Box 29
Seating plan
Seating plan in the car
+ Because
Reason for placement
Mum can sit in the front.
Mum can drive the car.
Dad can sit next to Mum.
Dad can read the map.
Grandma and Grandpa can sit
They can sleep.
behind Jack and me.
My
sister can sit next
She can look out of
to Grandma.
the window.
Jack can sit between me and Ben.
He can talk to us.
I can sit behind Mum.
I can sing to Mum.
Follow-up
In pairs, children have to give reasons for their seating plans. Suggestions for
these are in Box 29.
2.6 A beach holiday checklist
Level
*
Language focus
Checklist, numbers
one to
ten, vocabulary: clothing and
hobbies
Skills focus
Spelling
Thinking focus
Ranking
and judging
Teaching approach
Promote accuracy – correct errors
Interaction
Individual work,
suitable for large classes
Procedure
1 Ask the children to write the numbers
one to
ten (in words) down the left-
hand margin of the page. Check their spelling.
2 The children then create a holiday checklist for themselves.
They write
the things that they have to remember to take away on a beach holiday.
The catch is that you would not take ten hats, so the children have to
come up with a feasible list. See Box 30 for suggestions.
Journeys
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