Five-Minute Activities for Young Learners

Box 55
Family members
My uncle is a monster.
My granddaughter is a doll.
My daughter is a fairy.
My cousin is a robot.
My son is a pirate.
My aunt is a witch.
My grandson is a rabbit.
My mother is Cinderella.
Follow-up
The children create a family tree diagram showing the queen and her
relatives. See Box 56. Ask the children to draw the relatives according to the
descriptions in Box 55.
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Box 56
Queen’s family tree
Follow-up
For other diagrams, see Activities 4.13, 5.17, 5.18, 6.15.
3.10 Fairy tale people
Level
**
Language focus
Comparatives and superlatives
Skills focus
Listening for details
Thinking focus
Sequencing
Teaching approach
Promote accuracy – correct errors
Interaction
Whole class work, suitable for large classes
Procedure
1 Tell the class that you are going to read out some information about the
size of some magical fairy tale people.
2 You want the children to listen and write the names of these people in
order of size, starting with the smallest and ending with the biggest.
3 It might help if they draw a long horizontal line across their page and
place the magical people along this line as you read.
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Mother:
Cinderella
Son:
Pirate
Aunt:
Witch
Daughter:
Fairy
Uncle:
Monster
Cousin:
Robot
Granddaughter:
Doll
Grandson:
Rabbit
Queen

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4 It is probably best if they use a pencil for this activity because they may
want to change the order as you read.
5 Slowly and carefully read out the script from Box 57 and allow thinking
time for the children to decide where they will write the name.
6 When you have finished, read all the sentences again for the children to
check their answers.
7 The children then show their work to a partner and compare both the
order and the spelling. See Box 58.