tp0_warmer_activity_plan
- 1. Teaching Practice Activity Plan GENERAL INFORMATION Name: Lucinda Botes TP: 0 – Warmer Level: Elementary Number of students: 6-8 Lesson length: 15 minutes Date: 10 November 2015 WARMER ACTIVITY Description: The title of the warmer is "The Balloon Game" The students are grouped into pairs. One student is the runner. The runner must run to the front of the class when the teacher says go and must try to burst a balloon without using his/her hands feet. When the student pops the balloon they will find labels of different body parts in the balloon. The student must use the labels and stick them on the correct part of their partners body. The first pair to complete this correctly wins the game. WARMER AIM Aim: To energize students and introduce them to vocabulary of the body. To get everyone to participate. By the end of the lesson students should be able to indentify very basic body parts. ANTICIPATED PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS Organisational: 1.There may be an odd number of students or students may be absent. I will solve this by making a group of three rather than a pair 2.The balloons might before the activity. I will solve this by bringing extra balloons 3.The words might go missing. I will solve this by making extra copies of the words 4.If the students have trouble popping the balloon then they may use their hands or feet. PERSONAL AIMS
- 2. 1. To build my confidence instructing students 2. To have fun and establish a rapport with the students LESSON STAGES AND PROCEDURES Stage Stage Aim Materials Teacher’s Procedures Students’ actions Interactio n Tim e Warmer To get to know students names To introduce the students to the activity and to assign them their partners To demonstrate the activity to the class so that the students visualize the game and confirms that they 5 Balloons (including one for demonstratio n) Strips of paper that have 8 different body part labels for each balloon and Picture of the body Prestik Greeting I will greet students, tell them my name and ask them to say their name for me. T: Hi students my name is Lucinda. Can you please tell me your name ? Pre-activity Instructions: T: We will play a game that requires us to work with a partner T: Assigns everyone a partner. T: One person is going to be the runner. Choose who is going to be the runner between the two of you and raise your hand T: The runner will come to the front if the class T: The runner must pop/burst the balloon without using their hands or feet. T: You can use any other part of your body T: Once you have popped the balloon then you will find small pieces of paper with words of the different parts of your body T: The runner must take the words to their partner and stick them on the correct place of the picture. T: The first pair who gets everything correct wins Students in their seats listening to T Students moves next to partner Runner raises their hand Students are standing listening to T T-Ss T-Ss T-Ss T-Ss T-Ss 5
- 3. have fully understood what is expected of them To get the activity started To check if the students are able to read the words if not to read it out for them as well as checking if they are following the instructions given Demonstration: T asks student to come up T shows and pronounces the different body parts. T sticks the one body part to the picture as an example. Instructional CCQ: 1. Are both of you going to run to the front (No) 2. Can you use your hand or feet to pop the balloon (no) 3. are you going to stick the labels on the picture(yes) 4. Is this a race? (yes) 5. Any questions One student comes up in front of the class Ss Responds to T Ss-T S-T T-Ss Ss-Ss Ss-T 5 5 While-activity Activate: T says Run Monitor: T watches students try to pop the balloon One the runner has popped the balloon T checks if they are communicating with their partner to label the body parts correctly. If students cant read the words then T reads out words to them Post-activity Feedback: T stops the activity when the first pair has correctly labelled the body of their partner
- 4. "Stop everyone, we have a winner" T asks where is the respective body parts Show me where your head is T nominates each Ss gives answers to T Wrap-up T congratulates the students. 'You did a great Job Thank you for participating' T-Ss 1
- 5. SOURCES: http://www.onestopenglish.com/community/lesson-share/extras/teenagers/teenagers-the-balloon-game/145221.article adapted by Lucinda Botes http://images.scholastic.co.uk/assets/a/ca/3f/ne0908a2iback3-inp-474985.jpg