Tanzania Genki English Lesson Plans

Genki English – Tanzania 2013 Provisional Teacher Manual - Draft

Tanzania Genki English Lesson Plans (2013 Version - Provisional ) © 2012/2013 Richard Graham Please email me: [email protected] Or like on Facebook: “Bring your classroom to life: Genki English” Videos of the lessons are online at www.GenkiEnglish.com

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Hello and welcome to Genki English!

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enki English was made to help bring the life and excitement back to teaching English. It’s a fun language and can be really enjoyable to teach. "Genki" is a Japanese word meaning “alive”, “exciting” and “full of energy”. And that's just what these songs and games are!

But very often lessons can be quite boring and not very genki! So I went round the world finding out what kids want to be able to say in English, and how they want to learn it. The result is a huge collection of very easy to teach songs & games for almost all the most important, basic English that kids will need and love to know. In this guide I’m giving you some ideas that have worked in thousands of classrooms around the world, but of course change and remix them as much as you like for your own students. And remember two rules of Genki English:

1. Think “I can do it!” and you can! 2. Losing just means try again! Very often the only barriers to learning a language are confidence and motivation. But, as you know, English isn’t brain surgery or genetic engineering. It’s simply a foreign language that millions of people speak every day, if you put your mind to it, anyone can do it. Think you can’t and you can’t! Think you can, and you can! Of course along the way there will be challenges and mistakes, but that’s fine, after all “A ship in harbour catches no fish”. Mistaikes are good! But we have to learn from them, so whenever a child loses a game or says a wrong word, tell them not to worry but simply try again, and try again and try again. Eventually they will get there, and that is success! The songs and computer games are the main part of this material. I wrote each song to take only the key English needed for one 45 minute lesson and mixed them up with a melody you cannot get out of your head, some cool music production and most importantly gestures and activities to really make the English stick. Teach the song using the “Mini Lesson” first, then once the kids know the words, try the music and see their eyes come alive! Then after a few months or years we can move on to projects and exchanges where your students can put all that English to use in real communication with kids their own age throughout the world. Wherever I travel or wherever I go I see happiness and excitement, but also problems and disappointments. But whatever the problems in your school or country are, education is the key to making the solutions appear. So let’s teach our students to have big, big dreams and give them the skills, confidence and abilities to really make them come true! That’s what being Genki is all about. Good luck, and be Genki! Richard www.GenkiEnglish.com Email: [email protected]




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Sample Lesson Plan 1. Warm Up & Review Stand up, sit down etc. plus review EVERYTHING done so far.

2. New Material – Computer Game and Song 1. Learn phrases with the computer game. 2. Use “Words 1” with actions/gestures to check meanings of phrases. 3. Learn song using the “Mini Lesson.” 4. Sing the song with the music.

3. Practice new material – Classroom Game Introduce the classroom game – the purpose of the classroom game is for the kids to practise the target English. It’s also good for the teacher to see if the kids have mastered the language or if they need more practice. Explain the games by acting them out. Losing doesn’t mean losing – it simple means you get another chance to try again! If everyone is having fun, everyone wins! The table above provides the general Lesson Plan for carrying out a Genki English lesson. All lessons start with revision (except Lesson One).

It may take one or two hours to teach each lesson. Don’t feel you have to rush through them. Making sure the children can understand and use the English is the most important thing. DO NOT MAKE THE CHILDREN READ WORDS IN THIS LESSON. THESE LESSONS ARE FOR VOCABULARY AND CONVERSATION. DO NOT EXPECT CHILDREN TO READ THE PHRASES THEY ARE LEARNING.




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Baseline Lesson 1 – What’s your name? 1. Warm up Teach stand up, sit down, hands up, hands down, clap & cheer.

2. New Material – What’s your name? Learning phrases – What’s your name?, My name is......, Nice to meet you Remember eye contact. Learn song with the Mini Lesson What's your name? What's your name? What's your name? (clap, clap) What's your name? What's your name? What's your name? (clap, clap) My name is …. My name is …. My name is ... My name is ... Nice to meet you (Repeat 4 times)

3. Game to practice new material Kids get into pairs. Everyone sings "What's your name?" + claps twice. One child from each pair sings "My name is..." plus their own name twice. The other child then sings "My name is...". The 2 children shake each other's hand whilst saying "Nice to meet you!". They then split up and each finds another partner. Repeat 3 times! Play this game along with the music.




