[adrianavel]

I'm studying to be an English teacher.I have to teach yes/no questions of the verb to be to 8 year olds children .Any idea would be very much appreciated.I have to make the lesson plan, I don't know where to start
thank you in advance!!!

[adrianavel]

Please!!!any idea on how to introduce "are you....?" "Yes, I am" "No,I'm not"

[mesmark]

I just replied to someone about this on another forum
the verb 'to be'

there are a couple game and activity ideas there.

What are you planning to use as your vocabulary? feelings?

first:
- Introduce your vocabulary
- Do an activity to solidify the vocabulary

second:
- Verify students understanding of 'he', 'she', 'I', and 'you'
- Introduce the target language - "He is hungry." - "Are you hungry?"
- Verify the students understand of the target structure via flashcards and questioning
- a small speaking exchange to check accuracy

third:
- practice the target language in a larger activity to practice fluency

How big is your group? What's your time frame?

[adrianavel]

Problem solved!Anyway,Thank you so much for your help!!!!They love games, thank you so much.I thought of using pictures of cartoons they know and elicit information, "Is he Pikachu?, yes, he is, no he isn't, etc
thank you

[adrianavel]

they know school objects and animals, so it is quite complicated, but I have an idea now.

[adrianavel]

thank u

[mesmark]

Quote adrianavel

thank u

No problem. Good luck!

[greeny]

ask students general questions about them. Are you a students? Are you intelligent..anything that could be of interest to them. then ask other in the class about other members of the class. Is she your classmate? Is she in the basketball team? Is she good? Kids are very quick at picking up the structure. Put prompts on the board. are you happy? Are you sad? Is the teacher funny? etc.

Or if not bring a poster to the class and ask questions about the poster using yes no questions with the verb to be. and then personalize with the students. Just be dynamic and fun.

[adrianavel]

thanks

[Kujaku]

hi, I know this is quite a late reply, but what we did was we found pictures of famous people. Each learner was given a card and they had to go around finding the matching card, i.e. a pair. Students asked: ''Are you ~?'' and the other student had to respond withe either: ''Yes, I am.''/''No, I'm not.''
If the children are younger, just ask each one: ''Are you Doreamon/Pikachu/Mickey Mouse etc?'' But ask one or two their right name just so that it doesn't become repetitive. Smaller students will find this amusing^^ Hope this was of some help even though it is so late...?

[adrianavel]

Quote Kujaku

hi, I know this is quite a late reply, but what we did was we found pictures of famous people. Each learner was given a card and they had to go around finding the matching card, i.e. a pair. Students asked: ''Are you ~?'' and the other student had to respond withe either: ''Yes, I am.''/''No, I'm not.''
If the children are younger, just ask each one: ''Are you Doreamon/Pikachu/Mickey Mouse etc?'' But ask one or two their right name just so that it doesn't become repetitive. Smaller students will find this amusing^^ Hope this was of some help even though it is so late...?

I did something similar to this with cartoons in another class, and it was great
thanks x the reply