Five-Minute Activities For Young Learners

Cambridge University Press978-0-521-69134-5 - Five-Minute Activities for Young LearnersPenny McKay and Jenni GuseFrontmatterMore informationFive-Minute Activities for Young Learners in this web service Cambridge University Presswww.cambridge.org

Cambridge University Press978-0-521-69134-5 - Five-Minute Activities for Young LearnersPenny McKay and Jenni GuseFrontmatterMore informationCambridge Handbooks for LanguageTeachersThis is a series of practical guides for teachers of English and otherlanguages. Illustrative examples are usually drawn from the field ofEnglish as a foreign or second language, but the ideas and techniquesdescribed can equally well be used in the teaching of any language.Recent titles in this series:Personalizing Language LearningPersonalized language learning activitiesgriff griffiths and kathryn keohaneStoriesNarrative activities for the language classroomruth wajnrybTeach Business EnglishA comprehensive introduction to Business Englishsylvie donnaedited byLearner AutonomyA guide to activities which encourage learner responsibilityágota scharle and anita szabóPlanning Lessons and CoursesDesigning sequences of work for the language classroomtessa woodwardUsing the Board in the Language Classroomjeannine dobbsLearner English (second edition)michael swan and bernard smithTeaching Large Multilevel Classesnatalie hessWriting Simple PoemsPattern poetry for language acquisitionvicki l. holmes and margaret r. moultonLaughing MattersHumour in the language classroompéter medgyesUsing Authentic Video in the LanguageClassroomjane shermanLanguage Activities for Teenagersseth lindstrombergPronunciation Practice ActivitiesA resource book for teaching English pronunciationmartin hewingsFive-Minute Activities for Business Englishpaul emmerson and nick hamiltonDrama Techniques (third edition)A resource book of communication activities for languageteachersalan maley and alan duffGames for Language Learning (third edition)andrew wright, david betteridge andmichael buckbyThe Internet and the Language Classroom(second edition)Practical classroom activities and projectsgavin dudeneyDialogue ActivitiesExploring spoken interaction in the language classnick bilbroughDictionary Activitiescindy leaney in this web service Cambridge University Presswww.cambridge.org

Cambridge University Press978-0-521-69134-5 - Five-Minute Activities for Young LearnersPenny McKay and Jenni GuseFrontmatterMore informationFive-MinuteActivities for YoungLearnersPenny McKay and Jenni Guse in this web service Cambridge University Presswww.cambridge.org

Cambridge University Press978-0-521-69134-5 - Five-Minute Activities for Young LearnersPenny McKay and Jenni GuseFrontmatterMore informationcambridge university pressCambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo, DelhiCambridge University PressThe Edinburgh Building, Cambridge cb2 8ru, UKwww.cambridge.orgInformation on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521691345 Cambridge University Press 2007It is normally necessary for written permission for copying to beobtained in advance from a publisher. Certain parts of this book aredesigned to be copied and distributed in class. The normal requirementsare waived here and it is not necessary to write to Cambridge UniversityPress for permission for an individual teacher to make copies for use withinhis or her own classroom. Only those pages which carry the wording‘ Cambridge University Press 2007’ may be copied.First published 2007Reprinted 2008Printed in the United Kingdom at the University Press, CambridgeA catalogue record for this publication is available from the British LibraryLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataMcKay, PennyFive-minute activities for young learners / Penny McKay and Jenni Guse.p. cm. — (Cambridge handbooks for language teachers)Includes bibliographical references and index.isbn 978-0-521-69134-5 (pbk.)1. English language—Study and teaching (Elementary)—Foreignspeakers—Activity programs. I. Guse, Jenni. II. Title.pe1128.a2m388 2007372.6 044—dc222006100690isbn 978-0-521-69134-5 paperbackCambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence oraccuracy of URLs for external or third-party internet websites referred to inthis publication, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is,or will remain, accurate or appropriate. in this web service Cambridge University Presswww.cambridge.org

