Unit 1 Greetings

Activity 3 Play “Cross the River.”

Objective: to repeat the school things

Before you start the activity, you should hang all the flashcards describing the school things on the blackboard and have the class repeat all the words in chorus. Then ask the pupils to say all the flashcards quickly in order one by one: pen, pencil, bag, book, copybook, ruler, crayon. You should also explain that if a pupil forgets a word, s/he can skip it and say the other words. The most important thing is that the pupils should say at least 5-6 words. After each pupil you must change the places of the words on the blackboard so that pupils won’t memorise their order.

First, invite the volunteers. As usual, they will be strong pupils who can quickly cope with the task. The remaining pupils who either do not want or cannot do the task, should be given easer extra tasks. You should attach capable pupils to the weak ones in order to enable them to say a few objects.

You should also explain to the pupils that there are no good and bad pupils, and have them understand not all are able to learn English quickly. You must explain to the pupils that the capable and weak pupils are equally important to you. And everyone should try.