Unit 1 Greetings

Objective: to consolidate the new vocabulary

STEP 1: Ask the pupils to compare the frog and the crocodile and say what similarities and differences they have. Accept and then summarise the pupils’ different responses.

Similarities: Both the crocodile and the frog is of one colour. They are green. They can also swim.

Differences: The difference in their size: crocodiles are big but the frogs are small.

STEP 2: Ask the pupils to remember the word “big” and to learn the word “small”. Explain that the word “little” is used to mean little girl or boy in terms of age.

Then have the pupils practise these words in chorus and individually. After that, ask the pupils to divide all the animals into two groups. BIG and SMALL.

Point to the flashcards with the animals one by one and ask:

Is a crocodile big or small?

Is an elephant big or small? (Just say the necessary article without explanation. The pupils begin to copy your pronunciation).

Then hang the flashcards on the blackboard.

Thus, all the animals will be divided into 2 groups on the blackboard.

BIG crocodile bear tiger elephant

SMALL frog parrot hare monkey

STEP 3: When the two groups are ready, ask the pupils to say 2 sentences about animals.

1 I am a ...

2 I am small / big.

After that, have the pupils practise the sentences. When the pupils talk about the size of the animal, they can show their hands up (to mean big) or down (to mean small).

Now you need to ask the pupils to say the colour of the animals.

Crocodile green

Frog green

Parrot it is of different colour like a rooster

Bear brown

Hare white

Monkey brown

Tiger orange / black

Elephant grey
STEP 4: Now tell the pupils that they can imagine themselves to be wild animals, e.g. a tiger, and say about themselves 3 sentences: I am a tiger. I am big. I am orange and black.

Then ask the pupils who wants to be a tiger. Here, it is advisable not to ask the strongest pupils because they can choose a different animal and tell about it. It is necessary to choose a weaker pupil and ask him/her to repeat everything about the tiger. Praise him/her because he/she proved to be a brave tiger. Next, invite the pupils and give them an opportunity to choose their own. Ask them what animal they want to be, and explain that the order of saying sentences should be as follows:

1 animal name: I am a ...

2 size: I am small / big.

3 colour: I am orange and black.