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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. days of the week, I like/don’t 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 she 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 he or she were thinking of the phrase I like pizza, and 4
pupils guessed this correctly, the pupil score 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.

If this scoring system is too complex for younger children or those less proficient in numeracy, you can
tell pupils to put their hands up. The pupil at the front chooses others until someone guesses the correct
word.

POST-LESSON TASK 10: TEST YOUR MEMORY

AIM: to review topic vocabulary and grammar (e.g. there is/are, have/has got)

MATERIALS: Picture in the textbook with some details in it, or a picture you have chosen from another
source

1. Make sure that each pupil can see the textbook picture or your own picture.
2. Give them 1 minute to look at the picture and remember what’s in it.
3. Ask them to close their books. Hide the picture if you are not using the textbook.
4. Make true/false statements (e.g. There are 2 pupils in the picture. The car is red).
5. Pupils tell you if your statements are true or false, and correct false statements.
6. Divide the class into groups, and ask pupils to continue the game in their groups: give them more
time to look at the picture if they need to do this in order to make their statements.

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Primary Year 1 Scheme of Work