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Baseline Lesson 2 – Genki Disco Warm Up 1. Warm Up Review “What’s your name?” “stand up”, “sit down”, “clap”, “cheer” one at a time. You say the word and the children repeat whilst doing the action. Raise your hand in the "clap" and "cheer" sections to control the kids' volume. Sing the “What’s your name?” song.

2. New Material Use the Mini Lesson to learn the Song Stand up, sit down. Hands up, hands down. Stand up, Sit down, sit down. And clap. Stand up, sit down. Hands up, hands down. Stand up, Sit down. Sit down. And cheer! Come on, louder! Then sing the song with gestures and the music.

3. Game to practice new material The children practice giving commands to the teacher. They then practice giving each other commands in pairs. Ask if the children have any other commands they would like to learn.




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Baseline Lesson 3 – Where are you from? 1. Warm Up Review language from previous lessons and the previous song.

2. New Material Play the computer game to learn the new language. Check the meanings using the Words section of the software.

Use the Mini Lesson to learn the Song Where are you from? x4 I’m from America. I’m from Australia. I’m from Canada. I’m from Britain.

I’m from Mozambique. I’m from Zambia. I’m from Kenya. I’m from Tanzania!

Sing the song!

3. Game to practice new material 1. Everyone stands up. 2. Everyone says "Where are you from?" 3. Everyone claps two times. 4. Everyone chooses one country and says the country name. (Don’t always choose Tanzania!) 5. If any of the kids have chosen the same country as the teacher, they are out and sit down. 6.Repeat from 2 until all the kids are sat down.




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Baseline Lesson 3 – How old are you? 1. Warm Up Review language from previous lessons and the previous song.

2. New Material Introduce the new phrase.

Use the Mini Lesson to learn the Song How old are you? (clap, clap) How old are you? (clap, clap) How old are you? (clap, clap) How old are you? (clap, clap)

I’m 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 20 (Jump on each number!) Sing the song!

3. Game to practice new material: Mingle 1. Everyone sings the “Mingle, Mingle, Mingle” chant whilst walking around the classroom. 2. The teacher says “Stop!”. 3. The kids ask the teacher “How old are you?” 4. The teacher says “Sorry?” 5. The kids ask “How old are you?” much louder! 6. The teacher says “I’m …” plus a number, e.g. 5 or 8 or 12 etc. 7. The kids get into groups of this number and sit down. 8. The slowest teams are the losers or volunteers for the next game! Teach the kids rule number 2: Losing just means “Try again!”

You can also change the word “mingle” to any other action you like, for example “walk, walk, walk,”, “run, run, run” or even “hop, hop, hop!”




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Baseline Lesson 4 – I, you, he, she, we 1. Warm Up Review language from previous lessons and the previous song.

2. New Material Play the computer game to learn the new language.

+ hungry, thirsty, happy. Check the meanings using the Words section of the software.

Use the Mini Lesson to learn the Song Then sing the song with big voices whilst pointing to yourself, the kids, one boy, then one girl etc. 3.

3. Game to practice new material 1. Put the kids into pairs. 2. The first person in the pair says "I am ..." plus one of the words e.g. I am thirsty, happy etc. 3. The other person in the pair makes it into a "you" sentence, e.g. "You are thirsty." 4. Repeat from step 2. 5. But if the first person says "I am hungry." then both players have to touch the desk or wall. 6. The fastest person to hit the desk or wall gets a point! 7. They repeat with the other person asking questions. 8. After a while get them to make groups of 3. 9. Now one person says "I am..." and the other two say "He is ..." or "She is..."




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Baseline Lesson 5 – Numbers 1 to 12 1. Warm Up Review language from previous lessons and the previous song.


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 Check the meanings using the Words section of the software.

Use the Mini Lesson to learn the Song    •

Jump as you count the numbers from 1 to 12. But always “forget” to say the number 12. The children will shout out, telling you that you have forgotten. .

3. Game to practice new material: Unlucky 13 1.

Split the class groups.

