THE ENGLISH ADVENTURE
BY CLARA ARGÜELLES MARTÍNEZ
EMAIL: CLARA.ARGUELLESMARTINEZ@EDUCA.MADRID.ORG
unit 7: PICCADILLY CIRCUS
Listening
Queen Elizabeth II likes going to Piccadilly Circus because she goes to the cinema, she goes shopping, and she listens to music.
Flashcards: Vocabulary of hobbies
Listening: The hobbies of the Guard and Mister Clock
Listening exercises
Game:​ Missing the flashcard: Teacher is going to take one flashcard and the students must tell which flashcard is missing and in which day of the week.
Speaking
Speaking questions:
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Does the Guard have a hobby?
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How often does he do them? Never / Hardly ever / Sometimes / Often /Always
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Do you have a hobby?
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How often do you do it? Never / Hardly ever / Sometimes / Often /Always
Speaking exercise: Find someone who.
Speaking game: In groups, students roll some dice with the adverbs of frequency “always, often sometimes, hardly ever or never”. They must say something they do using the adverb of frequency they have.
Reading
Speaking questions:
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How often do you wake up at eight o'clock?
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How often do you play board games?
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How often do you listen to music?
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How often do you watch tv?
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Reading comprehension:
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Each student individually reads one text of the four daily routine about English-speaking kids (American, English, Indian and Australian) with adverbs of frequency and puts in order the sentences. Then, individually, they read the other 3 texts.
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Cooperatively, they correct the adverbs of frequency mistakes in the sentences.
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Orally, groups select and vote which routine is more alike to the Spanish routine spoken in the pre-presentation.
Writing
Video: What do you like and don't like doing, Queen Elizabeth II?
Queen Elizabeth II wants to know more about what the students like and don’t like doing. Students write 3 things they like doing, 3 things they don’t like doing and how often they do or don’t them.
In pairs, students asks themselves what they like and don't like doing and how often they do those hobbies.
Promotion of reading + Education in values
Whole class reads the book "I don't like books. Never. Ever. The End” written by Emma Perry and answers some comprehension questions.
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What is the story about?
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What happened to Mabel?
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What is the moral of the story?
Moral: We must take care of our personal things like books.
Aim: promotion of reading
Students write what they like about books.
Project
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Teacher explains that the London newspaper (The Guardian) has written about 3 new free time activities.
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Go to a reading club to talk about books.
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Participate in a bike riding race.
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Go to a music festival.
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Students read the three newspaper advertisements with the free activities.
Problem: The London newspaper is asking 3rd grade to create a new free time activity. Can we help the London nespaper?
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In groups, they create a free time activity in a template. They decide:
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Name of the activity
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Description of the activity
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Timetable of the activity
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Price admission
ICT (Information & Communication Tecnhology)
Queen Elizabeth II, the Guard and Mister Clock want to do a new free time activity.
Video: What do Queen Elizabeth II, the Guard and Mister Clock like doing? How much time and money do they have?
Review: Board Game
Students read again the 3 advertisements and read the 5 advertisements from the other groups. In groups they decide which of the 8 activities fits best to each character.
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Students write an email telling Queen Elizabeth, the Guard and Mister Clock which activity fits best to their preferences.
