Book

Felicity Hopkins

Oxford University Press

Activity

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© Oxford University Press 1999

First published 1989

ISBN-13: 978 0 19 4339131

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Illustrated by: Ray and Corinne Burrows

Notes for the teacher

Get Ready! is a two-level course which aims togive pupils a feel for English and to establish asound basis for later learning. Activity Book 1 isdesigned to provide further practice of thelanguage and the skills introduced in Pupil'sBook 1 and Handwriting Book 1.

Each level of Get Ready! i s divided into sixtysteps. Each step in the Activity Book is onepage and it should not be used until pupils havecompleted the equivalent steps in the Pupil'sBook (one page) and Handwriting Book (half apage). Get Ready! also has a Numbers Book foreach level. Each Numbers Book is divided intosixty half-page steps intended for use after theequivalent steps in the Activity Book. Thesequence for a complete step is therefore asfollows:

Pupil'sBook

Handwriting Activity NumbersBook Book Book

Oral WorkThe Activity Book provides reinforcement of theoral work in the Pupil's Book. There are, forexample, 'Say and colour' activities whichrequire pupils to point to pictures and say thewords in a left-right sequence (e.g. Step 12).Other 'Say and colour' activities involve pupilsin forming simple sentences about pictures (e.g.Step 42).

The AlphabetThe sounds of the letters are taught in thePupil's Book, using the formula 'a' for apple, 'b'for boy etc. The 'Say the alphabet' exercises inthe Activity Book are used to teach the names ofthe letters (Steps 3-21), gradually building upthe alphabet as pupils learn the sounds of newletters through the Pupil's Book.

ReadingThere is no 'real' reading in Get Ready! 1, butpupils will learn to recognize letters of thealphabet, acquire left-right orientation and beable to recognize some whole words. TheActivity Book provides a range of exercises toreinforce this and to associate letters with theinitial sounds of words.

Pupils are only expected to read the words orletters in large print. They look like this:

a red planeWords in small print are to indicate to theteacher the language the pupils should be usingorally. They look like this:

Jack has two balloons

WritingActivity Book 1 provides opportunities forcolouring and drawing. These are important forthe development of motor skills. Activity Book 1also gives pupils extra practice in writing bothsingle letters and whole words. These exercisesare carefully matched to the sequence in theHandwriting Book and it is important to use theActivity Book only when the equivalent step inthe Handwriting Book has been completed.

The ApproachAlthough much of the work in the Activity Bookhas been designed for pupils to do on their own,the teacher should always demonstrate first ofall on the blackboard, explaining wherenecessary in the pupils' mother tongue. It is alsoa good idea to revise the language area beingpractised. The aim is for pupils to succeed andbuild up confidence about learning English.This will not happen if they are insecure or ifthey feel that they are constantly being tested.

Get Ready! Teachers Book 1 provides fullnotes on how to use each page of Activity Book 1.

STEP lSay and colour

Jack

Draw and colour

Sue

Me

STEP 2Match

Say and colour

STEP 3Match

Say the alphabet

Draw and colour

a b c d

STEP 4Match

Say and colour

STEP 5Match

Say the alphabet

Draw and colour

STEP 6Match

Say and colour

STEP 7Match

Draw and colour

Say the alphabet

STEP 8Match

Say and colour

STEPMatch

Join the numbers

STEP 10Join the letters

Say and colour

STEP 1 1Match

Say the alphabet

Draw and colour

STEP 12Match

Say and colour

STEP 13Match

Say the alphabet

Draw and colour

STEP 14Match

Join the letters

STEP 15Match

Say the alphabet Draw and colour

STEP 16Match

Say and colour

STEP 17Match

Join the letters

STEP 18Match

Say and colour

STEPMatch

Draw and colour

STEP 20Match

Say and colour

STEP 21Match

Say the alphabet Draw and colour

STEP 22Match

Say and colour

STEP 23Match

Missing letters

Read and colour

STEP 24Join the letters

Say and colourNumber one is a big jug.Number two is a little jug.

STEP 25

Read and colour

blue

green

green

yellow

Missing letters

red

red

Match

STEP 26Match

Say and colourNumber one is a blue door.

blue green yellow red

STEP 27

Join the letters

Match

Missing numbers

STEP 28Match

Say and colourNumber one is a little window.

STEP 29Match

Missing letters

Read and colour

white orange

brownblack

STEP 30Match

Say and colourNumber one is a brown desk.

brown black orange white

STEP 31Match

Missing letters

Read and colour

orange

white

red

black

blue

green

STEP 32Match

Say and colour

blue

orangeSue has a red bag. red

green

STEP 33

Read and colourblue

greenyellow

black orange

Match

brown

red

STEP 34Match

Say and colour

STEP 35

Read and draw

Missing letters

a balla book

Match

STEP 36Match

Say and colour'a' is four balls.

STEP 37Write and colour

Missing numbers

Read and draw

a dolla kite

STEP 38Match

Say and colourYo-Yo has a ball.

STEP

Missing letters

Read and draw

Write and colour

4 balls 3 books

STEP 40Match

Say and colourNumber one is a big boat.

STEP 41

Read and draw

Join the letters

a green book a brown book

STEP 42Match

Say and colourMonkey 'a' is four.

STEP 43Write and colour

Missing letters

Read and

a red kite a blue kite

draw

STEP 44Match

Say and colourJack has two balloons.

STEP 45Write and colour

Missing letters

Read and colour

blue white

blue

red

red

black

brown

orange

yellow

blue

STEP 46Match

Draw and say

STEP 47Match

Say and colour

STEP 48Match

Read and colour

a green kite

a red plane

a blue car

STEP

Missing letters

Join the numbers

Write and colour

STEP 50

Say and colour

Match

STEP 51Write and colour

Read and colour

a blue ball

a brown boat

an orange car

STEP 52Match

Say and colour

STEP 53Write and colour

Missing letters

Read and colour

3 orange balls

2 red balls

2 white books

I black book

STEP 54Write

Say and colour

STEP 55Write and colour

Join the letters

STEP 56Write

Read and saySue has ... a book

a dolla boata beara kite

STEP 57Write and colour

Missing letters

Match

an elephant

a bear

a lion

a monkey

STEP 58Write

Draw and say'a' is a big triangle.'b' is a little circle.

STEP 59Write and colour

Read and colour

green red

orange

blue brown

yellow

STEP 60Write

Read and sayJack has . . .

a balla planean elephanta cara monkey