Cambridge University Press978-0-521-69134-5 - Five-Minute Activities for Young LearnersPenny McKay and Jenni GuseFrontmatterMore informationContentsIntroduction1 1.141.151.161.171.18What animals do you know? (*)Describing well-known animals (*)Animals moving about (*)Animal rhythms (*)Singing about animals (*)Writing an animal Haiku (*)Wild animals (**)What animal am I? (**)Guess the animal in 20 questions (**)Personal animal recount (**)Animal raps (**)Animal habitats (**)Animal information report (***)Human attributes of animals (***)Animal advertisements (***)Animal conversations (***)Animal escape (***)Which dog has a better life? (***)2 Journeys2.12.22.32.42.52.62.72.82.92.10A beach holiday (*)Describing what we can do on a beach holiday (*)Types of transport (*)Transport: odd one out (*)A travel sociogram (*)A beach holiday checklist (*)Travelling to school (**)About the weather (**)Advice for a visitor (**)How do you come to school? 4353738394143v in this web service Cambridge University Presswww.cambridge.org

Cambridge University Press978-0-521-69134-5 - Five-Minute Activities for Young LearnersPenny McKay and Jenni GuseFrontmatterMore 8Guess the local place (**)Writing a ‘late note’ for the teacher (**)Travel diary from space (***)Singing about journeys (***)UFO (***)Science fiction (***)Holidays in space (***)About Mars (***)3 Fantasy and 133.143.153.163.173.18The king and the dragon (*)The pirate (*)Adventurers and heroes (*)Witch’s magic potion (*)Good king bad king (*)Draw a dinosaur (*)Wizard interview (**)Turned into a rabbit! (**)Queen’s family (**)Fairy tale people (**)Contrasting fairies and witches (**)Three wishes (**)Jack and the beanstalk (***)Goldilocks (***)Fortune telling (***)House of horrors (***)The king’s challenge (***)Create a fantasy tale (***)4 The world around us4.14.24.34.44.54.64.74.8Rivers of the world (*)Map making (*)Drawing my natural world (*)North, south, east and west (*)Geographical tongue twisters (*)Sphere shapes (*)New Year celebrations (**)New Year’s Day emails 72737577787879808182838586vi in this web service Cambridge University Presswww.cambridge.org

Cambridge University Press978-0-521-69134-5 - Five-Minute Activities for Young LearnersPenny McKay and Jenni GuseFrontmatterMore 4.174.18Loy Krathong Festival from Thailand (**)Pinocchio: an Italian story (**)Carnival in Brazil (**)Popular Asian game (**)Natural disasters (***)Pompeii (***)Safety guidelines (***)Current affairs recount (***)Earthquakes and floods (***)Emergency procedures (***)5 Healthy .145.155.165.175.18Grandma! What big eyes you’ve got! (*)Callisthenics (*)Create your own dance (*)Healthy morning routine (*)Staying clean and healthy (*)Footprints (*)Doctor! Doctor! (**)Safety (**)A healthy lifestyle (**)Our feelings (**)Absent from school (**)Unhealthy activities (**)The senses (***)An accident (***)Get well card (***)Personal affirmations (***)Healthy and unhealthy foods (***)Food pyramid (***)6 About me6.16.26.36.46.56.6My family (*)My classroom (*)My home (*)My school books (*)My free time (*)My mum’s mobile phone 0vii in this web service Cambridge University Presswww.cambridge.org

Cambridge University Press978-0-521-69134-5 - Five-Minute Activities for Young LearnersPenny McKay and Jenni GuseFrontmatterMore 156.166.176.18My friends (**)My birthday party (**)My school excursion (**)My sporting skills (**)My favourite TV show (**)My favourite party game (**)My computer class (***)My mathematics class (***)My science class (***)My social education class (***)My poetry class (***)My music class (***)131132134135136138139140142143145146Website appendix148viii in this web service Cambridge University Presswww.cambridge.org

Cambridge University Press978-0-521-69134-5 - Five-Minute Activities for Young LearnersPenny McKay and Jenni GuseFrontmatterMore informationThanks and AcknowledgementsThe authors would like to thank their partners, Andy and Allan, for theirsupport during their teaching and more recently their writing. They wouldlike to give special thanks to Scott Thornbury for his expert guidance in theshaping of the material in this book.They would also like to thank Frances Amrani, Roslyn Henderson andHilary Ratcliff for their very expert and supportive editorial work.ix in this web service Cambridge University Presswww.cambridge.org

Five-minute activities for young learners / Penny McKay and Jenni Guse. p. cm. — (Ca mbridge handbooks for language teachers) Includes bibliographical references and index.