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The first person in the group can say either 1 or 1,2 or 1,2,3.

3. The next person can say the next number, two extra numbers or 3 extra numbers. For example if I say “1,2”, the next person can say “3” or “3,4” or “3,4,5”. 4.

Continue until someone says the number 13. Then they are out!

Follow a similar lesson plan for the Numbers 13 to 20 song and pretend you are launching a rocket for the rocket launch software!




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Baseline Lesson 6 – What time is it? Part 1 1. Warm Up Review language from previous lessons and the previous song.


Use the Mini Lesson to learn the Song What time is it? X 4 It’s 1 o’clock, 2 o’clock etc. up to 12 o’clock. It’s dinner time! March whilst singing the chorus and then hold up fingers for each hour. Spin round on “o’clock”

3. Game to practice new material: Mr Wolf 1. All the kids line up against one wall. 2. One kid is selected as Mr Wolf who then walks to the middle of the room. 3. The students’ objective is to reach the far wall. Mr Wolf's objective is to eat the other kids. 4. The kids shout out "What time is it Mr. Wolf?" in a big, huge voice. 5. Mr Wolf says “sorry?” a few times & then shouts back the time. The time can be anything from 1 to 12 o'clock. e.g. "It's seven o'clock" 6. The kids then take the corresponding number of steps forward. For example 3 steps for 3 o'clock. 7. Repeat from step 4. 8. When Mr. Wolf decides that the other kids have got near enough the far wall, then instead of saying "it's ..... o'clock" he says "It's dinner time!!!!!". 9. All the kids then run back towards the wall they came from. But if Mr Wolf tags (touches) them before they reach the wall then they become the new Mr Wolf! 10. Play Again!




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Baseline Lesson 6 – What time is it? Part 2 1. Warm Up Review language from previous lessons and the previous song.


Use the Mini Lesson to learn the Song It’s 1:05, 2:10, 3:15 etc. Hold up your hands like hands of the clock as you sing!

3. Game to practice new material: Body Clocks 1. Kids get in pairs. 2. Everyone shouts out “What time is it?” 3. The teacher says a time e.g. 7:45 4. The kids make this time using their hands. 5. Repeat from step 2, but this time the kids who did the best clock get to shout out the new time!




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Baseline Lesson 7 – I’m a superhero 1. Warm Up Review language from previous lessons and the previous song.


Check the meanings using the Words section of the software.

Use the Mini Lesson to learn the Song. Get the kids to do big superhero poses!

3. Game to practice new material: I’m a superhero! 1. Children think up their own Superhero. 2. In turn they introduce their superhero to the class by saying: Hello My name is … + the name of their superhero I'm a superhero! I'm from …. + country they choose for their superhero I can … ( choose one super power!) I can … ( choose another super power!) I can …. ( and choose one more super power!)




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Baseline Lesson 7 – Come on, come on 1. Warm Up Review language from previous lessons and the previous song.



Use the Mini Lesson to learn the Song Mime each gesture as you do it and clap after each “come on, come on”

3. Game to Practice new material: Body Clocks 1.

Put Words 2 of the picture cards on the board

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Everyone stands up.

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Everyone says together “Come on, Come on”

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Everyone claps twice.

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Everyone chooses one word from the lower row of cards.

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They say this word and make the gesture.

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If anyone has the same as the teacher they are out and sit down!

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Continue till the last person standing.

Then add “I can” and “Can you” to the phrases to lead into the “Can you …?” version of the song.




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Baseline Lesson 9 – Baby Rabbit Family 1. Warm Up Review language from previous lessons and the previous song.

2. New Material

Play the computer game to learn the new language. Check the meanings using the Words section of the software.

Use the Mini Lesson to learn the Song Mime each family member as you sing them.

3. Game to Practice new material: Sticky Fingers! 1. Three or four kids come to the front and each take hold of one of the teacher's fingers. 2. Choose one "special family member" e.g. sister. 3. Everyone shouts out "Who's this?" 4. The teacher says "This is my… " plus one of the family members e.g. “This is my mum.” 5. If the teacher says the special family member, the kids who are holding the teacher's fingers let go and run to the nearest wall. 6. If the teacher tags them before they make it to the wall, they are out! 7. If the teacher says a word other than the special word and the kids let go of the teacher's fingers, they are out!




