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2. Engage Activities: Choral Repetition

Focus on the children responding in choral repetition to teacher-led activities.

CIRCLE TIME ENGAGE 1: GAME – Chant a chain

MATERIALS: Flashcards (six maximum)
STEPS:
 Announce the game, e.g. Let’s play chant a chain!
 Place the visuals in a line so all children can see them.
 Point to each visual and have children chant the words as you point, e.g. a dragon, a rat,
a horse, a tiger, a dog, a snake. Use a ‘chanty’, sing-song voice, instead of just saying
the words, the children will enjoy it more!
 Turn over one of the flashcards. Point to each flashcard again and the children say the
words, including the one that is turned over!
 Take another card away, and point again with children chanting. Continue taking cards
and pointing, until all flashcards are turned over and the children are able to say all the
names of the objects without the visual support. The children get very excited when they
are saying six words, with no visuals to see.
 Point to one of the turned over flashcards and ask What is it?
 Accept the children’s suggestions and then check, Is it sunny? Let’s see! Yes it is! It’s
sunny.
 Continue to have the children remember until you have turned over all the flashcards

Extension: As children get confident:
 You can ask a child to come to the flashcards and say what is hidden, e.g. It’s sunny. If
the child can’t say the word help them do the mime, then say the word for them or ask the
class to help them say the word. Turn over the flashcard and confirm the child is right.
Praise them for remembering!

Progression notes: Observe which children are becoming confident and easily chanting the target
language, or calling out the new words. Are children saying just the word, or using sentences or
questions?

CIRCLE TIME ENGAGE 2: GAME – What’s missing?

MATERIALS: Flashcards (six maximum)
STEPS:
 Announce the game, e.g. Let’s play What’s missing?!
 Place the flashcards on the floor, board or wall, face up. Say the English words as you
do this. Ask children to look at them carefully for one minute.
 Mime and say, Close your eyes.
 Take a flashcard away and say, Open your eyes.
 Show mock surprise! What’s missing?
 Allow the whole group to chorus which flashcard is missing – this is useful early on in a
teaching sequence. Or later in the learning sequence, ensure children know they should
put their hand up if they know and select one child to respond.

Extension to lead to engage and exploit situations
 Ask children to lead the activity. They should give instructions and remove a flashcard.
Ensure you help them say, Close your eyes, Open your eyes, What’s missing? They can
also be encouraged to respond with Yes it is! Or No it isn’t!

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