Unit 1 Greetings

Activity 1a Listen and repeat.

Objectives: to warm up

to introduce a poem

First read the following poem for the pupils to listen and then have them repeat it after you in chorus and individually.

Apples, apples,

One, two, three,

Apples for you,

Apples for me.

Activity 1b Choose and say.

Objective: to have the pupils practise composing a poem

Ask the pupils to compose their poems as in Activity 1a with other fruits or vegetables.

For example:

Strawberries, strawberries

One, two, three,

Strawberries for you,

Strawberries for me.

Activity 2 Play “Count”.

Objective: to recycle the numbers 1-20

First, have the pupils count the numbers 1-20 in chorus, then one by one in turns. Then say that instead of 5, 10, 15 and 20 they need to clap but not pronounce. Ask all the pupils to stand up and begin counting in turns. The one who makes a mistake sits down. The others start counting from 1 again. The last pupil to remain will be the winner.