Program Name- Public Speaking and Creative Writing

Month 1: Speaking Foundations

Grade- 1 and 2

1st Week: Theme: About Myself

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Integrating listening, speaking, reading, writing, and vocabulary task around the Theme of the Month.

2nd Week: Reading and Vocabulary Building

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Exploring Word Families: ot, op, et, en, ut, ub, ill, ip
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Exploring Word Families: ob, ell, ug, un, it, in, ab, ag
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Recognizing Rhyming Words: at, et, in, ot, an, ad, ot, op
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Beg Blends- bl, cl, fl, gl, dr, fr, br, cr, gr, sp, st, sw, tr, tw
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Ending Blends- Blends: sp, st, sk, nd, nt, nk

3rd Week: Rhyming Words, Prefixes and Suffixes

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Rhyming Words and Sounds
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Recognizing prefixes- un, re, pre, dis, mis, over, er, or, ist
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Recognizing suffixes- ful, less, ly

4th Week: Poetry Recitation

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Completing Poems with Rhyming Words

Month 2: Advancing Speaking Skills

Grade- 1 and 2

5th Week: Le Endings & Three Letter S-Blends, Digraphs, Trigraphs

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Words with tle and ble, ple, gle, cle, zle
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S-blends: sch, scr
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Learning Digraphs: sh, ch, th, wh, ph
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Learning Trigraphs: tch, mph

6th Week: Using My Voice Effective

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Emphasizing with Voice
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Learning to Control Volume
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Talking Fast and Slow
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Making Effective Pauses

7th Week: Sight Words, Completing Sentences, Building Sentences

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Sight Words Practice
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Completing Sentences
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Building Sentences

8th Week: R-Controlled Vowels & Patterns, Magic ‘e’ Rule & FLSZ Rule

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Recognizing ar, or, er, ir, ur sound
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Recognizing air, ear, are
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Magic E with a and e
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Magic E with i, o
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Magic E with u
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Learning the FLSZ Rule

Month 3: Posture, Storytelling Basics, Speech and Grammar Basics

Grade- 1 and 2

9th Week: Making Effective Use of Body Language

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Using Hand Gestures
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Expressing Emotions
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Maintaining Body Posture
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Maintaining Eye Contact

10th Week: Storytelling Basics

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Identify Character Traits
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Describe Character Habits
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Express Character Feelings
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Describe the Protagonist

11th Week: My First Speech

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Beginning a Speech with a Hook
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Using "I Think" Statements
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Using Point Reason Structure
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Ending a Speech

12th Week: Grammar Basic (Part: 1)

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Nouns: Naming Words
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Pronouns: He, She, It
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Articles: A & An

Month 4: All About Grammar and Social Communications Skills

Grade- 1 and 2

13th Week: Grammar Basics (Part: 2)

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Action Verbs
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Verbs in Past Tense
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Verbs in Present Tense

14th Week: Daily Conversation

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Greeting Etiquette
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Agreeing Politely
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Disagreeing Politely
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Requesting for Action

15th Week: Grammar Basics- Part-3

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Adjectives: Describing Words
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Prepositions: Where Words Go?
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Punctuation: Full Stops, Commas, Question Marks and Exclamation Marks

16th Week: Social Communications Skills

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At Restaurants
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At Doctor’s Clinic
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At Shopping Mall
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With Friends

Month 5: Enhancing Reading, Writing, and Public Speaking Skills

Grade- 1 and 2

17th Week: Reading Comprehension Skills

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4-5 Comprehension will be discussed

18th Week: Paragraph Writing

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Developing Creative Writing Skills Amongst Learners
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Month-6: Advancing Creative Writing, Speaking and Performance

19th Week: Drama and Role-Play

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Acting Out a Character
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Expressing Surprise in Poetry
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Expressing Happiness in Poetry
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Expressing Anger in Poetry

20th Week: Understanding Debate Formats

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Debates on School Policies
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Environmental Debates
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Value Debates

Month 6: Advancing Reading, Writing, and Public Speaking Skills

Grade- 1 and 2

21st Week: Non-Fictional Writing

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Developing Creative Writing Skills Amongst Learners

22nd Week: Vocabulary Building

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Idioms
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Phrases

