Grades English Teacher

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Activity 2 Look, listen and repeat. Objective: to introduce a new poem
While reciting the poem, use some gestures to help the pupils understand the poem. Say “I can see” and translate the phrase into the pupils‟ mother tongue.
After that, say that in spring we can see a lot of flowers in the streets, gardens and parks. And suggest them learn the following short and interesting poem about flowers with gestures.

Flowers here, Flowers there.

Activity 3 Play “I can draw a cat”.

Objective: to introduce the structure “I can draw a cat.”
I can see flowers Everywhere.

Explain to the pupils that you are going to draw a flower on the blackboard. Then say, “I can draw a flower”. Then do the same procedure with a picture of a cat and again say, “I can draw a cat”. Then elicit from the pupils the meaning of the phrase “I can draw a ...”. After that ask the pupils to look at complete the unfinished pictures of a flower and a cat on the right page of the book. Then they should learn to say
I can draw a flower.
I can draw a cat.
Ask the pupils to repeat the sentences after you in chorus and individually. Explain to the pupils that there is a blank space for them to draw what they want.
When they have finished, ask some pupils to show their pictures and say about them like “I can draw a kite”, etc.

Activity 4 Look and do.

Objective: to do physical exercise and energise the pupils
Play the DVD. Ask the pupils to listen and repeat the actions after you.

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Activity 5 Play “I can see a red crocodile”.
Objectives: to enable pupils to use the structure “I can see…” with wild animals; to revise colours
STEP 1: Ask the pupils to imagine wild animals with unusual colours. For example, a crocodile but not green, but any other colour and say about it.
I can see a red crocodile.
Then ask the pupils to look at the pictures in the book and say about them.
I can see a pink elephant. I can see a blue hare. I can see a green tiger.
After that, ask the pupils to look at the pictures on the right page of the book. They should choose one animal, colour and talk about it. Explain to the pupils that they can use more than one colour if they want.

V. Homework: Ask the pupils to finish colouring the rest of the animals on the right hand page, and say sentences like “I can see a green tiger”, etc.

STEP 2: Pupils work in groups of 4 or 5. Each pupil chooses and colours an animal. Then they in turns talk about their animals. Others listen and choose the most unusual animal. When they have finished, each group should introduce their most unusual animal to the class.