Teacher's Edition: My Friends & Me
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NEW Page: Phonics and Vocabulary Warm-up ("Sounding Great")

Pedagogical Rationale

This new page serves as a critical pre-teaching step. For weak ESL learners, tackling new vocabulary involves two major hurdles: pronunciation and meaning. This activity, inspired by the phonics workbook, isolates the challenge of pronunciation first. By grouping words with the same phonetic sounds (e.g., /eɪ/ in name, play), we help students recognize patterns, making pronunciation predictable and less intimidating. Once they are confident with the sounds, they can focus their cognitive energy on understanding and using the words in context on the following pages.

Teaching Method & Script

Use this page as the very first activity to build a strong foundation.

  • Introduction: Start with energy! "Good morning, everyone! To make a great presentation, we need to sound great! Today, we will learn some important words and practice their sounds. Let's look at our first page, 'Sounding Great'!"
  • Drill Sounds and Words:
    1. Focus on one sound box at a time. Point to the "The 'ay' Sound" box. "This is the 'ay' sound. Listen: /eɪ/. Like in the word 'play'."
    2. Click the interactive trigger ?? next to the header. Say, "Look! The picture shows you how to make the sound. Let's try it together! /eɪ/, /eɪ/, /eɪ/."
    3. Go through the words in the box. "First word: n-ame, name." Exaggerate the vowel sound. Have students repeat each word multiple times (choral drilling). Use the icons to briefly link to meaning. "Name! What is your name?"
    4. Repeat this process for all sound boxes. Keep the pace brisk and engaging.
  • Practice in Sentences:
    1. Move to the "Let's Say It!" section. "Now, let's use our new words in sentences! This is what you will say in your presentation!"
    2. Read the first sentence clearly: "My name is ______." Click the trigger ?? next to it. Say, "Look! Say it loud and proud! Now you say it to your partner! Go!"
    3. Do this for all sentences. This immediately connects the phonics drill to the final lesson output, giving students a clear reason for the activity.

Connecting to PowerPoint & Main Lesson

This page directly prepares students for the content in both the PowerPoint and the subsequent HTML pages. When they later encounter the 'fact file' (Page 2) or the script template (PPT slide 46), they will have already practiced the key vocabulary (name, age, like, share, friend). Refer back to this page if they struggle with pronunciation later. Say, "Remember the 'ay' sound? Let's say 'name' together again." This reinforcement is key to building long-term retention and confidence.

Sounding Great: My Presentation Words

Let's learn to say the words for our presentation.
  • Listen to the sound.
  • Say the word.
  • Use the word in a sentence!
?? The 'ay' Sound ??
  • name
  • play
  • age
?? The 'eye' Sound ??
  • like
  • kind
  • my
?? The 'air' Sound ??
  • share
  • hair
?? The 'e' Sound ??
  • friend
  • help
  • special

Let's Say It!

1. My name is ___________.??

2. I am __________ years of age.??

3. I like to play with my friend.??

4. He is a kind friend. I share my toys.??

Check Your Sounds!

Page 1: Brainstorming Presentation Content on "Friendship"

Teaching Method & Script

The goal of this page is to help students generate ideas for their presentation. The topic is "My Best Friend," a simple and relatable theme. You will connect the abstract concept of 'friendship' to concrete sentences they can use.

  • Introduction: Start by saying, "Today, we will get ideas for our presentation. The topic is 'My Best Friend'. Look at this page. It gives us many ideas about friends!"
  • Interactive Exploration: Go through the page section by section. When you reach an interactive trigger (the yellow circle), click it. For example, next to "What makes someone a friend?", click the trigger. The visual overlay will appear. Say, "Look! A friend SHARES. A friend is NICE. We can say in our presentation: 'My best friend is nice. He shares his toys with me.'" Write this model sentence on the board.
  • Guided Practice: Do this for all triggers. Encourage students to repeat the model sentences. For the "share our feelings" trigger, you could say, "Good friends listen. I can say: 'I talk to my friend when I am sad.' This is a great sentence for your presentation!"

