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Learning
outcomes
✪ Materials:
The children are able to …
• identify the letters A and a;
Big Book 1
• say the word ‘apple’.
Activity Book 1
Language
items
Letters A and a
apple, ant*
Values and
attitudes
Personal hygiene
Letter Cards (A, a)
Flash Cards B1 ❶-❷
Song Poster B1 ❶
Audio CD 1
Oxford Reading Pen
*Supplementary word
Word actions
Achoo Hand Puppet
Teacher’s Resource CD-ROM
Activity Sheets B1(Aa) ❶-❷
A bag
A toy or real apple
Red, green and yellow apples
Red, green and yellow paint
Sponges
apple
ant*
Warm-up
Time to Sing
Hello Achoo!
Letters A and a
Time to Do
Activity Book 1, A a
Time to Say
Wrap-up
1 Do the action
2 Pass the apples
Let’s pick apples
Time for a Story
Teaching Steps:
1 Warm-up
Hello Achoo!
• Hide Puppet Achoo in a bag. We have a new friend. Do you want to meet him?
• Show Achoo’s eyes first. Then let him duck down before quickly jumping out
of the bag. Pretend to be Achoo introducing himself Hello children! I am Achoo!
• Show a toy or real apple. Let Achoo say Mmm ... apple!
• Let Achoo eat the apple and rub his tummy. Ask the children to follow the
actions.
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• Achoo Hand Puppet
• A bag
• A toy or real apple
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2 Letters A and a
• Big Book 1, p.2
• Letter Cards (A, a)
• Show the children the Big Book. Point to the capital letter A and say This is
the capital letter A. Point to the small letter a and say This is the small letter a.
• Write ‘A’ and ‘a’ on the board slowly and say the letter name. Ask the
children to follow you and write ‘A’ and ‘a’ in the air with their index finger
several times.
• When the children are more familiar with the letter shapes, you may tell
them to write the capital and small letters quickly or slowly in the air.
Let’s write in the air!
1 2
1
2
3
• Let the children pass the Letter Cards ‘A’ and ‘a’ around. Encourage them
to trace the letters with their index finger and say the letter name.
• Draw a line on the board. Stick the Letter Card ‘A’ on one side and the
Letter Card ‘a’ on the other side. Make sure they are far apart. Say capital
letter A or small letter a and ask the children to point to the corresponding
letter on the board.
3 Time for a Story
• Show the children the Big Book. Ask them what they see in the picture.
• Big Book 1, p.2
• Oxford Reading Pen
• Achoo Hand Puppet
Narrator: This is Achoo. Achoo has an apple. [point to the apple]
Achoo:
Apple.
Narrator: The apple is big. The apple is red.
(Teacher: Do you like apples? Let’s pretend to eat an apple.)
Narrator: [point to the ant] Look! There is an ant on the apple!
The ant makes Achoo sneeze.
Achoo:
(Teacher: Ah … choo!
Let’s sneeze like Achoo!)
Ask the children What should we do when we sneeze? Tell the children We should cover our nose and mouth when
we sneeze. Remind them to wash their hands afterwards.
You may play the Oxford Reading Pen game with the children. The
following instructions will be played randomly:
Find the capital letter A.
Find the small letter a.
Touch the apple.
4 Time to Say
Do the action
• Point to the photo in the Big Book. Say apple as you do the corresponding
action.
• Big Book 1, p.3
• Letter Card (A)
• Flash Card B1 ❶
apple [form an apple with your fingers]
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Get Set, Go! Oxford English 1
• Ask the children to follow you until they become familiar with the word and
the corresponding action.
• Show the children the photos on the Letter Card ‘A’ and the Flash Card
‘apple’. Draw their attention to the inside of the apple.
• Do the action for ‘apple’. Look at the imaginary apple and lick your lips.
Pretend to hold the apple in one hand and take a big bite. Encourage the
children to follow your actions. Mmm … a yummy apple! Let’s eat!
• Point to the word in the Big Book and say apple. Point to the first letter of
the word. Ask the children What letter is this? to elicit a.
Pass the apples
• Show the children the real apples. Talk about the different colours (e.g.
red, green and yellow). Let the children smell the apples.
• Audio CD 1, track 3
• Red, green and yellow
apples
• Play the CD. Pass the red, green and yellow apples around.
• Stop the music randomly. The children who have the apples should then
stand up, say apple and do the corresponding action.
