Primary 01 – Teachers Learn ETD

Primary Course 01

You should find lots of material here from which to make lesson plans
in preparation for the Production of the Play.

This course can be divided into sections according to your and your students' time.

The Magic Fairy

Description:

In this course the students can have fun with a warm up song. Then the students say words beginning with A, B and C with facial expressions and body language. This is a good preparation for their acting in the play, in which the students have to imitate the noises and movements of various animals while speaking English.

Course Objectives:

At the end of the session the student will be able to:

Revise the sound of letters /A/ and /a/ correctly.
Name some words that begin with A.
Ask someone’s name. Know how to say their name. Introduce oneself.
Use the articles /a/ and /an/ correctly.
Ask about abilities, e.g. “can you swim”.
Produce and perform the play, ‘The Magic Fairy’ together.
Use vocabulary correctly.
Have fun.

Materials:

MP3 player, speaker, recorder (if you want to make an audio recording), microphone, printable flashcards, Wall chart of Alphabet.

Tips:

The teacher will need a lot of energy and variety of approach, as small children get very easily bored.

Units:

The Magic Fairy
Letter A, B and C
Greetings
Animals
Drama Game
The Drama Characters
The Drama Script
Rewards and Certificate

Unit 1

A. Song:

Mime and gesture and get the children to join in –

Teacher sings: Good morning
Children sing: Good morning
Teacher sings: How are you?
Children sing: How are you?
Teacher sings: It’s so nice to have you here with me today.
Teacher sings: Good morning
Children sing: Good morning
Teacher sings: How are you?
Children sing: Just fine!
Teacher sings: Howdy, How d’you do, Hello, Good day . . . . . and so on

B. Greetings:

Greet children by name. Encourage students to respond.
Say “nice to meet you”. Get children to say “nice to meet you too”
Hold up an apple and ask “What’s this?”
Prompt the children to say “it’s an apple”.
Hold up flashcard of fairy and ask “What’s this?”
Prompt the children to say “it’s a fairy”,
Hold up flashcard of apple and ask “What’s this?”
Prompt the children to say “it’s an apple”.
Hold up more flashcards and ask the children to choose “a” or “an” before the word..
Ask the children “can you sing, dance, read, etc.” Get them to reply, “Yes, I can” or “no, I can’t” and then form them into circles and get them to ask each other in turn going round the circle.

Unit 2

Letters A, B and C

A. Introduce /A/ /a/ /B/ /b/ and /C/ /c/

Clarify word meaning: Alice, apple, alligator, arrow, airplane, art, and arm.

Clarify word meaning: Ball, book, bats, butterfly, and beard.

Clarify word meaning: Cat, carrot, car, cake, and cup.

B. Practice:

Bring two volunteers to the front of the classroom.
Present the letter words.
Teacher says each letter’s name with facial expression and body language. Students repeat.
Present the wall chart.
Teacher makes gesture to indicate big letters.
Students repeat. Repeat with small letters.
Teacher encourages them to imitate her body language and facial expression.
Divide the students into two.
Let each group say the words and point to the words by pointing to the correct letter of the alphabet.

Unit 3

Greetings

Write Hi, Hello, Goodbye and Bye on the board. Get students to repeat after you.

Show flashcard of waving and shaking hands. Then ask “what are they doing?”

Hi is less formal than hello.

Hello

Hello is the most common greeting in English, and it’s more formal.
Saying hello is correct for both formal and informal situations.

Good morning

“Good morning” is both a formal and an informal greeting.
We use the greetings good morning from sunrise to noon.

Good afternoon

“Good afternoon” is both a formal and informal greeting.
We can greet both friends and strangers.
We say good afternoon from noon to 5: PM.

Good Evening

“Good evening” is both a formal and an informal greeting.
We say good evening from about 5 PM until midnight
After Midnight we already say “good morning”.

Unit 4

Animals

Flashcards: Give the students flash cards with pictures and words: Fairy, frog, fish, elephant, monkey, bird, horse – see below.

Show the children how to mime these flashcards using movement and sound – for example gabbling and miming climbing a tree and hanging from a branch like a monkey – or galloping round the room and neighing like a horse.

You can also get each child to choose a partner and arrange her/him in positions and moving them – for example flapping their arms to represent a flying bird.

Get a pair of students to demonstrate to the class. Let them take it in turns to do this. Get the students participate as soon as possible.

The students can look at their flashcards to guess the answer.

They can ask questions for a “yes” or “no” answer.

Making the story. Who do you want to be? Who wants to be the fairy?

The teacher encourages one of the girls to choose to be her. Give her the fairy flashcard. Explain the fairy can do magic tricks with a wave of her wand and making the magic noise. Do it and get her to copy. Ask what animal would you like to be?

