Up and Away - National Council for Curriculum and Assessment
Up and Away - National Council for Curriculum and Assessment
Up and Away - National Council for Curriculum and Assessment
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The following pages contain a wide selection of visually-based resources which are organised in<br />
accordance with the themes of the English Language Proficiency Benchmarks.<br />
These resources do not make up a ‘course’ but will supplement many other thematically-based classroom<br />
activities.<br />
Suggested activities<br />
Use the visuals <strong>for</strong>:<br />
Note!<br />
Exploring a specific area of vocabulary through ‘point <strong>and</strong> name’.<br />
Exp<strong>and</strong>ing vocabulary – move from the pictures to familiar objects.<br />
Describing – include prepositions <strong>for</strong> location (over, beside, next to, etc.).<br />
Colouring (larger pictures) <strong>and</strong> naming colours.<br />
Counting the number of objects, people, animals, etc.<br />
Time – put h<strong>and</strong>s on the blank clocks.<br />
Telling the story of the picture.<br />
Expressing personal likes <strong>and</strong> dislikes.<br />
Picture bingo.<br />
Spot the difference – see below.<br />
The pictures on pages 137-140 can be used <strong>for</strong> ‘spot the difference’, an in<strong>for</strong>mation gap activity which<br />
is excellent <strong>for</strong> speaking <strong>and</strong> describing in pairs.<br />
Method<br />
1. Photocopy the pictures.<br />
2. One pupil has one picture only.<br />
3. The second pupil has two pictures.<br />
Visual resources<br />
Section 5 Examples of classroom activities<br />
4. By talking about <strong>and</strong> describing their pictures, the pupil with two pictures has to decide which one<br />
his/her partner has.<br />
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