Lesson 7
1 Think about activities you like. Write a new verse for the song.
Let’s Play!
We’re not playing soccer.
We’re playing baseball.
2 Share your verse.
We’re not playing soccer.
3 Team up and sing your team song. Act it out.
We’re playing baseball.
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Lesson 7 Creative, Collaborative, and Critical
Thinking Activity
Lesson Objectives: Talk about activities team members do for fun.
Use communication skills and problem-solving skills to sort information and decide how to present it.
Vocabulary Review: baseball, basketball, football, golf, ping pong, soccer, tennis, volleyball
Grammar Review: We’re not playing soccer. We’re playing baseball.
Materials: flashcards with sports and home activities, card stock
Start the Class
5
min
On the board, spread out flashcards with sports and
home activities. Divide the class into several teams.
Have one student from each team stand up. Explain
that you are going to say a sentence about an
activity, and the first person in each team should run
to the board and touch the corresponding flashcard.
If the student touches the correct picture, he or she
wins a point for the team. Repeat with different sports
and activities. Play several times until all students
have participated.
1 Think about activities you like. Write a new verse for the song.
10
min
Tell students to look at Page 38 and have volunteers
read the directions and the sentences in the example
text. Explain that they are going to work individually
to write a new verse for the song about an activity
they are not doing and an activity that they are
doing. Make sure there are a variety of activities.
Provide help as necessary.
5
min
Try
This!
2 Share your verse. 5
min
Put students into pairs. Tell students that they are
going to work with a partner and take turns telling
each other their new song verses. Circulate around
the classroom to correct pronunciation and provide
help as needed.
eam up and sing your
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min
team song. Act it out.
Put two pairs together. Tell them that they will
sing their song with all the verses they wrote
between them. Explain that they have to decide on
appropriate actions to mime each of the activities.
Tell them to practice their song in their team. Circulate
among the teams and provide help as needed.
Encourage students to negotiate to create a plan the
whole team is comfortable with.
Finish the Class
15
min
Have teams share their songs with the class.
Remind them to mime the activities while they sing.
After all the teams have sung their verses, have the
class vote on the top three songs.
Write out five different sentences on
cards, then cut the cards in half so that
each card has half a sentence. Repeat
until you have one card per student. Give them
out to students at random. Have each student
stand up and look for the student that has the
other half of his or her sentence. Ask students to
read their sentences aloud.
Use the Presentation Kit
for interactive activities
in this lesson.
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