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manipulative ENGLISH CORNER LEVEL 3 Type of activities: visual realia UNIT 9 Index: City life... 3 Dinosaurs... 5 Do you like summer?... 7 Appendix 1... 11 Appendix 2... 15 1
ENGLISH CORNER LEVEL 3 UNIT 9 CITY LIFE visual MATERIALES Poster. Flashcards Plasticine SPEAKING AIMS To ask and answer questions about him/herself. To understand and produce sentences related to the unit vocabulary. To ask questions using the unit vocabulary. VOCABULARY Bridge Caveman Cinema Dinosaur Flat Fountain Museum Orchestra Piano Suitcase Town Town hall Trumpet Violin Xylophone LET S TALK - What is your name? My name is (Lola) - How old are you? I am (five) years old. - Where are you from? I am from (Seville). - Do you live in the city or the country? I live in the (city). - Where do you spend the weekend? In the city or in the countryside? I spend the weekend in the (countryside). - What can you do in the (city/country)? I can (play/ swim/ climb/ go to the park/ visit grandma and grandpa). - What did you do last weekend? I played with my friends/i went to the park/ I visited grandma and grandpa/ I watched TV/ I ate pizza. - Please put the plasticine on the (fountain). - This is a fountain. Water comes out of the fountain. - This is a dinosaur. Dinosaurs lived a long time ago. Dinosaurs were very big. - This is a bridge. Cars, lorries and buses go over the bridge. - This is a museum. You can learn lots of things about the past. - This is a flat. I live in a flat. - This is a town hall. The town hall is an important place in the city. - This is an orchestra. You can see lots of different musical instruments in an orchestra. - This is a caveman. Cavemen lived in caves a long time ago. - This is a cinema. I go to cinema to watch my favourite film. - This is a suitcase. I put my clothes in my suitcase when I go on holiday. - What is there to see in your city? In my city there is a (town hall, a fountain, a river ) - Is there a town hall in your city? Yes, there is/no, there isn t. - What musical instruments can you see? I can see a harp, guitar, violin, drum, cymbals, flute, trumpet and xylophone. - Can you play the guitar, violin, etc.? Yes, I can/no, I can t. 3
ENGLISH CORNER LEVEL 3 CITY LIFE ACTIVITY The teacher begins by greeting the children and asking basic personal questions, especially those related to where they live, where they spend the weekends, and what they did last weekend. The children can then use this model to ask each other these questions. The teacher then asks one student to stand up and gives him/her a small piece of plasticine. The teacher asks the student to put the plasticine on one of the images, and then to make a sentence related to the image, for example: This is a fountain. Water comes out of the fountain. Variation: Instead of the teacher asking the student to put the plasticine on the poster, the students could take it in turns to get their friends to identify things in the poster: Please put the plasticine on the (fountain) Once all of the unit vocabulary items have been identified, the children ask each other whether they can see these things in their own city. The teacher first gives a model: What music instruments can you see? What is there to see in your city? She then facilitates the children to ask the questions themselves, pointing to areas of the poster to help give them ideas if necessary. 4
ENGLISH CORNER LEVEL 3 UNIT 9 DINOSAURS realia MATERIALES Dinosaur toys Magic Dragon s Green bag SPEAKING AIMS To understand and produce the unit vocabulary. To produce sentences and ask questions related to the unit. To learn about dinosaurs and the prehistoric era. VOCABULARY Big Black Blue Brown Cavemen Caves Clothes Cotton Dinosaur Diplodocus Flat Green Hob House Museums Numbers 1 to 15 Orange Pink Pterodactyl Purple Red River Silk Small Stegosaurus Supermarket T-rex Triceratops Velociraptor Washing machine White Yellow LET S TALK - Can you guess what s in the bag? Yes, I can/ No, I can t. - Put your hand in the bag. Which dinosaur is it? It s a (Diplodocus/T-rex/Triceratops/ Velociraptor/ Stegosaurus/ Pterodactyl). - Tell me something about the dinosaur. - It is (big/small/ dangerous/ a carnivore/ a herbivore). It can/can t fly. - What animals were these? These were dinosaurs. - Were dinosaurs very big or very small? They were very big. - Have you ever seen a dinosaur? Yes, I have/no, I haven t. - Where can you see dinosaurs? You can see dinosaurs in museums. - What s the name of your favourite dinosaur? My favourite dinosaur is the (T-rex/stegosaurus/ Velociraptor). - Can you describe your favourite dinosaur? Yes. It was a (carnivore/ herbivore). It was (big/ small). It (was/wasn t) dangerous. It (could/ couldn t) fly. - Where did cavemen (live/ wash their clothes/ hunt/ cook their food)? - Where do we (hunt/wash our clothes/ get food/ cook food)? - Cavemen lived in caves. We live in houses/flats. - Cavemen washed their clothes in rivers. We wash our clothes in washing machines. - Cavemen hunted for their food. We buy our food in supermarkets. - Cavemen cooked their food on fires. We cook our food on a hob. - What did cavemen wear? - What do we wear? - Cavemen wore animal skins. We wear cotton and silk clothes. 5
