Starter quiz
- What is it important to do when speaking out loud?
- speak quietly
- speak loudly ✓
- speak very quickly
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- When you are listening to someone, you should look at...
- the floor.
- the ceiling.
- the person speaking. ✓
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- Which of these are questions?
- What is your favourite sport? ✓
- Pass me the ball.
- Where do you live? ✓
- I live in Birmingham.
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- Which of these are important to do when you are listening?
- Move around lots when the person is speaking.
- Stop talking. ✓
- Look at the person speaking. ✓
- Close your eyes.
- Pay attention. ✓
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- Which of these is a full sentence?
- chicken and rice
- My favourite food
- I like chicken and rice. ✓
- My favourite food is chicken and rice. ✓
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- Which of the following sentences answers this question: What did you do on the weekend?
- It was sunny on the weekend.
- Last year, I went to the beach.
- I went to the park on the weekend. ✓
- I am visiting my cousins next weekend.
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Exit quiz
- What is an instruction?
- An instruction tells us how to do something. ✓
- An instruction asks the listener for an answer.
- An instruction tells us what you think or believe.
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- Identify the instructions.
- It is cold outside today.
- Put on your coat. ✓
- This is my coat.
- Where is my coat?
- Do up your coat. ✓
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- What should we do to help us follow an instruction successfully?
- Talk at the same time as the person speaking.
- Listen carefully to the person speaking. ✓
- Stop talking. ✓
- Start singing.
- Jump up and down as quickly as possible.
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- Finish this sentence: Successful speaking includes...
- speaking clearly. ✓
- speaking loudly. ✓
- speaking quietly.
- speaking quickly.
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- Order these instructions for making a slice of bread and butter.
- 1⇔Take out the bread.
- 2⇔Spread the butter on the bread.
- 3⇔Eat the bread and butter.
- Instructions should be...
- given all in one go.
- long and complicated.
- broken down into steps. ✓
- short and simple. ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Instructions are sentences that tell us how to do something.
- Successful speaking includes speaking loudly and clearly enough for everyone to hear.
- Successful listening includes looking at the person speaking and paying close attention.
Common misconception
Children may struggle to give short, simple instructions and may add in too many steps.
Model short, simple instructions before children are asked to complete Task B. Share some non-examples of long or complicated instructions. Remind children to always stop and wait after each instruction.
Keywords
Instructions - tell us how to do something
Speaking - using your voice to talk to someone
Listening - paying attention to what someone is saying
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