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PRE-LESSON TASK 10: SAY WHAT’S MISSING

AIM: to review topic vocabulary and prepare pupils for the lesson

MATERIALS: Flashcards or real/plastic objects, a table and a cloth, or sheet.

1. Follow steps 1-5 in Pre-task 9, Remember the Words.
2. Take one or two vocabulary items away.
3. Remove the cloth, keeping the removed items in it.
4. Pupils say which items are missing.
NB: You can use pictures on the board with sticky tape or magnets, an overhead projector or an
interactive whiteboard for this activity. Real objects (realia) are stimulating when available, though.

PRE-LESSON TASK 11: WORDS THAT SOUND THE SAME (PHONICS)

AIM: to practise distinguishing different sounds

MATERIALS: Board (or flashcards)

1. Choose some words that contain the sound(s) you are/have been working on and some other topic
words you would like to review.
2. Write the words in chains of three or four on the board, containing one example of the phoneme
you are focusing on, e.g. for /ɒ/:
cat : dog : fish : tiger OR cat : dog : monkey : snake (the second example is more
difficult because of the o in monkey, which is not /ɒ/)
3. Ask pupils to guess which word has an /ɒ/ sound.
4. Say the words (you can say just the word or you could say it in a short sentence) to let pupils
check their answers.
5. Ask pupils to read all the words aloud.

NB: This can be adapted to have chains of rhyming words or as an odd-one-out (where one is different
from the others). Pictures could be used instead of words to check vocabulary production rather than
reading recognition.

PRE-LESSON TASK 12: PASS IT ON

AIM: to review vocabulary or language to prepare for a lesson

MATERIALS: Word or picture cards

1. Review with the whole class the word or picture cards you are using in this task.
2. Have pupils sit in a circle (or two, if you have a very large class).
3. Show pupils the first card, say the word and give it to one pupil. This pupil says the word and
passes it to their neighbour. This pupil says the word and passes it on, and so on.
4. Meanwhile, repeat for the next word, and the next, so that several words are circulating.
5. Increase the pace and challenge by passing some cards in the opposite direction and/or telling the
pupils to be much faster.
6. After the words have all been passed around, you might want to review them again.

NB: You can use this activity to support vocabulary learning or reading. You could use short
sentences for more proficient groups of pupils.

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Primary Year 1 Scheme of Work