Poptropica English – a six level primary English series that engages young learners like never before. The unique combination of beautiful in-class materials and fun-filled online activities, songs and games, creates a world of excitement and adventure that kids won’t want to leave.
Poptropica English is an exciting blended learning course that makes learning English an engaging experience through stories, adventures and quests with fun, exciting characters to keep children motivated and engaged.
The unique Poptropica English Island Adventure Game allows Pupils to review what they have learned in class in a fun, online digital environment with familiar characters from their books. Learning is extended beyond the classroom for Pupils to have more exposure to English.
Assessment for Learning is incorporated into every unit and is a straightforward way to informally assess Pupils’ progress. This is fully supported in the Teacher’s Book and can be easily implemented by all teachers. Formal evaluations are also provided for each unit.
Poptropica English is based on a tried and true pedagogy that is easy to teach and get good results, even for the most inexperienced teachers. The Teacher’s Book has teaching notes, guidance and will be your best partner in the classroom.
The Poptropica English Pupils’ Book – includes materials to effectively present and practice the target language.
The flashcards present main target vocabulary in each unit. The teaching notes in the Teacher’s Book clearly explain how the flashcards can be used to present, practice and consolidate language through games and activities.
The posters accompanying the course are of two types. Learning adventure posters help pupils and teachers gain awareness of what and how the pupils are learning. Vocabulary posters serve as another tool for teaching and consolidating vocabulary.
Storycards – it consolidates vocabulary and structures from previous lessons and introduces new functional language.
The Class Audio CDs contain all the songs (including karaoke versions), chants, stories and listening activities which appear in the Pupil’s Book. They also contain audio for the evaluations which are at the back of the Teacher’s Book.
The Poptropica English Teachers Book – provides step-by-step lesson plans covering all the course material. Each lesson plan is clearly structured into stages:
– Starting the lesson
– Presentation
– Practice
– Ending the lesson
Lesson notes are provided to support teachers, including those who may lack time for planning or who have limited access to resources. The Introduction includes recommended procedures for using games and stories effectively.The Activity Book provides reinforcement and consolidation of the language presented in the Student Book. It contains controlled and freer practice plus personalization and further listening and reading texts.
Teachers can use Active Teach to access a front-of-class Digital Presentation Tool supporting effective lesson delivery.
