New Adventure in Mission 4: What is a Best Friend? 🌟

 

Hello again, Explorers!

We already know that Higgins and Heather are a great team.

But... do you have a best friend?

Is it a person?

Is it a pet?

Talk about your best friend to your partner.

Today, we have a new story to read together! 📖✨

📖 Storytime: "Two Best friends"

Click the link below to see the beautiful pictures and read about two friends who do everything together.

👉 Read the Story: Two Best friends

Did you like it? Do you feel like Ella sometimes? Or like Jack?

🌟 Challenge time: Who said...?

Let's play "Who said...?"

1. Who said "Do you want to be friends with anyone else a part from Ella?"
2. Who said "This is your new classmate, Zack"?
3. Who said "Do you want to play with Ella and me?"
4. Who said  "I though you and I were going to be best friends forever"
5. Who said "Best friends can have other friends too"?
6. Who said "Let's celebrate making new friends!"?

🗺️ Your City Adventure!

Higgins and Heather love the park, and the two best friends in our story love to be together. Now, it is your turn!

Imagine you are with your best friend in the city.

• Where would you go?

• Do you want to see a movie at the cinema?🎬

• Do you want to go ice skating and slide on the ice?⛸️

• Or maybe drink a hot chocolate at a café? ☕

Now, individually, choose one place in the city you want to go with your best friend. 

Write it on commentaries, so we can know where every student wants to go :)

Next, draw a big circle on your paper and write the name of the place in the middle. Around the circle, draw three things you need for that plan (for example: a ticket, a jacket, or a spoon!).

Look at the example:

Get ready... because in our next class, we are going to act out these adventures and you will be the actors! 🎭

Notes for the teacher:

This activities will be carried out in pairs the last 30 minutes of an English session.

The story that students have to read in pairs will have been read by the teacher in a previous session. This way, students will have already worked on unknown vocabulary and when reading by themselves they will be more capable of understanding it completely.

Storytelling is one of the most useful techniques to attract young learners in the learning process effectively. This teaching method helps pupils to knowledge literacy, imagination or critical thinking, promoting expressive language development, presenting new vocabulary and complex language.

The last activity serves as a pre-communicative task that sets the stage for future role-playing. By asking students to visualize a "plan" and select a location, we are activating their prior knowledge of city vocabulary and social routines.