Ask why do you want to be that? If necessary prompt: ‘Because I want to jump, swim, carry people, fly, gallop ………..’

Which boy would like to be a monkey? Choose a boy. Ask him why do you want to be that?

What do you want to be? Show the flashcards to choose from to the rest of the children and let them chose in turn. Why do you want to be that? Then help to inspire them.

At the end each child holds his or her flashcard.

Unit 5

Drama Game

Drama has rehearsal and performance and is a good way for the children to cooperate, become confident and have fun and learn English.

Teacher prompts student to repeat for example: ‘I want to be a fish because I like to swim through the water.’ If necessary Teacher prompts again: does motion and says ‘I’m a fish.. I can swim.’ Student repeats.

Do the same with the following:

‘I want to a frog so I can jump’. Jumps and says I’m a frog.<

‘I want to be bird so I can fly to the sky’. Flying motion and ‘I’m a bird’

‘I want to be an elephant so I can carry people’. Carrying another child on his/her back and ‘I’m an elephant.

‘I want to be a horse so I can gallop’. Gallops/ runs and ‘I’m a horse’.

Note: Perhaps the children will hang the flashcards round their necks, and around each other’s necks or they can make masks when they do the play. Hopefully their parents will help them.

The teacher then says ‘Now let’s do the fairy do magic’.

The teacher prompts the fairy to wave her wand and make the magic sound and say to the monkey ‘I am going to turn you into a frog’.

The teacher then prompts the fairy to say ‘excuse me’ to the child that had the frog flashcard and give it to the monkey who now becomes a frog.

Prompted by the teacher this child jumps up and down and says ‘I’m a frog!’

Prompted by the teacher the fairy says to the frog ‘you can do magic too – who do you want to change?’

Then we repeat the process:

The new frog turns to the horse and prompted by teacher says, ‘I turn you into a fish’. The new fish says “I’m a fish’ and swims round the round the room. Then the new frog says to the new fish ‘you can make magic too’ and so on from fish to elephant, from elephant to horse, from horse to bird and from bird back to monkey,

At the end the others surround the fairy and say, ‘thank you for giving us magic’. They then turn to the teacher and say: ‘Thank you teacher.’

Unit 6

The Drama Characters

A. The Characters in the Script

Note: The script and some of the above are different. Encourage the children to improvise and modify. This should give them confidence and spontaneity.

You can copy and print the flashcards and the script for the students.

Character	Costume	Props	Sound effects	Music
Announcer	well dressed		Chimes make tinkle noise	From internet or CD or composed and performed by teacher with children
Fairy	Wings, crown	Wand
First child	fish and elephant costumes	Chimes
Second child	bird and horse costumes	football
Third child	elephant and monkey costumes
Fourth child	frog and fish costumes
Fifth child	horse and frog costumes
Sixth child	monkey and bird costumes
effects person
Costumier

Unit 7

Wind Chimes

Short and mystical Wind chimes

The Drama Script

Listen and repeat the underlined words.

