🔗 Explorers: Then & Before
A fully interactive A2.2 Kids grammar lesson that extends the Connectors unit to time. Students warm up with four ordering questions, then study the language in three blocks: Time Order Words (first → then → after that → finally for sequencing a day), Before & After Clauses (starting a sentence with Before or After, including Before I sleep, I read), and a signals panel that fixes each word to its place in time. Ten key items (then, after that, before, after, first, next, finally, order, routine, event) appear in a scrollable table with kid-friendly definitions, and six get review flashcards. The reading is a Team Compass club-day story told in strict order with before-clauses, then and after that, key words highlighted on hover. Practice includes 8 fill-in-the-blank questions choosing the right time connector, with live validation, hints and a score; a speaking section with five prompts and a model ordering dialogue; a guided 30–50 word writing task describing the student’s morning in order with a four-point checklist; and a full 8-question quiz with progress bar, explanations, a result circle and localStorage persistence.
Lesson Plan
- 4 questions about the order of a day
- Think or pair-share — no writing needed
Key Vocabulary
Grammar Points
- Sequence words: first, then, after that, finally
- Before-clause: Before school, I eat breakfast
- After-clause: After lunch, we played football
- Before I + verb: Before I sleep, I read a book
- The before/after part can come first or second in the sentence