MOVING ON NI C ACTIVITY PYRE group matching, syntax LANGUAGE FOCUS present tenses LeveL 2 AGE RANGE 910 SKIRES. reading, speaking, writing TIME 30-45 minutes MATERIALS copy ofthe Sentence wolkabout worksheet per pupil, enlorged copies of the word cards Sentence walkabout Before «lass Moke an enlarged copy of the Sentence walkabout worksheet and cut oul the 24 cards. f you hove fewer than 24 pupils select the appropriate number of cards, ensuring that they make up complete sentences. Make a copy of the Sentence walkabout worksheet for each pupil In dass 1 Give each pupil o card with « word or phrase. you have more thon 24 pupils in your class, put some in pars, puting slronger pupils with weaker ones so that they con help them, 2. Each pupil writes ther word onto even larger pieces of card or paper (AA). 3. Drow four similar ‘cords’ or phrases on the board, e.g ‘a bike.” ‘ride’ ‘Y‘con’ 4 Explain that the activity involves forming sentences, and that each sentence conisls of fowr <’elements. Pupils should use the punctuation to help them (ull stop and copitel lee), Ect the sentence I can ride o bike 5 Ack pupils to walk around to find their other sentence members to form correct vontences, Set a time limit of five or ten minutes. Circulate to monitor and help. groups form correct senences that ore not included in the key (She likes her jumper. We go fo the cinema on Soturdays, eX), praise them and ask them to regroup with other members to form an ltemative sentence. © When all the pupils have found their sentences, they line up holding their cards infront of them for correction by the other members ofthe class. Encourage discussion about why certain combinations are correct or incorrect. IFnecessary, regroup your pupils into the six sentences in the key. 7 Collect the cords. 8 Give your pupils the worksheets. They must put the words ino the boxes to form the six complete sentences. They con do this by: ‘2 Cutting out the words and gluing them in the boxes below. Writing the words in the boxes on the worksheet ‘€ Copying the sentences into their notebooks. 9 Correct collectively on the board. Key She isn't going to play tennis. They go to the cinema ‘on Saturdays. He likes his computer game. She's puting on her jumper We haven't got our coals. A spider hos got eight legs.putting on A spiderMOVING ON ACYEVINY TYPE poirwark dictation LANGUAGE Pocus present simple and continsoae verbs of the doily routine odserb of Feawoncy 2 AGE RA: 9-10 SHERES. cooding, litening, speoking, wing Thee. 30 minutes MATERIALS ‘© copy of both You read, ( weil worksheets oer two pupils You read, | write Before class Make a copy of hth You read, I write worksheats, & ond 8, for every two cupil in class 1. Revise or preteach the questions Can you repeat the! please? Can you spell th, please? «and write them on the board. 2. Explain how the activity works by example. Select « pupil and sit fcing him or her. Give the pupil the '8' dictation and you keep the ‘’ dictation 3 Ask he pupil to read his or her text while you write the missing words. Once you have filed inthe spaces in your text, read your text so tha! your partner can write his or her missing words. Demonskate or explain that you need to say Blank or Mmmm to indicate where there is.@ gap. Toke tuns lo read and write, After one cr two lines, check that the class undorstand the task. 4 Arrange the closs in paits: A and B. Give pupils their worksheet, A or B, and ask them to face their partners. Explain that the information on their photocopy is secret and pupils con only look ot their own piece of poper. Let them read thei shoet. 5 Pupils reod and write to complete ther sheets 6 Circulate to monitor and correct. 7 When pupils have finished, ether they con chock their answers in poirs, or ask them fo dlictte the text for you to write on the boord, Key Stella Star Stella isthe inelletval of the family. She loves reading, studying ond playing on her computer She also enjoys playing the piano and listening fo classical music. She doesa't really like sport cor doing physical exercise. During he week she always goes o school in the morning, ond inthe afternoon she does her homework. She doesn’t ofen play, bt she occasionally writes computer programs or reads books. Her favourite books are in English, French and German, She con speak oll hree languages perocty A the weekend she normally wokes up early and studies. She doesn’t goto school, but she reads and writes « lot at home. Sho sometimes helps her parents with theic problems. Teday is Selurday and she is at home. At the moment Stella ceading a book about ‘lgsbro. She is also good at algebra. She isn’t writing on her computer because her brother ‘Simon is playing gomes on it. He always plays with her computer, Sella likes hac brother, but she is never happy when he plays on her computer. Simon plays a ko. 8 Finally ask some comprehension questions to make swe that everyone understands the text, e.g. Who is the intellectual ofthe forily? What does Stella enjoy doing? Does Stella like spor?\\ Stella Star | Stella intellectual of the family _ studying and playing She also enjoys listening to classical music really like sport or physical During the week to school in the . she does her homework. . but she occasionally writes Her favourite books are in . She can speak all perfectly. she normally wakes up early go to school, helps her parents Today is Saturday and At the moment Stella about algebra. She is also she is never happy computer. Uy Can you repeat that, please’ Can you spell that, please? writes alot at home. She isn't writing because her brother Simon He always plays Stella likes : on her alot.® Stella Star Stella is the intellectual She loves reading, on her computer. enjoys playing the piano and She doesn't really physical exercise. reads books. doing she always goes morning, and in the afternoon She doesn’t often play, computer programs or English, French and German. all three languages periectly. Atthe weekend early and studies. She doesn’t . but she reads and She sometimes with their problems. sheis at home. is reading a book about algebra. good at algebra on her computer because Simon is playing games on it with her computer. . Simon plays US Can you repeat that, please? Can you spell that, please her brother, but when he plays