ANNOUNCER:	We present “The Magic Fairy” with the students of……… School, Town, Country.
	THE FAIRY HAS A CROWN AND WINGS AND A WAND. THE TEACHER OR ANOTHER STUDENT HOLDS THE CHIMES TO MAKE THE MAGIC TINKLE NOISE. THE COSTUMIER HAS THE COSTUMES OR FLASHCARDS OR BOTH.
	THE FIRST CHILD APPROACHES THE FAIRY. .
1st CHILD:	Oh Fairy can I make a wish?
FAIRY:	Yes.
1st CHILD:	I want to be a fish.
FAIRY:	Why do you want to be a fish?
1st CHILD:	I want to swim.
	FAIRY WAVES WAND AND TINKLE NOISE IS MADE WITH CHIMES. THE COSTUMIER HELPS THE CHILD ON WITH THE FISH COSTUME AND/OR HANDS THE CHILD THE FISH FLASHCARD TO CARRY.
FAIRY:	Your wish is granted.
1st CHILD:	Thank you.
	1st CHILD GOES OFF MAKING SWIMMING GESTURES AND CALLING “SWIM! SWIM! SWIM!” 2nd CHILD APPROACHES
2nd CHILD:	Wow, a fairy! Can you do magic?
FAIRY:	Yes.
2nd CHILD:	Oh Fairy, I want to be a bird.
FAIRY:	Why do you want to be a bird?
2nd CHILD:	Because I want fly.
	FAIRY WAVES WAND AND TINKLE NOISE IS MADE WITH CHIMES.
	THE COSTUMIER HELPS THE CHILD ON WITH THE BIRD COSTUME OR HANDS THE CHILD THE BIRD FLASHCARD TO CARRY.
FAIRY:	Your wish is granted.
2nd CHILD:	Thank you. Now I can fly! Fly! Fly!
	THE 2nd CHILD GOES OFF MAKING FLYING GESTURES AND CALLING OUT: “FLY! FLY! FLY!” THE 3rd CHILD APPROACHES
3rd CHILD:	Hello fairy, please do magic for me.
FAIRY:	Yes.
3rd CHILD:	I want to be an elephant.
FAIRY:	Why do you want to be an elephant?
3rd CHILD:	I want to be big and I want to play football.
	FAIRY WAVES WAND AND TINKLE NOISE IS MADE WITH CHIMES
	THE COSTUMIER HELPS THE CHILD ON WITH THE ELEPHANT COSTUME AND HANDS THE CHILD THE ELEPHANT FLASHCARD TO CARRY.
	THE COSTUMIER ALSO GIVES THE 3RD CHILD A FOOTBALL
FAIRY:	Your wish is granted.
	THE 3rd CHILD GOES OFF MAKING TRUMPETING NOISE AND STICKING OUT HIS/HER ARM TO SIGNIFY A TRUNK AND KICKING THE FOOTBALL AND CALLING “GOAL!”.
3rd CHILD:	Thank you. ….. Goal!
	THE 4th CHILD APPROACHES.
4th CHILD:	Are you a fairy?
FAIRY:	Yes.
4th CHILD:	I want to be a frog.
FAIRY:	Why do you want to be a frog?
4th CHILD:	Because I want to jump.
	FAIRY WAVES WAND AND TINKLE NOISE IS MADE WITH CHIMES.
	THE COSTUMIER HELPS THE CHILD ON WITH THE FROG COSTUME OR HANDS THE CHILD THE FROG FLASHCARD TO CARRY.
FAIRY:	Your wish is granted.
4th CHILD:	Wonderful! Jump! Jump! Jump!
	THE 4th CHILD GOES OFF JUMPING AND CALLING “JUMP! JUMP! JUMP!” THE 5th CHILD APPROACHES.
5th CHILD:	Oh Fairy, I want to be a horse.
FAIRY:	Why do you want to be a horse?
5th CHILD:	Because I want to run fast.
	FAIRY WAVES WAND AND TINKLE NOISE IS MADE WITH CHIMES.
	THE COSTUMIER HELPS THE CHILD ON WITH THE HORSE COSTUME AND HANDS THE CHILD THE HORSE FLASHCARD TO CARRY.
FAIRY:	Your wish is granted..
5th CHILD:	Thank you.
	CHILD RUNS OFF MAKING NEIGHING NOISES. THE 6th CHILD APPROACHES.
6th CHILD:	Oh fairy can I make a wish?
FAIRY:	Are you sure?
6th CHILD:	Yes. I want to be a monkey.
FAIRY:	Why do you want to be a monkey?
6th CHILD:	I want to climb trees.
	FAIRY WAVES WAND AND TINKLE NOISE IS MADE WITH CHIMES.
	THE COSTUMIER HELPS THE CHILD ON WITH THE MONKEY COSTUME AND HANDS THE CHILD THE MONKEY FLASHCARD TO CARRY.
FAIRY:	Your wish is granted..
6th CHILD:	Oh, thank you. Jabber! Jabber! Jabber!
	THE MONKEY RUNS OFF SCRATCHING HER/HIMSELF AND CALLING “JABBER! JABBER! JABBER!” THE 1st CHILD TAKES OFF THE FISH COSTUME AND RETURNS WITH THE FISH CARD.
1st CHILD:	Oh fairy I’ve changed my mind. I don’t want to be a fish any more
	I want to be an elephant.
FAIRY:	Why do you want to be an elephant?
1st CHILD:	I want to be big and I want to play football.
	FAIRY WAVES WAND AND TINKLE NOISE IS MADE WITH CHIMES. THE FIRST CHILD TAKES OFF THE FISH COSTUME AND HANDS IT TO THE COSTUMIER. THEN FISH CARD IS EXCHANGED FOR ELEPHANT CARD. THE THIRD CHILD TAKES OFF THE ELEPHANT COSTUME AND HANDS IT AND THE FOOTBALL TO THE FIRST CHILD