23rd Week: On My Favourite Fruit / Vegetable / Cartoon Character / and More

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Speaking and Presentation Activities

24th Week: Hosting a Podcast, Becoming YouTube Sensation and Sharing Your Journey

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Preparing to be on Camera
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Introduction to Podcasting
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Starting a Podcast (Part 1)
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Starting a Podcast (Part 2)
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Sound and Images Video
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Instructional Videos
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Product Review Videos
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Final Video

Program Name- Public Speaking and Creative Writing

Month 1: Communication Foundations and Grammar Basics

Grade- 3 to 5

1st Week: Theme: About Myself

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Integrating listening, speaking, reading, writing, and vocabulary task around the Theme of the Month.

2nd Week: Voice Modulation and Fluency

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Pacing & Pausing
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Emphasizing Key Words
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Varying Vocal Tone
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Expressing Emotion with Words

3rd Week: Grammar Basics- Part-1

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Recap of- Punctuation, Articles, Nouns and Pronouns
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Adjectives
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Verbs

4th Week: Effective Body Language

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Using Gestures
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Varying Facial Expressions
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Maintaining Eye Contact & Posture
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Managing Nervousness

Month 2: Reading and Speaking With Confidence

Grade- 3 to 5

5th Week: Storytelling

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Describing the Protagonist
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Describing Time and Place
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Creating a Map of Story Setting
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Themes and Morals

6th Week: Delivering a Speech

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Starting with a Hook
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Connecting Ideas
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Giving Strong Reasons
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Closing with a Strong Message

7th Week: Describing Things in Conversations

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Expressing Opinions
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Describing Favorite Activities
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Explaining Preferences
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Discussing Least Favorite Things

8th Week: Reading Comprehension

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4 Comprehensions will be discussed

Month 3: Expressing and Asking Clearly and Confidently

Grade- 3 to 5

9th Week: Movie Review

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Sharing Review on a Movie (Group Activity)
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Difficult Words from Movies

10th Week: Narrative Story

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Sharing a Personal Growth Story
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Sharing a Travel Narrative
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Describing a Surprise Event
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Retelling Famous Story Morals

11th Week: Creative Thinking

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Opposite and Consequential Thinking
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Pros, Cons and ABC Thinking

12th Week: Active Learning

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What is Active Listening
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Using Gestures When Listening
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Acknowledging Speaker’s Points
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Follow-Up Questioning

Month 4: Honing Reading and Speaking Skills

Grade- 3 to 5

13th Week: Mastering Debate Formats

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Debating Environmental Topics
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Debating Technology Topics
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Everyday Issue Debates

14th Week: Vocabulary Building

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Idioms
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Phrases
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Phrasal Verbs

15th Week: Fiction Story Writing

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Creating Suspense Characters
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Designing Crime Settings
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Writing Crime Stories
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Creating Funny Characters

16th Week: Non-fiction Writing

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Writing About a Famous Person
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Writing About a Historical Figure
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Writing About a Sports Person

Month 5: Enhancing 21st Century Skills Amongst Learners

Grade- 3 to 5

17th Week: Design Thinking

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Identifying Real-Time Problem and Developing a Solution Model for It
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Explaining Processes

18th Week: Acting and Drama Techniques

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The Actor's Body
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Introduction To Miming
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Introduction to Method Acting
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Basics of Acting and Warmups

19th Week: Performing Stand-Up Comedy

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Identifying Your Comic Style
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Writing Stand-Up Comedy
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Understanding Jokes
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Editing the Stand-Up Act

20th Week: Hosting a Podcast

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Preparing to be on Camera
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Introduction to Podcasting
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Starting a Podcast (Part 1)
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Starting a Podcast (Part 2)

Month 6: Advancing Learning

Grade- 3 to 5

21st Week: Group Discussion

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Developing GD Skills Amongst Learners

22nd Week: Conversational Grammar (Part: 2)

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Tenses

23rd Week: Vocabulary Building

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Idioms
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Fancy Words
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Difficult Words

24th Week: Becoming YouTube Sensation and Sharing Your Journey

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Sound and Images Video
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Instructional Videos
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Product Review Videos
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Final Video

Program Name- Public Speaking and Creative Writing

Month 1: Knowing and Share About Myself and Basic Public Speaking Skills

Grade- 6 to 8

1st Week: Theme: About Myself

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Integrating listening, speaking, reading, writing, and vocabulary task around the Theme of the Month.

