Junior High School Grades

1st Grade

Goals

• Master letters and phonics.
• Master the ability to give a self-introduction.
• Master the basics necessary for narrating in present and past tenses at the sentence level.

Topic	Example
Self-introductions	Hello. Good morning. I'm Ann Green.
Numbers	1-100. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, ...
Alphabet	ABCs.
Phonics	か is "k ... a". A says a, a, apple.
Pronouns	I, you, he, she, it.
Adjectives	Easy, hard.
Plural	No noses, 1 nose, 2 noses.
Conjunctions	And, or.
Personal pronouns	My, your.
Conjugation	I am sleepy. You are fast.
Present positive	I am Mike. I play baseball.
Demonstrative pronouns	This, that.
Present interrogative	Am I? Do I?
Present negative	I am not. I don't play.
Affinitive	I like cars.
Question words	Who, what, when, where, why, how.
Invitations	Let's go. Let's play a game.
Imperative	Look! Stop!
Conjugation	He plays baseball. She reads books.
Present progressive	I am running. He is fishing.
Personal pronouns	Me, him, her.
Where	Where's my ticket? It's on the desk.
Possessive pronouns	Mine, yours, hers.
Can	I can run. You can cook.
Past tense	I ate a burger. He sat on the chair.

2nd Grade

Goals:

• Master the ability to construct basic English sentences.
• Widen knowledge of English vocabulary and grammar.
• Master most modes and aspects of English grammar.

Topic	Example
Past tense	I was eating.
Look	You look beautiful.
Future tense	I am going to eat dinner.
Infinitive	I read books to relax after work
Infinitive	I want to eat natto.
Obligation	You must help your other. I have to cook breakfast.
Future tense	I will study tomorrow.
Past tense	Could you help me?
Conditional	When it is rainy, I carry an umbrella. If you like apples, try this apple pie.
Expressing an Opinion	I think that
Qualifications	I often watch TV because it's interesting.
There is/are	There are two mountains over there.
Gerunds	I started laughing.
Comparing	America is bigger than Japan. Japan is not as big as America. The Matrix is more enjoyable than Casablanca. Softball is less interesting than volleyball.
Comparing	Mt. Everest is the tallest mountain in the world. Mt. Fuji is the most spectacular mountain in Japan.
Comparing	Tomatoes are as red as blood.

3rd Grade

Goals:

• Widen the ability to construct basic English sentences.
• Widen knowledge of English vocabulary and grammar.
• Widen knoweldge of the modes and aspects of English grammar.

Topic	Example
Passive voice	The food was eaten.
Perfect tense	I have eaten.
Have to	I have (a lot of food) to eat. I have to eat (a lot of food). I have (a meeting) to go to. I have to go to (a meeting).
What to how to where to	I don't know how to use chopsticks properly. I don't know where I am. I don't know why I am eating Natto.
... for me ...	It is interesting for me to sing enka.
Passive Subject Modifiers	This is a beer made by monks.
Gerund Subject Modifiers	The monks making beer are happy.
Relative pronouns	The man who says nothing is wise. That is the bag that I gave you.
Debating skills	I think we should go to Tokyo to Disney Sea. I agree with you, but in my opinion, Disney Land is more interesting than Disney Sea. Ok, well, you can go to Disney Land by yourself. Lets go to Disney Sea!

See also

• Teaching resources
• Junior high school activities.
• JHS lesson resources.
• Elementary school activities.
• High school activities.
• Keystone project.
• Warm-ups.