Healthy Body Healthy Mind Unit 8 Lesson 4
Year 3 level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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Students will be able to use the target grammar structure to form sentences about activities in various contexts, expressing opinions and preferences.
Subsidiary Aims
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Students will be able to pronounce the target structure accurately. Students will be able to understand and respond to questions using the target structure in different contexts. Students will participate actively and cooperatively in group activities.
Procedure (27-35 minutes)
Adjective Brainstorm Teacher writes an adjective on the board (ex. "Fun"). Students brainstorm and call out verbs that could follow it in the target structure (ex. "play," "sing," "dance"). This activates prior knowledge and gets them thinking about verb-adjective pairings.
Sentence Deconstruction & Reconstruction Teacher writes a sentence on the board: "It's exciting to see the lions at the zoo." Teacher deconstructs the sentence, separating the parts: "It's," "exciting," "to see," "the lions," "at the zoo." Teacher then mixes up the parts and students work together to reconstruct the sentence correctly. This reinforces understanding of the structure.
Contextual Question & Answer Relay Race Divide the class into 2 or 3 teams. Prepare cards with different contexts written on them (ex. "At the zoo," "In the kitchen," "In the classroom"). Place the context cards at one end of the classroom and the teams at the other end. The first student from each team runs to the context cards, picks one, and runs back to their team. They then ask a question related to that context using the target structure (ex. "At the zoo, what's exciting to see?"). The next student answers the question and then runs to choose a different context card. The relay continues. This combines physical activity with targeted practice.
Situation Role-Play with Prompt Cards Prepare prompt cards with different situations written on them (ex. "You feel sad," "You're at a birthday party," "You're playing with your pet"). Divide the class into pairs or small groups. Give each pair/group a prompt card. Students create and perform a short role-play based on the situation, using the target structure to ask and answer questions and give advice. Example: Student A: "You look sad. What's good to do when you feel sad?" Student B: "It's good to talk to a friend when I feel sad." Encourage creativity and more extended dialogues.