This song for is for students who are a little further along in the Genki English curriculum with verbs and the “adverbs of frequency” i.e. always, sometimes, rarely & never. Y
ou will definitely get these stuck in your head after listening to them!
As always we want to do a simple 3 Step Lesson Plan.
- Warm Up and Review
- Input with the Song above
- Output with the Game below
The “Never, never!” Game!
1. The kids gather at one side of the room.
2. The teacher holds up one picture card and the kids have to make today’s question out of it, i.e. for the “eat” card they would say “What do you do on Halloween? Do you eat?”
3. If the teacher answers “Always!”, “Sometimes” or “Rarely” all is fine and repeat from step 2 with a different card.
4. But … if the teacher says “Never!” the kids all rush to the opposite side of the room.
5. The teacher runs through the kids to touch the wall at the side where they were previously standing.
6. If any of the kids take longer than the teacher to touch their wall, they are out!
7. Repeat from step 1.
Lots and lots of fun!
Ninja Tip: Usually you’d teach these part way through the Genki English curriculum so the discipline should all be in order. If you haven’t done Genki English with your kids yet and need a little help with discipline, check out the Genki Discipline Toolkit to make sure everyone is up to speed on how to behave in your class!
Extra VIP Goodies
If you’re an awesome VIP Member (you get lifetime VIP Membership with the Teacher’s Set) you also have lots of other games to play with this song on the VIP Menu at the top of the page:
VIP Members can also download the A4 flashcards here:
And you can find all the Genki Halloween lessons on the main Genki Halloween Page.
Enjoy!
Be genki,
Richard
P.S. There’s also a post about how I created the graphics over in the Genki Business group!
