Vocabulary Building Project

Theme: Clothes and Accessories

Thank you for your interest in the captioned scheme. In this file, you will find the materials of the theme

(Clothes and Accessories). They are:

Materials Page

a) Information on the platform (Students’ Learning Content)

i) Vocabulary for students to learn and practice

ii) Links for students to explore

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b) Teaching Plan

i) Learning objectives

ii) Task 1

iii) Task 2

iv) Task 3

v) Task 4

vi) Reference links for teachers

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c) Teaching Materials

i) Task 1

ii) Task 2

iii) Task 3

iv) Task 4

v) Matching cards (for carrying out similar activities as

Theme 1(Animals and their babies) Task 1)

Appendix (Theme 2

Task 1)

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Appendix (Theme 2

Matching cards)

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Vocabulary Building Project

(Theme: Clothes and Accessories )

Learning Objectives:

Vocabulary learning: To enrich students’ knowledge about names of clothes and accessories.

Vocabulary building skills: To equip students with the skill to associate words (colours, patterns and style)

related to clothes.

Information on the platform:

Vocabulary for students to learn and practice:

Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4

Topic Vocabulary:

Clothes and

accessories (I)

Vocabulary:

Clothes and

accessories (I)

Word association skill:

Adjectives (colour)

Word association skill:

Adjectives (patterns

and style)

Vocabulary

covered in

the game

gloves Scarf gold spotted

boots Sweater silver striped

vest Blazer bronze checked

sandals Pyjamas navy pleated

bowtie Poncho violet flared

jeans Uniform grey tartan

blouse Mittens cyan plain

belt Jumper scarlet fancy

handbag Tights ivory tight

wallet Brooch khaki loose

Extra

vocabulary

for

enhancement

trousers Watch tan trendy

overalls Necklace magenta stylish

cardigan Earrings rainbow smart

sneakers Badge blond pale

slippers Bangle indigo scruffy

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Links for students to explore:

Level 1: Vocabulary - Clothes and accessories (I)

1. Story - My favourite clothes http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-stories-clothes.htm

2. Dress Mr. Tumble http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/somethingspecial/games/dressup.shtml

3. Clothing and grooming-related words http://www.enchantedlearning.com/dictionarysubjects/clothing.shtml

4. Learning dictionary – clothes http://www.kidsgame.com.tw/english/dire_yam/dict/category.asp?catid=14

5. Song – Don’t put your trousers on

your head

http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-songs-clothes.htm

Level 2: Vocabulary - Clothes and accessories (II)

1. Story – The sun and the wind http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/tikkabilla/stories/sunwind.shtml

2. ETV - One white sock, one yellow

sock

mms://wmedia.hkedcity.net/archive/etv/2/ento117_150k.wmv

3. Memory – Accessories http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/averroes/interlex/hotpot/memory/

memaccessories.htm

4. Clothing and grooming-related rords http://www.enchantedlearning.com/dictionarysubjects/clothing.shtml

5. Clothes – English vocabulary

practice

http://www.eclecticenglish.com/applets/clothes.html

Level 3: Word association skill - Adjectives (colour)

1. Story about colours: I spy http://www.primarygames.com/storybooks/i_spy/start.htm

2. Colors – Preschool games http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/preschool/ngames/colors.htm

3. Colors word search http://www.primarygames.com/puzzles/word_searches/colors_/search.htm

4. Learning dictionary – Colours http://www.kidsgame.com.tw/english/dire_yam/dict/category.asp?catid=25

5. Colors vocabulary and pronunciation http://www.bukisa.com/videos/21296_colors-vocabulary-and-pronunciation

Level 4: Word association skill: Adjectives (patterns and style)

1. Clothes – Order of adjectives http://vanda51.blogspot.com/2008/11/clothes-order-of-adjectives.html

2. Clothes adjectives http://bogglesworldesl.com/files6/clothing_adjectives.doc

3. Adjectives describing clothes http://www.esl-images.com/vocabulary_topic_display.asp?

images=Describing+Clothes&topic=15

4. Learning dictionary – Adjectives http://www.enchantedlearning.com/dictionarysubjects/adjectives.shtml

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Teaching Plan on Clothes and Accessories

Learning Objectives:

- To enrich students’ knowledge about names of clothes and accessories;

- To equip students with the skill to associate adjectives (colours, patterns and styles) related to clothes;

- To encourage students to learn about clothes and accessories through reading a story.

Materials:

- Task 1: clothes and accessories pictures cards, letter game cards

- Task 2: clothes and accessories pictures cards (from task 1), adjectives picture cards (colours and other

adjectives), worksheet 1

- Task 3: worksheet 2, online story (The sun and the wind)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/tikkabilla/stories/sunwind.shtml

- Task 4: worksheet 3, online story (I spy) http://www.primarygames.com/storybooks/i_spy/start.htm

Tasks:

Task 1 – How do you spell … ?

Target items: names of clothes and accessories

Materials: clothes and accessories picture cards, letter cards (Appendix (theme 2))

Steps:

Level 1 (for less able students):

1. Divide students groups of 4 (2 teams) and give out a set of picture cards and letter cards.

2. Students put the cards on the desk with the white side facing themselves.

3. One student randomly turns over 1 card, 2 teams spell the word by rearranging the letters. The team

first spells out the word can take the picture card.

4. The team who gets more picture cards will be the winner.

Level 2 (for more able students):

1. Divide students in groups of 4 (2 teams, team A and team B) and give out a set of picture cards and

letter cards.

2. Students put the cards on the desk with the white side facing themselves

3. Team A draws a card and speaks out the name of the clothes or accessories in the picture, team B spells

the word by rearranging the letters. If the team spells the word correctly, the team can take the picture

card.

