Session 1 Sequence of activities

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Name/type Aims Procedures Materials Time

of activity

 Seat pupils in a circle and pass an empty plastic bottle to the left after An empty 15minutes
Name To learn pupils’ names and saying your name. Go round twice. Next pupils have to say the name plastic bottle
game discover how much they know of the person they want to pass the bottle to until everyone has learnt Two bins
about recycling. the names. Ask one child to try and name all the pupils. The book
Simon  Play a game of ‘Simon Says’ using classroom instructions to check
Says To review the imperative for children understand the basics: be quiet, listen, stand up, sit down,
instructions. point for draw, colour, match make up actions.
 Show the pupils a green and black bin and ask the pupils which bin
Today's Aims you should put the bottle in and why. Try to elicit as much as possible
1. Get to know each other about what they know about recycling and the reasons for it in their
2. Learn about rubbish mother tongue.
3. Sing a song about sorting  Show pupils the book and tell them that during the course they are
rubbish going to read a book about recycling.
4. Learn about the book
5. Review
 Hold up Session 1 Materials 1. Ask pupils if these things can be S1M1 30
To teach pupils target ‘rubbish’ recycled. Drill the vocabulary. Hand out for pupils to cut out their mini
lexis: tins, newspapers, batteries, flashcards.
Slams cardboard, tyres, glass bottles,  Tell students to put the word cards to one side. Teacher calls out and
plastic bottles and cans. pupils hold up the corresponding picture flashcard. Continue until
confident that pupils have learnt the words. Put pupils in groups of
three with one set of pictures. Spread the pictures out on the table and
tell students to put their hands on their heads. Model as if you were in
one of the groups by calling out ‘plastic bottles’ and the first child to
touch the right card wins. Tell pupils the objective is to win the most
cards. If they make a mistake then the other pupils can take the card if
they then touch the right one.
Pelmanism  Now take the word cards and ask students to match the word to the
picture cards. Pupils can then play Pelmanism with one set of word
and picture cards.

 Return to the topic of sorting rubbish in the classroom. Go through S1M2 20

Song To discuss sorting rubbish. which bin they would put: pencil shavings, paper, food packaging, for
example. Find out whether they sort their rubbish at home and if their
To learn a song about sorting bins are the same or different colours. Quickly review the colours they
rubbish and identify different

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types of rubbish with different
coloured bins.
To learn a song by heart.
To learn about books and What
if? in particular.
To review today’s lesson.
know. Ask them which bin they would put a glass bottle, a plastic
bottle, an apple core, a T-shirt and batteries. You could mention bottle
banks and hazardous waste collection.
 Handout S1M2. Ask them to read the song and colour the bins the
correct colour. Monitor weaker students.
 Sing the song (to the tune of ‘Dem Bones’
http://www.flowgo.com/funny/97_dem-bones.html) and encourage the
children to sing the last line of each verse (‘green bin’).
 Sing the song slowly with the children and speed up after a couple of
rounds. Get the children to learn the song as homework in preparation
for the presentation at the end of the course.
 Show pupils the book cover and ask them what they call this part of the 20
book (point to the title). Continue, giving students the names for parts The book
they don’t know. S1M3
 Put pupils in pairs. Explain that you are going to give them a
questionnaire about the book to complete at their desk, but the book is
going to remain at the front of the class. Pupils must take it in turns to
relay the information and to be the scribe. Handout one copy per pair.
Wait until everyone has read the questions and understood the
instructions. Explain that it is a race and the first group to finish must sit
down with their arms folded. Start!
 Handout a S1M3 to each pair so that both pupils have a completed
copy. Check the answers as a class.
 What new vocabulary did you learn today? 5
 Sing the sorting song and learn for homework.
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