Answers to questions 1) and 2) may vary; 3) All learning styles are addressed; as each volunteer wants to swat first the game becomes a competition; all pupils are involved; it’s fun. Ask participants how they can change the activity to make it more suitable for their class.
Possible answer:Instead of letters it is possible to check numbers. Stage 2.
Say that there is another activity to check the alphabet: on Handout 1 there are some letters and dots which should be connected in the alphabetic order, from the first letter of the alphabet to the last. If participants do it correctly, they’ll get a picture at the end. Give them 2 minutes.
Check understanding of the instruction. Distribute Handout 1.
After 2 minutes ask participants what picture they got.
Answer Key:A picture of a butterfly. Ask participants the following questions:
1) Did you like the activity? Why / why not?
2) Will your pupils like the activity? Why / why not?
3) What are advantages of this activity?
Answers to questions: 1) and 2) may vary; 3): a) a T can check all the pupils; b) the activity is amusing; c) pupils are motivated to do the task because they want to get a picture; d) the activity is not time-consuming. 3. Butterfly Objective: to do some activities for young learners
Time: 20 minutes
Materials: Handout 1, coloured pencils, flipchart, markers, scotch, scissors
Interaction: plenary
Preparation: before the session 1) write the rhyme ‘Butterfly’ on flipchart; 2) cut a scotch tape into a number of pieces enough for all participants
Procedure:
Say that participants are again young learners and they are going to work with a picture of a butterfly on their Handout.
Show and say:
- Butterflies fly. Repeat after me: Butterflies fly!
- Stand up. We are butterflies now! Let’s fly together! We are very high in the blue sky!
- Good! Take your seats. Let’s learn a rhyme about a butterfly.
- Repeat after me the lines:
Butterfly, butterfly, where do you fly?
So high, so high in the blue, blue sky.
Ask participants to copy out the rhyme near the picture of butterfly on
Handout 1. Give them 1 minute.
After 1 minute tell participants you will say a word of the rhyme without voice,
e.g., butterfly. Ask them to guess the word and say it.
Ask participants in pairs to say words of the rhyme without voice to each other and guess the words.
After 1 minute say that participants have 5 minutes to colour their butterflies. Ask them not to show their pictures.
Check understanding of the instruction.
Distribute coloured pencils. After 5 minutes ask participants to collect their pictures and give these pictures to you. Put the pictures on the wall.
Ask a participant:
- What colours is your butterfly?
Ask other participants to find this butterfly on the wall by asking the author of the picture, ‘Is it your butterfly?’ When participants find the butterfly, ask some other participants about their butterflies.
Ask participants:
- Look at the wall. How many butterflies are there?
- All these beautiful butterflies fly in our classroom! Let’s say the rhyme about a butterfly all together.