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1. Think about a day when you were bored. Write 4 words related to that day. Share them with your partner and say how the words are related.

2. Read the words in the list below. Sort them into 2 categories - Positive and Negative words - use a dictionary to help you if you don't know a word. Compare with your group and see if they are the same - if there are differences, say why you decided to put the word in that category.

merry, bright, silent, dismal, danced, daft, grey, dark, laughed, grumbled, delight, cried.

3. Now choose the best words to complete these sentences:
1. It was a creepy night. The street was ______ and ________.
2. The old man __________ about the children playing loudly outside.
3. It was cold and wet. We had to walk all the way home. It was a ________ day.
4. She clapped her hands in _________ when she saw her wonderful gift.
5. It was a _________ and sunny day - perfect for a picnic!

4. Now read the text and ...(end of pre-reading task sequence)

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This is the text I chose for my young learners (8-10 year olds) of intermediate level. The students would start thinking about their own experiences first, to activate schemata, then I decided to try to give some 'rich' instruction through repeated use of the words before reading. The categorisation exercise involves thinking about the meaning of the words and evaluating the appropriacy for the categories, then by asking them to choose words to complete sentences, they can increase the depth of processing. By doing these activities, students are required to actively process the words and before seeing them in the text.

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Daddy Fell into the Pond - a poem by Alfred Noyes

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This is a group of 8-10 year olds who have been studying English for about 3 years and are a high elementary level. They would be interested in fun events and school trips as these are relevant to their lives. The texts offer variety in terms of the types of events, which should add to the discussion about which to choose. The students should be able to achieve the reading task using their vocabulary base (school subjects, days of the week and party activities, as well as basic functional phrases for agreeing and disagreeing.

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Teacher divides students into 3 groups. Each group receives posters for ONE event only.
Instructions:
Pre-task:
Read the poster for an event. Would you like to go to this event? Tell your group and together write 2 reasons why students should go to this event.

Teacher re-groups students so the new groups contain at least one person for each poster.
Task: Imagine you need to decide which event would be best for our class to go to for our class trip.
Listen to your group members, decide which event would be best and together write 3 reasons why this event would be the best one.

Post task:
Share your decision with the class and then vote, as a class, on which event to go to.

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