To celebrate the 2009 Hong Kong New Senior Secondary Syllabus (NSS), we commissioned Jennifer Wong, Hong Kong poet, (‘Summer Cicadas’, Chameleon Press, 2006) to write four poems and design lesson plans on the NSS themes of Study, School Life and Work, Cultures of the World, Wonderful Things, and Technology.

The lesson plans encourage teachers to work with concepts, ideas and feelings connected with the theme, and provide guidance on how to support students’ creative work. In addition, you’ll find a list of language structures and features that as an English language teacher you may like to work on with your students.