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TeachingEnglish Young Learners Activity Book
Activities
Activity 20: Label me!
Flavia Amorim Sperandio – Brazil
Age: All ages
45 minutes Large classes? Yes Mixed level? Yes
Materials: Sticky note pads or slips of paper and adhesive tape (you will need three times
the number of children in the class). Cards with parts of the body (pictures and words).
Organisation: Individual work, pair work, group work, whole class.
Aim: To present and practise the words and pronunciation referring to parts of the body
Description: This activity leads to a game in which the children label each other with parts
of the body.
Preparation: You will need to prepare one card each for each child in the class with either a
picture of a part of the body or the word for it. Make sure each picture card has a corresponding
word card.
Procedure
1. Give one card to each child randomly. Ask each child with a word card to find the child
with the corresponding picture card.
2. Ask each pair to say what part of the body they have, correcting pronunciation if necessary
(but don’t insist at this stage).
3. Give the children one minute to write down or draw as many parts of the body as they can.
Words in English are worth three points, words in L1 are worth two points and a drawing is
worth one point. Ask the children to call out the words they have and write them on the
board, helping with the English and the pronunciation where necessary.
4. The labelling game can be played either in teams or pairs. Distribute an equal number
of sticky notes or paper slips to pairs or teams of children and ask them to write down the
name of a different part of the body on each piece of paper (you can decide at this point
to erase the words from the board or leave them up, depending on the children’s level).
Give a time limit for the preparation of the labels so that the children stay on-task.
5. If the game is played in team, each team selects a volunteer to be labelled (the model).
The team members line up facing the model. On the word ‘Go’, the first member in the line
chooses a label, runs to the ‘model’, sticks the label on the correct part of the model, runs
back to the line and touches the next child on the shoulder. The second child then chooses
a label and so on until the team finishes all the labels. No child in the line should move until
the previous child has touched them on the shoulder. The team with the most correct labels
is the winner.
6. If the game is played in pairs or small groups, the children can take it in turns to label
each other.
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