2nd Week: Voice Modulation and Fluency

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Pacing During Speech Delivery
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Intonation & Emphasis
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Managing Nervousness
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Voice Inflection

3rd Week: Effective Body Language

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Eye Contact Techniques
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Gesture & Expression Use
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Use of Movement & Space
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Learning to Overcome Nervousness

4th Week: Conversational Grammar- Part-1

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Sentences: Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences
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Sentences: Declarative, Interrogative and Imperative Sentences
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Verbs: Singular Verbs, Plural Verbs, Main Verbs and Helping Verbs
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The Infinitive and Participles
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Transitive Verbs

Month 2: Story Telling, Grammar and Writing Foundations

Grade- 6 to 8

5th Week: Conversational Grammar (Part: 2)

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Verbs: Intransitive and Transitive Verbs, Regular and Irregular Verbs
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Descriptive Language
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Simile Usage
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Personification Usage
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Alliteration Usage
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Assonance Usage

6th Week: Narrative Sharing

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Travel Experience Sharing
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Discussing Deep Fears
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Discussing Personal Challenges
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Conflict Description

7th Week: Storytelling Writing

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Hero Trait Description
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Villain Trait Description
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Multi-Sensory Description
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Color Description Techniques

8th Week: Building an Impactful Speech

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Starting with a Hook
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Connecting Ideas
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Giving Strong Reasons
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Closing with a Strong Message

Month 3: Debate, Discussion and Creative Writing

Grade- 6 to 8

9th Week: Building Vocabulary

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Idioms
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Phrases
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Fancy Words

10th Week: Winning Debates

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Parliamentary Debate Participation
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Extemporaneous Debate Skills
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Debating Environmental Topics

11th Week: Group Discussion and Model

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Disagreement in Discussions
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Opinion Sharing
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Model United Nations Rules & Procedure
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Model UN Participation

12th Week: Conversational Grammar- Part-2 “Tenses”

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Present Perfect and Continuous Tenses
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Simple Past and Continuous Tense
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Past Perfect and Continuous Tense
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Future Tense

Month 4: Mastering Creative Writing

Grade- 6 to 8

13th Week: Paragraph Writing, Diary Entry

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Paragraph on General Real Time Issues
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Diary Entry

14th Week: Formal and Informal Letter Writing

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Drafting Informal Letter to a Friend
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Learning How to Write a Formal Letter

15th Week: Fictional Writing

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Climactic Ending Crafting

16th Week: Non-Fictional Writing

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Writing About a Historical Figure
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Writing About a Famous Person

Month 5: Honing Public Speaking and Presentation Skills

Grade- 6 to 8

17th Week: Movie Review

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Movie Review (Group Activity)
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New and Difficult Words Will Be Discussed

18th Week: Public Oration

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Structuring Speech Points
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Humorous Speech Writing
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Surprising Fact Usage
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Thinking Quickly

19th Week: Delivering Impactful Presentations

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Outlining a Presentation
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Crafting Engaging Openings
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Crafting Engaging Closings
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Planning Visuals to Support Each Point

20th Week: Persuasion Techniques

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Creating Urgency
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Evidence-Based Persuasion
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Creating Suspense
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Persuasive vs. Argumentative Crafting

Month 6: Advancing Learning

Grade- 6 to 8

21st Week: Vocabulary Building

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Idioms
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Phrasal Verbs
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Fancy Words
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New and Difficult Words

22nd Week: Hosting a Podcast

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Preparing to be on Camera
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Introduction to Podcasting
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Starting a Podcast (Part 1)
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Starting a Podcast (Part 2)

23rd Week: Performing Stand Up Comedy

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Identifying Your Comic Style
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Writing Stand-Up Comedy
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Editing the Stand-Up Act
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Understanding Jokes

24th Week: Becoming YouTube Sensation and Sharing Your Journey

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Sound and Images Video
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Instructional Videos
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Product Review Videos
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Final Video

Program Name- Public Speaking and Creative Writing

Month 1: Knowing and Sharing About Self and Building Foundational Communication Skills

Grade- 9 to 12

1st Week: Theme: Self

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Integrating listening, speaking, reading, writing, and vocabulary task around the Theme of the Month.

