Introducing with incomplete objects (partial objects)
(Introducing New Language (Warm-up Activities))

Jigsaw Card

• Get pictures with all kinds of weather and cut them into 4 to 5 pieces. Shuffle the pieces and mount them on the blackboard (using magnets, glue tags, etc.).
• Ask children: "What is it?", "Where does it go?" and encourage them to reply either "Yes." or "No."
• When you manage to put a whole picture together, practise the language structure: It’s raining. It’s snowing. It’s sunny. It’s cloudy.

Aids:

pictures cut out into fitting pieces

Alternative 1:

Take two or three picture puzzles and shuffle the pieces. After spreading the pieces in front of the children, you may ask them not just where a piece goes in a picture, but also which picture it belongs to. Children work in groups.

Note:

If you think this task difficult for your group, you may simplify it. Before cutting the copies of flashcards into pieces, lightly colour each of them with a different crayon; i.e. make one copy blue, second one red, and third one yellow. Then, cut them into pieces.

Alternative 2:

Place a piece of the puzzle on the blackboard. Have children come to the blackboard one by one, adding other pieces, until the picture is complete.

Alternative 3:

Make sure you have a sufficient number of puzzles ready. Divide the class into several smaller groups, and give each group a picture to assemble. In a group, children cooperate on putting the picture together. When they are all done, they look at all the pictures and name them.

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Lego

• Use the set to start building an object, e.g. a house. Build a base wall and ask the children: "What is it? Do you know?" Children probably do not know. Continue building the house. Build the whole wall and ask: "What is it? Do you know?" Children may try to guess. Repeat their words in English and answer either "No", or "Yes" if they are right.

Aids:

Lego

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Make It, Say It

• Use the paste to start the model of an object, e.g. a snowman.
• Make the first ball and ask the children: "What is it? Do you know?" Either they do not know or they start calling out: "A ball. A marble." Reply to them: "No."
• Continue in making the snowman. Make another ball, connect it with the first one and repeat the question: "What is it? Do you know?" Children may try to guess. Repeat their words in English and answer either "No", or "Yes" if they are right.

Aids:

plasticine

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Partial Draw

• Draw a picture on the blackboard part by part. After each line you make, ask the children: "What is it?"
• Example: You wish to teach the children the word flower. Start by drawing a couple of petals and ask: "What is it?" Children will probably not recognise a flower. Move on to the stem (a vertical line) and repeat the question: "What is it?" Continue until children identify a flower.

Aids:

blackboard; chalk/felt-tip pen

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Tento projekt je spolufinancován Evropským sociálním fondem a státním rozpočtem České republiky.