Level 5 - Advanced English Course Lifts Off!
What is the Level 5 Advanced English Course?
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Yes, I want my free trial!At Going Up Education, we love blasting off. That’s why we’re excited to launch our new Level 5 advanced English course that will lift your online language lessons to new heights! While most of our ESL lessons include grammar explanations and exercises, we have cut these from the new Level 5 “Lift Off” lessons. Instead, Level 5 focuses on arming your students with an advanced English vocabulary and the confidence to use it during lots of English speaking practice. In each unit, students will read a nine chapter story to practice their new vocabulary and hone their reading comprehension skills. We even left some space for writing practice at the end of every other lesson. Work on the “Think Big” prompts together in class, or assign them as homework! You pick!
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A Quick Note on Grammar in the Level 5 Advanced English Course:
Most of our more advanced English students request vocabulary building or speaking practice lessons. The Level 5 advanced English course is crafting especially for them! Level 5 lessons are focused on improving reading, reading comprehension, vocabulary, speaking, and writing skills.
We know that learning grammar is important too, so we’ve designed our lessons to be flexible to meet the needs of individual learners and teachers. We encourage teachers to work on grammar as needed throughout the lessons, in a way that supports and enhances the overall learning experience.
During the vocabulary slides, teachers can work on grammar as needed while crafting the student sentences. Teachers can also edit the student writing homework to check their grammar progress.
Pacing in Level 5 - Advanced English Course
As an online ESL teacher, you know that pacing is everything when it comes to teaching a successful lesson. That’s why we’ve designed our Level 5 Advanced English Course lessons to be packed with as much content as possible, so you don’t have to worry about running out of material during class.
But we also know that every class is different, so we’ve built in plenty of flexibility for teachers to customize the lessons for each student. You can choose to skip certain vocabulary words or writing assignments, and you don’t have to complete all discussion questions if you don’t have time. The main goal of these lessons is that your student walks away with a few new vocabulary words in their toolbox after lots of chatting!
Whether you prefer to extend further using the pictures or ask comprehension questions after each page of the story, you can adjust the length of each class to flow with your own teaching style. Depending on your students’ abilities, the two lessons provided in each chapter could be condensed into a single lesson or be broken up into four separate lessons.
So, when preparing for your Level 5 Advanced English Course lessons, remember to bring your own unique teaching style, and don’t be afraid to switch it up!
Slide-by-Slide Breakdown of a Level 5 Advanced English Course Lesson
Browse the first two lessons of Level 5 – Advanced English Course to preview the slides as you read along! If you are a member, head to Level 5 Unit 1 to preview the whole unit. Sign up here.
1) Chapter Blastoff (1 slide) – Each chapter begins with an introduction slide to set the stage for the two chapter lessons. It includes a short teaser paragraph to pique student interest in the story. The image is clickable and will expand for further extension. You can discuss the image and predict what might happen in the chapter. From this slide, you can navigate to the first or second lesson of each chapter.
2) First Lesson Start (1 slide) – Make sure your student is ready to begin class!
3) Chat Space (1 slide) – There are four photos with preset discussion questions to stimulate conversation around the chapter topics. You can use the preset questions by clicking the chat bubbles or come up with your own discussion questions. Click to enlarge each photo!
4) Vocabulary Universe (15 slides) – Your student will learn 15 vocabulary words found in the chapter. Each slides contains the word, part of speech, definition, other forms, an image, a practice sentence, and a place for the student to write their own sentence. Click the vocabulary word to reveal the definition. Click the definition to hide it again. Click the image to enlarge. Click “Practice” and “Forms” to reveal.
5) Vocabulary Practice (2 slides) – Students will complete 8 fill-in-the-blank practice sentences to reinforce their new English words. Click each box to reveal the answer and cross out the word in the word bank. If you need to, you can click each red line in the word bank to make it disappear again.
6) End of First Lesson (1 slide) – You can click “Going Up” to continue to the second lesson or exit.
7) Second Lesson Start (1 slide) – Welcome the student to class and get started!
8) Vocabulary Review (3 slides) – There are many interactive features to enjoy as you review the chapter vocabulary with your student. First, you can click the blurred word to reveal each vocabulary word. Have your student read each word and discuss any that they don’t know. (Hint: If needed, use the 3 dots in the bottom right corner to quickly return to the vocabulary slides from the first lesson.) Next click the images to light them up and cover the word. Now, the student will have to recall the vocabulary from memory. If they need help, hover the mouse over each ship to reveal part of the word. Clicking the ship will make it fly away and reveal the complete vocabulary word.
9) Rocket Reads (1 slide) – This slide lets your students know that it’s time to read! Click the book to open the chapter.
10) Story Slides (4-7 slides) – In this section, students read the chapter. The reading material is carefully selected to be challenging but manageable. Ask your student to read or take turns. Click to enlarge the image on each page for further extension. Click the magnifying glass tab to highlight the chapter vocabulary words in red. After highlighting, click the text to revert back to black text. Click the speaker tab to hear the story audio. (Note: Audio function is in development and is only currently in the first chapter of unit 1. We will add it to the other lessons later on!)
11) Story Timeline (1 slide) – Here we get a quick review of the story sequence, with the option to click on planets to reveal preset answers, and a click feature to re-hide the answer. You can create the timeline with your students or leave certain steps blank for them to complete.
12) Discussion (3 slides) – It’s time to chat about the story! These slides offer you six preset discussion questions. Click the chat bubbles to reveal each. You can also use your own questions or ask your student to create a question.
13) Prediction (1 slide) – Make a quick prediction about what might happen in the next chapter!
14) Think Big (1 slide) – Read the “Think Big” question with your student and make sure they understand what it is asking. Click the thought bubble to open a writing space where you can brainstorm or write with your student using the text tools in your favorite teaching platform. Teachers can work on these with students in class or assign the prompts as homework.
15) Second Lesson End (1 slide) – See you in the next chapter!
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Don’t let your students’ English skills plateau – launch them to new heights with the Going Up ESL Level 5 Advanced English Course! Our curriculum is designed to help your students develop confidence using advanced English vocabulary via reading, writing, and speaking exercises. With our flexible and interactive lesson slides, you can easily guide your students through their learning journey. We’ve built in plenty of space for student input, so each class is challenging and unique.
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