grammar: subordinate clauses, conjunctions, phrasal verbs ( to get )
Strategien: Datum, Bildbeschreibung
Chapter 7: London – the Queen's City
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London
After the theoretical English lessons, the learners hop on a sightseeing bus to London and experience the city's numerous sights up close.
Topics: London, Sightseeing, Hop-on-Hop-off Bus Tour
Grammar: Present Perfect Simple, Repetition: Prepositions in questions and
Question Tags
Strategies: Classroom Phrases, Giving a Presentation
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Sherlock Holmes
With Sherlock Holmes, students become detectives! A difficult case involving a racehorse trainer who was injured and whose racehorse, Silver Blaze, disappeared without a trace, is solved.
Themen: Sport, Reisen, geographisches UK, Leben auf dem Land, Sherlock Holmes
Grammar: Present Perfect Simple, Past Tense Progressive, Phrasal Verbs ( to look ),
while & when
Strategien: Strukturieren, Mediation
Chapter 8: Discovering Cornwall
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Vacation in Cornwall
During the holidays, students will embark on a discovery tour of Cornwall. Tintagel Castle and Glendurgan Garden, as well as scones for teatime, will allow them to experience this region.
Topics: King Arthur, Park, Labyrinth, Coast, Cornwall
Grammar: Future and Past, Conditional Clause 1, Conditional Clause 0
Strategies: Idioms, Scones
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Cornish Culture
A day trip with a traditional breakfast, a visit to the Eden Project, surfing, and megalithic monuments allows you to delve even deeper into Cornish culture. Finally, you'll follow a time traveler into Britain's past.
Topics: Everyday life, leisure activities and sights, Cornwall, Cornish Breakfast, Eden Project, Surfing, Time travel
Grammar: Repetition: Future, modal verbs, conditional clause, false friends
Chapter 9: Great Britain – Roots and Traditions
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Ancient Britain
The time traveler from the previous lesson is searching for his friend Vitus, who has been kidnapped by Celts. Through an exciting search, he discovers much about the ancient history of Great Britain.
Topics: Celts, Romans in Britain, Hadrian's Wall, place names, Druidism, Celtic craftsmanship
Repetition: Adjective Comparison, Relative Clauses, Past Tense Progressive, Question Tags
Strategies : Picture story
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The Royal Family
In the role of a servant, you'll assist the British Queen. You'll learn interesting facts about the Royal Family, Buckingham Palace, and royal life in a playful way.
Topics: Buckingham Palace, Qualities of the Queen, the Royal Family
Repetition: subordinate clauses, conjunctions, modal verbs, future tense
6th grade middle school
Chapter 1: Making a new friend
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It's a brand-new day
The magazine "SkateWorld" introduces the cross-curricular topic of skateboarding. Authentic texts, interviews, and graphics create a foundation for the group of friends' shared hobby.
Topics: Leisure activities, everyday life, sports
Grammar: Repetition of simple present, simple past, English sentence structure
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At the skate park
Once at the skate park, they meet new people and try out numerous skating tricks. Another meeting of the group of friends is about to begin.
Topics: Skateboarding, Leisure Activities
Grammar: Repetition of personal pronouns and possessive pronouns
Chapter 2
IN DEVELOPMENT
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5th grade high school
Chapter 1: Autumn
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It's my room!
The students visit Collin and his family. Together, they get to know the objects in his room and learn that having siblings and the room layout can sometimes be challenging. A solution is found in the subsequent lesson.
Topics: Interior design, sibling stories
Grammar: Prepositions, possessive pronouns, demonstrative pronouns
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Silver Blaze's Story
Together with the horse Silver Blaze and Lilly, the students explore the Andersons' farm and the surrounding woods. They are taken on a journey from the perspective of the talking horse and discover little chestnut men.
Topics: Nature, Weather, Repeat Colors
Grammar: Repetition of various grammars from previous lessons, e.g. s-genitive
Chapter 2