The document provides information and instructions for various classroom activities from the Backpack English textbook. It includes pair and group work activities, grammar drills, reading comprehension questions, spelling and vocabulary exercises, listening comprehension tasks, and writing prompts. The teacher is encouraged to modify activities as needed to ensure they are suitable and effective for students.

2. Backpack
Reza Abedi

3. Who …
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2
3
4
likes getting children to discuss in pairs?
tries to teach everything in Backpack?
likes teaching grammar?
thinks reading aloud helps with
pronunciation?
5 thinks writing is the most difficult skill?
6 teaches Backpack exactly as it says in the
Teacher’s Guide?

4. Intro – including some grammar

5. ‘There is no doubt that a knowledge of grammatical rules
is essential for the mastery of the language.’
(Penny Ur, teacher trainer, and author of Grammar
Practice Activities)
‘Grammar is not very important. The majority of languages
have a very complex grammar. English has very little
grammar and consequently it is not very important to
understand it.’
(From the publicity of a London language school)
Quoted in How to Teach Grammar, Scott Thornbury

6. Practising Grammar

7. Practising grammar – Drilling 1
How does the ice cream taste?
It tastes sweet.
wind chimes
popcorn
a pin
drums
Backpack 3, unit 6

8. Practising Grammar - Drilling 2
One person
Two people
Three people in our group
Everyone
No one
likes
like
fish
EG One person in our group likes fish
Backpack 3

9. Gap fill

10. Complete the sentences. Use
more … than or the most.
1 The silver jewelry is __________ the beaded jewelry.
2
Outdoor markets have __________ clothes of all.
3
Birds with beautiful songs are __________ of all.
Backpack 5, unit 4

11. Other possibilities
Do it in pairs
Do it in groups.
Do it competitively.
Do it together on the board.
Do it as a dictation.
Hand out the exercise completed with some
mistakes. Children have to identify the mistakes.

12. 6 statements

13. Some questions

14. 1 What do you
2 What do you
3 What do you
school?
4 What do you
5 What do you
do before you eat breakfast?
do after you eat breakfast?
do after you get home from
do before you eat dinner?
do after you watch TV?
Backpack 3

15. What about errors?

16. Who do you agree with?
‘The student must be trained to learn by making as
few mistakes as possible … He must be trained to
adopt correct learning habits right from the start.’
Louis Alexander
‘Making mistakes is an important part of language
learning. Only by experimenting with the language
and receiving feedback can students begin to work
out how the language works.’
Abbs and Freebairn
Quoted in How to Teach Grammar, Scott Thornbury

17. That film isn’t enough interesting to
watch.

18. 1 No! Wrong!
2 That film isn’t interesting enough to watch.
3 Word order!
4 No! Can anyone help?
5 That film isn’t …?
6 That film isn’t enough interesting to watch?
7 That film isn’t what?
8 Good!
9 Teacher says nothing, but writes down error for
future correction.

19. Speaking

20. In your groups …

21. … you have 10 minutes …

22. … to talk about …

23. … Australian birds.

24. Please start …

25. … now!

26. Dialogues

27. Shop assistant: Can I help you?
Customer:
Yes, please. I want skates.
Shop assistant: Do you want these big skates?
Customer:
No, I want little skates.
Shop assistant: Do you want those skates?
Customer:
Backpack 1, unit 8
Yes. Thank you!

28. Shop assistant: Can I ____ ____?
Customer:
Yes, please. I want ____.
Shop assistant: Do you want these ____ ____?
Customer:
No, I want ____ ____.
Shop assistant: Do you want ____ ____?
Customer:
Yes. ____ ____!
Backpack 1, Unit 8

29. Shop assistant: Can ____ ____ ____?
Customer:
Yes, ____. ____ ____ ____.
Shop assistant: Do you ____ ____ ____ ____?
Customer:
No, ____ ____ ____ ____.
Shop assistant: Do ____ ____ ____ ____?
Customer:
Yes. ____ ____!
Backpack 1, Unit 8

30. Shop assistant: ____ ____ ____ ____?
Customer:
____ ____. ____ ____ ____.
Shop assistant: ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
____?
Customer:
____, ____ ____ ____ ____.
Shop assistant: ____ ____ ____ ____ ____?
Customer:
____. ____ ____!
Backpack 1, Unit 8

31. Shop assistant: Can I help you?
Customer:
Yes, please. I want skates.
Shop assistant: Do you want these big skates?
Customer:
No, I want little skates.
Shop assistant: Do you want those skates?
Customer:
Backpack 1, unit 8
Yes. Thank you!

