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Presentation and practice

       S3 S7

       UE4 UE5 UE6

       S2 S3

       L9

       R3

Step 1  Listen, Point and Repeat. Poster

Pupils’ books closed. Put up the School Days poster on the board. Point to the schoolbag, pen, pencil, book, ruler and rubber one at a time, and say the corresponding words. The pupils repeat, chorally and/or individually. Point to each item in random order. Ask individual pupils to name the item. Ask the rest of the class for verification. Pupils’ books open. Play the CD. The pupils listen, point to the pictures and repeat the words. Play the CD again pausing after each word. The pupils repeat, chorally and/or individually.

Match, talk to your friend. (activity 1)

Point to number 1 and ask: What’s this? Elicit: It’s a book. Follow the same procedure and elicit the rest of the items. Then ask the pupils to complete the activity. Allow the pupils some time to do so. Check their answers. Write on the board: What’s this? It’s a.... Ask the question. Have the pupils repeat after you. Explain the activity. The pupils, in pairs, talk about the items (1-6). They can refer to the question on the board or at the bottom of the page for help. Go around the classroom, providing any necessary help. Ask some pairs to report back to the class.

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Step 2  Sing the ‘I’m ready for school’ song

Point to school items and say: a book, a pencil, a pen. Put them in my bag today! The pupils repeat after you. Follow the same procedure and present the rest of the song. Play the CD. The pupils listen to the song. Play the CD again. The pupils listen and sing along.

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Step 3  Listen and Read (activity 3)

Set the scene by asking the pupils questions about what they can see in the pictures. Play the CD and ask the pupils to listen and follow along in their books.

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Step 4  Circle

Allow the pupils some time to complete the activity. Play the CD again pausing for the pupils to repeat, chorally and/or individually. Assign roles and ask individual pupils to read the dialogue out loud. Complete the activity. Check the pupils’ answers.

Collect some school items, e.g. a pencil case, pen, pencil, book, etc. Ask a pupil to come to the front and close his/her eyes. Give him/her one of the objects to identify. Repeat with as many pupils as you think is necessary.

Additional information

Differentiation – how do you plan to give more support? How do you plan to challenge the more able learners?

Assessment – how are you planning to check learners’ learning?

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· provide extra modelling and drilling to pairs of learners in pair work task

· ask stronger learners to check spellings in a picture dictionary

· monitoring pair work activity to check question formation and pronunciation

· ICT links: use an interactive picture dictionary to check spellings