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LANGUAGE LEARNED (from Teaching Objectives of this unit)
- Rooms in a house (bedroom, dining room, house, kitchen, living room, bathroom, )
- Objects in a house (bathtub, bed, bedroom, bookcase, chair, closet, lamp, sofa, stove, table, TV)
- Shapes (circle, rectangle, square, triangle)
- To answer questions with where
- To use the preposition in
- To use the simple present tense of be (cooking, playing, reading, sleeping, watching TV, eating)
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Story Presentation
Picture 1
Who is she? – She's Mary.
Who is Fluffy? Is that Fluffy? – No, it's a mouse.
Is that Fluffy? – Yes, Fluffy is her cat.
Why is the cat's name Fluffy? ①
Lead students' attention to the table ②:
Can you see a table? What's on the table? – a clock and a photo frame
Whose photo is in the frame? - Fluffy
What's the shape of the clock (TPR at the same time)? – It's circle.
What shape is the clock? – It's a circle.
What's the shape of the photo (TPR at the same time)? – It's rectangle.
What shape is the photo? – It's a rectangle.
Lead students' attention to Mary ③:
Look at Mary. Is her hair long? – No, her hair is short.
What is she thinking about? – She's thinking about Fluffy.
Is she happy? – No.
Is she sad? – Yes.
Why is she sad? – Because she can't find Fluffy. Fluffy is missing. Where is Fluffy? Where is Fluffy? ④
Picture 2
Lead students' attention to Mary's mother ⑤:
Where is Mary looking for Fluffy? – in the kitchen
What's in the kitchen? – a table, a chair, a pot of flower, windows, a tap, cupboards
Who is in the kitchen? – Mary's mother
What is she doing? – She's reading and drinking coffee.
Is Fluffy in the kitchen? – No.
Mary asks, "Mummy. Where is Fluffy? Where if Fluffy? I can't find Fluffy!"
Mary's mother says, "Sorry, dear, but Fluffy isn't here." ⑥
Is Mary happy? – No.
Mary is still sad. Fluffy is not in the kitchen. Mary's mother is in the kitchen. Where is Fluffy? Where is Fluffy?
Picture 3
Where is Mary looking for Fluffy? – in the living room
What's in the living room? – a sofa, a table, a pot of flower, a picture, windows
What can you see out of the window? – a tree, yard
Who is in the living room? – Mary's father
What is he doing? – watching TV
Mary asks, "Daddy. Where is Fluffy? Where is Fluffy? I can't find Fluffy!"
Mary's father says, "Sorry, dear, but Fluffy isn't here."
But then Mary's father points out of the window (TPR). He says, "Maybe Fluffy is outside."
Is Mary happy? – No.
Mary is still sad. Fluffy is not in the living room. Mary's father is in the living room. Where is Fluffy? Where is Fluffy?⑦
Picture 4
Where is Mary now? – Mary is outside the house.
What can you see outside the house? – a tree, flowers, grass, a stone path
Can you see Fluffy? – Yes. ⑧
Where is Fluffy? – on the roof
Yes, Fluffy is on the roof. Look at Fluffy. Is Fluffy happy to see Mary? – Yes.
Look at Mary. Is she happy? – Yes.
Mary is happy again! She shouts, "Fluffy! Fluffy! Here you are! You're on the roof!"
Fluffy is on the roof! Now Mary is happy again!
Are you happy too?
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material: PPT in segment picture style
① That SPECIAL point
Use different objects to make students feel 'fluffy'! For example, a smooth ball, a cup, a fluffy toy… And students can be also asked to feel in the bag, and take out something fluffy.
② Don't miss any chance to recycle / review
review objects in a house and words of shapes
③
review body parts and adjectives to describe body parts
④ SEQUENCE of asking questions
Compare (which is better?):
What is she thinking about? – Is she happy? – Is she sad? – Why is she sad?
Is she happy? – Is she sad? – What's she thinking about? – Why is she sad?
⑤ recycle / review
review 'She is doing …', review rooms in a house
review all words students have possibly learned
⑥ VOICES
Using different voices:
Use different voices for different characters. Sometimes, you make people speak and have conversations even if there aren't any conversations in the story itself.
Explain why Father is pointing out.
⑦ REPETITION
Don't think it may bore your students if you repeat a lot. Wait until your students can follow you when you repeat.
⑧ SEQUENCE of asking questions
Compare with:
Look at Mary. Is she happy? – Yes.
Yes, she is happy again!!
Why is she happy? – Because she finds Fluffy!
Where is Fluffy? – on the roof.
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