Unit 1 Greetings

Activity 3 Play “What’s this?”

Objectives: to introduce words for toys

to practise the pronunciation of the sound [].

STEP 1: Put toy flashcards in front of the blackboard. Ask the pupils to remember what toys they played when they went to kindergarten, and if there are any of such toys among the flashcards. Further, say that all children love to play with balls, all girls play with dolls. Here work on the pronunciation of the sound [] in “ball” and “doll” after you in chorus and individually.

STEP 2: After that offer the pupils to learn a chant. Except balls and dolls, the chant has a plane and train. Every time the pupils say a specific object, you point to the right flashcard with a picture. Remember that the most important condition of the saying chant is keeping the rhythm. You need to say it loudly and clearly. If you want, you can clap your hands and stomp your feet to keep to the rhythm.

- What’s this? What’s this?

- It’s a ball, ball, ball.

- What’s this? What’s this?

- It’s a doll, doll, doll.

- What’s this? What’s this?

- It’s a plane, plane, plane.

- What’s this? What’s this?

- It’s a train, train, train.
STEP 3: Then repeat the words in chorus and individually. After that, you can offer any of the pupils to speak instead of you about any toys of their choice in the chant. For example:
- What’s this? What’s this? (points to a toy. The class should speak.)
- It’s a plane, plane, plane.

Next, say that a favourite toy for boys and girls is a Teddy bear, and all the boys love cars. So offer them to learn the words “Teddy bear” and “car”.

You should work on the pronunciation of all words separately in chorus and individually.

STEP 4: The next thing you should do is reinforcing the vocabulary. Invite some pupils to the blackboard one by one. When you say a word, they should show the appropriate toy in the picture. Instead of you, strong pupils may say the words. Then you can do vice versa, i.e. you will point to the flashcards one by one, the pupils are say them. After all, have the pupils work in pairs to do the same.