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1Time : 60 minsLevel : First contact Primary children in an E.F.L. context. Suggested age-group : 7 – 9 year olds. Grammar : verb «to be» and emotions.Grammar revision : Colours, Where’s …… ? What’s …… ? Who is …… ? Material needed : Copy of Meg and Mog stories on audio-cassette andflashcards to illustrate the new vocabulary and various emotions.

STEP ONE

Read the story, pausing at the end of each page to illustrate with flashcards,or mime any new vocabulary.

STEP TWO

Distribute activity sheet N° 1Ask the children to colour in the pictures on the Activity Sheet as they listen tothe story and hear the vocabulary to be learned. Show the children theillustrations from the book while the cassette is playing to reinforce thevocabulary. (If the audio-cassette is unavailable, read the story out aloud while thechildren colour in the illustrations).

STEP THREE

The teacher should draw the children’s attention to page 1 where Owl says, ‘‘I’mhungry’’. Using the flashcards illustrating emotions, show the children the ‘‘I’mhungry’’ card and mime the appropriate action. Then, mime eating a biscuit andsmile. Keep the card prominently displayed for the children to see.Next, turn to page 5/6. Using the card illustrating ‘‘I’m surprised’’, point to Megand mime ‘’surprise’’. Repeat this for the emotions on the following pages :• Page 7/8 ‘‘I’m sad’’• Page 11/12 ‘‘I’m shocked’’• Page 15/16 ‘‘I’m happy’’• Page 17/18 ‘‘I’m tired’’• Page 21/22 ‘‘I’m curious’’• Page 23/24 ‘‘I’m frightened’’Encourage the children’s participation as much as possible.

STEP FOUR

Ask the question ‘‘Are you + emotion vocabulary ?’’ and let the childrenanswer ‘‘Yes I am’’ or ‘‘No I’m not’’ + emotion vocabulary. Show theappropriate flashcards each time. If you wish, you can add more vocabularysuch as thirsty / hot / cold etc.

STEP FIVE

Activity sheet n°2. Ask the children to choose the correct sentence todescribe each cartoon and write it under the picture.

STEP SIX (optional)

If this lesson plan is used at Easter, at the end of the lesson say to the class‘‘I’m hungry !’’ and sit and eat a small chocolate easter egg. Before too longyou should have the children very happily telling you that they’re hungry too.Distribute chocolate eggs as necessary : a guaranteed way to ensure thestructure is remembered ! ! !

This Lesson Plan was written by Diane Thomas. She is an experienced Teacher currently teachingEnglish as a Foreign Language in Primary Schools in France.

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Meg’s Eggs

Helen Nicoll and Jan Pienkowski

(Puffin Books)

Meg’s Eggs

ACTIVITY No 1

Meg’s Eggs

Meg made a spell. She made three BIG eggs

Inside the eggs were… a white Diplodocus a green Stegosaurus a red Tyrannosaurus

The Diplodocus ate the water plants

The Stegosaurus ate the garden plants

The Tyrannosaurus ate everything !

Meg made a second spell The dinosaurs disappeared

ACTIVITY No 2

Choose the correct sentence to describe the following cartoon pictures.Write the sentence underneath each picture

I’m hungry - I’m frightened - I’m tired - I’m hot - I’m cold - I’m sad - I’m thirsty - I’m surprised - I’m happy - I’m curious - I’m shocked