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Baseline Lesson 9 – Brothers & Sisters 1. Warm Up Review language from previous lessons and the previous song.

2. New Material


Use the Mini Lesson to learn the Song Mingle round whilst singing “Do you have any brothers or sisters?” Clap before each number in the verses. Do you have any brothers and sisters? X 4 I have 1 brother. I have 2 brothers. I have 3 brothers. I have 4 brothers. I have 1 sister. I have 2 sisters. I have 3 sisters. I have 4 sisters.

3. Game to Practice new material: Bro Sis Mingle 1.

Everyone mingles around whilst singing the song with the music.

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Part way through, stop the song.

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The children will ask the teacher “Do you have any brothers or sisters?”

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The teacher answers e.g. “I have 4 brothers and 2 sisters”.

5. Children have to get into a group with this number of boys & girls e.g. here it would be 4 boys and 2 girls. 6.

Sit down when your group is complete.

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Play again!




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Baseline Lesson 11 – Body Parts 1. Warm Up Review language from previous lessons and the previous song.

2. New Material Use the “Heads & Shoulders” song to review some basic parts of the body. Then move onto the “Doctor, Doctor” song.


Use the Mini Lesson to learn the Song Hold each body part as you sing it!

3. Game to Practice new material: Doctor, Doctor! 1. One child comes to the front. 2. The class ask “Are you OK?” 3. The child becomes a patient and says “No, my (part of body from the song) hurts” 4. The first person to touch this body part on the patient wins! But, the patient has to try and run away from the fake doctors!




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Baseline Lesson 11 – Make a Face 1. Warm Up Review language from previous lessons and the previous song.



Use the Mini Lesson to learn the Song Touch the body part as you sing it.

3. Game to Practice new material: Make a Face Practice making faces and naming the parts either on paper or on the board. See who can make the craziest face!




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Baseline Lesson 12 – How are you? 1. Warm Up Review language from previous lessons and the previous song.



Use the Mini Lesson to learn the Song

3. Game to Practice new material: Monster Game 1. The kids all line up at one end side of the room. 2. This side of the room is the "safe" side. The kids want to go to the other side of the class. 3. But, in between the kids and the sweet shop is a monster! The teacher is the monster. 4. The kids can only cross the classroom if the monster is isn't hungry. Ask them how they can check on the mood of the monster. Wait till they ask "How are you?" 5. All together the kids ask the monster "How are you?" 6. Say "I'm sorry?" to get the kids to shout in big loud voices. 7. The monster says an answer, e.g. "I'm OK". 8. The kids repeat the answer and move forward one step 9. Repeat from 5 with a different answer. 10. If the answer is "I'm hungry!", the kids have to run back to their safe wall! Any kid who is tagged on the way back becomes a monster for the next round! 11. Play again!




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Baseline Lesson 13 –Guessing Game 1. Warm Up Review language from previous lessons and the previous song.

2. New Material Play the computer game to learn the new vocab.

Check the meanings using the Words section of the software. Explain the difference between “Is it…” and “It’s …”

Use the Mini Lesson to learn the Song Pump your hands in the air as you sing the “I have a question, please let me try!” chorus!

3. Game to practice new material: Guessing Game 1. Put the “Classroom games” page on the screen.. 2.One kid comes to the front and closes his/her eyes. 3. Another kid points to a card on the board. 4. Press the play button. 5. Everybody sings the "I have a question, please let me try" part 6. The first kid opens their eyes and has to guess what image was pointed to by singing "Is it an animal?" "Is it big?" "Is it yellow?" etc. etc. 7. The class answers with either "Yes!" or "No! " 8. If the kid gets the card in 4 questions they win! 9. Another kid comes to the front repeat from 2.

This is a hard game, but when the kids can do it they will be able to describe many English words that they don't yet know. This is a vital skill to have!




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Baseline Lesson 13 – It’s good 1. Warm Up Review language from previous lessons and the previous song.


