1- Colour dictation

Level: Elementary ~ Age: 4-8 ~ Organization: individual, whole class

Aims To listen and colour a picture following instructions; to develop concentration skills; to name colours and/or describe a picture.

Language focus be, present simple, colours, familiar vocabulary

Materials Essential: crayons / Optional: a photocopy of any line drawing depicting known

vocabulary (one for each child)

Procedure

1- Draw a simple picture on the board, eg as below, and ask the children to copy this, or give out photocopies of the picture.

2-  Say sentences to describe the picture, eg The house is purple. Children colour the picture following your instructions.

3- Once the children have finished, either ask questions, eg What colour is the house? or get children to describe the picture, eg The house is purple.

2- Sentence round

Level: All ~ Age: 4-12 ~ Organization: whole class

Aims To complete sentences following a given starter; to take turns; to develop confidence and self-esteem.

Language focus any, eg present simple, adjectives to describe feelings: I like … /1 feel happy when … /When Igrow up, I want to …

Materials Essential: a small object, eg coloured handkerchief, soft ball, toy, stone or puppet to pass round the circle

Procedure

1- Ask the children to sit in a circle.

2- Choose a sentence starter for them to complete which relates to the topic or language of the lesson and either say this or write it on the board.

3-  Give one child the object to pass round the circle and invite them to complete the sentence with something which is true for them.

4- They then pass the object to the child next to them, who completes the sentence in a similar way, and so on round the circle.

3- Classroom shop

Level: Elementary/Pre-intermediate ~ Age: 6—10  ~ Organization: pairs, whole class

Aims To ask for and give things to people; to ask and say prices; to take turns; to use Please and Thank you.

Language focus In the example: present simple, have got, can (for requests), How much…?,shops, shopping, classroom objects, numbers, colours

Alternatives: I’d like . .., clothes, pets, toys

Materials Essential: classroom objects, eg rulers, pens, scissors, pencil cases; pieces of paper to display prices (6—8 for each pair or group); paper money (eg 10 x 1 euro paper ‘coins’ for each child) / Optional: plastic toy money to use instead of paper money

Procedure

1- Divide the class into pairs or groups of four.

2- Ask each pair or group to choose six classroom objects from among their possessions to go into their classroom shop.

3- Ask the children to decide the price for each item, write the prices and make a display on their desks. (Make sure the children realize that the shop is only pretend and that they are not really going to sell their possessions!)

4- Elicit and practise language you want the children to use and demonstrate the activity with one pair, eg T: Good morning. P: Good morning T: Have you got any rubbers? P: Yes, we have. Look.

T: How much are the rubbers? P: Two euros. T: Can I have this rubber, please? P: Yes, of course. That’s two euros, please. T: Here you are. P: Thank you. T: Goodbye. P:Goodbye.

5- Ask the children individually to write a shopping list of three things they want to buy.

6- Give out paper money (the same amount to each child, eg 10 x 1 euro paper ‘coins’).

7- Divide the class in half and assign the role of ‘shoppers’ to one half and ‘shopkeepers’ to the other half.

8- Children visit the shops and buy three things.

9- At the end, ask the children to show and tell what they have got, eg i’ve got a red pen, a green pencil sharpener and a rubber and how much money they still have left, eg I’ve got two euros. 10- Children then change roles and repeat the activity.

Source: 500 Activities for the Primary Classroom

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