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Give a selection of letters and ask the class to make a word using
the letters e.g. t a c o g d c k d u n h e g p i
Blending (for reading new words)
Target
Give 9 letters e.g. r, t, y, e, b, i, a, s, m and see how many 2, 3,
4 + words they can make, e.g. am
yes bear stream
Shark attack
Think of a word and write dashes/lines for number of words.
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Ask class to give you the sounds of the letters in the words.
Mastermind
Think of a word and write dashes/lines for number of words.
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Ask class to give you words with this number of letters e.g. dog.
Study Skills
in kids’ english 2 the authors tried to introduce more and more
activities to develop study skills. study skills work is varied. it in-
cludes dictionary tasks such as the use of the Wordlist, using tables,
note taking, applying spelling rules, using the Grammar Reference,
etc. study skills teach pupils how to work practically and prepare
them to work independently. note that Grammar Reference is given
mostly for parents and for reference but not for learning the rules.
Information gap
information gap activities practise real communication. in real
life we do not know exactly what someone is going to ask us or how
someone will reply. in information gap
activities pupils must ex-
change information by asking and answering. only by communicat-
ing successfully can they get the information to complete the task.
it is important that pupils do not show their information to
each other. Usually the activity is divided into two parts, printed
in different parts of the Pupil’s book so that pupils cannot see each
other’s information.
Pupil A asks questions about missing information, similarities
or differences in the pictures, etc. in his/her part. Pupil b answers
Pupil A’s question(s) according to the information in his/her part.
Then Pupil b asks Pupil A questions.
Remember boxes
These are sometimes seen at the bottom of the page in the Class-
book and highlight the new language material. They are convenient
for teachers and pupils to focus clearly on the language focus of the
lesson very quickly. While, or after, introducing the new structure
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or language, teachers are recommended to draw pupils’ attention to
the examples in the Remember boxes.
Timing
note that timing is given approximately for lessons except revi-
sion lessons. Teachers can change it according to their pupils’ needs
and abilities.
VIII Homework
What is the purpose of giving homework and is it necessary to check it?
homework is provided for each lesson of all 14
units in the
Workbook. The sole purpose of giving homework in the Workbook
is to help pupils remember or bring back to their memories the lan-
guage material they learned during the lesson through doing inter-
esting writing tasks, working on the drawings, doing crosswords,
etc. which any child would love to do with pleasure.
Therefore, it is essential for the teacher to check how pupils have
coped with the homework and encourage them by saying that they
have done it very well and putting marks.
it is only through doing homework to
supplement the two lessons
a week that pupils will make good progress. if teachers do not check
the homework, pupils will stop doing it.
Pupils will make mistakes in their homework as they experiment
with the new things they have learned. every mistake is a learning
opportunity if the teacher helps them to find it. if he/she does not,
they miss the opportunity to learn, and
may even learn something
wrong!
by checking their homework teachers can:
a) see the pupil’s progress;
b) work with the pupil individually;
c) stimulate their pupils to participate in displays, competitions,
etc.
d) work with the pupils’ parents.
When to check homework?
There are many ways to check homework. here are some tips
which may be useful for the teachers:
a) While pupils are doing classwork activities, the teacher can go
round quickly and look at their homework.
b) The teacher can assess homework during the Let’s Play lesson
while pupils are doing a longer activity.
c) The teacher can take the pupils’ Workbooks home to assess.
There are two english lessons a week in Year 2 and they are usu-
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ally taught every second or third day of the week (e.g. Monday and
Thursday or Wednesday and Friday). so
the teacher can ask the
pupils to leave their Workbooks in the classroom to assess. The next
day, after assessing their homework, he/she can give them their
books back.
How to check homework?
There are several ways of checking homework. We are providing
below some hints for inexperienced teachers. experienced teachers
usually have their own routine for how to correct homework which
may be better than our suggestions:
a) Traditional method. The teacher takes the children’s works
and tries to correct every single mistake.
b) Non-traditional method. The teacher warns the pupils about
what language points are in focus, e.g. Capitalisation. When a pupil
makes a mistake, the teacher underlines it with a green pen. here
pupils should work on the mistake made.
c) Self-checking method. Pupils check their own work following
a given model (for example, the teacher asks pupils and writes the
correct answers on the blackboard.)
d) Inter-checking method. The teacher asks
pupils to swap their
work and correct any mistakes following a model which they are
given.
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