Check the meanings using the Words section of the software. Introduce how to use “not”

Use the Mini Lesson to learn the Song Mime each word as you sing it. Use a big gesture for “not”

3. Game to practice new material: It’s not … The nice thing about this game is you have to use your brain to figure out that you can either say "not hot" or "cold". Even if your English is fluent it's a nice brain teaser! 1. Bring one child to the front. 2. Say to only this child one adjective. 3. They then have to say the opposite of what you said e.g. if you said “It's good” they have to shout out “It's not bad” 4. One point to the first person who can shout out what you said correctly!

It sounds tough, but it's very doable with a bit of practice and the kids get a big boost from finding out they can now double the amount of describing words they can use!




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Baseline Lesson 15 – Days of the Week 1. Warm Up Review language from previous lessons and the previous song.



Use the Mini Lesson to learn the Song Jump on each day of the week. But “forget” to sing “Saturday” each time. The kids will shout out “Saturday!!!!!”

3. Game to Practice new material: Use some of the ideas from the baseline book




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Baseline Lesson 17 – Do you like vegetables? 1. Warm Up Review language from previous lessons and the previous song.



Use the Mini Lesson to learn the Song Gesture as you sing each vegetable!

3. Game to practice new material: Veggie Runner 1. Split the kids into two halves, and give each team a cool name. 2. One kid from each group is the “runner” and stands at the back. 3. Put the Words 2 at the front of the class. 4. Walk around the class and say "hello" to a child. 5. This child then asks you "Do you like...?" plus one of the vegetables on the screen. 6. You answer "No, I don't". 7. Walk around and get a few more kids to ask you. 8. Eventually you say "Yes, I do!" to one kid's question. 9. The runner from each group has to rush forward and touch up the matching picture. The fastest is the winner. The further they have to run, the more fun! 10. Continue from step 4




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Baseline Lesson 18 – Articles a/an 1. Warm Up Review language from previous lessons and the previous song.

2. New Material

Check the meanings and usage of “a/an”using the Words section of the software.

Use the Mini Lesson to learn the Song Mime each action as you do it. Teacher points to each fruit and the students answer with “It’s a …” or “It’s an …”




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Baseline Lesson 19 – What are you doing? 1. Warm Up Review language from previous lessons and the previous song.

2. New Material ( Hint: Do the computer game and song from lesson 31’s “Eat! Drink! Dance!” before this one! ) Play the computer game for this theme to learn the new language.


Use the Mini Lesson to learn the Song Mime each action as you do it.

3. Game to practice new material: Bossy Game 1. Split the kids into three groups (the “How old are you?” mingle game is a good way to do this.) 2. Two of the groups are normal people. 3. One of the groups become bossy people! They hold up their finger in the air. 4. The normal people run away. 5. The bossy people chase after the normal people. 6. If the bossy person touches a normal person, the normal person must freeze. 7. The bossy person now tells them to do something e.g. “Eat”, “Drink”, “Dance”, etc. 8. The normal person must do this action forever! 9. But if another normal person comes along they can ask “What are you doing?” If the person who is doing the action can answer in English, they become free! 10. Keep going till the bossy people have caught all the normal people!




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Baseline Lesson 20 – How much? 1. Warm Up Review language from previous lessons and the previous song.

2. New Material Introduce the phrase “How much?” for money & shopping. Learn the song with the mini lesson. Put the kids into 2 groups. One group are shopkeepers and hold some items (or picture cards of items) to sell. The other group are the shoppers and each one pairs up with a shopkeeper. All the shoppers sing together "How much, how much, how much is that " plus the name of the object that their shopkeeper partner is holding. The shopkeepers then reply "It's 10,9,8" etc. and the shoppers say "I'll take it!" The shoppers then move to the adjacent shop (make sure you decide in which direction everyone will move before you start!) When the song finishes, repeat again with the shoppers and shopkeepers reversing roles.

3. Game to practice new material: Bargaining Game 1. Split the class into two halves. 2. One side is then the selling side and one is the buying side. 3. The sellers (individually) have to go and find a "buyer" and sell them something (pens, books etc. are usually good, let the kids choose!) 4. The usual conversation is something like Seller: "Hello. Nice pen!!!" Buyer: "How much?" Seller:"10" Buyer :"No! 2" Seller "No! 9!"etc. etc. 5. Give them a time limit of about 3/4 minutes 6. Afterwards sit them down and find out who did the best, and who did the worst! 7. Redo the game this time with the kids changing roles, i.e. the buyers become sellers and vice versa. The price range should be fixed in a range from around 1 to 10. The time limit is important, without it there is no tension!