2nd Week: Voice Modulation and Fluency

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Using Pauses to Make an Impact
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Using Intonation and Emphasis to Highlight
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Voice Inflection
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Managing Nervousness

3rd Week: Effective Body Language

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Using Gesture & Expression
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Using Movement & Space
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Learning to Overcome Nervousness
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Managing Space and Movement on Stage

4th Week: Conversational Grammar- Part-1

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Verbs: Primary Verbs, The Infinitive and Participles
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Transitive, Intransitive and Regular & Irregular Verbs
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Adverbs
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Adjectives

Month 2: Expressing More Confidently

Grade- 9 to 12

5th Week: Conversational Grammar Part-2 (Tenses)

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Present Perfect and Continuous Tenses
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Simple Past and Continuous Tense
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Past Perfect and Continuous Tense
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Future Tense

6th Week: Sharing Narrative and Vocabulary Building

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Travel Experience Sharing
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Discussing Deep Fears
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Discussing Personal Challenges
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Conflict Description

7th Week: Building a Structure and an Impactful Speech

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Starting with a Hook
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Connecting with Audience Emotions
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Logical Argument Construction
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Leaving a Challenge

8th Week: Vocabulary Building

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Idioms
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Phrases
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Fancy Words

Month 3: Mastery in Reading and Speaking Skills

Grade- 9 to 12

9th Week: Paragraph Writing, Diary Entry, Poster Making

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Developing Creative Writing Skills Amongst Learners

10th Week: Report Writing and Building Arguments

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Developing Creative Writing Skills Amongst Learners
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Learning to Analyze Arguments
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Using Inductive and Deductive Reasoning
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Identifying Logical Flaws

11th Week: Winning Debates

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Developing Counter Arguments
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Learning Cross Examination

12th Week: Group Discussions & Model UN

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Expressing Disagreement in GD
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Expressing Ideas
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Model United Nations Rules & Procedure
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Applying Netiquette in Online Settings

Month 4: Honing Creative Writing and Expression

Grade- 9 to 12

13th Week: Formal and Informal Writing

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Developing Creative Writing Skills Amongst Learners

14th Week: Figurative Language

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Simile
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Metaphor
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Personification
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Alliteration

15th Week: Fictional Writing

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Introduction to Character Arcs
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Worldbuilding in Suspense Settings
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Creating Suspenseful Characters
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Crafting a Suspenseful Event

16th Week: Non-Fictional Writing

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Writing About a Famous Person
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Learning Report Writing
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Open Letter Writing

Month 5: Presenting Confidently

Grade- 9 to 12

17th Week: Movie Review

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Sharing Views on a Movie (Group Activity)
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Enhancing Vocabulary by Learning New and Difficult Words

18th Week: Outlining a Presentation

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Crafting Engaging Openings
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Crafting Engaging Closings
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Planning Visuals to Support Each Point

19th Week: Digital Literacy and Telephonic

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Integrating listening, speaking, reading, writing, and vocabulary task around the Theme of the Month.

20th Week: Advertising

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Integrating listening, speaking, reading, writing, and vocabulary task around the Theme of the Month.

Voice Up - Month 6

Month 6: Advancing Learning

Grade- 9 to 12

21st Week: Building Vocabulary

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Idioms and Phrases
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Phrasal Verbs
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New and Difficult Words
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Fancy Words

22nd Week: Hosting a Podcast

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Preparing to be on Camera
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Introduction to Podcasting
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Starting a Podcast (Part 1)
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Starting a Podcast (Part 2)

23rd Week: Performing Stand Up Comedy

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Identifying Your Comic Style
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Writing Stand-Up Comedy
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Editing the Stand-Up Act
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Understanding Jokes

24th Week: Becoming YouTube Sensation and Sharing Your Journey

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Sound and Images Video
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Instructional Videos
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Product Review Videos
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Final Video

At Beyond Paathshala , we believe that confident communication can transform lives. Our mission is to help individuals overcome fear, express themselves clearly, and communicate with confidence.