Five-Minute Activities for Young Learners

Box 98
Our feet
What can our feet do?
What can we wear on our feet?
Run
Shoes
Stand
Socks
Bounce
Boots
Jump
Skates
Kick
Skis
Walk
Football boots
Skip
Roller blades
Hop
Tennis shoes
Climb
Running shoes
Slide
Flippers
Skate
Trainers
Ski
Follow-up
• Display the children’s footprint posters in the classroom.
• You could do a similar activity, using handprints.
5.7 Doctor! Doctor!
Level
**
Language focus
Rap, vocabulary: ailments and remedies
Skills focus
Speaking: fluency, rhythm
Thinking focus
Matching
Teaching approach
Promote creativity – accept errors
Interaction
Whole class work, suitable for large classes
Preparation
Write the Doctor rap and the remedies on the board. See
Box 99.
Five-Minute Activities for Young Learners
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Procedure
1 Decide on a possible ailment, e.g. My head is sore. Teach the children the
chant from the board, stressing the words in bold.
2 Ask the children to choose a remedy from Box 99, e.g. go to bed.
3 Now divide the class into two teams. One team says the part of the
patient and decides on an ailment.
4 The other team says the part of the doctor. When the doctor says This will
fix it! the children have to choose the remedy.
5 Then swap over, so everyone has a turn at being either a doctor or a
patient. Make sure the children keep the flow of the chant going, stressing
the words in bold.