Five-Minute Activities for Young Learners

Box 99
Doctor rap
Doctor rap
Remedies
Doctor: One, two. How are you?
a plaster, a bandage, an aspirin,
Patient: Three, four. My . . . is sore.
some eye drops, some cough
Doctor: Five – it, six – it. This will fix it!
medicine, some ear drops, some
Patient: Seven, eight, nine. I feel fine.
nose drops, go to bed, have a
shower, have some hot tea, have
some soup
Follow-up
• Encourage the children to create their own remedies for ailments and add
these to the list.
• For other chants and raps, see Activities 1.11, 2.7, 4.4, 4.6, 5.1, 6.1.
Procedure,_imperative_Skills_focus_Listening_Thinking_focus'>5.8 Safety
Level
**
Language focus
Procedure, imperative
Skills focus
Listening
Thinking focus
Sorting, inferring
Teaching approach
Promote accuracy – correct errors
Interaction
Whole class work, suitable for large classes
Preparation
On the board, write the word SAFETY. Underneath, write in
bullet points: Personal, Road, Sun, Water.
Healthy bodies
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Procedure
1 Remind the children about the different kinds of safety you have listed on
the board. Do this in their first language if necessary.
2 Tell the children that you are going to read out some safety rules and you
want them to decide if these rules apply to personal safety, road safety,
sun safety, or water safety.
3 Slowly and carefully read out the first rule: Wear a hat and a long-sleeved
shirt. Ask the children to write which area of safety this rule is
addressing, e.g. Sun safety.
4 Then read out the other rules, and allow time for the children to write the
areas of safety which match each rule.
5 Finally, check their answers.
Note: It is unlikely that the children will understand every word in the rule.
However, there are enough clues for them to guess the safety area. This
activity is teaching them to use their prior knowledge to predict meaning.