Vocabulary, Grammar, and Writing Using STEM, Intermediate I is designed to help non-native

English speakersstudents who have either successfully completed the Vocabulary, Grammar, and
Writing Using STEM, Beginners course, or have approximately two to six years of exposure to the
English Language. In this course, students will build strong vocabulary and grammar, and improve
their basic writing skills.

The interactive lessons will give students the opportunity to take risks and have fun while working on
improving English grammar, speaking, listening, reading, and composition skills.

In this course, students will:

 Read several topics and become more familiar and comfortable with reading informational texts in
English.
 Continue to develop linguistic proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
 Learn the meanings of new words for BICS (Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills) and basic
English vocabulary.
 Learn CALP (Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency) and STEM academic content vocabulary
and language.
 Acquire better domain-specific English abilities by practicing tasks through various methods.
 Become able to write varied sentences (simple, compound, complex) and effective paragraphs
including all three types of sentences.

By the end of this course, students will acquire more STEM concepts, knowledge, and vocabulary.
This course will help prepare eligible students to take CTY’s online science, engineering, and math
courses.

STEM is here to stay, and more early childhood educators than ever are introducing integrated science, technology,
engineering, and math concepts in their classrooms. Children are wired to learn these concepts and the associated
language best through hands-on play and experimentation. We’ve come up with our top STEM words that we feel
every preschooler should be learning, and have given examples of how to introduce these words in a
developmentally appropriate way. These terms are particularly useful when working on engineering with ramps,
blocks, balls and other accessories.

By identifying when these STEM concepts are happening in action, you can begin to incorporate this vocabulary
into a natural dialogue with your children.

Analogies are test questions where a pair of words are given, and you are asked to choose
another pair with the same relationship.

ABAABC

Nest : Bird

a. Cave : bear
b. flower : petal
c. window : house
d. dog : basket

2. Teacher : School
a. Businessman : Money
b. Waitress : Resturant
c. Dentist : Tooth
d. Fish : Water

3. pebble : boulder

a. pond : ocean
b. river: rapids
c. fish : elephant
d. feather : bird

4. Poodle : Dog

a. great white : shark

b. dalmatian : great dane
c. money : stock market
d. horse : pony

5. fox : chicken

a. rat : mouse
b. cat : mouse
c. dog : cat
d. rabbit : hen

6. lawyer : trial

a. plumber : pipe
b. businessman : secretary
c. doctor : operation
d. hairdresser : blow dryer