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6. Suggested Post-Lesson tasks

Below can be found 12 lesson tasks which teachers may choose from or adapt for the post-lesson
section within the Scheme of Work. These post-lesson tasks are suitable for ending almost any skills-
focused lesson. Teachers can, of course, use their own post-lesson tasks whenever they think that
these would be more suitable for the pupils they teach.

Please note that these tasks are the same for Primary Year 1 and Primary Year 2. The language and
vocabulary focus will be different, however, and some tasks can be modified for slightly older or more
proficient pupils, as is noted in the task description.

POST-LESSON TASK 1: SPOT THE DIFFERENCES

AIM: to provide practice in listening for detail

MATERIALS: Text

1. Before the lesson, identify 3 or 4 factual changes you could make to a listening or reading text which
pupils will work on in the lesson (e.g. Whisper talks to fruit instead of Whisper talks to animals).
2. During the lesson, after pupils have worked on a listening or reading text and understood it, tell them
they are going to listen to the text again but this time there are some differences.
3. Ask pupils to listen and put their hands up each time they hear something different from the original
text, and to be ready to correct the difference.
4. Read out your text with changes.
5. Pupils listen and correct the differences to make it the same as the original.

POST-LESSON TASK 2: MAKE CONNECTIONS

AIM: to review topic vocabulary and grammar

MATERIALS: Flashcards, pens and board

1. Before the lesson, choose or prepare between 3-6 flashcards which represent the content of a text
which pupils will work on in the lesson.
2. During the lesson and after pupils have worked on the text, place the flashcards on the board and
elicit ideas from the pupils about items in the pictures.
3. Ask pupils how the pictures link to the text (e.g. if a flashcard shows some animals the link may be
The story is on a farm).

To extend, if time:
4. Put pupils into pairs and give them a short time (1 or 2 minutes) to tell each other everything they can
remember from the text, using the flashcards to help them. This could be sentences focusing on
content or simply words.
5. Ask pupils to tell you the connections they have made between the pictures and the text.
6. If you want pupils to practise writing as well as speaking, pupils could come up to the board and write
information under the corresponding flashcard.

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Primary Year 1 Scheme of Work