Grammar Planet - Walkthrough

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Grammar Planet

Contents

• Overview• Key Features• Student Book• Workbook• Student Digital Materials• Teacher’s Materials

Overview• Grammar Planet is a 3-level grammar series designed for emergent-be-

ginner learners of English.

• It provides a strong foundation of basic, high frequency grammar structures.

• The spiral curriculum reviews previous grammar points while simultaneously incor-porating new, more complex structures.

• Each student book includes a Workbook, Downloadable APP, and CD-ROM.

Key Features• Easy-to-follow-lessons• Meaningful contexts• Colorful illustrations• Fun, learner-centered activities• Frequent review sections• Flashcards and other visual materials• Class Booster App and Student Digital

Materials

Student Book

• 16 units per book.• 4 pages per unit.• Learner-centered activities engage learners with new language structures.

1. Presenting the Grammar Point:Unit’s Theme CountryTraditional costumes and the national flag show the unit’s them country.

Concise Grammar ChartsSimple and clear grammar charts show the basic pattern of the grammar point being taught.

Grammar Check-Up in the ContextShort conversations use the target grammar structures to draw students’ attention to the grammar form.

Simple Practice with Easy-to-follow ActivitiesStudents practice the basic form of the grammar points with simple ac-tivities.

2. Language Tracking:

More Complex PracticeMore complex activities deepen stu-dents’ understanding of the grammar that they have learned.

3. Fun and Relevant Activ-ities:

Production (Speaking / Writing Launch)A fun learner-centered activity allows students to practice speaking or writ -ing what they have learned.

Review (Language Station)To wrap up the unit, students answer simple questions using the grammar that they have learned in the current and previous two units.

4. Production and Review:

Workbook

• 16 units per book.• 3 pages per unit.• Featuring grammar charts, simple activities, additional writing practice, error-check-

ing, and grammar in reading.

WorkbookGrammar Charts with Concise Expla-nationsSimple and clear grammar charts show the basic pattern of the grammar point being taught. Concise explanation is also provided for teachers.

Simple Practice Simple activities such as circling, match-ing, and filling in blanks enable students to learn how to accurately use the key grammar point of each unit.

WorkbookVarious Kinds of Review ActivitiesThe workbook provides students with many types of review activities ensur-ing diverse methods of to recycle content.

Error-Correction ActivitiesHaving to recognize a mistake and rewrite the sentence correctly helps students to check their comprehen-sion of the grammar point learned.

WorkbookWriting ActivityMore writing activities give students more practice applying the grammar point. These activities continue to expand student’s understanding of what they have learned.

Grammar in ReadingStudents complete a cloze-style text containing the grammar point they have learned. This provides them with extra practice. They can improve their reading ability while at the same time being exposed to the cul-ture of the country the Murphy fam-ily is visiting.

Student Digital MaterialsLaunch Page & Main MenuGrammar Planet comes complete with premium digital content through two easy to use access points. Learners can either load the program onto their com-puters via the CD-ROM or access on their mobile device via a free application available on Android and iOS.

Student Digital MaterialsWord FlashReinforce and recycle target vocabulary with this flashcard activity. With one side containing the vocabulary word and the other side having the word’s defi-nition learners can continue to build their language skill.

Student Digital MaterialsSentence MatchSentence match combines vivid pictures with questions and learners are tasked to match the correct question and picture. This is one of the favorite activities for learners who enjoy colorful imagery. Pictures follow unit themes from the student book.

Student Digital MaterialsQuizLearners can test their understanding of the lesson with interactive quizzes.

UnscrambleThe unscramble section shown below is another challenging activity where learners must put the words in the correct order.

Teacher’s Materials

• Class management and perfor-mance metrics available through the Class Booster web-site.

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