Five-Minute Activities for Young Learners

Box 37
Questions about space travel
Questions
Possible student answers
Where did you go?
I went to the purple planet.
How long did it take?
It took five minutes.
How much did it cost?
It cost one hundred pounds.
What did you eat?
I ate purple ice cream.
What did it taste like?
It was sweet.
What did it smell like?
It smelt like grapes.
Follow-up
For other personal recounts, see Activities 1.10, 2.15, 4.17.

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2.14 Singing about journeys
Level
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Language focus
Song, present perfect tense
Skills focus
Writing: joint construction, Pronunciation: stress
Thinking focus
Creating
Teaching approach
Promote accuracy – correct errors
Interaction
Whole class, suitable for large classes
Preparation
Become familiar with the melody of the song.
Write sentence stems and clues on the board. See Box 38.