Optional activities
Supplementary word: ant
• Point to the photo on the Flash Card ‘ant’. Say ant as you do the
corresponding action.
ant [wiggle your index and middle fingers to imitate an ant climbing up your arm]
• Big Book 1, p.2
• Flash Card B1 ❷
• Activity Sheet B1(Aa) ❶
• Ask the children to follow you until they become familiar with the word
and the corresponding action.
• Ask the children to look at you. Whenever you do the action for ‘ant’,
they should say ant.
• Point to the word on the Flash Card and say ant. Ask the children to
find the ant on p.2 of the Big Book. Let them put the word sticker ‘ant’
next to the picture in their book.
• Ask the children to do Activity Sheet B1(Aa) ❶ .
The letter sound
• Remind the children that each letter has its own sound, just like cats
make the sound ‘miaow’ and dogs make the sound ‘woof’.
• Big Book 1, p.3
• Oxford Reading Pen
• Touch Achoo with Oxford Reading Pen and listen to /a/, the sound of ‘a’
is /a/. ‘a’, /a/, apple.
• Point to the first letter of ‘apple’ and tell the children The sound of ‘a’ is /a/.
• Let the children say ‘a’, /a/, apple several times.
Arts and crafts
• Give each child Activity Sheet B1(Aa) ❷ , a sponge and some red,
green or yellow paint.
• Show the children how to paint the big apple with a sponge.
• When a child’s work is done, you may give him/her a high five and ask
What is this? to elicit apple.
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• Activity Sheet B1(Aa) ❷
• Red, green and yellow
paint
• Sponges
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5 Time to Sing
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•
•
•
• Stick the Song Poster on the board. Chant the lyrics with the children.
Teach them the actions.
Big Book 1, p.3
Song Poster B1 ❶
Audio CD 1, tracks 2-4
Oxford Reading Pen
Crunchy Apple
An apple1 for you and me, 2
3
(1 form an apple with your fingers)
You and me , you and me.
(2 extend your hands forward, your palms facing upwards)
An apple for you and me,
(3 place your hands on your chest)
4
(4 pretend to bite into the apple)
Crunch , crunch, crunch!
1
2
3
4
• Sing the song and do the actions with the children.
6 Time to Do
• Activity Book 1, pp.2-3
• Oxford Reading Pen
• Ask the children to do Activity Book 1, A a.
7 Wrap-up
Let’s pick apples
• Letter Card (A)
• Flash Card B1 ❶
• Achoo Hand Puppet
• Draw a big apple tree on the board. Stick the Flash Card ‘apple’ and the
Letter Card ‘A’ on the tree with the photos showing. Draw a few apples.
• Let Puppet Achoo say Can you help me pick the apples?
• Say apple. Pretend to pick an apple from the tree and give it to Achoo.
• Ask a few children to pick an apple from the tree and give it to Achoo.
Encourage them to say apple as they do the corresponding action.
Language Points to Note
1 Achoo’s name
Achoo’s name comes from ‘ahchoo’, which is the word for the sound people
make when they sneeze. Another word for the sneezing sound is ‘atishoo’.
2 ‘You’ and ‘I/me’
Young children may confuse the pronouns ‘you’ and ‘I/me’. Instead of saying ‘I
want’, some children may say ‘you want’. Actions may help them differentiate
between first- and second-person pronouns. Ask the children to place their hands on their chest
when using ‘I/me’, and extend their hand towards the person being addressed when using ‘you’.
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1
Name: ................................
Aa
Activity Sheet 1
Class: ...................
Date: .....................
Colour the ant. Say the word.
ant
Activity Sheet B1(Aa) ❶ © Oxford University Press
Aa
1
Name: ................................
Class: ...................
Activity Sheet 2
Date: .....................
Colour the apple. Say the word.
apple
Activity Sheet B1(Aa) ❷ © Oxford University Press
Get Set, Go! Oxford English 1
Name:
Aa
Class:
Date:
Language items
• A, a
• apple, ant*
*Supplementary word
Ratings
Remarks
Listening
• able to recognize the target letter name
• able to recognize the target word(s)
Speaking
• able to say the target letter name correctly
• able to say the target word(s) correctly
Reading
• able to recognize the target capital letter
• able to recognize the target small letter
• able to recognize the target word(s)
• able to understand that pictures have meanings
Writing
• able to write the target capital letter in the air
• able to write the target small letter in the air
• able to colour pictures
Comments:
Ratings
always
36
often
sometimes
rarely