Inspired by: Market Scene in a Northern Town - Week 4

Inspired by a bustling market scene, the lesson focuses on developing children's inference skills through role-play and understanding of grammar through writing activities. Children are invited to delve into the lives of a mother and son depicted in the painting, who are caught up in the throes of birthday party preparations. The scenario sets the stage for the young learners to explore the reasons behind their lateness, such as the boy misplacing his coat, and to empathise with the characters' feelings of stress and cold. This is brought to life through role-play, encouraging children to consider the dialogue and emotions that might be exchanged between the mother and son as they navigate their busy day.

Further enhancing their language skills, the lesson shifts to grammar with a focus on list-making. Using commas to separate items is the key learning point, demonstrated through examples of party food ingredients and sandwich fillings. The children are tasked with noticing the similarities and differences in the lists provided and then applying their observations to create their own lists for various party foods. Additionally, they practice describing characters from the painting by listing clothing items, learning to punctuate their sentences with commas correctly. The final activity transitions to verb tenses, where children compare their feelings about parties with those of the character George, using the continuous form of verbs to express actions and states of being in the past and present, thereby reinforcing their understanding of grammar and verb usage.