Tag Archives: primary

Victor’s nightmare

A relay dictation or graded reading for primary learners. Level: Primary Location: Computer room Topic: Nightmares Language focus: Directions, prepositions & game vocabulary Game: Victor’s nightmare Victor suffers from nightmares and in order to get some restful night’s sleep he needs to learn how to face his fears and vanquish them. Preparation Download and a [...]

Hero Machine – Relay Play for Primaries

Learners reproduce the physical appearance of a superhero from reading and relaying a written description. Level: Primary Location: Computer room Language focus:  Has got/ is wearing/ colours/ clothes vocabulary/ physical descriptions/ parts of the body Game: Hero machine Preparation Either play with heromachine  yourself and both write a physical description of the hero you produce [...]

ABC Arcade Fun

Level:  Primary Language Focus: Alphabet Skills Focus: Pronunciation Game: Alphattack This game is used to practice and consolidate the pronunciation of the letters of the alphabet.  It can be played either in a connected classroom or a computer room. Bombs drop from the sky and need to be stopped before they destroy the city. Destroy [...]

Christmas ecard picture dictation

Level: Primary Topic: Picture dictation Listening focus: Describing a Christmas Ecard (prepositions of place) Time: 30 minutes Preparation: A copy of  the Ecard Wordsearch for each learner.  A single copy of the Ecard Picture Dictation or a screenshot of a finished ecard. Game: xmas ecard maker Screenshot of the finished picture dictation Key Language: Snowman, [...]

Junior’s Christmas – a fun Christmas activity for low levels

Level: Pre-intermediate Topic: Christmas Focus: Christmas vocabulary Time: 30 – 45 minutes Game: Junior’s Christmas Junior wants to get a present from Father Christmas but there are a few things getting in his way. screenshot of Juniors Christmas  Key Language: Carpet, cookie jar, key, hug, cupboard, knock, feather, wing, box, tail, elf, tickle, window,  bird [...]