Recycled language
activities, housework, family,
adjectives of personal description,
competition, win,
winner, time, talent, They/We have, My (sister)’s good/
great at (cooking), town, My mom is the best singer.
My (dad) is the best at (cooking). You’re the best at
(writing poetry). I feel really happy, find out, different
Materials
CD
1
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A short English poem (e.g.,
Please
Mrs. Butler,
by Allan Ahlberg, or
The Schoolkids’ Rap,
by John Foster) with a simple rhyme scheme (optional)
Warmer
Write the word
competition
on the board and ask
students
What kinds of competitions are there?
Elicit
ideas and make a spidergram on the board. Encourage
students to think of as many different kinds of skills/
hobbies/sports that can be competitive as they can (e.g.,
dancing, singing, chess, soccer, skateboarding, sailing,
swimming
). Ask students to raise their hands if they’ve
ever entered a competition, then ask individuals
What
kind of competition was it? Did you win? Were you
second or third? What was the prize? Did you enjoy it?
Who watched you? How did you feel?
Student’s Book page 3
1
Look below! What type of competition did Paola
enter?
•
Ask students to look at the photograph. Say
This is
Paola.
What kind of competition did she enter?
Accept
any answers and then say
Let’s find out.
1
7 Read and listen.
•
Say
Read and listen
. Play the recording while students
read along with the text. Make sure that students
understand any new words.
•
Check comprehension of the poem with a few questions:
Who wrote the poem?
(
Paola.
)
What kind of pictures
does her sister paint?
(
Pictures of their town.
)
What
instrument does her mom play?
(
The guitar.
)
What’s
Paola’s talent?
(
Writing great poetry.
)
•
If time, encourage students to look at the structure of
the poem and ask
How many verses are there in this
poem? How many lines are there in each verse? Which
are the rhyming words?
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