Unit 1 Greetings

Activity 1 Play “Magic Colours”.

Objective: to raise awareness of the result when colours are mixed

Say that paints possess magic power. For example, if we mix two paints, there will appear absolutely different colour. Then ask the pupils to look at the colours in the textbook and say the results of the mixed colours.

Activity 2 Play “Magic Wand”.

Objectives: to raise awareness of the characters in oriental fairy tales

to practise the pronunciation of the sounds [] and []

Say that the magic wand carries out any wishes, and only fantastic characters may have magic wands (you can make a stick yourself or buy a shining stick). Here introduce the words “magic” and “wand”. Then have the pupils practise the pronunciation of these words, especially [] in “magic” and [] in “wand” in chorus and individually.

Suggest the children imagine themselves as wizards or magicians who have such wands. Further, explain that in oriental fairy tales, kind fairies are called Pari (in Uzbek) or Peri (in Russian). So, all the girls here are beautiful fairies (Pari/Peri) and, as regards to the boys, they can be kind genies/jinns or malicious monsters (dev in Uzbek/ див in Russian). Let’s not be malicious devs/divs. And let’s say:

Genie/Jinn is good.

Pari/Peri is good.

Dev/Div is bad.

Then all the girls repeat in chorus: I’m a pari/peri. I’m good.

And all the boys repeat: I’m a genie/jinn. I’m good.