DINOSAUR ACTIVITY Before the children arrive, the teacher starts puts many different types of dinosaurs into Magic Dragon s green bag. When the children arrive, the teacher asks them to guess what is in the bag. One by one, the children put their hands into the bag without looking and take a dinosaur. They must then name the dinosaur and tell us a sentence about it. Once all the dinosaurs are on the table the children can ask each other about their favourite dinosaurs. The teacher then directs the conversation to cavemen. The teacher can ask the children questions related to cavemen s lives and compare this to how we live today, for example: Where did cavemen live? Cavemen lived in caves. Where do we live? We live in houses and flats. 6
ENGLISH CORNER LEVEL 3 UNIT 9 DO YOU LIKE SUMMER? manipulative MATERIALES Clothes flashcards Summer clothes (Appendix 1) 5 Suitcase pictures (Appendix 1) Summer activities pictures (Appendix 2) SPEAKING AIMS To understand and produce the unit vocabulary. To learn about different ways to spend the summer holidays To produce sentences and ask questions about the unit. To ask and answer questions about him/herself. To learn characteristics of summer. VOCABULARY Autumn Beach Bike riding Boat Bucket Bus Canoeing Cap Car City Coat Countryside Drinking Eating Fishing Hat Horse riding Ice cream Jumper Kite Mountains Plane Playing Rain boots Sandals Sandcastle Shoes Shorts Sightseeing Skating Snorkel LET S TALK - What season is it now? It s summer. - What s the weather like in summer? It s sunny and hot. - What do you like doing in summer? I like (swimming/going to the beach/ wearing my shorts/ making sandcastles/ playing with my friends/ eating ice cream) - What can t you do in summer? I can t (wear my jumper/ make snowmen) - What beach do you go to in summer? In summer, I go to Huelva beach. - What do you take to the beach? I take my bucket and spade, a sunshade, a swimsuit, a cap, sun cream, sunglasses. - What do you like doing at the beach? I like (swimming in the sea/making sandcastles/ eating ice cream) - What do you like eating in summer? I like eating ice cream. - What do you like wearing in summer? I like wearing (my swimsuit/ my t-shirt/ shorts/ sandals). - What was your favourite holiday? My favourite holiday was in (Huelva/ the countryside/ London). - How did you go there? We went (By bus/ by train/ by plane/ by car/ the boat). - Who did you go with? I went with (my family/ mummy, daddy and my brother/sister). - What did you do there? I played with my brother and sister/ I walked in the sand/ I jumped in the water/ I danced/ I climbed/ I laughed. - Let s look at this picture. What season is it in this picture? It is (summer/ autumn/ winter/ spring). - What (are they/ is he/ is she) doing? (He is/ She is/ They are walking in the forest/ camping by a lake/ at the 7
Spring Summer Sunglasses Sunshade Swimming Swimming pool Swimsuit Train Trousers T-shirt Walking Winter Wooly hat It s sunny It s cloudy It s rainy It s snowy It s windy It s foggy It s stormy It s cold It s hot beach/ in the snow/ skiing/ canoeing/ scuba diving/ sightseeing). - Now we need to choose where to go on holiday! (Juan), where do you want to go (pointing to the pictures)? I want to go to the (mountains/ to the beach/ to the city/ to the countryside). - Now pack your suitcase. - (Lola) where are you going on holiday? I am going to (the countryside/ the mountains/ the beach/ the city). - What will the weather be like? It will be (sunny/ cloud/ rainy/ snowy/ windy/ foggy/ stormy/ cold/ hot). - What are you going to do there? I am going to (swim/ ski/ walk in the forest/ canoe/ camp by a lake/ scuba dive/ play with my friends/ eat). - What have you got in your suitcase? I have got (a t-shirt/ sandals/ a cap/ a jacket/ shoes/ socks/ trousers/ a hat/ a jumper/ wooly hat/ coat). DO YOU LIKE SUMMER? ACTIVITY Begin the activity by asking the children some basic questions related to their favourite summer activity, what they like doing, and what they do not like doing in summer. We can also ask them questions about their favourite holiday, where they went, how they travelled, what they did, and who they went with. Variation: After the speaker has given an example of the summer questions, the children can ask each other. Next, we show the children the photos of the different holiday activities and use them to revise the different seasons and talk about things they can do in each place. We then give each of the children a suitcase and tell them to choose one of the photos. This will be their holiday destination. We explain to the children that before we go on holiday we need to pack our suitcases. The speaker supervises while the children take it in turns to choose clothing that is appropriate for their holiday. We then ask the children how they plan to get there, what the weather will be like, the activities they are going to do and what they have got in their suitcase. 8
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