Explore the suggested activities according to English language skills and click on the pictures to try out the activity.
Skill(s): Listening
Suggested activity: Lesson development - produce
Adaptation technique: Modification
Teacher explains some of the game instructions using simpler words to help pupils understand.
Implementation strategies:
After learning about healthy foods, teacher asks pupils to play the game.
By listening attentively to the game's instructions, pupils have to complete the students' lunch trays by putting healthy food as required.
Pupils have to listen to teacher's instructions as well to get better understanding of how to play the game.
Pupils ask the teacher if they encounter words or phrases that they do not understand.
Skill(s): Speaking
Suggested activity: Pre lesson
Adaptation technique: -
Implementation strategies:
Before starting the lesson, teacher has pupils play the game.
Pupils choose their character and start the game.
Pupils have to remember what food did they collect during playing the game and state the food names in the classroom.
In accordance to pupils' sharing, teacher explains about food that pupils can bring to school for lunchtime.
Skills: Reading / speaking
Suggested activity: Lesson development - produce
Adaptation technique: Modification
Teacher pre-cut the fruits to hinder pupils from using knives.
Teacher modifies the recipe from salad to fruit yoghurt.
Implementation strategies:
Teacher has pupils bring the required ingredients from home.
Teacher displays the recipe and has pupils read the instructions together.
Then, teacher explains the recipe using simpler words and asks pupils to retell the recipe in their own words. Teacher translates words into English whenever pupils use L1 words.
After that, pupils proceed to make the fruit yoghurt with teacher's guidance.
Skills: Reading
Suggested activity: Lesson development - practice
Adaptation technique: -
Implementation strategies:
Teacher has pupils read the text about Greenfields Primary School Lunch menu.
Before reading the text, pupils use their prior knowledge to answer preparation questions about name of foods for lunchtime.
After reading the text, pupils answer the questions based on the text and get help from teacher for words they do not understand.
What do you have for lunch? Practise your reading in English with this school lunch menu.
Print the worksheet about fruit and complete the exercises to help you practise your English!
Skill(s): Writing
Suggested activity: Post lesson
Adaptation technique: -
Implementation strategies:
After teaching the pupils about fruits, teacher gives the worksheet to pupils.
Pupils read the instructions carefully and answer the worksheet by writing correct answers.
After some time, teacher checks pupils' answers to evaluate their understanding about the topic.
Pupils ask the teacher if they encounter words they do not understand.