I,You,He,She, We are Happy.. Pronouns Song
Target Language: pronouns /
verb &to be&
Target Grade: kindergarten to Junior High 1
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I am, you are, he is happy
by Richard Graham
I am hungry.
I am hungry.
You are hungry.
You are hungry.
He is hungry.
He is hungry.
She is hungry.
She is hungry.
We are hungry.
We are hungry.
They are hungry.
They are hungry.
Everybody is hungry.
I am thirsty.
I am thirsty.
You are thirsty.
You are thirsty.
He is thirsty.
He is thirsty.
She is thirsty.
She is thirsty.
We are thirsty.
We are thirsty.
They are thirsty.
They are thirsty.
Everybody is thirsty.
I am happy.
I am happy.
You are happy.
You are happy.
He is happy.
He is happy.
She is happy.
She is happy.
We are happy.
We are happy.
They are happy.
They are happy.
Everybody is happy.Everybody is happy.
Bonus Materials...
A4 Flashcards
Mini Cards
Lesson Plan
Islands Game
Origami Game
can click on the pictures above to print them out
In the first several lessons of an English course you should always start
off with &I& and &You& for the very simple reason that
these are pronouns that kids use the most.
But once you've done several &I& themes e.g. , , ,
etc. you can then use this pronouns song to dramatically increase the
amount of English the kids can say. It's a huge confidence booster!
How to teach...
In the previous lessons make sure you've at least done
and the . Of course the more themes you've done before the better this theme works.
1. Put the I'm hungry card on the board and make sure the kids remember
it. Do the gesture for &hungry&. For the &I& part either
point to yourself or another idea is to use the sign language for &I&.
2. Sing the &I am hungry& line from the song with the gestures.
If the kids notice the difference simply say that you can either use &I
am hungry& or &I'm hungry& in English. Don't let other teachers
go into a big grammar explanation.
3. Get the kids to repeat with the actions. If you can do it, it's always
fun to joke with the kids by saying &No, I am hungry!& etc.
4. Teach them how to say &You are hungry&. This time with a gesture
of either pointing at the kids or the sign language for &you&.
5. Get the kids to repeat from step 3 using the other pronouns.
For &He& you point to one boy in the class, for &she&
point to one girl, for &we& point to lots of people and include
yourself, for &they& point to people away from yourself, and
for &everybody& try and include the whole class in your gesture.
Or as mentioned before use the sign language, whichever version you are
familiar with, for these words.
6. Now put up the &thirsty& card (from the ). See if the kids can figure out the &you are thirsty& etc.
parts. You can either do this by asking the kids in their own language
and getting them to translate into English or by using the pronoun picture
cards or gestures. This is a really important step. We want the kids to
realise they can chop and mix and change the language they know to mean
new things.
7. Now crank up the CD player to full and sing the song. The kids will
love it, it's possibly the best ever Genki English song! If you've done
&hungry& and &thirsty& explicitly you normally don't
need to prepare &happy& separately, the kids will pick up on
it straight away.
8. Everyone will be on a super high note. So hit them with some tests.
Teach &and& and &but& and then use either gestures,
the kids' native language or picture kids to elicit lines such as &I
am hungry, but she is thirsty and they are tired& The kids will love
the great big confidence boost making a long sentence like this gives!
9. Usually that will be the end of the lesson so finish on another big
loud rendition of the song!
Recommend Game: I am a dinosaur game
For the 2nd lesson, review the song and put up all the
words on the board. If you're really adventurous, and they've already
done the theme, you could use the
words to come up with sentences like &I am eating but she is dancing
and he is fishing.& Then you can try today's game:
1. Put the kids into pairs.
2. The first person in the pair says &I am ...& plus one of the
words from the board, e.g. I am cold.
3. The other person in the pair makes it into a &you& sentence,
e.g. &You are cold&
4. Repeat from step 2.
5. But if the first person says &I am a dinosaur& then both players
have to race and touch the nearest wall.
6. The fastest person to the wall gets a point!
7. They repeat with the other person asking questions.
8. After a while get them to make groups of 3 ( is great for this).
9. Now one person says &I am...& and the other two say &He
is ...& or &She is...&
Here's a video of the game in action. I originally called it the &I
am the walrus& game, but nobody got it!
Anyway this is one of the best Genki English songs and is hugely popular
with the kids. Give it a try, it serves as a fantastic example of how any
English or any grammar can be taught in a genki way!
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Readers' Comments
I've been using this song in my classes lately and I love it. It has really
helped with the personal pronouns and verbs that I've been teaching lately.
It reminds me of something from my childhood but I can't quite pin down
what. Keep up the good work. Rosebud.
I've used the song now with my 2 classes of sixth graders and it is a
huge hit!! They were singing the song quietly throughout the whole
lesson! It was still in their heads this morning. SUPER!
I place the students in a big circle and on the inside are myself, a student
in front of me and a boy and a girl on either side. You sing to the appropriate
person and those in the middle join hands for &we& then we point
to those in the outer circle &they& and for &everyone&,
everyone joins hands and sings.
Great song. I use Japanese sign language. The
thumb for 'he' the pinky for 'she' both the pinky and thumb on one hand
for 'they'. For 'we' I do an sweeping motion toward and across the body
with an open hand. Whenever I use the words in any sentence or question
I try to do the gesture.
He and She are not 'obvious' signs so before I teach the signs I write
the words 'he' in blue and 'she' in pink on the blackboard. Then I use
pix of famous people by saying 'He' is Ichiro. 'She' is Sayaka Aoki. Then
I ask students 'he' or 'she? by moving the picture to both words. They
catch on really quick. I usually try to end with 'Ikko' or 'Mikawa Kenji'
(Japanese male celebrities who wear dresses and take on a woman persona)
for a laugh. Then I move on to the students who become very aware of the
meaning and difference of the two words. - Gumby
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选C，因为of表示关于，这里一位来自于什么什么学校的。
A,AT THE SCHOOL是短语搭配
选C，表示所属关系
这里应该填 of
表示所属关系at school 才是 固定搭配 具有抽象含义 指的是 上学 在校学习at/in the school
强调的是地点 和范围 在此不妥
答案是C.at the school不一定是学生，可以指学校里面的所有人员
意思是在这个学校。
C 在这个学校里面
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