"First Steps of English" Week Two: Like and Dislike

Week Two: I like, I don’t like

Example "Verb" Flash Cards and Matching Activity

 

Time allotment	Activity	Materials Needed
8 minutes	Review the following: My name is ____________. I am ____________. I live in ________________.   Use the paper ball toss method to have all students introduce themselves aloud.  Students can also watch Gogo cartoon: #2 What’s His Name	·         Paper ball ·         Model sentences written on board ·         Gogo cartoon #2
10 minutes	Introduce new focus vocabulary for verbs. Have students repeat and match the meaning to the appropriate picture.   Students can write the new words in their exercise books (if they have brought them).	·         Verb flash cards
10 minutes	Write the following sentences on the board: I like _______________ but I don’t like ___________________. (мені подобається_________, але мені не подобається _________________.)   Have students verbally construct and recite sentences on what they like and do not like to do.	·         Chalkboard or whiteboard ·         Chalk or markers
15 minutes	Give students each a sheet of white paper. Have them fold the paper into four boxes. In the first box, they must write their introduction (as seen in the first row above); in the second and third boxes they must write and illustrate “I like ____________.”; in the last box, they must write and illustrate “I don’t like _________________.”  (See examples) This is called a "Four Corners" Activity.	·         White paper ·         Markers
5 minutes	Get the students in a circle for one last time before they go home to review their introductions and their likes and dislikes verbally.  (You may wish to use the paper ball toss method.)	·         Paper ball

Student Example: Four Corners Activity

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