4th Grade Unit 13: Toys (Games)

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TEACHING THROUGH GAMES

Subject / Unit: Toys / Unit 13

Level: 4th graders

The Language Point: Have got – Has got, There is – There are, Prepositions, Adjectives

Activity Name: Bingo!

Aims of the activity:

·         To motivate learners to participate in the activities by creating an enjoyable learning environment.

·         To provide social interaction among young learners.

·         To encourage students to work in pairs.

·         To raise their attention to the new vocabulary about toys.

Procedure:

Students work in pairs for this game. The teacher hands out Bingo cards to each pair.

The picture of the toys on the cards must be different from each other. Then she randomly

picks a word card and says the name of the toy to the students. When a student hears one of

his or her words on the card, he or she crosses out the picture of it. The first pair with all the

pictures crossed out, shouts “Bingo!” and is the winner.

Materials: Bingo cards (bingo1.bmp, bingo2.bmp, bingo3.bmp, bingo4.bmp, bingo5.bmp,

bingo6.bmp)

Activity Name: The Ball

Aims of the Activity:

·         To teach and make them aware of ‘have got/has got’ and ‘there is/there are’ structures.

·         To create fluency of using “have got / has got” structure by repeating sentences

·         To make them use their physical energy while learning new language

·         To understand and answer the questions which are asked them

·         To motivate learners to participate in the activities by creating an enjoyable learning environment.

Procedure:

             After the grammar issue “have got / has got” is handled in the noticing part, the

students play “The Ball” game with teacher. Students stand up in a circle around the teacher.

The teacher starts the  game by tossing the ball to a student while asking a question, e.g.:

"Have you got a doll?" The student responds and throws the ball to another student while

asking another question about toys he / she has. As the game goes on, the question types range

from being about the next coming student to about previous students e.g.: “Has Samet got a

truck?” The game continues in a circulation until there is no one left, who didn’t ask or

respond a question.

Materials: A ball

References

Kahraman, A. G. & Kahraman, B. English Student’s Book for 4th Graders, SEK Publishing,              

Ministry of National Education

Ministry of National Education (2006). English Language Curriculum for Primary Education        

(Grades 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8) Ankara

Cameron, L. (2001) Teaching Languages to Young Learners. Cambridge University Press

Harmer, J. (2007) The Practice of English Language Teaching. Pearson Longman