Unit 1 Greetings

Activity 3 Look and listen.

Objective: to introduce new words by means of a poem

STEP 1: Tell the pupils that Zumrad wants to introduce her family to the class. As she is a puppet, her family members are puppets as well.

Ask the pupils to look at the palm with finger puppets. The thumb is Zumrad’s daddy, the index finger is her mum, the middle finger is her brother, the ring finger is her sister and the little finger is the baby.

STEP 2: Then read the poem for pupils to listen. Then ask the pupils to repeat the poem line by line all together.

It is not necessary to learn the poem by heart all at once. It only serves for introducing the new words. The pupils can memorise this poem gradually as it can be repeated during the whole unit.

Do not forget to praise earnest pupils. Compare who says the words better and more correctly. Let the process of speaking in a foreign language give pupils pleasure and satisfaction. But if someone is the first to learn it by heart, it is necessary to listen to and praise him/her.
Poem:

This is my father.

This is my mother.

This is my brother tall. (at this moment all should stand up and sit down again since the

This is my sister. brother is tall)

This is a baby.

How I love them all.