SHAPES

Stage

Procedure

Divide class in teams give each team a set of pictures with different

Lead in

shapes, a colour key and colours to colour in the shapes. Set time limit

to make the activity dynamic. Choose the winners- neat work and the

biggest number of coloured shapes.

Presentation

Let the sts work in groups to match the cards using the TL . Next check,

feedback and drill pronunciation. You can vary drilling- whole class, one

(meaning,

table, girls, boys, everybody wearing green, etc.

form &

pronunciation)

CQs : Is this a square or a rectangle? Point to the triangle. Draw a circle.

Place index cards on the floor in a circle with one half of the circle

having index cards with ‘shapes’ on them and the other half with

‘colours’ ( don’t write down the vocabulary just either draw the shape

or put on a block of colour, so the students have to remember the

vocabulary themselves).

Put the glass bottle in the middle of the circle and tell students when

it is their groups turn, they must spin the bottle and make a sentence

from the two cards they land on. When the bottle is spun, one end

Practice

of the bottle will be pointing to a colour and one to a square card. So

(controlled)

if a group spins the bottle and ends up with it pointing to “red” and

“rectangle”, they can make a sentence like “The rectangle is red” or “Is

that rectangle red?”

Every time a team creates a correct sentence, they win a point. After 10

minutes, the team with the most points wins.

**** To make the game even more interesting though, make sure you

have a couple of cards in the circle that read “Double points” or “Miss a

Turn” (adapted from an activity used in class by a colleague)

Producing abstract art. Sts work in pairs/small groups. Distribute

Production

handouts with a list of sentences - different shapes and colours. Group

(freer)

leaders don’t show the handouts to their groups. They give instructions

- ‘The circle is black’, etc. the group members draw their shapes and

colours. Next the work is displayed. To keep the activity going, swap the

group leaders often.