My School Unit: Extra ESL Activities

1. 5min

   1. Warm-up

   School chant: children hold up each object as they say it.

   School chant →
2. 10min

   2. Present

   Explore the interactive classroom together; children come up and tap the object you name.

   School Objects →
3. 10min

   3. Practise

   This / that slides, then point near and far in the room: 'This is my pen. That is the board.'

   Grammar slides: this, that, these, those →
4. 10min

   4. Speak

   Act out the school dialogue, borrowing real objects: 'Can I have a ruler, please?'

   Dialogue: At School →
5. 10min

   5. Write & print

   A worksheet from the school pack; finish with a quick 'pack your bag' mime as children tidy up.

   School: printable pack →

Total: 45 minutes

1. 1. Mystery bag

   Put school objects in a bag. A child feels one without looking and guesses; the class checks.

   Model languageIs it a rubber? — Yes, it is! / No, it isn't.

2. 2. What's missing?

   Put six objects on a desk. Children close their eyes, you take one away, they say what's missing.

   Model languageThe glue! The glue is missing!

3. 3. My dream pencil case

   Children draw a pencil case with five things inside, then describe it to a partner who draws the same.

   Model languageIn my pencil case there's a purple pen and two rubbers.