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What I Want

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What I want- where I want it

Brian Fritsch

GRADE LEVEL:	ES 4-6
SKILLS:	Speaking, Listening
TIME:	45 minutes
MATERIALS:	Flashcards, Small picture cards, CD player and music (optional)

OBJECTIVES:

1. To learn the names of places around town

2. To introduce the verb "want"

PROCEDURE:

1. Start by introducing the place vocabulary (park, bank, train station etc...) with the flashcards. Also, get them to match-up at least one noun with each place; ex. bank/money, library/books, etc.

2. Next, reinforce that vocabulary by playing a quick vocabulary game of your choice, such as elimination, cops and robbers, the gunfighter game, pictionary or whatever works for you. Just be sure to work on their speaking confidence at this time.

3. Then introduce the sentences "I want to go to the..." and "We want..." paying close attention to the different ways "want" is expressed in Japanese (I find that the homeroom teacher is pretty invaluable for this part of the lesson). Have the students practice these sentences a few times.

4. Next, pass out a variety of picture cards (which are the same as the flashcards, but smaller) to the students. They need to look at their own cards, but be sure that they don't show them to the other students. Then tape the large flashcards up around the room.

5. Finally, start the game! The students walk around the room saying, "I want to go to the bank (or other place)" trying to find all the other students who have their card. Once they have their group they run to the matching flashcard and yell together "We want money! (or another matching noun)" I sometimes give stickers to the winning group.

6. After each round collect the small cards and redistribute them. Four rounds seems to be the limit to this game.

NOTES:

The number of places that you choose will certainly be affected by the ability level of your students, I've found that six to eight locations is about right for my students. This also keeps the groups size around four for my classes, which works pretty well.

Try to keep the students from lingering around the flashcard which matches their game card or the game will fail. I usually just make the students walk around the center and play goalie with the homeroom teacher.