Unit my Family Lesson Let’s play! Objectives

Activity 1 Play “Hot Seat”.
Objective: to revise the previous units
Choose a game-leader among the pupils. S/he sits on a chair in front of the class.
Explain the rule of the game. You will be the timekeeper. The game-leader must be asked at least four questions for one minute. S/he must answer all the questions.
Ask all the pupils to stand. They ask their questions standing. The one who asks a question correctly sits down. In this way you can make sure all the pupils are involved. After 1 minute, change the game-leader and count how many questions have been asked and answered.
Activity 2 Play “Listen and say”.
Objective: to recycle the numbers (1-10)
Explain to the pupils that now you will say all the numbers from 1 to 10. You can “make a mistake” and skip a number. The pupils must listen carefully and say what number you have skipped.
So say the numbers and skip one number. You must observe the pupils carefully and find out the active pupils. When you say the numbers second time, you may ask active pupils to be judges. They do not take part which enables weaker pupils to express themselves.
The “judges” confirm the right answer.
Activity 3 Look, listen and tick.
Objective: to introduce tests on the topics “family” and “my friend”
First of all, you need to understand what the purpose of the tests is. The main purpose is to check and assess your work. If the pupils have learned the lessons well, they are supposed to cope with the task successfully. If the majority of the pupils cannot cope with the task, it is possible that the given material was not securely reinforced. In this case, it is not the pupils’ but your fault. You need to go through these materials again. During the lesson, you must make sure that the materials are learned by all the pupils.
The main mistake allowed by young teachers is that they focus on a small group of children with high performance. The rest of the class is usually out of their sight. Therefore, if there are weaker pupils in the class, you should find out the reason. This can be because of the lack of the pupils’ attention, poor memory, discipline problems, etc. If you have found out the cause of poor performance, you should develop a system of working with such pupils in the classroom. They must be attached to capable pupils. They need more time to consolidate the materials, they should be more praised for the effort, and so on.
Another purpose of the tests is to test the knowledge of the pupils. If you work with the class improperly, the pupils will show different levels of knowledge. There are a number of reasons for that. The test is a tool for you to determine the weaknesses of the pupils’ knowledge and a signal to correct it, i.e. if a lot of pupils cannot cope with the task, then the material must be repeated with the whole class once more.
However, testing the knowledge is necessary not only for you but for the pupils as well. The pupils should gradually get used to the self-assessment of their level of knowledge and strive to get more knowledge and good marks.