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Quote nebo_Londona

.. which gramatical and lexical material each level should contain (I mean beginner - present simple, elementary - past simple etc.)? ...

I understand you may have to follow your school guidelines on this but you should also consider Task Based syllabuses rather than grammar ones. TBLL (Task Based Language Learning) is considered much more effective. This involves taking into account your students’ language needs and providing them with the relevant language knowledge and skills necessary to complete those tasks.

In other words when planning, we usually choose the language function first and then analyze it to determine the language targets. We don't really want to teach language targets for their own sake, rather to accomplish a particular function.

There is an interesting article on TBLL in the ICALwiki where you can also find information on student level classification, English grammar items, etc.