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What do you think of....?

We don't want to go quite that deep, so I've only included positive answers in the song, but it can be a useful set of phrases to teach!

There are several ways of doing this song, and I keep finding out new ones, but here's one example to get you going.

First of all select 4 volunteers, 2 boys and 2 girls. ( Use Mingle if you have to!)

In the first line the teacher says asks the rest of the class "What do you think of this?" and the 4 kids start dancing. You could maybe get the 4 kids to ask as well, but it's OK if just the teacher says it as the kids already have quite a bit to do.

Then the teacher asks "What do yo think of this?" and the kids do another dance.


Now in the chorus the teacher says "I think it's good!" whilst doing a "thumbs up".
The class repeats with the thumbs up



Next is "I think it's great!" whilst pushing your arms up in the air.



Third is "I think it's cool!" - you can make your own gesture here, but I usually use 2 thumbs up!


And finally "I think it's excellent!" - here I stretch my arms out to the sides!
Repeat the chorus.

In the next verse the teacher says "What do you think of him?" and points to the first boy. In the time allowed he has to say as many English words as he can!!
You say "What do you think of him?" and point to the next boy. He again has to say as many English words as he can in the time.

In the next chorus the teacher says the line with the action and the kids repeat, but this time it's "I think HE's....."

Similarly with the 3rd verse with the girls and "I think SHE's....."



It can be a bit tricky to set this up, so make sure you do it without the music at least once so everyone knows what is going one. But when you do put the music on it brings things up to a whole new level and makes it into a fun performance piece, like being on a TV quiz show!


You can of course do this in different ways, by maybe making the kids dance every time instead of saying English words. Or make them do a self introduction instead of just English words. Or you could choose kids at random during the actual song! This can work really, really great for shy kids, because even if they only say one word, they'll have the whole class saying "I think he/she's good, great, cool, excellent!" which is a great confidence booster for anyone!

As I say this can be a bit more tricky to teach than the other themes, but it's a great way for the kids to express themselves.



Recommended Game

1. Put the kids in groups.
2. Decide whether you will answer with "It's good, great" etc. or "It's not good great" etc.
3. In turn the kids have to ask you questions that will elicit from you the correct response
e.g. "What do you think of pokemon?" if the answer is supposed to be something you like.
or "What do you think of onion and apple sandwiches?" if it's something you're not supposed to like!

You can of course have lots of fun tricking the kids!

Worksheet:
In each of the four big boxes they draw a picture of a famous person, place, cartoon character etc. Then they go round the class doing an interview asking their friends "What do you think of.. ?" plus whatever they have drawn in each box. Their friend answers with "I think he/she/it's.. " plus either, good, excellent etc. or "not good" etc. If the answer is positive they put a tick in the first of the small boxes under their picture. For a negative reply they put a cross. They ask five people so they have filled all five smaller boxes for each picture. They then total up the score for each of their four items, a tick is +1 point, a cross is -1 point. Go round the class and find out what things have the biggest and lowest scores! Great for finding out what's popular with the kids!


The "What do you think of ...?"  song can be found on CD vol. 5 !

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