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Learning and Teaching Activity – Vehicle Riddles

Learning objectives:

Text Types
  • riddles
Vocabulary
  • names of some vehicles e.g. ambulance, coach
Language Items and Communicative Functions
  • use the simple present tense to talk about present states
  • use time markers to show the time relationships between two actions (e.g. In 1980, the first personal computer was invented. Since then they are used to store information…)
Language Skills
  • Reading
Attitudes
  • develop sensitivity towards language use in the process of communication
Generic Skills
  • problem-solving skills
  • creativity

Related Basic Competencies:

L3-R-5-P6BC: Using a range of reading strategies to understand the meaning of simple texts with the help of cues (IS, KS, ES)

L4-W-5-P6BC: Constructing short and simple texts on familiar topics with little guidance to communicate one's own ideas and experiences intelligibly (IS, KS, ES)

Activity Description Suggested duration (minutes) Available for self - learning?
Part 1
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 An interactive activity: Vehicle Riddles
Learners identify key words through contextual clues and visual clues in order to establish meaning and solve problems.		 20 Image
Part 2
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 A classroom activity: What am I?
Learners use contextual clues to help solve riddles. Then they write their own riddles.		 60 Image
 
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Key Stage 2 Targets:

To develop an ever-improving capability to use English

ISd- To participate with others in making choices and decisions for carrying out events
KSd- To recognize and solve simple problems in given situations, and describe the solutions
ESd- To give expression to one's experience through activities