Movements
by Anna Kamińska and Barbara Pietrus
Level: elementary
Age: 10-15
Time: 45 min
Aims: - to name movements
- to say what is happening now
- to build friendly relations between students through fun activities
Objectives: - to practise the present continuous tense(affirmatives and questions)
- to get to know new verbs describing movements: run, jump, bend, walk, sit down, stand up, wave, put.
Materials: photos
Procedures:
Teacher's instructions 1: Solve the crossword to find out what today's lesson is about. Guess the words whose definitions I'm going to give you.
Students listen to the definitions and guess the words. They discover the topic of the lesson.
The teacher writes the correct answers on the board.
1. a part of your face that you use for eating and speaking
2. a long thin vegetable that grows under the ground
3. a glass used for holding cut flowers in a house
4. a part of your body on which you stand and walk
5. a small animal with a long tail, cats like to eat it
6. something to drink that you can't live without
7. something used for cutting things, especially in the kitchen
8. a funny film for children that you watch on TV
9. a building that is made for one family to live in
The teacher shows pictures to students and asks what the people are doing (the pictures show people who are running, jumping, bending, walking, sitting down, standing up, waving, and putting something down). He /she provides new vocabulary and puts the new words (infinitives) on the board together with the pictures.
Teacher's instructions 2: Look at the photos and tell me (in Polish if necessary) what these people are doing. Then listen to me, look at the board and try to remember new words. At the end write down new words in your notebooks
Students look at the photos and answer the teacher's questions (in English and in Polish). Then they observe the board, repeat new words and try to learn them. Finally they write down new words.
Teacher's instructions 3: Work in pairs. One student performs a movement from the list, the other one says what his partner is doing. E.g. "You're running"
Students perform movements and say what their partners are doing
The teacher supervises and helps if there are problems.
Teacher's instructions 4: Let's play a game. I will divide you into two groups. You will sit with your backs to the board. Taking turns the two groups will try to guess what I will be doing listening carefully to the sounds I will make. Each time a group will have two chances. You will ask questions: "Are you jumping" The winning group will be able to give four instructions to the losers using the vocabulary from the lesson. The losers will have to follow the instructions
Students play the game (ask questions)
The teacher performs movements (with sound effects) and distributes points. He/she organizes the activity and monitors it.
Homework: The students will draw a picture of six people doing different movements and describe them. At the beginning of the next lesson they will read their description to their partner whose task will be to draw the picture.