HOUSEHOLD CHORES Lesson: an ACTION SONG, a CARD GAME and a FILM with QUESTIONS

The ONLY WAY to BECOME FLUENT in A LANGUAGE is BY USING IT.  I have therefore created A SONG TO MEMORISE EXPRESSIONS regarding housework, A CARD GAME TO CONSOLIDATE these expressions and A FILM WITH QUESTIONS TO TEST how well they have been retained.

• So to start with, for the younger ones the expressions are introduced with an ACTION-SONG.

 

• I then usually get them to play SNAP with CHORES CARDS seeing if they can think of a complete sentence using this expression, perhaps adding a little fun by ringing a bell for the first person who can think of a sentence.  (Get students to draw pictures to illustrate the CHORES CARDS)

 

• or PRACTISING NATURAL SENTENCES with SPECIAL custom-made DICE.

 

• Every time they turn a card they have to throw one or more dice and create sentences accordingly.  

 

• Finally I show them a film with questions to verify how many of the expressions they remember.  The film is about a boy voluntarily carrying out a lot of household chores for a specific reason.  It’s very touching.

 
The results are surprising:  students are constantly engaged, having fun and learning a lot! 
 
I hope you find this useful. 
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Susan