Activity 1

TOPIC Giving Opinion Based on Picture StimulusTIME 40 – 80 minutesPREPARATION Picture CardsSTEPS 1. Students are given picture cards on Occupation.

2. Students are required to given at least three reasons why they like or dislike the job orally.

3. Students are allowed to speak spontaneously for two minutes OR

4. Students are given 5 minutes to prepare the reasons and 2 minutes to present to the class.

Picture Cards

1. MECHANIC IN CHINA

a. Would you like to be a Mechanic in China?b. Give at least three reasons for your answer.

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2. PLUMBER IN HUNGARY

a. Would you like to be a Plumber in Hungary?b. Give at least three reasons for your answer.

3. DEODORANT TESTER

a. Would you like to be a Deodarant Tester?

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b. Give at least three reasons for your answer.4. A DITCH DIGGER

a. Would you like to be a Ditch Digger?b. Give at least three reasons for your answer.

5. ASEAN DELIVERY BOY

a. Would you like to be a Delivery Boy?b. Give at least three reasons for your answer.

*Teachers could always collect interesting pictures and laminate them in order to have

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more students to participate in this speaking activity.

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Activity 2

TOPIC Drama

TIME 80 minutes

PREPARATION A4 papers, manila cards and the storyline

STEPS 1. Teacher gives the storyline to students

2. Students get into groups of 8

3. Students prepare the script, giving a title and an ending to the

story

4. Students use manila cards to make name tags showing the

roles they’re playing

5. Students are given 20 minutes to prepare

6. Teacher helps and guides them during the preparation

7. Students present their drama in front of the class.

8. Teacher may give rewards for best actor, best actress, best

ending, etc.

The Storyline

Once upon a time, in a very rural village named Kg Helang, there lived a loving couple who can never be separated. The husband’s name was Malim and the wife’s name was Medina. Malim was a carpenter while his wife was a fulltime housewife. Even though they were poor, they lived happily with their five cute little children.

One day, while Malim was on his way to his workshop, he met with a tragic accident and he was believed to be dead. However, his body was never be found. His wife was in shocked and could not accept the fate but she had to be strong for her children’s sake. She had to do many chores and jobs to feed her children and paid all the bills. Her neighbours asked her to remarry so that her children would have a father but she refused as her love was only for her late husband. For her, nobody could take her husband’s place.

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Years passed by………..

YOUR TASKS :

Using your creativity, discuss in your group and continue the storyline and give an ending to it. Not to forget, the title..

Prepare a drama script for the story. Then practice your lines and act it out. Prizes will be given to the best drama, best storyline, best actor & actress. Good luck!!

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Activity 3

TOPIC Picture Review

TIME 80 minutes

PREPARATION A4 papers and some pictures

STEPS 1. Teacher shows some pictures to the students

2. Students choose a picture

3. Students are to describe / talk about the picture for 2

minutes

4. Students are given 15 minutes to prepare

5. Teacher helps and guides them during the preparation

6. Students present in front of the class.

SOME SAMPLES OF PICTURES :

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(pictures taken from http//www.gettyimages.com)

Sample of description

I chose this picture because it is similar to my dream house. I really hope that one day I will be able to have a house like this. The house is very beautiful and big which can accommodate all my family members. It also has the western design which looks like a cottage. I also chose this picture because I was mesmerized with the landscape. This house has a big and beautiful lawn with many shady trees. This makes the surroundings looks more cool and cozy. I can relax and do many activities at my lawn. I can invite my friends to have barbeques during the holidays. I can also play many outdoor games with my friends and family. I hope one day I will be able to have my own house just like this picture.

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Activity 4

Topic A Conversation – Favourite FoodTime 80 mins.Preparation A4 papers, Steps 1. Teacher discusses the types of food that the

students like most. E.g. roti canai, chicken chop, soup, curry, etc.

2. Teacher divides the students into small groups.

3. Students draw pictures of their favourite food and jot down the reasons for the choice made.

4. Representative from each group will explain to the class the reasons why they choose the food. E.g., Our favourite food is … The first reason why we chose this food is because ….

5. Each group has to prepare three questions using W/H question words to gather more information regarding the food E.g., Where can you get this food? What are the ingredients used?

6. Teacher gets the students to read out the questions

7. The members of the group will work together to provide relevant responses. (Teacher assists and guides the low achievers to perform the task.)

8. Teacher announces and presents tokens for the best teamwork and the best presenter.

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GROUP

Favourite Food Reasons

Questions for other groups

1.2.3.

1.2.3.

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Activity 5

Topic A Conversation – Promoting Tourism Time 80 mins.Preparation Pictures and word cardsSteps 1. Teacher explains to the class about the tasks

2. Teachers gets the students into 2 groups of 4 (tourist agencies)

3. Teacher explains to the groups that they have to gather information of a trip. E.g. location, date, time, cost, participants, transportation, accommodation, interesting activities, places of interest.

4. Teacher gives a picture of different interest to each group

5. Teacher asks the class to prepare a question each for the tourist agencies. (Using W/H question words and Yes/No questions

6. Teacher checks the groups preparation

7. Each group utilises the picture and word cards to promote their place of interest and to attract the other students of the class who acted as foreign tourists.

8. Students ask questions to get more information from both groups

9. Students vote by showing of hand to choose the place they prefer to go for the vacation

10. Teacher decides the best agencies and gives comments.

11. Teacher gets the groups to paste their materials on the class board

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GROUP

1 Name of Tourist Agency

2 Location

3 Date

4 Time

5 Cost

6 Participant

7 Transportation

8 Accommodations

9 Activities

10 Places of Interest

11 Additional information

Picture of Interest

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FlashcardsLocation Cost

Date Transportation

Time Accommodations

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Activity 6

Topic A Conversation – DramaTime 80 mins.Preparation Mahjong paperSteps 1. Teacher introduces the topic by asking students

to name a few TV drama titles

2. Teacher dictates the following questions to the students - they need to write down their responses.

a. What is your favourite Malaysian drama?

b. Who is your favourite actor or actress?

c. What is the worst drama you have ever seen?

d. In your opinion, who is the worst actor or actress in drama today?

3. Teachers asks students put aside their answers to the above questions.

4. Teacher divides students into small groups and discuss a drama they have all seen. After they discussed the drama, ask them to write a short description of the drama.

5. Groups read their summaries aloud to the other groups which need to name the drama described

6. Returning to the questions at the beginning of class, teacher asks each student to choose one of the questions and answer that question explaining to the other students their reasons for choosing that drama or actor/actress as the best/worst.

7. (As a follow-up based on speaking)

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GROUP

Favourite Drama

Reasons Description

Favourite Actor/Actress

Reasons Description

WorstDrama

Reasons Description

Favourite Actor/Actress

Reasons Description

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