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Classroom activity: guessing presents
empty box wrapped as a present, flashcards / real items
• Offer the wrapped Christmas box with a present in it (flashcard or real items) to different children saying Merry Christmas! They take the box, reply Thank you! and look inside, without showing the rest of the class.
• They then do a mime or action for the rest of the class to guess the item inside.
• The class suggests items and the miming child says Yes or No. They show the item or flashcard when the class guesses correctly.
Goodbye
CD2 track 41
• Tell the children how well they’ve done in today’s lesson.
Sing We wish you a Merry Christmas! under the stars you have made and then say Goodbye.
• If possible, go carol singing. Arrange this first with other teachers. Knock on the door of another classroom and sing We wish you a Merry Christmas! Finish by calling Merry Christmas! And then Goodbye!
Reinforcement
strips of plain paper, pencils, glue / sticky tape
• Explain to the children that they are going to make a colour chain to decorate the classroom. Give each child a strip of paper and tell them a colour.
• As they are working go round asking What colour is it?
• When they are ready, show them how to fasten one strip round another, securing the two ends of each strip with glue or sticky tape, to make a chain.
• Ask the children to colour and attach more strips until the chain is long enough to stretch across the classroom.
Extension
• Mime an activity related to Christmas that the children can express using some English, e.g. building a snowman, wrapping or opening a present, singing We wish you a Merry Christmas!, making a star, decorating a Christmas tree. Elicit guesses from the class. Answer Yes or No.
• Ask children to take over your role.
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Lesson 1
Objectives
• Learn English expressions related to Carnival.
• Learn about how Carnival is celebrated.
• Dress up to celebrate Carnival.
Language
Active: dinosaur, dancer, cowboy, clown, rabbit Revision: colours
Passive: Who is it? Who am I? What colour is the dinosaur?
What colour is the dancer’s flower? What is your favourite costume? Can you …?
Starting the lesson
weather flashcards, CD1 track 9
• Do the Hello routine (see page 24).
• Play the Explorers chant (CD1 track 9) and encourage the children to chant and do the actions.
• Play Lucky says using all the different actions the children have learnt so far.
• Talk about Carnival and ask the children what they associate with it. What do they normally do at Carnival, if they celebrate it?
• If possible, bring in some pictures of Carnival and ask the children to bring in photos of themselves dressed up.
TEACHING TIP: Discovering about how carnivals are celebrated in different parts of the world and comparing the experiences of other children with their own, pupils learn about different countries and cultures. Encourage them to compare situations, and see the differences and similarities between people and also to be critical of the reality they see.
CULTURE POINT: Carnival is celebrated in many countries around the world. Many European cities celebrate famous Carnivals, such as Venice. In the United States, the Mardi Gras celebrations are held in New Orleans, while the biggest and most spectacular celebrations are probably those of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The celebrations take place a week or so before Ash Wednesday, and mark a period of joy and festivity before the beginning of Lent.
Listen and point. Listen again and say.
Class Book page 62, CD2 track 42
• Point to the pictures on page 62. Explain that the characters are dressed up for Carnival. Can the class identify them? Say each number and ask Who is it?
(Accept brother and sister for 1 and 5.)
• Explain that they are going to listen to each character say what they are dressed up as. Play CD2 track 42. The children point in their books.
• Play the CD again. The children repeat the words.
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1 Max’s brother I’m a dinosaur.
2 Ella I’m a dancer.
3 Toby I’m a cowboy.
4 Max I’m a clown.
5 Max’s sister I’m a rabbit.
Listen and colour.
Class Book page 62, CD2 track 43
• Explain that in the next track, the characters describe the colours of their costumes. The children should colour the parts of the costumes accordingly. Play CD2 track 43.
• Go round checking and admiring the children’s work. Ask individuals What colour is the dinosaur? What colour is the dancer’s flower?
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Max’s brother I’m a dinosaur. I’m green.
Max’s sister I’m a rabbit. I’m brown.
Ella I’m a dancer. I’ve got a flower. It’s orange.
