Five-Minute Activities for Young Learners

Box 23
Holiday company
mum/mother, dad/father, brother, big brother, little brother, baby brother, sister,
big sister, little sister, baby sister, grandfather/grandpa, grandmother/grandma,
friend, best friend, good friend, sister’s friend, brother’s friend
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Box 24
Why are they coming?
Who do you 
+ Because
Why do you choose
Sentence stems
choose?
this person?
I choose Emma.
She is my friend.
I choose . . . 
I choose my baby 
He likes water.
because
brother.
he/she is . . .
I choose my dad.
He can drive the car.
he/she can . . .
I choose Jack.
He plays the guitar.
he/she plays . . .
I choose my brother.
He can play football.
he/she likes . . .
I choose Ben.
He’s Jack’s friend.
he/she has got . . .
I choose my 
He’s got a fishing 
grandpa.
rod.
I choose my 
She likes the view.
grandma.
I choose my mother.
She likes holidays.
I choose Anna.
She’s got a little TV.
I choose the dog.
She likes the sand.
2.2 Describing what we can do on a beach holiday
Level
*
Language focus
Can
Skills focus
Speaking and writing
Thinking focus
Listing and recalling
Teaching approach
Promote accuracy – correct errors
Interaction
Whole class work, suitable for large classes
Preparation
Prepare a wallchart with headings. See Box 25.
Cut up blank cards to attach to the wallchart.
Procedure
1 Ask the children to name something they would like to take on a
beach holiday to give them something to do while they are away, e.g. A
ball.
2 When a child responds, another child is appointed to ask If you take a
ball, what can you do?
3 The first child could respond I can catch a ball. / I can kick a ball. / I can
throw a ball. / I can play football. Suggestions of other items are in Box
25.
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4 Children may want to express their own ideas, but they may not have the
vocabulary to do so. For example, they may want to take a pack of
playing cards, or a computer game. You can either provide the
vocabulary or encourage the children to use a bilingual dictionary.
5 On a card, children write the items they would like to take on the holiday.
On another card, they write what they can do. They then attach their
cards to a class chart, similar to Box 25. They may like to include their
name on the card, e.g. Kate will take coloured pens. Kate can draw
pictures.