Activity 1 Activity 2 Activity 3 - Macmillan Readers this second lesson plan about Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, students will learn about character, plot and storyline in the

Let's have a tea party!

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Lesson plan 2Pre A1 levelGet ready to perform!

Activity 1: Preparing to perform

Objectives:

► to explore characters further and deepen comprehension of The tea party

► to think about what they are reading and prepare to perform

Put students into groups of four or five. Tell them there should be one Alice, one March Hare, one Mad Hatter and

one Dormouse in each group. Hand out The tea party chapter and Worksheet 1: At the tea party! Tell students to

underline the character names for example ‘Dormouse’.

Ask them to complete Worksheet 1 with their own dialogue and drawings in the boxes provided. Ask them to

decide if their character is friendly, angry, silly, sleepy etc., where they are and also what they are doing in each

moment.

You can also assign a Director to the group or add extra characters like the Caterpillar or the Cheshire Cat, as

well as ask other students to practice the Mad Hatter’s Twinkle, twinkle little bat song on page 44.

In this second lesson plan about Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, students will learn about character, plot

and storyline in the context of drama.

Activity 1: 15 minutes Activity 2: 15 minutes Activity 3: 20-30 minutes


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Activity 2: Rehearsing

Objectives:

► to practice saying and performing The tea party

► to work on pronunciation

► to work as part of a team

Hand out Worksheet 2: Vocabulary and in their groups ask students to practice the vocabulary and cut out the

words to make sentences they can use in their performance.

As they practice remind the Director/s that they are responsible for checking whether the characters speak with

the right emotion, are in the correct place and do the right actions.

Activity 3: Performing

Objectives:

► to perform part of the story in English

► to provide a recording of their work

► to reinforce and support understanding of the story

The groups can now perform for the class. As well as submitting the recording to the competition, you can let the

students watch and listen to themselves afterwards. This is useful for them, if you’d like them to assess their own

pronunciation etc.

The competition judges will be looking out for the use of vocabulary, the introduction of the characters, the use of

all Alice-themed props and of course your own fun and creativity!

You can find the competition criteria and as well as all the other materials in the Competition Kit at

www.macmillanreaders.com/alice-in-asia/competition-kit


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Would you like

some ?Yes, please.

No, thanks.?

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Twinkle, twinkle, little bat,How I wonder what you’re at.Up above the world you fly,Like a tea tray in the sky,Twinkle, twinkle, little bat,

How I wonder what you’re at!

Worksheet 1At the tea party!

Is there

any butter?

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tea

butter

cake

the Mad Hatter

teacup

Alice

the March Hare

the Dormouse

the Caterpillar

the Cheshire Cat

I am….

Is there any….?

Would you like some….?

No, thank you.

What’s your name?

Yes, there is.

No, there isn’t.

Yes, please.

I’m hungry.

I’m full.

Worksheet 2Vocabulary

the Queen of Hearts

the Mad Hatter

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