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MRMEN(byJamieKeddie) 2

Todothis,givedefinitionsorpromptsandelicittheadjectivesfrom

studentswhenpossible.Forexample:

Notquiet(noisy) Youhavealottodo.Youare(busy) Youareonlyinterestedinfoodormoney(greedy) Youdontlikeworkingordoinganythingenergetic.Allyou

wanttodoislieonthesofaorstayinbed(lazy)

Decidehowyouaregoingtodisplaytheslideshowinclass.Possibilities

include:

Laptop,desktop,tabletcomputer(iPad,etc.) Computer,projector+screen. SMARTphone,iPhoneorsimilarmobiledevice(Goodforone-to-

ones.)

Hardcopies(Useacolourprintertomakeprintsoftheimages.)

Preparation,materialsandequipment

ForthisactivityyouwillneedaPDFslideshowofMrMenbookcovers.Thiscanbedownloadedat:

http://bit.ly/llK4NA

Allimagesweredownloadedfrom:

http://www.penguin.com.au/mrmen/mrmen.cfm

Lessonplan

1. Askstudentstothinkofasmany2-syllableadjectivesthatendin-yas

possible(hungry,thirsty,tidy,sunny,cloudy,etc.)Writetheseontheboard.

2. Makesurethatthefollowingarealsoincluded:

Noisy Busy Greedy Lazy

Nosy/Nosey Grumpy Skinny HappyClumsy Funny Messy Silly

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MRMEN(byJamieKeddie) 3

Youwanttoknowthingsaboutotherpeoplethingsthatarenoneofyourbusiness(nosy/nosey)

Youdontlaugh.Youareinabadmood(grumpy) Thismeansthinbutinanegativeway(skinny) Theoppositeofsad(happy) Youbreakthings.Youdropthings.Youwalkintothings

(clumsy)

Ifsomeoneorsomethingmakesyoulaughitis(funny) Theoppositeoftidy(messy) Ifsomeoneisntbeingseriousyousay:Dontbe(silly)

Note:pointoutthatallMrMannamesconsist

of2-syllableadjectivesthatendiny.

Thecompositionshouldbeinthepresenttense.(Hegetsupverylate.Hedoesntgotowork.HesitsonthesofaalldaywatchingdaytimeTV.

Afterlunchhehasathree-hoursiesta,etc.)

StudentsmustnotusetheirMrMansadjectiveinthecomposition.Theyshouldalwaysrefertohimashe.

Askstudentstoreadouttheircompositions.OtherstudentsshouldlistenandwritedownwhichMrMantheythinkisbeingdescribed.

3. AskstudentsiftheyknowabouttheMrMen.RogerHargreavescreatedthefirstcharacterMrTicklein1971.Sincethen,thelistofMrMenand

LittleMisscharactershasgrown.Theyhavealsobecomequiteinternational.SeeWikipediaformore:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr_Men

4. Tellstudentsthatyouhaveagameforthem.Showthem

the12bookcovers(Slides1to12inthePDFslideshow)andaskthemtoguessthenamesoftheMrMenwhichare

coveredup.Studentsshouldwritedowntheiranswers.

Youcanputstudentsintopairsorgroupsforthis.

5. UsetheimagesonSlide14toSlide37togoovertheanswersandfindout

whothewinnersare.

6. WritealltheMrMensnamesofscrappiecesofpaper.Distributethem

amongstudentsrandomly.AskstudentstowriteashortDayinthelifecompositionabouttheirMrMan.Notes:

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Baggy Bossy Busy Cheeky

Cheesy Chilly Clumsy CosyCreepy Curly Dirty Dizzy

Dodgy Early Fatty Feisty

Fishy Fizzy Flirty FluffyFunny Fussy Fuzzy Greedy

Groggy Grumpy Hairy Handy

Happy Hasty Healthy HolyHorny Hungry Kinky Lazy

Messy Nasty Naughty NoisyNosy Petty Phoney Pretty

Prickly Pushy Rowdy Saggy

Salty Scary Seedy SexyShiny Silly Skimpy Skinny

Sleepy Soppy Spiky Starry

Sticky Stroppy Stuffy SweatyTacky Tasty Thirsty Thrifty

Touchy-feely Ugly Wary

Notethatthisselectioncontainssomeadjectivesthatare

unsuitableforyounglearners.

Followups

Usetheimagesforanobservationgame:nameaMrManandaskstudentstodescribe,frommemory,whathelookslike.Thisisgoodfordescribingshape,appearance,facialexpressions,physicalfeatures,colour,clothes,etc.

Givestudentsalistof2-syllableadjectivesthatendiny.AskstudentstocreatetheirownMrMen.Theyshoulddesignbookcoversandwritea

shortstory(seepage5forsomeexamples).Alternatively,makeuseofthis

onlineMrMandesignapplicationhere:http://www.kindersite.org/Content/Make%20a%20Mr.%20Man.swf

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