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Primary Year 3 SK Scheme of Work
POST-LESSON TASK 8: MAKE A WORD LADDER
AIM: To review topic vocabulary, to practise spelling
MATERIALS: Board

1. Divide the class into 4 or 5 teams, depending on your class size. There should be about 4 or 5 pupils in each team.
2. Ask each team to stand in a line facing the board. Give each pupil at the front of the line some chalk or a board pen.
3. Write the lesson topic on the board (e.g. School) and draw a ladder of at least 4 spaces for each team (at least one for each pupil in a team).
4. The pupil at the front of each line writes a word connected to the topic at the bottom of the ladder. They then pass on the chalk or pen to the second pupil, who
writes a word in the next space on the ladder. Pupils can help each other with spellings if needed.
5. You can either continue until each pupil has had a turn to write a word or you can continue for a fixed time, e.g.
3 minutes, if you have more time available.
Each team gets 1 point for a word which is related to the topic and correctly spelled. If a team has a word which no other team has, they get an extra point.
Alternatively, you can avoid giving points for these kinds of game but offer praise yourself and from the other pupils when teams do well.

POST-LESSON TASK 9: READ YOUR FRIEND’S MIND
AIM: To review topic vocabulary, to practise Listening, Speaking and Reading
MATERIALS: Board

1. Write target language on the board (e.g. seasons, I like/do not like): about 5–7 target items is a good number. Write a number in front of each target language item.
2. Quickly review the target language with pupils.
3. Ask a pupil to come to the front and whisper to you or write down on a piece of paper the number of the target language item she is thinking of.
4. Give the pupil about 5 seconds to pretend to ‘transmit’ the word or message in their mind to their classmates, who pretend to be mind readers.
5. The other pupils write down the number they think the pupil at the front has chosen. If your class is large, pupils can work in pairs to agree a number together and
write it down.
6. Quickly check around the class, asking each pupil to say the phrase they guessed.
7. The pupil at the front keeps a score by ticking or making a mark on the board against the number of each target language item suggested.
8. Calculate the pupil’s score. For example, if they were thinking of the phrase I like pizza, and 4 pupils guessed this correctly, the pupil scores 4 points.
9. Repeat this with a new pupil coming to the front, to see if they can beat the score of the previous pupil.

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