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Baseline Lesson 20 – How many? 1. Warm Up Review language from previous lessons and the previous song.

2. New Material Review the numbers 1 to 12 song & introduce the phrase “How many?” Learn the song with the mini lesson & sing the song.

3. Game to Practice new material: How many fingers? 1.The teacher makes a number with their fingers behind their back. 2.The teacher says “How many fingers?” 3.The kids all shout out English answers. 4.The teacher shows the fingers 5.See who got it correct!

Do it a few times, then the kids split into pairs and they play with each other.

Continue for 10 minutes or so, then the tournament! 1.The teacher chooses one pair of students. 2.One child has their back to the wall. 3.The other child has their back to the class. 4.This child makes a number with their fingers behind their back. All the other children can see except for the child with his/her back to the wall. 5.Everyone in the class shouts out “How many fingers?” 6.The child with their back to the wall guesses a number. 7.If he/she is correct this pair gets one point and gets another go. 8.When they get it wrong, the next pair comes to the front and repeat from step 2.




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Baseline Lesson 21 – Colours 1. Warm Up Review language from previous lessons and the previous song.



Use the Mini Lesson to learn the Song Point to colours around the room as you sing them!

3. Game to practice new material: Simple Colours 1. 2. 3. 4.

The kids ask the teacher “What’s your favourite colour?” The teacher replies with an answer. The children then race to either touch or point to something that is the same colour. Repeat from step 1 but this time choose a student to answer.

Or use some of the other ideas from the baseline book.




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Baseline Lesson 30 – I want to … 1. Warm Up Review language from previous lessons and the previous song.

2. New Material Use the computer game and song from “Eat! Drink! Dance!” first, then move onto the computer game for this lesson to learn the new language. What do you want to do? I want to +


Use the Mini Lesson to learn the Song Mime each action as you sing it.

3. Game to practice new material 1. Everyone stands up. 2. Everyone says "What do you want to do?" 3. Everyone claps two times. 4. Everyone says and mimes “I want to …” plus one action. 5. If any of the kids have chosen the same action as the teacher, they are out and sit down. 6.Repeat from 2 until all the kids are sat down.




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Baseline Lesson 30 – What do you want to be? 1. Warm Up Review language from previous lessons and the previous song.

2. New Material Play the computer game to learn the new language. Check the meanings using the Words section of the software. What do you want to be? I want to be a …

Use the Mini Lesson to learn the Song Mime each job as you sing it.

3. Game to Practice new material: Choose a fun activity from the Baseline book.




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Baseline Lesson 32 – Where is the spider? 1. Warm Up Review language from previous lessons and the previous song.


Use the Mini Lesson to learn the Song Mime each word as you sing it.

3. Game to practice new material: 1. Draw several small spiders on different pieces of paper. 2. Before the students arrive, hide the small paper spiders around the classroom. 3. Ask the kids “Where is the spider?” 4. The kids go and look for the spiders, singing “Where is the spider?” 5. If a student finds a spider they say “Found one!” and tell everyone where they found it using under, on, behind etc.




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Baseline Lesson 33 – Can you speak … ? 1. Warm Up Review language from previous lessons and the previous song.


(French, Chinese, Spanish, Japanese, Arabic, Russian, German, Korean )

Use the Mini Lesson to learn the Song The children answer honestly as they sing the song e.g. they will probably answer “no” for “Can you speak Japanese?” But with “Can you speak English?” get them to answer “Yes, yes I can” in a big, big voice!

3. Game to Practice new material: Choose a game from the Baseline manual.




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Baseline Lesson 36 – I like animals 1. Warm Up Review language from previous lessons and the previous song.


Use the Mini Lesson to learn the Song The teacher sings and mimes “I like …” plus the animal, the kids reply the name of the animal in a questioning tone, with gestures of course.

3. Game to Practice new material: The kids draw their favourite animals. They present it to the class with a self introduction and “I like …” plus the name of the animals! (Remember to always introduce the animals in the plural to go with “I like !”)




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