4. The team who fails to speak out the name of the clothes or spell the word, the other team can take the

picture card.

5. The team who gets more picture cards will be the winner.

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Task 2 – Adjectives to describe clothes and accessories

Target items: the skill to associate words (colours and other adjectives) related to clothes

Materials: clothes and accessories pictures cards (from task 1), adjectives picture cards (colours and other

adjectives), worksheet 1

Steps:

Level 1 (for less able students):

1. Divide the class into two groups, group A and group B. Each student of group A gets a picture card of

clothes or accessories. Each student of group B gets a picture card of adjectives.

2. Teacher picks one student from group A and one student group B to show their cards to the class.

Teacher demonstrates how to add adjective to describe the clothes or accessories.

(e.g. navy + jeans = navy jeans)

3. Students walk around the classroom to find a partner from another group to form a pair.

4. Teacher invites some pairs to present the information in the picture cards using the pattern

(e.g. navy + jeans = navy jeans).

5. Students work together to finish the worksheet.

Level 2 (for more able students):

1. Divide students in pairs, student A and student B. Student A gets the picture cards of clothes or

accessories. Student B gets the picture cards of adjectives.

2. Students ask teacher a question “What does he/she wear?” Teacher makes up a sentence (e.g. He wears

navy jeans.).

3. Students need to find the correct picture cards (e.g. “navy” and “jeans”) and show to the rest of the

students.

4. The pair who is the faster to find the correct picture cards will be the winner.

5. Students apply what they have learned to finish the worksheet.

Task 3 – Reading (The Sun and the Wind)

Target items: clothes

Materials: worksheet 2, online story (The sun and the wind)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/tikkabilla/stories/sunwind.shtml

Steps:

1. Teacher shows students the picture of the sun and the wind, then asks students to think if the Sun or the

Wind is stronger.

2. Teacher reads the story to the students.

3. Teacher asks students why they think the Sun is stronger, then asks students about the clothes they wear

when it is cold or not.

4. Students finish the worksheet base on the information in the story.

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Task 4 – Reading (Story about colours – I spy)

Target items: colours

Materials: Worksheet 3, online story (I spy) http://www.primarygames.com/storybooks/i_spy/start.htm

Steps:

1. Teacher asks students to brainstorm the colours they can think of. Teacher writes the colours in the form

of mind map on the blackboard.

2. Teacher reads the story to the students.

3. Teacher divides students in 10 groups. Each group proposes some objects with that colour and write the

name of the objects on the mind map on the blackboard.

4. Teacher consolidates if the objects written on the board are in the corresponding colour.

5. Students write the colours and objects in the worksheet.

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Reference links for teachers:

Clothes and accessories

1. Title: Internet picture dictionary – Clothes and apparel

Link: http://www.pdictionary.com/english/browse.php?db=clothing*and*apparel

Description: This website contains pictures and names of different clothes and apparel, which are

easy for students to understand and learn more words about clothes

2. Title: Clothing flashcards

Link: http://www.englishraven.com/flashcardsclothing.html

Description: This website contains flashcards on clothes.

3. Title: Clothes vocabulary worksheets

Link: http://bogglesworldesl.com/clothes_worksheets.htm Description: This website contains worksheets (e.g. crosswords, word search, bingo game) for

teachers to carry out activities related to clothes.

4. Title: Clothes and adjectives for clothing

Link: http://www.britishcouncil.org.br/etp/unit15c_print.html

Description: This is an online exercise with names of clothes and adjectives related to clothes.

Colours

1. Title: Colours

Link: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/colors/

Description This website provides a lot of useful learning and teaching materials (e.g. worksheets,

rhymes, crafts, etc.) about colour.

2. Title: Print colour projects for kids, family and teachers

Link: http://www.billybear4kids.com/worksheets/start-colors.html

Description This website provides printable projects related to colours.

3. Title: Kindermans’ color song

Link: http://www.songsforteaching.com/kinderman/colors.htm

Description This website introduces a song about colour. It contains the lyrics and audio file of this

song.

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Task 2 – Worksheet 1

Worksheet 1 Name: ______________________ ( ) Date: ___________________

What colour are these clothes or accessories? Write sentences about these clothes and colour the pictures.

e.g. Sandy wears violet gloves .

1. Priscilla wears .

2. Thomas wears .

3. Lucas wears .

4. Tracy wears .

5. I wear .

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Priscilla’s

Sandy’s

Thomas’s

Lucas’s

Tracy’s

___________’s

Task 3 – Worksheet 2

Worksheet 2 – The sun and the wind Name: ______________________ ( ) Date: ___________________

Read the story “The Sun and the Wind” and finish the questions.

1. What does the man wear when the north wind blows?

He wears ______________________________________________.

2. What does the man wear when the sun shines?

He wears ______________________________________________.

3. Which one is stronger, the Sun or the Wind? Why?

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________.

4. What do you wear when it is cold or hot? Draw the clothes and write the sentences below.

When it is cold, When it is hot,

I wear _____________________________

___________________________________.

I wear _____________________________

___________________________________.

Online story – The sun and the wind: http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/tikkabilla/stories/sunwind.shtml

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Task 4 – Worksheet 3

Worksheet 3 – Colours Name: ______________________ ( ) Date: ___________________

Read the story “I Spy” and write the colours and objects in the mind map.

Which colour do you like most?

I like ______________________________________________________________.

Online story - I spy: http://www.primarygames.com/storybooks/i_spy/start.htm

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Colours

. chick

. strawberry

e.g. apple

. frog

red

. telephone

. balloon

. rabbit

. cat

. mouse

.

. butterfly

e.g. orange juice

orange