Activitat per el conte en anglès per a primària "Sick Letters"

SICK LETTERS Aims Learn the alphabet Spell words Practice numbers 1 to 27 Learn new words related to the story

Vocabulary Words and expressions related with letters and words.

Colours Key words in the story

Structures There is /there are How many?

Words and expressions related with letters and words: alphabet comma period letter sentence spell story to colour to read to spell to write word

Key words in the story absent appearance care cleaning dream epidemic healthy letterland news newspaper polite problem sick solution to accompany to dream to feed to get dirty to get sick to help to recover to solve to take care to tell a story to understand worse

ausente apariencia cuidado limpieza sueño epidemia sano país de las letras noticias periódico educado problema enfermo solución acompañar soñar alimentar ensuciarse enfermar ayudar recuperarse (de una enfermedad) resolver encargarse (de algo) contar un cuento entender peor

Pre-reading activities: Spelling 1. Teach or revise the alphabet. You can use some songs offered in text books or the Internet, for example these links: 1. The new ABC Alphabet song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn9wSiX3D80 2. Spelling Colours: http://www.songsforteaching.com/colorssongs/musicwithmarspellingcolors.htm 3. The ABC Rap: http://songsforteaching.com/phonics/alphabetsongs/abcrap.htm 4. ABCD: Call and Response Song ABCD: http://www.songsforteaching.com/preschoolkindergartenearlyc hildhood/abcdcallandresponse.php 5. http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/alphabet_games.htm 2. Ask the students to spell their names. Can you spell your name?

3. Colour Words. Revise the colours to colour some words. Give each letter a colour and practice colours and letters with different words.

Example: Crocodile C is red R is blue O is green D is pink I is yellow L is brown E is orange They can also colour their names or short sentences.

4. How many “Ls” are there in the word (Yellow)? (repeat with different words).

They practice “there is” and “there are” in their answers.

5. Which letter is missing? Sch__ __l; (repeat with different words).

You can also practice the key words in the story playing “hangman” with them.

Vocabulary Teach some of the words in the story which you think may be difficult for the children. The underlined words in the story are in the glossary.

Try to teach them in a context, miming the words or showing objects.

Some examples: 

Name a student who is not in class to teach absent

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Show them a newspaper, a story book, a cleaning cloth. Using these items, teach them: newspaper, the news, story, tell a story, get dirty, cleaning

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Write a problem (a sum, for example) on the blackboard and teach: problem, to solve , solution.etc.

Activities with worksheets Vocabulary: glossary and worksheets 1 and 2 Reading comprehension: worksheets 3 and 4.

Depending on the level of the students these worksheets can also be done only by listening to the story

STUDENTS’ GLOSSARY absent appearance care cleaning comma dream epidemic healthy letter letterland news newspaper period polite problem sentence sick solution story to accompany to dream to feed to get dirty to get sick to help to read to recover to solve to take care to tell a story to understand word worse

ausente apariencia cuidado limpieza coma sueño epidemia sano letra país de las letras noticias periódico punto educado problema frase enfermo solución historia acompañar soñar alimentar ensuciarse enfermar ayudar leer recuperarse (de una enfermedad) resolver encargarse (de algo) contar un cuento entender palabra peor

WORKSHEET 1 LETTERS AND WORDS

Across 1.

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se utiliza para separar palabras en una enumeración. leer historia/cuento frase se coloca al final de una frase.

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tiene 28 letras en español y 27 en inglés. escribir decir una palabra letra a letra. letra palabra

WORKSHEET 2 SICK LETTERS

Across 3.

6.

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noticias problema historia peri贸dico

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sue帽o sucio limpio resolver soluci贸n enfermo

WORKSHEET 3 READING ACTIVITY Reading comprehension 1: Read the story and Tick  all the right options you can have more than one right option for each question.

1. In letterland each letter has …  its place and importance  no work  fun  problems 2. When letters get together, they transmit …  messages  health  news  stories 3. When the letters are used, they can…  get dirty  get angry  get sick change their appearance 4. Who was very efficient to solve the problem?  “Comma”  “W”  “Period”  the doctor 5. To solve the problem in the future, letters must…  stay in bed  go to the doctor’s  have a monthly cleaning  not work

WORKSHEET 4 READING ACTIVITY Reading comprehension 2: Read the story and say if these sentences are TRUE or FALSE. 1. The letters haven’t got a lot of work in letterland 2. They are happy to be in stories and newspapers.

3. Some letters are not important.

4. One day all the letters got sick.

5. Some letters got sick because they were dirty.

6. “W” wanted to help.

7. When “W” replaced the sick letters nobody could understand the words.

8. “Comma” and “period” helped to solve the problem.

9. “O” was the first setter to recover.

10. In the future the letters will be cleaned every day.

ANSWER KEY Worksheet 1 Across 1.

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comma read story sentence period

Down 2.

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alphabet write spell letter word

Worksheet 2 Across 3.

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news problem story newspaper

Down 1.

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dream dirty clean solve solution sick

Worksheet 3 1. In letterland each letter has …  its place and importance  no work  fun  problems 2. When letters get together, they transmit …  messages  health news stories 3. When the letters are used, they can…  get dirty  get angry  get sick  change their appearance 4. Who was very efficient to solve the problem?  “Comma”  “W”  “Period”  the doctor 5. To solve the problem in the future, letters must…  stay in bed  go to the doctor’s  have a monthly cleaning  not work

Worksheet 4 1.

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The letters haven’t got a lot of work in Letterland They are happy to be in stories and newspapers.

Some letters are not important.

One day all the letters got sick.

Some letters got sick because they were dirty.

“W” wanted to help.

When “W” replaced the sick letters nobody could understand the words.

8. “Comma” and “period” helped to solve the problem.

9. “O” was the first setter to recover.

10. In the future the letters will be cleaned every day.

FALSE TRUE FALSE FALSE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE