1. Importance of Reading
Description: A three-minutes TEDxYouth talk on the power and importance of reading by Luke Bakic.
Core Concepts: Reading and speaking skills, and use of gestures and intonations while speaking.
2. An Animated Story on the Theme of Self-Belief
Description: Believe in yourself, kids story, English moral stories with Ted And Zoe.
Core Concepts: Viewing and listening skills, use of appropriate vocabulary and expressions for communication.
Link: Video on self-belief
3. Formal Letter and the Envelope
Description: A sample showing the parts of a formal letter including the envelope without a subject.
Core Concepts: Reading and writing skills, and format of letter writing.
4. Business Letter Format
Description: Business letter (company business letter).
Core Concepts: Reading and writing skills, and format of letter writing.
5. Invitation Letter (Explanation of the Format)
Description: A sample explaining the parts of a letter of invitation.
Core Concepts: Reading and writing skills, and format of letter writing.
6. Figures of Speech
Description: Simile, metaphor, and personification: a brief guide to figures of speech.
Core Concepts: Figures of speech, simile, metaphor, and personification.
7. Five Important Elements of a Short Story
Description: 5 important elements of a short story.
Core Concepts: Elements of a short story, character, setting, plot, conflict, and theme.
8. The Writing Process
Description: Resources for writers: The writing process steps.
Core Concepts: Writing skills.
9. Simple and Compound Sentences
Description: Video explanation of simple and compound sentences with practice items.
Core Concepts: Types of sentences.
10. Continuous and Non-Continuous Texts
Description: Continuous and non-continuous texts: Definitions, comparison and examples.
Core Concepts: Reading skill, and identifying text types.
11. Elements of Effective Writing
Description: Explanation of the five elements of effective writing with checkpoint. The checkpoints can be converted into checklists for self and peer assessment.
Core Concepts: Writing skill, and elements of effective writing.
12. Book Review
Description: Key Stage 2: A video lesson by a Bhutanese teacher on: why do we write a book review? The basic components of a book review with examples.
Core Concepts: Reading and writing skill, read and write a book review.
Link: Video on book review
13. Figures of Speech
Description: Key Stage 2: A video lesson by a Bhutanese teacher on four figures of speech - simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole (explanation with examples).
Core Concepts: Speaking and writing skills, and figures of speech.
14. Compound Sentences
Description: Compound sentences: Defining a compound sentence with examples.
Core Concepts: Language and grammar, and compound sentences.
15. Reported Speech
Description: A YouTube video explaining how to transform a direct speech into the reported form through examples.
Core Concepts: Language and grammar, direct speech and reported (indirect) speech.
Link: Video on reported speech
16. Exercises on Direct and Indirect Speech
Description: Direct and Indirect Speech – detailed guide to transforming direct and indirect speech with several examples.
Core Concepts: Language and grammar, and direct and indirect speech.
17. Adjectives
Description: Adjectives: Rules on the three degrees of comparison with examples.
Core Concepts: Language and grammar, and adjectives (degree of comparison).
Link: Webpage on adjectives
18. Comparative Adjectives
Description: An English grammar video lesson on comparative adjectives.
Core Concepts: Language and grammar, and comparative adjectives with demonstrative examples.