FAIRY:	Your wish is granted.
	THE 1st CHILD PUTS ON THE ELEPHANT COSTUME AND GOES OFF MAKING TRUMPETING NOISE AND STICKING OUT HIS/HER ARM TO SIGNIFY A TRUNK AND KICKING THE FOOTBALL AND CALLING “GOAL!”
1st CHILD:	Thank you. ….. Goal!
	THE 2nd CHILD APPROACHES CARRYING THE BIRD FLASHCARD. HE/SHE STARTS TAKING OFF THE BIRD COSTUME
2nd CHILD:	Oh fairy I’ve changed my mind. I don’t want to be a bird any more
	I want to be a horse.
FAIRY:	Why do you want to be a horse?
2nd CHILD:	I want to run.
	FAIRY WAVES WAND AND TINKLE NOISE IS MADE WITH CHIMES.
	THE FIFTH CHILD TAKES OFF THE HORSE COSTUME
	THE SECOND CHILD TAKES OFF THE BIRD COSTUME. THE COSTUMIER HELPS TO PUT ON THE HORSE COSTUME. AND THE BIRD CARD IS EXCHANGED FOR HORSE CARD.
FAIRY:	Your wish is granted.
2nd CHILD:	Thank you.
	THE 2nd CHILD GOES OFF MAKING NEIGHING NOISES AND HOLDING UP HORSE FLASHCARD. THE 3rd CHILD APPROACHES.
3rd CHILD:	Oh fairy I’ve changed my mind. I don’t want to be an elephant any more
	I want to be a monkey.
FAIRY:	Why do you want to be a monkey?
3rd CHILD:	I want to climb trees.
	FAIRY WAVES WAND AND TINKLE NOISE IS MADE WITH CHIMES.
	THE SIXTH CHILD TAKES OFF THE MONKEY COSTUME AND HANDS IT TO THE COSTUMIER AND THE THIRD CHILD PUTS IT ON AND HE/SHE TAKES THE MONKEY FLASHCARD.
FAIRY:	Your wish is granted.
	THE 3rd CHILD GOES OFF MAKING JABBER NOISE AND SCRATCHING AND HOLDING UP MONKEY FLASHCARD.
	Thank you. Jabber! Jabber! Jabber!
	THE 4th CHILD APPROACHES, JUMPING WITH FROG FLASHCARD.
	HE/SHE STARTS TO TAKE OFF FROG COSTUME
4th CHILD:	Oh fairy I’ve changed my mind. I don’t want to be a frog any more
	I want to be a fish.
FAIRY:	Why do you want to be a fish?
4th CHILD:	Because I want to swim.
	FAIRY WAVES WAND AND TINKLE NOISE IS MADE WITH CHIMES. AND THE FOURTH CHILD PUTS ON THE FISH COSTUME.
FAIRY:	Your wish is granted.
4th CHILD:	Thank you.
	THE 4th CHILD GOES OFF MAKING SWIMMING STROKES AND HOLDING UP FISH FLASHCARD. THE 5th CHILD APPROACHES NEIGHING.
5th CHILD:	Oh fairy I’ve changed my mind. I don’t want to be a horse any more
	I want to be a frog.
FAIRY:	Why do you want to be a frog?
5th CHILD:	Because I want to jump.
	FAIRY WAVES WAND AND TINKLE NOISE IS MADE WITH CHIMES.
	HORSE CARD IS EXCHANGED FOR FROG CARD. THE FIFTH CHILD IS HELPED BY THE COSTUMIER TO DRESS IN THE FROG CARD
FAIRY:	Your wish is granted.
5th CHILD:	Thank you. Jump! Jump! Jump!
	THE 5th CHILD GOES OFF JUMPING AND CALLING “JUMP! JUMP! JUMP!” THE 6th CHILD APPROACHES MAKING “JABBER! JABBER! JABBER!” NOISES.
6th CHILD:	Oh fairy I’ve changed my mind. I don’t want to be a monkey any more
	I want to be a bird.
FAIRY:	Why do you want to be a bird?
6th CHILD:	Because I want to fly.
	FAIRY WAVES WAND AND TINKLE NOISE IS MADE WITH CHIMES.
	MONKEY CARD IS EXCHANGED FOR BIRD CARD. THE SIXTH CHILD IS HELPED BY THE COSTUMIER TO DRESS IN THE BIRD CARD
FAIRY:	Your wish is granted.
6th CHILD:	Thank you. Fly! Fly! Fly!
	THE 6th CHILD GOES OFF MAKING FLYING GESTURES AND SAYING “FLY! FLY! FLY!”
	TO FINISH EACH OF THE CHILDREN THANK THE FAIRY:
CHILDREN:	Thank you fairy for giving us your magic. It was fun
FAIRY	It’s my pleasure.
CHILDREN	Thank you teachers and children everywhere for looking and listening.
EACH CHILD IN TURN:	My name is…………..
	I was the…….. And the……….
CHILDREN:	Our teacher at………. School was…….. Mr/Mrs/Ms/Miss……..

Rewards and Homework

The teacher gives the students rewards, perhaps an English through Drama certificate.

For their homework please draw a picture of an animal or fairy and write on it ‘the ….. can ….’ Let them keep flashcards each to help them. Also write his/her name on the picture.

You can submit your students’ pictures to the Learn English through Drama website. The best pictures will go on the website. If they wish we shall add their name, school and / or country.