English PE 2020-2021

Conversation Workshop
Fifth Grade
Syllabus

Please keep in mind that you must encourage learners to use the words, idioms, grammar, and functional language
suggested. Plan your lessons including activities whereby you can integrate all the language expressions in the syllabus.
First Term
Units Topics for Discussion Vocabulary Functional Language Related idioms and
other Expressions
1 Legacy: 1. hieroglyphic In disbelief, 1. If the cat is away, the
Ancient Egyptians The Pyramids 2. chariot To my surprise, mice can play.
Mummification 3. tomb Among all the discoveries, 2. Unattended money
The Curse of Tutankamon 4. mummy It’s of uppermost teaches thievery.
5. pharaoh importance… 3. Save it for a rainy day.
6. sphynx Above all… 4. The son of a goose is a
7. slave swimmer.
8. boulder 5. to fish in murky water.
9. pyramid Passive Voice 6. Every cloud has a silver
lining
7. a hidden gem
8. One man’s trash is
another man’s treasure.
2 Sasquatch 1. critter Expressions with at 1. He gives me the
Famous Critters Big foot 2. explorer heebie-jeebies.
The Loch Ness Monster 3. folklore At all 2. crawling up my spine.
Chupacabras 4. fangs At first 3. To out-fox someone.
5. footprints At once 4. jump the gun
6. hoax At its best 5. A wild-goose chase
7. sighting At least 6. on the edge of (my)
8. sonar At present seat
9. footage 7. (My) heart missed a
10. roam Wh Questions beat
Embedded Questions 8. (I) got goosebumps
 Second Term

Units Topics for Discussion Vocabulary Functional Language Related idioms and other
Expressions
Evolution 1. society cause- -consequence 1. hold the fort
3 Types 2. concern connectors 2. be a knockout
Videogames Impact on daily life 3. graphics to give it a go
4. harmful because of 3. I’m so bored 4. I’m
5. console due to climbing the walls.
6. virtual reality as a result of 5. Let’s call it a night and
7. entertainment since stop playing.
8. characterization for (=because) 6. He’s at the top of his
9. skin as (=because) game.
10. research consequently
therefore

Compound and Complex

Sentences

4 Chronography of WWII 1. crematorium Expressions of Sequence: 1. It’s time to lock and

Concentration Camps Hitler and the Gestapo 2. gas chamber First, load.
Life on concentration 3. chancellor After that, 2. shaking in my
camps. 4. liberation Then shoes/boots
5. boycott Later, 3. to live under a cloud
6. political party Afterwards, 4. to be a pain in the neck
7. bunker Beforehand, 5. the naked truth
8. shellshock Soon after, 6. to call the shots
9. ghetto Finally 7. All is fair in war and
10. surrender love.
11. D-Day 8. to be armed to the teeth
12. troops Past Simple, Past Perfect. 9. to dodge a bullet
and Past Continuous 10. double-edged sword
 Third Term

Units Topics for Vocabulary Functional Language Related idioms and

Discussion other Expressions
5 Types of Crime 1. pickpocket 11. hijacking Time expressions: 1. to do something by the
Criminalistics 2. aw offender 12. fraud book
3. shoplifting 13. libel last night 2. to cook the books.
4. mug 14. forgery on a daily basis 3. to face the music
5. thief 15. crime scene regularly 4. to do something under
6. shoplifter 16. fingerprints on a regular basis the table.
7. robber 17. footprints every single day 5. to get away with
8. burglary 18. blood stains over the last (two) weeks murder.
9. arson 19. evidence the day before that 6. a partner in crime.
10. kidnapping 7. to be behind bars.
Present Perfect 8. a cat burglar
Present Perfect 9. to serve time
Continuous 10. Crime doesn’t pay.
6 1. court 1. to be under oath
At Court Courtrooms and 2. judge Courtroom Phrases and 2. The ball’s in your court.
Trials 3. jury Expressions 3. a kangaroo court
4. defense attorney 4. to catch someone red-
5. defendant handed
6. prosecutor 5. white-collar crimes
7. witness Hyphenated Adjectives 6. to keep one’s nose
8. testimony clean
9. alibi 7. to be on parole
10. exhibits 8. to have a run-in with
11. (life) sentence the law
12. on bail 9. to cover one’s tracks
13. accuse 10. to come clean
14. plead guilty 11. to turn oneself in
15. plead innocent
 Fourth Term

Units Topics for Discussion Vocabulary Functional Language Related idioms and
other Expressions
7 Atlantis 1. contemporary Prefixes: 1. as clear as mud
Unsolved Mysteries of Stonehenge 2. explanation non 2. to turn a blind eye
Our Era The Nazca Lines 3. lecture dis 3. to squeal like a pig
The Bermuda Triangle 4. stage un 4. to give up the ghost.
5. solstice extra 5. to get cold feet
6. sacred ir 6. to bring to light
7. remarkable im 7. a change of heart
8. vanish over 8. wrapped in an enigma
9. unpredictable pre 9. hard nut to crack
10. conundrum 10. crack the mystery
11. ancient Verb Tense Review
12. unveiled

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You decide
Please choose the topics Please choose the Please choose the Please choose the idioms
Examples: for discussion according vocabulary according to functional language according to your choice.
to your choice. your choice. according to your choice.
1. Extreme Sports *It would be helpful to (5 would be enough)
2. Amazing Sites and encourage your students
Constructions to use all vocabulary,
3. Space Travel idioms and functional
4. Journalism language covered
5. Political Affairs throughout the course.
6. Entrepreneurship