MOVE AHEAD ELEMENTARY

ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR UNIT 1 TEACHERS NOTES

Activity 1.1
Language Focus:
Skills Focus:
Time (approx):
Preparation:

Defining words, describing pictures.

Vocabulary and Listening
10 minutes
Photocopy Worksheet 1A for each student.

Procedure

On the board write up the following:

Yolhadi (holiday)
Ask the students what the word is (explain that the letters are not in the correct order).
Put students in pairs and hand out the worksheet.
Set a time limit of 6 minutes for the students to unscramble the words and match them to the definitions.
Check as a class.

Answer Key
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Museum
Resort
Skiing
Coast
Tourists
Souvenirs
Sand
Suntan

Activity 1.2
Language Focus:
Skills Focus:
Time (approx):
Preparation:

Describing pictures.
Listening
15+ minutes
Print out Worksheet 1B to show the class at the end of the activity.

Procedure

Read out the following description of a picture to the students.

There are two mountains, one on the left and the other on the right. At the bottom of the mountains is a small fishing
village with three houses. You can see the sea between the mountains with a small beach. There are some clouds in
the sky and half the sun is covered by one of the clouds. There is a small boat on the sea.
Tell them to draw the picture you describe.
Put students in pairs and ask them to compare their pictures.
Finally, show them the picture that you were describing.

Extension
Ask students to draw their own holiday pictures. Then they can take it in turns describing their pictures to a partner who
tries to draw it.

MOVE AHEAD ELEMENTARY

UNIT 1

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