Saving Princess Nancy

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Web-based Learning and Teaching Support

Learning and Teaching Activity – Saving Princess Nancy

Module: Fun and Games

Suggested Level: Key Stage 1

Learning Targets for Key Stage 1:

ISb -	To converse about feelings, interests and experiences
KSa -	To provide or find out, organize and present information on familiar topics
KSb -	To interpret and use simple given information through processes, or activities such as labelling, matching, sequencing, describing, classifying; and to follow simple instructions
ESc -	To give expression to imaginative ideas through oral, written and performative means

Learning objectives:

	Task 1	Task 2	Task 3	Task 4
Text Types		-Direction
	-Descriptions -Fairy tales -Announcements
Vocabulary	Productive: Appearance e.g. wavy, curly, bald, scar, freckles, slim
	Personality e.g. gentle, friendly, brave
	Clothing and Accessories e.g. crown, slippers, gloves, necklace, earrings
	Receptive: e.g. kidnap, witch, castle, guard, fire-breathing, nightingale
Language Items and Communicative Functions	Use adjectives to describe people’s appearance and personality
Language Skills	Reading -Work out the meaning of the unknown words by using context and knowledge of the world -Scan for specific information in a short text in response to questions Listening -Locate specific information in spoken texts		Writing -Present information and ideas clearly and coherently by using a small range of language patterns such as structural pattern

Related Basic Competencies:

L2-L3-P3BC:	Using a small range of strategies to understand the meaning of short and simple texts on familiar topics which are delivered clearly in familiar accents
L2-R5-P3BC:	Using a small range of reading strategies to understand the meaning of short, simple texts with the help of cues
L2-W3-P3BC:	Writing and / or responding to short and simple texts with relevant information and ideas (including personal experiences and imaginative ideas ) with the help of cues
L2-W4-P3BC:	Writing short and simple texts using a small range of vocabulary, sentence patterns and cohesive devices fairly appropriately with the help of cues despite some spelling and grammatical mistakes.

Activity

Description

Duration

(mins.)

For students'self-access

Part 1

Interactive Activity I: Knowing Princess Nancy

Learners are asked to identify the features of Princess Nancy and produce the picture of her according to the description of her appearance and personality. This helps learners to develop the ability to scan for specific information and predict the meaning of unfamiliar words by using contextual clues.

Part 2

[Tapescript]

Interactive Activity II: Finding Princess Nancy

Learners have to listen to the instruction given by the fairy and identify the particular persons who can help out among the people the prince meets on his way to the castle. This helps learners to develop the ability to listen for specific information.

Part 3

PowerPoint Presentation

Activity Plan

A Classroom Activity: Guess Who! (with a PowerPoint presentation)

Learners are asked to use more than one adjective in a sentence to describe people’s appearance and personality through whole-class interactive activity and group work. They also learn to arrange the adjectives in a proper order before a noun.

Part 4

PowerPoint Presentation

Activity Plan

Writing Activity : Tell Me about Princess Henry

Learners have to imagine themselves as Princess Nancy and write a letter to Princess Sally introducing Prince Henry. The use of concept maps and process writing strategies would be explored.

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Useful Online Resources:

Learn English

Vocabulary - Appearance

http://www.learnenglish.be/voc1_appearance_study.htm

Learn English Basic

Appearances - How to describe someone in English

http://www.learnenglish.de/basics/appearances.htm

Learn-English-online

Adjectives for people, places and things

http://www.learn-english-online.org/Lesson26/Course/Lesson26.htm

English-at-home