Stage Two: The Picnic Activity Plan

Introduction to The Picnic Activity Plan

In this activity plan you will learn about teaching food vocabulary as well as talking about the weather and temperature. You will also learn about how to associate food with sounds and movement. The activities include expressive mime, improvisation, group and individual interactions, games and project activities.

Below are a list of aims and materials that will be required for this lesson.

Language Aims Vocabulary of: Food, hot/cold, insects, weather
Performance Aims Mime
Expressive movement
Improvisation
Group interaction through choral dialogue and individual contributions
Materials required for this activity A tablecloth, a cardboard box,paper or plastic cups

Tips for using this Activity Plan. Notes about timing:

  • With any improvisation activities, it is hard to be exact about timing as the children may get very involved and want to continue for longer, or may not respond as you expected. However as a rough guideline, you could spend approximately 15 minutes on each activity. With very young learners it is better to do a little and often.
  • When rehearsing for a performance, spend at least one lesson making sure everyone knows where to move and when.
  • For Trinity Stage Two, performances should last from 10-20 minutes.

Getting Started..

These concepts will be introduced over the following sections of the activity plan. To begin click on the next button at the bottom of the page.