Cambridge Exam Preparation. Getting ready for Flyers. Home items

Activity title:

Why and how to fill in the gaps with home items.

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Skill(s):

Reading for specific information.
Boost vocabulary.

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Level(s):

A1/A1+

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Exam part:

YLE Flyers: Reading, part 1.

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Aim(s):

- to raise exam motivation;
- to review and boost vocabulary on the theme "Living at home";
- to learn the strategies of how to cope with task 1 in Reading part;
- to practice in doing Reading, part 1.

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Materials needed:

The book Get ready for Flyers, interactive whiteboard, laptop.

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Preparation:

To make a list of essential vocabulary.
To prepare a presentation with visual material.
To make a set of exercises aimed on training the vocabulary.

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Procedure:

Step 1. Hello, everyone! How are you today? Let me ask you some questions:
- Do you have your own room?
- What unusual items do you have in your room?
- What words about home do you remember?
Lets answer one by one. You should not repeat the previous words. If you do not know the word, you stop taking part in the game. Lets look, who will be the winner.

Step 2. Now look at the board. Here is the presentation with some pictures about the house. Do you remember all these words? (name all the pictures)

Step 3. And do you remember, how to write all these words? Check yourself and do the tasks 1 and 2 from page 4. Do it in pairs.

Now I give you the correct variant on the board. Check yourself.

Step 4. Tell me now, what is essential to get ready for the exam? (pupils give their answers).
And is it essential to try to do sample exam tasks?
Now it is time for us to try to do such task.

Open you book on page 10. You have 10 minutes to do the task.

Now we check the answers. Check yourselves, and we are going to make the diagram of our success. (Each pupil puts the point on the board, showing how many points he or she has got, and in the end we have the diagram of our success).

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Variation(s)

Step 1. If there are difficulties with the game, raise the morale and move on to step 2, saying that we are going to learn now all these items.

Step 2. If there are problems with naming the items, give the correct variant and do the drill.

Step 3. If there are problems with the spelling, give the list of words.

Step 4. If the task is too difficult, do it together, giving the translation of the sentences in a last resort.

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Reflections

Answer the questions:
- Was the whole lesson difficult for students? (The lesson was challenging)
- Was the motivation good? (Wide range of tasks as well as game boosted morale)
- Was the vocabulary new for them? (Most of the students were familiar with though there were some new words)
- What was the most difficult task? (Sample examination task - Students had problems with translating the descriptions)
- Did they succeed in doing examination task? (Though the task was challenging for them, it was rather successful)
- What was their progress comparing to the previous lesson? (At the beginning of the year they failed to do the task, while now they got 6-7 points each)