Five-Minute Activities for Young Learners

Procedure
1 Talk to the children about the role of get well cards in encouraging their
friends when they are away from school because of illness.
2 Show the class the wall poster template. Ask the children to suggest ideas
for completing the sentence stems and write their suggestions on the
board. Some models are in Box 107.
3 Then jointly construct a model get well card by choosing from the
children’s suggestions.
Note: When you construct a text jointly, you ask the children to suggest
what you should write and then record their suggestions on the board. Then
you ask the others to comment on ways to improve the text by either
correcting errors or adding more ideas.
Follow-up
• The next time one of the children is absent because of illness, ask the
children to make get well cards and send them home. They are sure to
brighten the day for someone who is not feeling very well.
• For other cards, letters and emails, see Activities 2.12, 4.8, 5.11, 6.8.
Five-Minute Activities for Young Learners
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