1. Lesson / task description - before

• Aim
• To make ss aware of the       four basic parameters: material, size, shape, colour
• To learn the phrases and       grammar structures (+ learn and repeat the objects vocabulary):

- 1. I spy with my little eye something that is made of (wood, plastic, rubber, stone) (parallelly we are practicing the sounds w,th – phonetic section)

- 2. I spy with my little eye something that is (bigger /smaller) than the …(given object)

- 3. I spy with my little eye something that is (a circle, a triangle, a square, a rectangle) in shape

- 4. I spy with my little eye something that is (colour).

 - Is it the …(name of the object in the classroom)? ( to learn to ask questions)

• Materials I am going to use

-        four posters with the names of the stations – MATERIAL, SIZE, SHAPE, COLOUR )

-        cards with colours, shapes, names and photos of materials

-        objects in the classroom

• Tasks I am going to use :

T and SS sit on a train and start their journey. The first station is Material. Here we repeat the materials and start to play the “I spy” game. Ss stick to the objects that are made of wood (if the feature named is “wood”) and ask  - Is it the (table)? The one, who guessed correctly, starts a new round.

Then the T commands: “Sit on the train” and SS continue their journey till the station “Size”. We choose an object for comparing (last time it was my Mediator Bunjie (I have a new one). And the object in the class was guessed in comparison with Bunjie (bigger, smaller).

The journey continues through the station “Shape” till the station “Colour” where the objects in the class are chosen according to the parameter needed. So ss are looking for the objects, that are rounds, rectangular, or green , yellow accordingly.

When the journey is over, the T asks the ss what did we do? Did they like the journey? 

2. Lesson / task description – after

• Procedures (The journey took about 20-30      minutes depending on the group. As we only started such activity, much      time was dedicated to phonetics – SS had to learn the phrase “I spy…” and      the question sample. We also discussed the “Material” issue in mother      tongue.  In younger groups there      were misunderstandings with shape – not all of the ss (4-5 year olds)      could correspond the plastic shape in their hands to the object in the      classroom. 
• Learners’ response and outputs (SS      enthusiastically searched for the objects. They were eager to win (to name      the guessed object). Some of the older students (6 y.o) started to      pronounce this long phrase (I Spy…) by themselves after several      repetitions with me and the classmates answered them correctly (Is it the      table?). There were some confusions regarding plastic and glass objects,      but we solved them, by making a pause in the game  and  discussing the material all together.      Younger ss (4-5 y.o.) managed the tasks at a slower pace, but still the      train managed to stop at all stations. The ss liked the journey.

As to reflecting on the experience, the older ss (6-7 y.o.) told, that we were searching for circles, glass…The T had to correct them by précising that they were searching for the objects that were red or made of glass or were a rectangle or a square in shape.

• Teacher’s role (The T had to control the      choice of objects. Also, the T had to drill the phrases with the ss, to      stress the accurate pronunciation of the sounds, to organise the      one-by-one answers, to manage the class, so that the dynamics was kept.)

3. Overall reflection on the lesson / task

• Aim aspect (We’ve reached the aim at some      extent, because ss were searching for the objects with the needed features      of a certain parameter at each station. This disposition has a future      potential, because we can add new stations (parameters).)
• Tasks & materials aspect (Step 1.      (increase room for thinking) – at each station we discussed the objects      around us from different perspectives (material, size, shape, colour). We      set the limitations (when searching for a triangular object we couldn’t      point at the red one). Step 2 (build the stairs with learners) – we concentrated      at a certain parameter, thus making a notion of it in ss’ minds. Step 3      (reflect on how the steps helped) – at the moment we didn’t reach such      level of awareness. What we managed to reflect on was to realise that at      each station we looked for a wooden object, for red object… (but we did      this reflection only with the older students (6-7 y.o).
• Questions / conclusions for the future. I      think that after mastering the skill of noticing the parameters and      features, we could 1. Combine the parameters and search for objects,      naming 2 or 3 features. 2. Learn the art of creating riddles.