Toby I’m a cowboy. I’ve got a horse. It’s brown.
Max I’m a clown. I’ve got a bike. It’s red.
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Draw yourself in your favourite costume.
Class Book page 62
• Ask the class What is your favourite costume? They draw a picture of themselves in their favourite costume in the space provided.
TEACHING TIP: Dressing up is a good form of artistic and creative expression. Drawing themselves in their costumes involves using initiative and imagination and the artistic skills needed to complete the task.
Classroom activity: Guess who?
• Invite a child to the front and whisper a character or animal for them to mime, e.g. dinosaur. The child mimes and the rest of the class has to guess what it is.
• Continue with other children and different characters and animals for them to mime.
Look, match and say. Colour.
Activity Book page 55, pencils
• The children match the images of Ella, Max’s sister, Max, Max’s brother and Toby on the left to the images of them in their costumes on the right. Encourage them to say the words for the costumes.
• Tell the children to colour in the costumes.
Goodbye
• Ask the children to choose a role, e.g. clown, dancer, cowboy.
(They can stand in groups in different parts of the room if space allows.)
• Say Goodbye, clowns! The children who are clowns mime being a clown and say Goodbye.
Reinforcement
pencils
• Ask the children to draw a picture of a girl or boy.
Describe a costume, saying I’m a (dinosaur). I’m (blue).
The children draw the costumes according to your instructions.
• Continue with different costumes.
Extension
• Draw images for the five roles randomly on the board (dancer, cowboy, clown, dinosaur, rabbit). The class says the words for each one.
• Ask the children to shut their eyes. Rub out one of the roles. The class says the missing word.
• Draw the role and play again.
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Carnival Lesson 2
Objectives
• Consolidate English expressions related to Carnival.
• Learn and sing a song about Carnival.
• Make a Carnival mask.
• Celebrate together as a class.
Language
Active: dinosaur, dancer, cowboy, clown, rabbit Revision: I’m (a cowboy)
Passive: A cowboy on parade, In the Carnival parade Starting the lesson
weather flashcards, CD1 track 9
• Do the Hello routine (see page 24).
• Play the Explorers chant (CD1 track 9) and encourage the children to chant and do the actions.
• Play Lucky says using as many different actions and instructions as possible.
Find and number.
Class Book page 63
• Ask if the class can remember the clothes Toby, Ella, Max and his little brother and sister were wearing for Carnival.
• Point to the picture on page 63. Ask a volunteer to read the words on the left. The children do a mime or action for each one, to confirm their understanding.
• Ask the children to find the cowboy in the main picture.
Point to the number and the example answer (3). The children complete the rest of the numbers.
ANSWERS
cowboy 3 rabbit 2 dancer 4 dinosaur 5 clown 1
TEACHING TIP: Through this activity, once again, students develop skills in using and relating the numbers, expressing them orally and in writing, and in mathematical reasoning.
Match and say.
Class Book page 63
• The children look at the characters with speech bubbles on the left and look at the main picture to see what each character is dressed as, drawing lines to match the images to those on the right. They say the words for the characters, referring to the cue words above as necessary.
ANSWERS
1 rabbit 2 clown 3 dinosaur 4 dancer 5 cowboy
Sing.
Class Book page 63, CD2 track 44
• Explain to the class that they are going to listen to a song about Carnival. Ask them to point to the costumes as they listen. Play CD2 track 44.
• Play the song again. The children join in with the key words for each verse (cowboy, dancer, etc.) and do a suitable action.
The Carnival parade $ 2•44 Look! I’m a rabbit
A rabbit on parade.
Look! I’m a rabbit In the Carnival parade.
Look! I’m a dinosaur A dinosaur on parade.
Look! I’m a dinosaur In the Carnival parade.
Look! I’m a clown A clown on parade.
Look! I’m a clown In the Carnival parade.
Look! I’m a dancer A dancer on parade.
Look! I’m a dancer In the Carnival parade.
Look! I’m a cowboy A cowboy on parade.
Look! I’m a cowboy In the Carnival parade.