32. Find someone who has to …
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2
3
4
5
6
… make his/her bed.
… go shopping.
… clean his/her room
… look after a pet.
… help his/her parents.
… go to bed early.
Backpack 3, Unit 3

33. • can
• like
• have

34. Spelling and Vocab

36. ACCOMMODATION

37. cloudy
cold
windy
warm
snowy
rainy
Backpack 3, unit 5

38. cinema
___________________________
city
___________________________
police station
___________________________
toy shop
___________________________
hospital
___________________________
Backpack 2, unit 4

39. red
Backpack 1

40. Practic yor Speling!
M sistr s a secretry nd sh tpes
lettrs. M grandmothr s a salespersn
nd sh slls cloths.
Backpack 3, Unit 2

41. lion, elephant, peacock, tiger, zebra,
kangaroo, crocodile, monkey, hippo,
rabbit, snake
Backpack 2, Unit 8

42. Ranking activities
From shortest word to longest word
Alphabetically
By size
By how much you like/dislike
By intelligence

43. Classifying activities
By speed
By number of legs
By type (mammal, bird etc)

44. Word Class Dictation
Animal
Food
Sport

45. nearby, pet, unfortunately, long, then,
French, dirty, very, first, together
Hi! My name is Monica. Today is a busy day.
First, I have to clean my room and feed my
bird. Then I have to go to the nearby
library with my mother. We have to return
some books. Then we are going shopping.
After that, I have to practice the piano.
After dinner, I’m going to write a letter to
my pen pal.

46. Foods in Our Future/Robots win the World Cup
time, same, device, electronic, control, remote, in fact, advanced, today,
day, sunny, to work, television, light, problem, new, cable, big, to solve,
to invent, to light, to trip, wireless, attached, convenient, first, channel,
to change, to turn on, plastic, top, to turn, rubber band, to wrap, jar,
another, use, thing, book, paper, elastic, special, kind, creation, useful,
lens, scientist, stiff, thick, technology, breakthrough, dark, glass, heavy,
color, eye, to change, people, better, animal, farm, to transport,
certainly, paper, instead of, cloth, to race, to sightsee, to travel,
balloon, air, hot, duck, sheep, rooster, passenger, to carry, later, year,
to launch, brother
Backpack 5, unit 7

47. Find five words you like.
Find three useful words
Find the longest word.
Are any of the words the same in Farsi?

48. Reading

49. The Krinklejup
A krinklejup was parling a tristlebin. A
barjam stipped. The barjam gupped ‘Minto’ to
the krinklejup. The krinklejup zisked zoely.
1 What was the krinklejup doing?
2 What stipped?
3 What did the barjam gup?
4 How did the krinklejup zisk?

50. Backpack 3, Unit 2
A 0000000 Family
Hi, I’m Natasha, and I work with my family in the 0000000.
We all work very hard, but every day in the 0000000 world
is exciting. My grandfather is an 0000000. He controls all
the 0000000 lights for the 0000000. My grandmother is a
0000000. She sews beautiful costumes for people to
0000000. My father is a trapeze artist. He 0000000 on a
trapeze and flies through the air. My mother is an acrobat.
She can turn cartwheels and 0000000 very high. My uncle is
a clown. He makes people 0000000. My aunt is a 0000000.
She can keep many things in the air at the same time. Being
a 0000000 family is hard work – and 0000000.
Backpack 3 unit 2

51. 1 Where does Natasha work?
2 What are the days like?
3 What does Natasha’s grandfather do?
4 What does Natasha’s grandmother make?
5 What do her parents do?
6 Who can turn cartwheels?
7 Who is a clown?
8 What can Natasha’s aunt do?

