Materials
Main Aims
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To facilitate students being in describing, talk about and write about their favorite things.
Subsidiary Aims
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To be able to write a text that contains key details (facts, evidence and examples) about a subject. Students will write key details — (identifying features) about their favorite things so as to State key detail( activity in real life. It is important for students to be able to ( accurately and concisely describe things.
Procedure (31-70 minutes)
Lead in to the Lesson (15 min.) • Display pictures of colors on the board. • Point to the colors and elicit their names. • Have students stand in a circle. Say: Blue! Tell students to look around the classroom and point to a blue object. Encourage them to say the name of the object and the color, such as: His backpack is blue. • Continue with the activity, saying other colors and having students identify objects that are those colors.
Manage Your Class If you have a large group, consider modeling the activity and then forming smaller groups. Students in each group can take turns calling out colors and pointing out things in the classroom.
Start with describing the pictures of the unit in colors and type. Read and Understand the Model Text Reading Strategies • Direct students' attention to page 14. Have them look at the picture. • Read the title aloud: My Favorite Things. • Point to the text on page 15. Tell students to listen and follow the text. Model looking at your book and tracing the lines of text with your finger. • Read the text aloud to the class. Have students listen and follow in their books. • Ask: What is the text about? (The boy's favorite things.) • Have students look at the picture on page 14 and point to the boy's favorite things.
1 Read the text. Circle the correct answer. (5 min.) Reading Strategy • Direct students' attention to the text. Read it aloud. • Ask: What are his favorite things? (A scooter and a ball.) • Read the answer options. Have students circle the correct answer. Read the text again. Match the things with their colors. (5 min.) Reading Strategy • Point to the colors. Elicit their names. Teach silver if students are not familiar with the color. • Read the instructions. • Tell students to listen and follow the text again.
Take the Lesson Further (15 min.) • Model the activity. Place the note cards face down on a). • Form small groups. • Hand out a set of note cards with colors to each group. table. !IP Pick up a card and read the color aloud. Find as many c in the classroom of that color, saying their names and colors. For example: The desk is brown. My shoes are brown. • Have students continue the activity in their groups. • Monitor and help as needed.
Check and mark the books in praise or in anticipation of errors to correct.