Activity 1

TOPIC
TIME
PREPARATION
STEPS

Giving Opinion Based on Picture Stimulus

40 80 minutes
Picture Cards
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.

2. PLUMBER IN HUNGARY
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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?

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

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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
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 theyre 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 husbands name was Malim and the wifes 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 childrens 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 husbands 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)

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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
Time
Preparation
Steps

A Conversation Favourite Food

80 mins.
A4 papers,
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.

http://iteslj.org/c/games.html

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GROUP
Favourite Food

Reasons

Questions for other groups

1.
2.

3.
1.
2.

3.
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3.

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Activity 5

Topic
Time
Preparation
Steps

A Conversation Promoting Tourism

80 mins.
Pictures and word cards
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

Location

Date

Time

Cost

Participant

Transportation

Accommodations

Activities

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Places of Interest

11

Additional information

Picture of Interest

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Flashcards
Location

Cost

Date

Transportation

Time

Accommodations

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Activity 6

Topic
Time
Preparation
Steps

A Conversation Drama
80 mins.
Mahjong paper
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)

http://esl.about.com/od/conversationlessonplans/a/l_film.htm

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GROUP
Favourite
Drama

Reasons

Description

Favourite
Actor/Actress

Reasons

Description

Worst
Drama

Reasons

Description

Favourite
Actor/Actress

Reasons

Description

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