Five-Minute Activities for Young Learners

4.15 Safety guidelines
Level
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Language focus
Procedure, suggestions and obligations, modal verbs
Skills focus
Speaking
Thinking focus
Proposing
Teaching approach
Promote creativity – accept errors
Interaction
Small group work, suitable for large classes
Note: This subject may need to be treated with sensitivity.
The world around us

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Procedure
1 On the board, write the natural disasters from Box 86. If the children do
not know these words in English, provide the meaning in their first
language.
2 Say to the children If we had a . . . at our school, what would we do?
Choose a natural disaster from the list on the board.
3 Divide the class into two teams, with one team focussing on the things
they should do, and the other team focussing on the things they must