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Language Book 3: Writing & Listening Skills

This document provides an overview of the scope and sequence for units 1-9 of a language textbook. It outlines the key areas covered in each unit, including reading comprehension focusing on different text types, vocabulary development, grammar concepts, listening exercises and spelling patterns. Each unit builds upon the previous ones with a progression of more advanced content and skills. The scope and sequence helps ensure a coherent learning experience as students work through the units in order.

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Language Book 3: Writing & Listening Skills

This document provides an overview of the scope and sequence for units 1-9 of a language textbook. It outlines the key areas covered in each unit, including reading comprehension focusing on different text types, vocabulary development, grammar concepts, listening exercises and spelling patterns. Each unit builds upon the previous ones with a progression of more advanced content and skills. The scope and sequence helps ensure a coherent learning experience as students work through the units in order.

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Scope and sequence: Units 1–9

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LANGUAGE BOOK 3 LANGUAGE BOOK 3
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Unit This is Tex reading text: Professor Inkspot’s telescope mechanisms punctuating direct There were buttons on the machine. What did he see? oo (short sound simple story with clear
text type: story with clear beginning, middle speech There was a handle, too. (identifying descriptions) as in cook) beginning, middle and end
1 and end Professor Inkspot pushed the buttons.

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Then he pulled the handle.
Unit Up in space reading text: Chinese dragons descriptive using conjunctions A dragon and a king met every night. The poor man and u (short sound description of a dragon

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text type: descriptive information sentences and and but The dragon had nine heads. The king told the the dragon. as in bull)
2 dragon about his problems. (listening for detail)

Unit The first key reading text: Space travel past tenses pluralising nouns Did they fly in a space shuttle? Who is speaking? ea (short sound information about
text type: factual information ending with vowel + y They visited the moon but they did not stay there. (identifying characters) as in head; a journey
3 and consonant + y long sound as
in leaf)

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REVISION: UNITS 1–3 REVISION: UNITS 1–3
Unit In the desert reading text: Animals in the Gobi desert desert animals pluralising nouns ending A camel is as strong as a yak. Two brothers. y sounding ee labelling and describing

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text type: information and labelled pictures with f or fe A gazelle is faster than a snow leopard. (identifying characters; as in jelly an animal
4 listening for detail)

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Unit Yorgi’s house reading text: The horse race verbs for animal punctuating sentences – Shirav was the fastest rider in the valley. Who is speaking? oi and oy choosing a strong
text type: story with a strong opening movements full stops, question and Sukhe’s horse was the strongest. (identifying family opening and finishing
5 exclamation marks members) a story

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Unit A strange race reading text: The amazing ostrich text-related past tense of some A lion is the most dangerous animal. Extraordinary animals. aw (sounding information about an animal
text type: information vocabulary irregular verbs An elephant is more intelligent than (listening for descriptive or as in draw)
an ostrich detail)
6 A is good. B is better. C is the best.
U D is bad. E is worse. F is the worst.
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REVISION: UNITS 4–6 REVISION: UNITS 4–6
Unit The big reading text: Birds in the air; Did you see it? matching animals collective nouns The birds are going to fly over the snow. A holiday on air and are completing a rhyming
balloon text type: poems with verbs; The balloon is going to rise into the sky. Coconut Island. (sounding air poem
7 definitions (identifying locations
on a map)
as in glare)

Unit Pirates! reading text: Holiday island adjectives adding ing to cvc You must be careful! What must they take? ew (sounding completing a dialogue
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text type: dialogue verbs (hop – hopping) You mustn’t climb on the rocks. (listening for detail) oo as in grew)
8 and magic e verbs
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(take – taking)
Unit Jack reading text: A letter from a sailor adjectives adding ed to cvc Tom wanted to touch the spines. Hats and monkeys. wh words a letter
text type: a letter verbs (rip – ripped) Why were they dangerous? (listening to and
9 and magic e verbs
(smile – smiled)
The spines were dangerous because they had
poison in them.
retelling a story)
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REVISION: UNITS 7–9 REVISION: UNITS 7–9


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Scope and sequence: Units 10–18

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LANGUAGE BOOK 3 LANGUAGE BOOK 3
FLUENCY

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BOOK 3 Working Sentence
Reading and understanding with words building Grammar Listening Spelling Class writing

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Unit What a trip reading text: Pictures opposite meanings adverbs of manner Torches helped cave people to see when they were Put the pictures in the ph words description of actions in
text type: information of adjectives ending ly e.g. slowly painting. Newspapers started to have photographs. correct order. a photograph
10 People saw what was happening all over the world. (sequencing)

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Unit Under the sea reading text: The diving lesson verbs for sound the importance of verbs While Uncle Roy was tidying up the hut, Complete the song. compound nouns a story with a strong setting.
text type: story with a strong setting and movement in sentences Andy was swimming. (listening for detail)

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Unit The wreck reading text: Coral reefs types of fish comparative adjectives Fishermen and divers can damage the coral. What could they do? suffix ful description of a coral reef
text type: information and coral ending consonant + y, Nobody could find out why. Fifty years ago in (listening for detail;
12 e.g. tiny – tinier Australia, starfish ate the coral. identifying activities)

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REVISION: UNITS 10–12 REVISION: UNITS 10–12
Unit The flower seller reading text: Millie’s London diary personal personal pronouns Is there any water in it? There isn’t any water in it. How many mistakes did prefix un describing a person’s
text type: descriptions of people description The gardener is going to put some water in it. she make? appearance

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13 Has she got any gloves? She hasn’t got any gloves
There are some yellow flowers in her basket.
(listening for detail)

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Unit The chariot race reading text: The Romans opposite past tense verbs ending How many people liked to watch chariot races? Name the charioteers. prefix dis labelling pictures and
text type: information, diagrams and meanings vowel + y, (play – played) Lots of/A lot of people. How much time did they Who won the race? describing them
labelled pictures and consonant + y (carry spend at the stadium? Lots of/A lot of time. (logic puzzle; following a
14 – carried) sequence of actions)

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Unit Be careful, Mobi! reading text: Delicious ice cream rhyming words a / an + adjective + noun Would you like a lolly? The lolly in your hand Make an ice cream c sounding s completing a rhyming poem
text type: poems is melting. surprise! as in mice
I love ice cream. The ice cream in this café (following a recipe;
15 is delicious. sequencing)
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REVISION: UNITS 13–15 REVISION: UNITS 13–15
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Unit Mobi and the reading text: Glass glass objects using conjunctions The Romans often had glass jars in their homes. What is Professor suffix er as in instructions for making
crystals text type: information and instructions for because and so Roman glass was usually beautiful. Painters Inkspot talking painter a necklace
16 making things sometimes paint glass. You must always be careful
with glass objects. You must never drop a glass bottle.
about?
(listening for detail)
Unit A clever elephant reading text: Eddie, the Emerald Island Detective words with superlative adjectives, Can we help you? Can I look in your suitcase? Who stole Mrs syllables speech bubbles for a strip
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text type: strip story similar meanings e.g. tall – tallest Moneypot’s necklace? story
17 (following directions)
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Unit Gloomdrop’s box reading text: The selfish giant verbs and adverbs direct speech – with The wind blew fiercely/more fiercely/the most Who are friends? ch words a descriptive story
text type: descriptive story reporting clause at fiercely. (listening for detail)
18 beginning or end

REVISION: UNITS 16–18 REVISION: UNITS 16–18


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