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It's Nice to Meet You.
The activities below provide fun exercises for the entire class when you have extra time. They are designed to be taught with specific exercises in this unit. Click on an activity in the list below or scroll down the page.
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Comparing names
This activity is designed to be taught with Exercise 2, "Snapshot: Popular First Names in the United States."
Time: 10–15 minutes. This activity allows students to talk about names that are more familiar.
- If appropriate, ask students to supply native-language equivalents for some of the English names in the Snapshot. Ask, for example, "What's the name John in your language?" (in Spanish-speaking countries, Juan; in French-speaking countries, Jean; in German-speaking countries, Johann).
- In a homogeneous class, students work in small groups to make a list of the first names from their native country. In a heterogeneous class, each student in the group can contribute two or three names from his or her country. Compare results as a class. Use a map to show where different names come from, if necessary.
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Classmate's name
This activity is designed to be taught with Exercise 3, "Grammar Focus: my, your, his, her."
Time: 5–10 minutes. This activity provides additional controlled practice of grammar.- Write this question and answer on the board:
A: What's ________ name?
B: ________ name is ________.
- Students work in pairs and take turns. Student A indicates another student in the class and asks the question. Student B supplies the name of the classmate Student A indicated.
- If Student B does not know the name of a student, Student B can say "I don't know" or shake his/her head. Student A can supply the name, if possible.
- Pairs should write down the names they ask about. If neither student knows the name of a classmate, they leave a blank on their paper.
- At the end of the activity, allow pairs of students to approach any classmates they did not know the names of and find out.
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Game – Letter bingo
This activity is designed to be taught with Exercise 4, "Word Power: The alphabet."
Time: 10–15 minutes. This activity reviews capital and lowercase letters.
- Show students how to make a Bingo card on an 8½ X 11-inch sheet of paper with 25 spaces on it, like this:
| B |
I |
N |
G |
O |
| h |
E |
v |
p |
K |
| Q |
R |
y |
W |
b |
| g |
t |
FREE |
C |
D |
| M |
u |
x |
N |
i |
| s |
A |
F |
j |
L |
- Students write free in the center space. They fill in the other spaces at random with their choices of capital and lowercase letters, one to a space, without repetitions.
- Dictate letters at random, saying "capital" or "small." (You may repeat the letter several times, depending on your students' abilities.) students find letters on their cards and circle them. Keep a list of the letters you call so that no letters are repeated. (You will need the list to check cards when students call "Bingo.")
- The first student to circle five letters in a row (or four letters plus the free space) in any direction shouts, "Bingo!"
- Ask the student to read the circled letters aloud. Check your list. If all the letters are correct, the student wins.
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Game – Number bingo
This activity is designed to be taught with Exercise 9, "Numbers."
Time: 10–15 minutes. This activity reviews numbers from 0 to 9.
- Show students how to make a Bingo card on an 8½ X 11-inch sheet of paper with 25 spaces on it, like this:
| B |
I |
N |
G |
O |
| 3 |
9 |
2 |
8 |
0 |
| 1 |
5 |
6 |
4 |
7 |
| 4 |
3 |
free |
0 |
9 |
| 2 |
1 |
8 |
1 |
3 |
| 5 |
9 |
7 |
6 |
4 |
- Students write free in the center space. They fill in the other spaces at random with their choices of numbers from 0 to 9, one to a space.
- Dictate numbers at random. (You may repeat the number several times, depending on your students' abilities.) students find numbers on their cards and circle them. Keep a list of the numbers you call so that no numbers are repeated. (You will need the list to check cards when students call "Bingo.")
- The first student to circle five numbers in a row (or four numbers plus the free space) in any direction shouts, "Bingo!"
- Ask the student to read the circled numbers aloud. Check your list. If all the numbers are correct, the student wins.
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Number rhythm
This activity is designed to be taught with Exercise 9, "Numbers."
Time: 5–10 minutes. This game practices reading numbers aloud. You can do it as a whole-class activity, as it is here, or you can make it a team competition.
- Write many sets of three numbers on the board, for example:
1 2 3 6 5 4 9 0 1
- Snap a rhythm with the students. Snap the fingers of your left hand, then your right hand, in a steady slow rhythm.
- While students keep the rhythm going by snapping, point to one of the three-digit numbers on the board and read it – one digit to a snap. Allow one extra snap at the end. For example, for 123 and 654, you read "one, two, three" (snap) "six, five, four" (snap).
- Have students read the numbers as you point. Start with the whole group, then have rows or individuals do each three-digit number. Increase the speed gradually until students cannot keep up.
- Alternate presentation: Do not write numbers on the board. Say any three numbers in rhythm and have the students repeat in rhythm. Have individual students also say three numbers for the class to repeat.
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Scrambled letters
This activity is designed to be taught with Exercise 11, "Saying Good-bye."
Time: 5–10 minutes. This type of activity can be used with any unit for a fun review. This puzzle reviews vocabulary and spelling from Unit 1. All of the words in the puzzle come from Exercises 6 (Saying Hello) and 11 (Saying Good-bye).
- Copy this on the board:
| n i e f |
f __ __ __ |
| r e a l t |
l __ __ __ __ |
| l o h e l |
h __ __ __ __ |
| g t i h n |
n __ __ __ __ |
| s k a n t h |
t __ __ __ __ __ |
| n e e v i n g |
e __ __ __ __ __ __ |
| o r g m i n n |
m __ __ __ __ __ __ |
| r o t o r m o w |
t __ __ __ __ __ __ __ |
| g d o o – y b e |
g __ __ __ __ __ __ __ |
| f o r o n a n e t |
a __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ |
- Have students work in pairs to unscramble the words.
- Check answers on the board with the whole class. Make sure students have spelled the words correctly.
Answers
| fine |
thanks |
good-bye |
| later |
evening |
afternoon |
| hello |
morning |
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| night |
tomorrow |
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Spelling contest
This activity is designed to be taught with Exercise 11, "Saying Good-bye."
Time: 10–15 minutes. This game is good for reviewing vocabulary in any unit and for practicing spelling. Here, it also helps students learn each other's names.
Preparation: Give students a list of all the students' names to review beforehand, if necessary. Use first names alone. Cut up the list so that each name is on a separate slip of paper. Put the slips into an envelope.
- In class, divide the students into two teams and announce a time limit (10–15 minutes).
- Draw a name from the envelope, and say the name to a student on the first team. If the student spells the name correctly, select a second name, and say it to the next person on the same team. When a student misspells a name, that student sits down and it becomes the turn of the other team.
- The winner is the team that spells the most names correctly (has the most people standing) within the time limit.
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