Five-Minute Activities for Young Learners

Box 46
Dragon description
There is a dragon which lives in a tree. Every day a king sits under the
dragon’s tree. He reads stories to the dragon.
© Cambridge University Press 2007
Fantasy and adventure
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3.2 The pirate
Level
*
Language focus
Description, simple present tense
Skills focus
Reading for meaning
Thinking focus
Inferring
Teaching approach
Promote accuracy – correct errors
Interaction
Whole class work, suitable for large classes
Preparation
Either write the cloze activity on the board or copy it onto a
transparency. See Box 47.
Procedure
1 Ask the children to tell you what they know about pirates. For example,
Where do they live? What do they wear? What do they look like?
2 Explain to the class that you have written a small description of a pirate,
but some words are missing from each sentence.
3 Ask the children to choose the correct word from under the description
and help you to complete the sentences. Encourage discussion in the class
as the children decide on their answers.