hello my name is Emma and today we have
a great lesson plan for you in today's
lesson we are going to practice
listening okay we're going to practice
listening and we're also going to learn
some new words we're going to learn
about shapes as well as prepositions
okay
so in this video you will also get to do
a listening activity and I'll explain a
little bit about that in a moment so
first we are going to learn shapes and
these are some examples of shapes then
we are going to learn about prepositions
you might be wondering what is a
preposition well a preposition is a
short word like on above/below and after
that we're going to do a listening
activity where you're going to listen to
me describe shapes and prepositions for
the listening activity you will need two
things a piece of paper and a pencil or
a pen this is an active video so you
will actually be doing something while
watching ok so let's get started on
shape so I have here some major shapes
in English we have a triangle we have a
circle square a heart and this one is a
star in our listening activity later you
will be drawing a triangle a circle a
square a heart and a star okay so these
are the words we will be using in this
video we will also be using some
prepositions so a preposition it is a
short word that shows the relationship
between two things
so that's confusing to a lot of students
an easier way I like to think about
prepositions is they can they can
describe where something is okay so they
often answer the question of where
so for example I have here our triangle
and our circle and I have the
preposition on so if we look at this I
could say there is a triangle on a
circle so there is a triangle on a
circle so we will be using the
preposition on later in our listening
activity we also have inside there is a
triangle inside a circle another
preposition is outside we can say there
is a triangle outside the circle
so here the triangle is inside whereas
here the triangle is outside so these
are very common prepositions we use when
describing where something is okay we
also have above so above is a little bit
different than on if you notice the
circle the triangle is on the circle
meaning it's touching
whereas when we're looking at above it
can be touching but it can also be just
above so it can touch or it can also
just be above so for example we have a
triangle above a circle okay now we have
below and under two more common
prepositions which we usually use in the
same way so we have here the circle we
can say there is a circle or actually we
can say there is a triangle below the
circle or there is a triangle under the
circle okay and now we have to the right
we can say there is a triangle to the
right of the circle so notice how there
beside this side is to the right whereas
this side is to the left
so if we look at the triangle the
triangle is beside the circle and it's
also to the right of the circle now
compare this to to the left we have a
triangle and a circle and we can say the
triangle now is to the left of the
circle okay so these two are opposites
to the right and to the left
so these pictures help you understand
these prepositions which answer the
question of where so again we have on
inside outside above below under to the
right and to the left okay now first the
listening activity we are about to do
there are three more expressions that
you will need you will need to know in
the center okay so if I'm looking at
this board about here is in the center
okay so I can say my finger is in the
center of the board I can also say about
corners we have a corner a corner
another corner and another corner okay
so those are called corners if I'm
looking at my piece of paper from
earlier we have a corner here a corner
here a corner here and a corner here so
what I can say is if I ask you to draw
something I might tell you to draw
something in the top corner which might
be here maybe I'll say the top right
corner the top-left corner
the top or the bottom right corner and
the bottom-left corner
okay so these are the expressions we
will be using in today's listening
activity so again take a moment to
really get to know the shape because you
will be listening for them in a second
as well as the preposition prepositions
you might want to watch this part a
couple
of times until you're comfortable with
these words and then do our following
listening activity okay
once you have become comfortable with
these words
take out your piece of paper and your
pen or pencil and we will begin
listening okay so you need a piece of
paper this is my piece of paper okay so
you will have your piece of paper and
your pencil ready to go I am going to
say a sentence and you are going to draw
what I say so I will be talking about
shape and prepositions and you need to
draw what you hear okay so for example
if I say there is a circle in the center
of the page there is a circle in the
center of the page what do you do you
take your pencil and you draw a circle
in the center of the page okay I'll give
one more example and then we will get
started now imagine if next I say there
is a square under the circle there is a
square under the circle what would you
do while you take your pencil and you
would draw a square and it's okay if
you're not a good artist maybe your
square kind of looks you know not so
nice but that's okay this is a listening
activity not an art activity okay so
let's get started so I want you to
continue I will say some more
instructions and you draw what you hear
okay
so inside the square there is a star
inside the square
there is a star I'm going to keep going
I'm not going to draw at the very end I
will show you my picture and we will
compare to see if it is the same or
different okay so keep drawing my
instructions so one more time inside the
square there is a star okay
the next instruction I want you to look
at the circle above the circle there is
a triangle above the circle there is a
triangle to the left of the triangle
there is a circle okay so you should be
drawing more to the left of the triangle
there is a circle alright next
instructions in the top right corner of
the paper there is a square in the top
right corner of the paper there is a
square okay I'll give you a couple
seconds to draw that so there is a
square in the top right corner alright
next instructions inside the square
there is a heart inside the square there
is a heart alright so not too many more
instructions to go the next instructions
are in the bottom left corner of the
paper there is a triangle in the bottom
left corner of the paper there is a
triangle okay so the next instruction
there is a square on the triangle
there is a square on the triangle okay
so those are the instructions for today
now I am going to show you what your
picture should look like this is a great
way to see how well you understood what
I was saying and before I show you what
it looks like I also wanted to tell you
this is a great game you can play with
your friends
or maybe if you are an English teacher
you can play it with your class it's a
great way to check listening and to
practice listening so now let's look at
what the picture should look like tada
so this is what your paper should look
like you should have a circle in the
center you should have a square here
there should be a star inside the square
there should be a triangle above the
circle to the left of the triangle there
should be a circle in the top right
corner there should be a square and
inside the square there should be a
heart and finally in the bottom left
corner there should be a triangle with a
square on top of it so your picture
should look like this if you followed
the instructions correctly if you made
some mistakes that's okay you can watch
the video again and practice and try
until you get the same picture so I
would like you to come to our website at
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how useful you found this video this is
different than a lot of our videos so it
would be really nice to hear if you like
this listening resource I'd also like to
invite you to wwe.com and there you can
actually try our quiz on the words
you've learned in this video to make
sure you really understand you know the
different shapes and prepositions you
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so thank you very much for watching I
appreciate it and until next time take
care