Five-Minute Activities for Young Learners
Box 48
Chanting heroes’ names
Teacher’s column
Learners’ column
Superman: Su – per – man (USA)
Spiderman: Spi – der – man (USA) Pokemon: Pok – e – mon (Japan) Emperor: Em – per – or (Japan, China) Samurai: Sam – ur – ai (Japan) Monkey King: Mon – key – King (China) Robin Hood: Rob – in – Hood (England)
Catwoman: Cat – wom – an (USA)
Snake Charmer: Snake – Charm – er (India)
Batman: Bat – man (USA)
Frog Prince: Frog – Prince (Germany)
Harry Potter: Har – ry Pott – er (UK)
Kung Fu Master: Kung – Fu – Ma – ster (China)
3.4 Witch’s magic potion Level Language focus Skills focus Thinking focus Teaching approach Interaction Preparation
* Procedure, possessives Writing Inventing Promote creativity – accept errors Pairwork, suitable for large classes Write the animals from Box 49 on the board.
Procedure 1 Tell the children that they are going to invent a witch’s magic potion. 2 Ask the children to write down the five animals from the board. 3 Show them how to use the possessive apostrophe + s after the name of each animal, e.g. bird’s. 4 Then ask them, in pairs, to choose something from that animal that they could use in a witch’s magic potion. They may have to use bilingual dictionaries to find the exact word they want to use. 5 The children then write the witch’s magic potion. A model is in Box 50.
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