Smiles 3 Celebrate
Smiles 3 Celebrate
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Happy Halloween! Extension (optional)
Aims
To talk about Halloween; to sing a Halloween Write the following incomplete sentences on the
song. board. Allow the pupils some time to read the texts
Language focus silently and complete the sentences. Check the
Happy Halloween! Trick or treat! pupils’ answers.
Target vocabulary
1 It’s Halloween. Look at my ______________!
sweets, pumpkin, lantern
2 These are my Halloween ______________ .
Extra materials Yummy!
Pictures showing Halloween celebrations for 3 This is a Halloween __________________ .
the Beginning the Lesson activity It’s a pumpkin.
Photocopies of the Halloween templates, one
set per pupil (p. 119) for the Ending the Answer key
Lesson activity.
1 costume 2 sweets 3 lantern
Piece of paper
String
Stapler
Coat hangers
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Happy New Year! Ask some pupils to read the words. Elicit what
numbers they rhyme with. Allow the pupils some time
Aims
to complete the activity. Play the CD. The pupils
To talk about New Year; to sing a New Year
listen and check their answers. Play the CD again
song.
with pauses for the pupils to repeat, chorally and/or
Language focus individually. During this stage present/elicit any
Happy New Year! unknown words. Finally, ask individual pupils to read
the text out loud.
Target vocabulary
hold hands, fireworks
Answer Key
Extra materials
Photocopies of the New Year photo frame, 2 late 3 mix 4 door 5 new
one per pupil from p. 209 for the Ending the
Lesson activity. 2 Let’s sing! (Track 57 CD2)
Say: Every new year is for living! The pupils repeat
BEGINNING THE LESSON after you. Repeat with the rest of the song. Play the
CD. The pupils listen and follow in their books. Play
Say as you write on the board: Happy New Year! the CD again and encourage the pupils to sing along.
Encourage the pupils to repeat after you. Ask the
pupils to tell you, in L1 if necessary, words that come
3 Make a Happy New Year badge!
to their mind when they think of this celebration and
write them on the board. During this stage Show the pupils the examples and explain the
present/elicit words such as fireworks and hold activity. The pupils design their own badges on
hands. pieces of paper. If you wish, you can write some New
Year wishes on the board for the pupils to copy. Go
1 New Year Countdown! Find the words around the classroom, providing any necessary help.
that rhyme with the numbers. Then Upon completion, the pupils can use safety pins and
listen and check. (Track 56 CD2) wear their badges and go around wishing one
another Happy New Year!
Explain the activity. Explain to the pupils what a
countdown is. Revise numbers 1 to 10 and write
them on the board. If you wish, elicit words that
rhyme with the numbers.
ENDING THE LESSON
CRAFTWORK
e.g. one: fun, sun, run
two: blue, new, do, you Before going into class
three: bee, me, three Have the photocopies of the New Year photo
four: door, more, floor frame, one per pupil, ready to use.
five: drive, alive, dive
six: mix, fix, tricks
Hand out the photocopies of the New Year photo
seven: heaven, eleven
frame. Ask the pupils to colour and cut it out. Once
eight: gate, late, hate, plate
they have finished, tell them to take it home and use
nine: fine, line, shine
it to stick on it a family photo. As an extension, you
ten: pen, again, men, then
can create a classroom New Year photo.
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Answer Key
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