Cambridge English B for the IB Diploma
Planning sheet 5.1: Topic planner for Chapter 5 ‘Customs and traditions’ (Option)
This planning document provides you with an overview of the contents of Chapter 5 of the Cambridge IB English B coursebook. This chapter offers course
material for the topic option ‘Customs and traditions’, and is supported by the IB English B website resources.
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In this planning document, page numbers refer to the Cambridge English B for the IB Diploma coursebook. The online resources refer to worksheets (ws)
and assessment resources (as) available on the supporting website which can be found at ibdiploma.cambridge.org
Unit 5.1: Pilgrimage
Text number, type, title, page
reference
Online resources
Form and meaning
5.1 Website: ‘Anzac trips: Trips for
18–30 somethings’ (pages 173–
74).
5.2 Travel writing: ‘In the footsteps
of a thousand years of pilgrims’
(page 175).
5.3 Website: ‘Experience Elvis
Presley’s Graceland’ (pages 178–
79).
5.4 Article: ‘The Story of Hajj’ (page
180–81).
 Assessment sheet 5.1. ‘Answers
to activities in Chapter 5’
(filename:
IB_elb_5_assess_as1).
 Worksheet 5.1. Provides a
‘spider diagram’ for use with
the starter Activity 1.1, on page
171 (filename:
IB_elb_5_resources_ws1).
 Worksheet 5.2 ‘Nouns,
adjectives and verbs’ for use
 Students learn how words
are changed into nouns,
adjectives and verbs (page
176).
 Students practise using the
gerund (‘-ing’ form) of
verbs to connect ideas (page
176).
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Learning outcomes
 Expand topic-specific
vocabulary.
 Explore the topic of
pilgrimages.
 Build reading comprehension
skills.
 Build discussion and writing
skills.
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with Activity 1.11 on page 176
(filename:
IB_elb_5_resources_ws2).
 Worksheet 5.3 ‘Using the
gerund verb form’ for use with
Activity 1.12 on page 176
(filename:
IB_elb_5_resources_ws3).
Links to TOK
Links to Extended Essay
Links to learner profile
 Students are asked about the
connotations and denotations of the
word ‘pilgrimage’ (page 172).
 Students are encouraged to
comment on WWI literature in a
Category 3 extended essay
(page 174).
 Principled – Students are
asked which principles they
value (page 172).
Online resources
Form and meaning
Links to CAS
 Students are encouraged to
plan a CAS trip (page 171).
Unit 5.2 – School uniforms
Text number, type, title, page
reference
5.5 Article: ‘School Uniforms: Pros
 Worksheet 5.4 ‘Designing a
and Cons’ (pages 184–85)
school uniform’ for use with
5.6 Guidelines: ‘King’s Grove
Activity 2.3 on page 184
School, Policy Statement No. 7’
(filename:
(page 187).
IB_elb_5_resources_ws4).
5.7 Opinion piece/news article:
 Worksheet 5.5 ‘Words and
‘School uniform does not
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 Students learn phrases that
are useful for giving advice.
(page 186).
 Students learn about active
and passive verbs (page
187).
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Learning outcomes
 Expand topic-specific
vocabulary.
 Discuss the debate of school
uniforms.
 Build reading comprehension
skills.
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improve results’ (page 190).
Links to TOK
 Build discussion and writing
skills.
themes in Text 5.5’ for use with
Activity 2.7 on page 186
(filename:
IB_elb_5_resources_ws5).
Links to Extended Essay
 Students learn about the
argumentation fallacy post hoc
ergo propter hoc in relation to the
debate on uniforms (page 185).
Links to learner profile
Links to CAS
 Open-minded – Students
are encouraged to be openminded when discussing the
debate on uniforms (page
183).
Unit 5.3 – Guidelines
Text number, type, title, page
reference
Online resources
5.8 Guidelines: ‘Policy on dress
code’ (page 193).
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Form and meaning
Learning outcomes
 Students define and identify
the key characteristics of
guidelines (page 192–94).
 Students understand the range
of devices used in guidelines.
 Students practise writing
guidelines.
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Unit 5.4 – Assessment: the individual oral activity
Text number, type, title, page
reference
Online resources
Form and meaning
 Stimulus images a and b on page
196.
 Transcription of the sample
individual oral presentation, on
pages 199–201.
 Assessment sheet 5.2 ‘Creating
a structure for the individual
oral’ for use with Activity 4.3
on page 197 (filename:
IB_elb_5_assess_as2).
 Assessment sheet 5.3
‘Characteristics of a good image
– preparing for the individual
oral’ for use with Activity 4.4
on page 198 (filename:
IB_elb_5_assess_as3).
 Assessment sheet 5.4
‘Assessing a sample individual
oral’ for use with Activity 4.8
on page 199 (filename:
IB_elb_5_assess_as4).
 Audio recording of the sample
individual oral on pages 199–
201 (filename:
IB_elb_5_resources_ioa1).
 A range of tips help students
understand the nature of,
and prepare for, the Paper 1
exam on reading
comprehension.
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Learning outcomes
 Students become familiar with
the requirements for the
individual oral.
 Students acquire strategies for
preparing for, and taking, the
individual oral exam.
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