53. Our Neighbourhood
1
Is the shoe shop next to the cinema?
2
Is the fire station on the corner?
3
Is there a shopping mall in the neighbourhood?
4
Is the toyshop between the cinema and the bookshop?
5
Is the bookshop next to the greengrocer?
6
Is the restaurant on the corner?
Backpack 2, Unit 4

54. Our Neighbourhood
1
Is the shoe shop next to the cinema? No
2
Is the fire station on the corner? Yes
3
Is there a shopping mall in the neighbourhood? No
4
Is the toyshop between the cinema and the bookshop? No
5
Is the bookshop next to the greengrocer’s? Yes
6
Is the restaurant on the corner? No

55. Effective or Ineffective
1 using finger to help eyes to follow text
E/I/?
2 translating words and sentences into Farsi
E/I/?
3 writing down all new words
E/I/?
4 finding the sentence that contains the main idea E/I/?
5 studying and writing vocabulary lists
E/I/?
6 looking at the task before reading the text
E/I/?
7 asking students to read the text aloud
E/I/?
8 reading text aloud to students
E/I/?

56. Listening

57. Effective or Ineffective
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8
Teacher says listen and plays text once. E/I
Teacher tells children why they are listening. E/I
Teacher asks class to predict vocab they will hear. E/I
Teacher asks children to listen and summarise in Arabic.
E/I
Teacher asks children to translate each sentence. E/I
Teacher plays cassette again and again until children
understand. E/I
Children read the tapescript as they listen. E/I
Teacher tells children they should have listened more
carefully. E/I

58. Hi! My name is Monica. Today is a busy day.
First, I have to clean my room and feed my
bird. Then I have to go to the library with
my mother. We have to return some books.
Backpack 3, Unit 3

59. Dictogloss

60. Writing

61. The process of writing
• Pre-writing
• First (rough) draft
• Revision/reorganisation
• Second draft
• Editing/checking
• Final version

62. My Writing 1
my letters
my capital letters
my full stops
my spaces
my sentences
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63. My Writing 2
Is my writing on the line?
Y
N
Are my letters too big?
Y
N
Are my letters the same size?
Y
N
Are there gaps between the words?
Y
N
Are there capital letters?
Y
N
Can I read my writing?
Y
N
Can my friend read my writing?
Y
N

64. You work for a newspaper and want to interview children
from other countries. What would you ask them? Think of
ten questions and write them down.
Marie
1 Do you like cold weather?
2 ______________________________________
3 ______________________________________
4 ______________________________________
5 ______________________________________

65. 1 Memory game with pictures on the wall.
2 Teacher dictates a list of words. Children write words on separate pieces
of paper. Teacher shows Picture Card. Children hold up the correct
word.
3 Teacher shows a set of pictures. Children write words on separate piece
of paper. Teacher shows picture and children hold up correct word.
4 Use the same word cards as in previous activity. This time teacher calls
out one of the words and children hold up correct card.
5 Teacher conceals Picture Card so children cannot see it. Children guess
what the word is. Teacher shows the word.
6 Teacher fixes Picture Cards on the wall around the room. Teacher calls
out the words. Children point to the picture.
7 Give out a few Picture Cards to each group. Children arrange the words
into alphabetical order.
8 Give out a few Picture Cards to each group. Children arrange the words in
order from least to most letters.
9 Give out a few Picture Cards to each group picture side up. Describe one
of the pictures. Children have to guess which picture you are describing.
10 Reveal the word or picture.
11 Use Picture Cards as a prompt when telling a simple story.

66. Is Backpack perfect?

67. Why might an activity be unsuitable?

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3
4
What can we do with an activity
that is not suitable?

69. 1 skip it
2 replace it
3 modify it
4 supplement it

70. 
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Good
OK
Needs modification