Contents |
| Introduction | 4 |
| Part 1: Diagnostic tools | 5 |
| Language sample | 5 |
| Oral language sentences | 8 |
| Opposites | 10 |
| Plurals | 10 |
| Vocabulary | 11 |
| Assessment – summary and analysis | 12 |
| Part 2: Fun, quick and handy activities | 13 |
| Impromptu speeches | 13 |
| Story starters | 16 |
| Re-telling stories | 17 |
| Telephone conversations | 17 |
| Hide the object | 17 |
| Describing in the negative | 17 |
| Practising irregular past tense | 18 |
| Expanding vocabulary – positives and negatives | 18 |
| I spy | 18 |
| Introducing and interviewing a speaker | 19 |
| Self-access resources | 20 |
| Part 3: Comprehension and related activities | 21 |
| Activity One: The story of Pete the Pirate | 22 |
| Activity Two: The story of the winding river | 23 |
| Activity Three: The story of the horse that got away | 24 |
| Activity Four: The story of the ball that rolled and rolled | 25 |
| Activity Five: The story of Samantha the Spider | 26 |
| Activity Six: The story of Andy the Astronaut | 27 |
| Activity Seven: Conversation – what would you like? | 29 |
| Activity Eight: Fill the gaps – how often? | 30 |
| Part 4: Using pronouns | 32 |
| Activity One: Action book | 33 |
| Activity Two: He and she card game | 33 |
| Activity Three: He and she action pictures | 36 |
| Activity Four: He, she, it and they action pictures | 37 |
| Activity Five: Sentence completion with his, her and their | 38 |
| Activity Six: Story completion with his, her and they | 39 |
| Activity Seven: Conversation – what can you see? | 40 |
| Part 5: Sequence stories | 41 |
| Activity One: Andy the Astronaut's space trip | 42 |
| Activity Two: Building a story from pictures | 43 |
| Activity Three: The life cycle of a frog | 44 |
| Activity Four: The life cycle of a monarch butterfly | 45 |
| Activity Five: Getting ready for school | 46 |
| Activity Six: My robot friend | 47 |
| Part 6: Barrier games | 48 |
| How to make a barrier board | 49 |
| Game One: Sharing shapes | 50 |
| Game Two: Barrier beads | 50 |
| Game Three: Making maps | 52 |
| Game Four: Pictures in pairs | 52 |
