1st Year of Middle School English Spotlight 1 Student Book

At Fluent Learners, we are dedicated to providing high-quality ESL resources to help students and teachers excel in English language learning. The “English Spotlight 1 Student Book” is tailored for 1st-year middle school students in Morocco, offering a structured and engaging approach to mastering English as a second language.

English Spotlight 1 Student Book PDF

English Spotlight 1 Student Book is a comprehensive and interactive textbook designed to make learning English engaging and relevant for Moroccan middle school students. By incorporating various activities, cultural comparisons, and project-based learning, it aims to develop students’ English language skills in a holistic and enjoyable manner.

Published: 2023
Authors and Contributors: Moroccan Ministry of Education, Preschool, and Sports (MOE) with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through the Morocco Bridge to Middle School Program.

Content and Structure:

The book aims to make learning English an enjoyable adventure, focusing on listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. It emphasizes happiness in learning and includes games, puzzles, and role-playing activities to engage students.

Features:

• Holistic Learning: The book emphasizes using English in real-life situations, integrating all four key skills—listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
• Interactive Activities: It includes games, puzzles, and role-playing activities to engage students and help them practice new vocabulary and grammar in a fun and interactive way.
• Reading Emphasis: “Drop Everything and Read” sections encourage students to read stories and articles that are interesting and exciting, improving their reading skills and comprehension.
• Role-Playing: Students participate in acting and role-playing exercises to build confidence and speaking skills.
• Exploration and Sharing: The book encourages students to explore topics, think critically, and share their ideas, fostering a collaborative learning environment.
• 21st Century Skills: Each unit includes tasks designed to develop autonomy, communication, collaboration, information literacy, global citizenship, and social skills.
• Self-Assessment: Students are encouraged to assess their progress and set goals to become independent learners.

Visual and Audio Resources:

• Illustrations and graphic design by Editions Encre Noire.
• Audio recordings by various contributors, enhancing listening and pronunciation skills.

English Spotlight 1 Student Book Part 1

Units Overview:

Unit 1: Hello, nice to meet you!

• Focus: Greetings, introductions, family, and personal details.
• Key Grammar: Present tense of the verb “to be,” Wh- questions.
• Activities: Roleplays, creating a family album.

Unit 2: This is our school!

• Focus: Classroom language, school routines, and schedules.
• Key Grammar: Wh- questions, present simple tense.
• Activities: Drawing a school map, making a school video.

Unit 3: Tell me about your day!

• Focus: Daily routines and schedules, inviting friends.
• Key Grammar: Present simple tense, Wh- questions.
• Activities: Creating a daily schedule, planning activities with friends.

Unit 4: Come to my house!

• Focus: Describing homes, rooms, and household activities.
• Key Grammar: Prepositions, adverbs of frequency, present continuous tense.
• Activities: Redesigning a bedroom, creating a chore schedule.

English Spotlight 1 Student Book Part 2

Units Overview:

Unit 5: What do you like to do in your free time?

• Topics: Sports and free time activities, expressing likes and dislikes, similarities and differences, and maintaining conversations.
• Vocabulary: Sports, free time activities, expressions for likes/dislikes.
• Grammar: Can/can’t for ability, questions with “Can you…?” and “Do you like…?”, Wh-questions about routines, rejoinders like “Me too” and “Not me.”
• Activities: Discussing sports, expressing similarities and differences, reading and writing about activities, showing interest in conversations.
• Culture: Popular sports in different countries.
• 21st Century Skills: Communication, social skills, autonomy, and information literacy.
• Unit Project: Designing a helper robot, creating a class survey about free-time activities, or interviewing someone about their free-time activities.

Unit 6: Yesterday was a nice day!

• Topics: Seasons, months of the year, birthday dates, and discussing past activities.
• Vocabulary: Weather, seasons, ordinal numbers, months, activities and hobbies, real-world expressions of interest.
• Grammar: Simple past tense (with “be” and regular/irregular verbs), Wh-questions about the past.
• Activities: Discussing seasonal activities, types of weather, listening for activity preferences, asking and answering past events, writing about past activities, and reading weather maps.
• Culture: Different ways climate affects people’s lives, recognizing and reflecting on the cultures of nomads.
• 21st Century Skills: Communication, cooperative work, global citizenship, and autonomy.
• Unit Project: Creating an infographic about activities in different seasons in another city/country, a poster story of elders’ past activities, collaboratively creating a time travel story, or interviewing in English.

Don’t Miss Out on More Practice!

If you enjoyed exploring the “English Spotlight Student Book,” you’ll love the “English School Spotlight Activity Book”! Packed with engaging exercises, fun puzzles, and interactive activities, the activity book is designed to reinforce what you’ve learned and take your English skills to the next level.

👉 Check out the English Spotlight 1 Activity Book now!

👉 For the Spotlight 1 audio files click here.

Happy learning!