Enhancing Vocabulary Learning and Teaching at Primary Level

Module 4: People and Places around Me
Unit: Special People in Our Eyes

	1.	Read the newspaper article ‘A special person – a real Superman’ in the textbook Primary Longman Express 4A (2005) Chapter 5 (p. 40) with the pupils.
	2.	Highlight the features of a newspaper article (e.g. the headline, the layout, photos). Guide pupils to find out the qualities of Christopher Reeve, the actor who starred in the movie Superman (e.g. brave, patient, generous).
	3.	Ask pupils to read through the text and identify the verbs / verb phrases that illustrate the good qualities of Christopher Reeve. Have pupils organise the ideas and add them to the spider webs constructed in the previous lessons to gain a deeper understanding of the word meanings.
	4.	Guide pupils to appreciate Superman’s response to the accident and elicit other adjectives to describe Superman (e.g. kind, loving, caring, thoughtful).
	5.	Play a ‘Bingo Game’ with pupils to help them consolidate the learning of the adjectives and the related verbs / verb phrases.