4th Grade Unit 13: Toys (Vocabulary Activities)

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VOCABULARY ACTIVITIES

Subject / Unit: Toys / Unit 13

Level: 4th graders

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

New words of the unit:

Doll                                         Bicycle

Teddy bear                              Truck

Drum                                       Car

Balloon                                    Ball

Puzzle                                      Kite

•  PRESENTATION PART

Activity Name: My Toys!

Procedure:

The teacher starts the lesson with the video of toys song to attract students’ attention.

While replaying the video for the second time for better understanding of the new vocabulary

about the toys, students are told to write down the names of their favourite toys. Then the

teacher asks students randomly to say their favourite toys.

Materials: Toys Song by Peter Weatherall 

•  PRACTICE PART

Activity Name: Guess what?

Procedure:

The teacher puts various flashcards of toys on the front desk. She asks students to

come and pick a card without showing it your classmates, and to describe it to their friends by

using have got – has got and there is – there are structures. While the student describes the

toy, the others try to guess what it is. The one who have guessed true comes to the board and

picks another card to describe it.

Materials: Various toys flashcards (flashcards 1.jpg, flashcards 2.jpg)

•  PRODUCTION PART

Activity Name: Our Toys, Our Room

Procedure:

Students are divided into the groups of 6 and they are told to ask every friend in their

groups one by one to describe their favourite toys in terms of colour, number, size, weight,

shape or specific features. The ones who ask questions about the toy take notes whereas the

others describe the toy. The task is drawing a picture of a room that includes each student’s

favourite toys. The teacher explains the task and tells them to draw the picture based on their

notes. Students are given 5-10 minutes to complete their pictures. At the end of the activity,

one member from each group comes to the board and shows their picture to other friends and

they make comments.

Materials: Papers for drawing

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

Toys Song by Peter Weatherall   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlkZm8Z2lb0

http://www.esl-kids.com/