5.

1 Simon Says
Task Name & Number:

5.1 Simon says

Lexical Sets

Nouns: hare, tortoise, tree, hill, starting line, finishing line

Verbs: start, stop, finish, stand up, sit down, run, sleep, wake up, pass,
cross, hold
Adverbs: slowly, quickly
Preposition: under, in front of, behind

Words

Say

Hear

Pronunciation: Word Stress

Simon says:
Verb Phrase:
- Sit down
- Run
- Sleep
- wake up
- Stand up
- Start to run
- Stop
- Hold trophy
- Cross the starting line
Sentences

Adverb Phrase:
- Walk fast
- Run fast
- Run slowly
Preposition Phrase:
-

run pass the tree

run pass the hare
run pass the tortoise
run pass the finishing line
run pass the starting line
run and stop under the tree
walk in front of the tortoise
walk behind the hare

Whole Text

Materials

A3 pictures of hare, tortoise, tree, hill, starting line (green) and finishing
line (red)

Whole class / group / pair

Whole class and 2 groups

Task objective

The CP manages to do all the actions that Simon says correctly.

Procedure

Teacher Talk & Model

1. Teacher lines up the class across from her.

2. Teacher tells the pupils that they should only obey the instructions if the
instruction begins with the phrase Simon says. If they do not follow the
instructions, or if they do the actions for the instructions that do not begin
with the phrase Simon says, they will be eliminated from the game.
3. Give the instructions/ read from the sentence list. Look around to make
sure everybody has done it.
4. Teacher repeats with other instructions until all the sentences in the Verb

1. Children, please line up in

front of me.
2. Children, we are going to
play a game called `Simon
says.
3. You should all obey if the
teacher first says the words
"Simon says."

Phrase list are used.

5. Play until one person is left. This pupil is the winner.
6. Then teacher plays the game again using the sentences in the Adverbs
Phrase list.
7. Teacher finishes off the game with Preposition Phrase list.
8. Teacher then divides the class into 2 groups of tortoises and hares.
9. Teacher gives instructions to one group and eliminates members from
the group if they do the wrong action or do the action without the Simon
says phrase. If there are no pupils eliminated after playing for a while,
time the group until the last pupil standing. The winning group is the one
with the longer time. Or, the group with the most members left after the
time has ran out will win.
Teacher can call the last remaining 2 pupils to give Simon Says instructions
to their friends and play the game again.

Rationale

4. But you are out of the

game if you follow an order
that doesn't begin with
"Simon says," or if you fail
to do what Simon says to
do. Ok class?.
5. Simon says, `Stand up.
Etc.

What does this task do? The task allows pupils to listen, respond and
practice verbs, adverbs and prepositions. It allows them to demonstrate
comprehension of the words uttered through acting them out.
Learning Type: Learning through Game, to learn through kinaesthetic
tasks, fun action drills.
Questions? Problems? The verbs, adverbs and prepositions used in the
Simon Says are found in the The Hare and the Tortoise story.

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Finishing

line

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Starting

line