Connecting to PowerPoint Slides

This is the perfect moment to link back to the "Making Eyes!" slide. After discussing "sharing feelings," ask students: "When you tell your friend you are sad, what is your face like?" (Elicit "sad face"). "What is your friend's face like?" (Elicit "caring" or "listening" face). This reinforces that content (what we say) and delivery (how we look) are connected.

Pedagogical Rationale

For weak ESL learners, moving from reading comprehension to speech production is a huge leap. Using visual triggers with simple, modeled sentences provides a crucial scaffold. It breaks down the task into manageable chunks: Idea (from textbook) -> Visual Cue (animation) -> Model Sentence (teacher's script) -> Student Production. This structured approach builds confidence and provides them with usable language they can directly apply in their presentations.

1.4 My friends

In this lesson, we will get ideas to talk about:
  • what a friend is
  • why friends are important
  • how we should be a good friend

It is good to have friends

What makes someone a friend? ??

We like to spend time with our friends.

What do you do with your friends? ??

We can share our feelings with our close friends. They can help us and support us.

How do you help your friends? ??

Being friendly with everyone

Not everyone is our friend, but we can be friendly to everybody. This means we are kind and we say "hello". ??

Let's Check! What do these pictures mean?

Page 2: Building a "Fact File" for Presentation

Teaching Method & Script

This page directly provides the structure for their presentation: a 'fact file' about themselves. The goal is to turn these points into full sentences.

  • Frame the Activity: Say, "Great! We have ideas about friends. Now, let's make a presentation about YOU! This page helps us make a 'fact file'. A fact file has information about you."
  • Model Sentence Building: Go through the "fact file" points in the Activities box. Point to "a picture of you" and say, "First, we say our name. 'Hello, my name is [Your Name].'" Point to "age" and model, "'I am [number] years old.'" Write these sentence starters on the board.
  • Use Interactive Triggers: When you get to "talents," click the trigger. Say, "A talent is something you are good at. Look! Drawing, football, writing. For your presentation, you can say: 'I am good at football.' or 'I like drawing.'" This connects the abstract word 'talent' to concrete, visual examples.

Connecting to PowerPoint Slides

Link back to the "Eye Contact" slide. Say, "When you are in front of the class, you are telling everyone about YOU. You are special! So, we need good eye contact. Look at your friends. Look at your teacher. Show everyone you are confident!" This connects the personal content of their presentation to the confident delivery style you're teaching.

1.5 Everyone is different

In this lesson, we will get ideas to talk about:
  • that each person is special
  • that people are all different

People look different

We all look different. We have different physical features, like our eyes and hair. ??

People have different talents

People are good at different things. We all enjoy doing different things. A mixture of people makes life interesting. Everybody is special just because of who they are. ??

Activity: Make a 'fact file' for your presentation!

Use these ideas to talk about yourself:

  • your name
  • your age
  • hair colour ??
  • eye colour
  • three things you like ??
  • one thing you dislike ??
Let's Check! What are your talents and likes?
/eɪ/ like play
Listen! ?? ay... ay... ay. Now you try! ????
/aɪ/ like my
Listen! ?? eye... eye... eye. Your turn! ????
/ɛər/ like hair
Listen! ?? air... air... air. You say it! ????
/ɛ/ like friend
Listen! ?? eh... eh... eh. Let's hear you! ????
Hello!My name is...
Stand up! ?? Say it with a big, friendly voice!
?How old?
Tell your partner your age! ??
Mime it! ?? Pretend to play with a friend.
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Use your hands! ?? Show me how you share.

Point to the picture and say the word!

Sharing
A friend is kind. A friend shares things.
Play together!
I play games with my friend. It is fun!
Helping with homework
I help my friend. My friend helps me.
Hello!
Say "hello" and smile at everyone.

What is a good friend?

Point to a picture and tell me!

We are all different!
I have straight hair. My friend has curly hair. We are both special!
I like to draw. My friend likes football. What do you like to do?
Sentence: "My hair is [black/brown/...]".
?? Ice Cream
Sentence: "I like to eat ice cream."
?? Broccoli
Sentence: "I do not like broccoli."

Tell me about you!

Point to a picture and make a sentence.

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