The "How much?" Shopping Lesson|
Target English: Shopping: How much is that...? + Numbers |
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| "How much?" by Richard Graham How much? How much? How much is that dog? How much? How much? How much is that dog? It's 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 I'll take it! How much? How much? How much is that cat? How much? How much? How much is that cat? It's 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 I'll take it! How much? How much? How much is that banana? How much? How much? How much is that banana? It's 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 I'll take it! How much? How much? How much is that monkey? How much? How much? How much is that monkey? It's 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 I'll take it! Thank you! Goodbye! |
This is a great song for practicing numbers and some simple "Shopping English".
1. Teach the phrase "How much?"
and the answer "It's ..... pounds/dollars/yen"
etc.
2. Let the kids practice by playing the stopwatch game, or better still the bargaining game
3. Do a skit where you try to ask the price
of something and the seller has more than
one item!
4. Introduce why you need the phrase
"How
much is that ........ "
5. Go through "How much is that
.....?"
with several items of vocab.
6. You are now ready to play the song!
The Song
1. Put half the kids into a circle.
Give
these kids one picture card (or real
item)
each. They are the "shopkeepers"
2. The other kids form another circle
around
the outside of the first. These kids
are
the "shoppers". Every "shopper"
must pair up with a "shopkeeper"
3. Start the music
4. The shoppers sing "How much?
How
much? How much is that" + the
item that
their shopkeeper is holding.
5. The shopkeepers reply by saying
"It's
10, 9 ,8 ,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,"
6. The shoppers say "I'll take
it!"
7. Now, the shoppers each move round
one place, in a clockwise direction. The
shopkeepers don't move!
8. Repeat from 4.
9. When you have finished, the shoppers
and
shopkeepers change places and play
the song
again!
This usually takes 2 classes for the kids
to be able to do it well, the video is one
of my 5th year classes and it was their 2nd
time. By the way, this wasn't a specially
rehearsed class, I just filmed it as a normal
class so that you can really see what the
kids are like!!
The 10,9,8,7, etc. bit is a bit tricky. But
what I found was that I could make a great
competition out of it! At lunchtime or any
time out of class, if any kid could say the
"10,9,8, etc." bit complete with
melody, in understandable English in
less than 2 seconds then they got a prize
(a sticker!). I had loads of kids trying
to have a go!! Originally I said 5 seconds
but that was too easy!!
Anyway, enjoy the song!!
The song "How Much?" can be found
on the Genki English CD vol. I
Online Game
How much?
Click here for the Teachers' Notes.
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