Five-Minute Activities for Young Learners

1.17 Animal escape
Level
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Language focus
Recount (radio news item), combination of verb tenses
Skills focus
Listening for facts
Thinking focus
Recognising and selecting
Teaching approach
Promote accuracy – correct errors
Interaction
Individual and pairwork, suitable for large classes
Preparation
Draw the note-taking grid on the board, or make copies for
each child. See Box 20. Write the questions and leave the
answer section blank.
Procedure
1 Ask the children to copy the note-taking grid from the board.
Alternatively, give each child a copy of the note-taking grid. See Box 20.
2 Ask the class to imagine that a crocodile has escaped from the zoo.
3 Ask them what they would hear in the next news flash on the radio.
Encourage them to think of a range of information that would be
included in a news flash.
4 Read out the news flash from Box 19. Try to use the voice of a radio
announcer.
5 While you are reading, the children answer the questions on the grid.