3rd GRADE

Unit 2: Rules and regulations

Warnings

Be careful
Don’t graffiti Do not litter
Wet floor

No smoking No running Teachers only

No cell phones No food or drink Don’t waste water

DISEÑO
La hoja de trabajo consta de 9 tarjetas con imágenes de signos de prohibición o alerta y 9 tarjetas con el texto
correspondiente a cada una de las tarjetas con imágenes.
ACTIVITY: Warnings – Pair and group work: speaking
TIME: 30 minutes
AIM: To match a warning/prohibition sign to its meaning and to explain reasons behind.

LANGUAGE: Function 2.1 Giving warnings and stating prohibition

PROCEDURE
Before class: Make a copy of the worksheet for every four students.
Cut out the picture and the text cards, and keep them separately.

In class:
1. Ask students to work in groups of four and give one set of picture cards and one set of
text cards to each group of students.
PE 2. Tell students that they have to match the signs to their meaning.
3. Give students time to do the matching and then check the answers with them.
4. Once students have the correct matching tell them they are going to produce a mini
conversation.
5. Divide groups of students into two.
6. Each pair will work with 4 warning/prohibition signs (there will be one left out).
R on L 7. Ask each pair of students to produce a short conversation stating the warning/prohibition
that each sign indicates, justifying it. You may ask them to imagine one of them is a new
student at school and the other is showing him/her the school to a new student.
For example: OPTION:
If you consider
A: Look at the stairs. No running. your class to be
B: Why? weak to cope with
A: Because you can fall. the little
B: OK, thanks. conversation, try a
simpler version.
8. Be ready and available to help students to make meaningful conversations. Make them For example:
think where they would find the signs and help them to recognize the possible A: Look, No
consequences of not acting accordingly. running.
B: OK, thanks.

PERFORMANCE EVIDENCE: REFLECTION ON LANGUAGE:

Students can recognize and understand quotidian texts Students notice that the imperative form is used to
(warning signs and conversations) in order to use them give warnings (e.g. Be careful, Do not trespass,
purposefully (regulate own behavior/activities, etc.) and use such language features
recognize the possible consequences of breaking rules, appropriately.
warn others about dangers).

Students can use language creatively and appropriately
by adjusting lexis, phrases and grammatical resources
in order to produce meaningful, relevant and clear texts
(conversation) when stating warning and prohibition.

POSSIBLE FOLLOW UP:

Set the students in pairs and ask them to create their own warning sign. Focus on the use of imperative forms to give
warnings.

IDEAS FOR EVALUATION: Have students to display the signs they did in the follow up to evaluate what they did.