Spot Goes to the Circus
Spot Goes to the Circus (by Eric Hill, Puffin Books, 1986) Storytelling: We have chosen this book, because it contains just basic words and easy sentences, so it is adequate to the level of the young learners. ... The theme of the book is, as you can imagine from the title, the circus. ... The disadvantage of the book “Spot Goes to the Circus” is that it contains a lot of animals, which are NOT NAMED in the text. ... The child with the most pairs is the winner - Play the game again if the children want to Activity 3: Reading the picture book The aim: Comprehension of the story The language point: listening and understanding The materials: The book “ Spot Goes to the Circus” The time planned: 15 min What you do: - Read the story slowly - Show them the pictures - Make movements when you are speaking and be sure, the children get what you say - Make your voice sound interesting - The animals’ names are not mention in the book – tell them Activity 4: Guess the names The aim: Revising animal words: a dog, an elephant, a tiger, a kangaroo, a lion, a bear, a horse, a pig, a monkey and a seal, a clown The language point: animals The materials: The book “ Spot Goes to the Circus” The time planned: 15 min What you do: - Read the book again and show them the pictures - Ask them to guess the names of the animals, they can see on the pictures - Try to keep the steps of the previous activity in mind Activity 5: Face paining The aim: Revising animal words, “learning by doing”: integrating the children in a dialog The language point: animals, colours, questions and answers The materials: face paints, NIVEA cream, a jar of water, some handkerchiefs, cotton swabs or paintbrushes, face painting designs The time planned: the time depends on the number of the children, who want to be painted What you do: - ask the children, who want to be painted - let them choose one of the animals which appears in the book - speak to them while painting them, asking questions like: “Do you want a red mouth?