Dimension targets:
l Develop an awareness and enjoyment of the basic sounds of English through participating in an action rhyme.
Language focus:
l Using adjectives to describe people (e.g. Two small babies … )
l Using nouns to identify people (e.g. boys, girls, babies )
Language skills:
Speaking:
l Pronounce correctly words in connected speech by linking words together and using appropriate stress
Writing:
l Add personal ideas and information to writing when a model is provided
Materials:
l Student’s Book 3A page 17
l Cassette 3A and a cassette player
l Word and Picture Cards 3A
l Workbook 3A pages 12
l Wallpictures 3A
Steps:
Pre-task preparation:
1. Ask the students to look at their own hands. Ask which finger is tall/fat/thin/small, etc. Draw a large hand on the board. Label each finger with its size.
2. Practise sentence-building with the word cards: He, She, is and the names of the characters.
3. Introduce: in the rain; babies with blackboard drawings.
4. Demonstrate the action: bow.
5. Play the cassette. Listen to the rhyme.
6. Listen and repeat.
7. Point to the pictures and say the rhyme.
While-task procedure:
1. Say the rhyme aloud.
2. Use the finger actions and say the rhyme together.
3. Students in groups, according to their own size, may act out the rhyme.
Post-task activities:
1. In pairs, make a new rhyme. (e.g. Two small dogs/thin cats/in the rain … )
2. Say and act their own rhyme.
3. Workbook page 12
1) Trace and circle the correct words.
2) Individual students may read out the sentences on completion.
Student’s self-assessment:
In groups, refer the students to the self-assessment sheet on page 59 and have them discuss their opinion about each task in this unit and what they think they have learned. Have each student fill in the sheet accordingly with the appropriate amount of support from me, depending on individual students’ ability.