CAN CARDS Teacher’s Notes ‘im Asking for and giving permission, Materials One copy of Worksheet 1 and Worksheet 2 for each group of four children. Duration 20 minutes Language focus Please can 1... tothe toilet, watch television, borrow you pencl/bcycle/book/ruler/skatchoard, Play fothall/tennis, goto noch, 9 next to... make a cake, close the door open the window, write 0m the board, go to the tbvary? Yes, you can, No, you ean’. Aim of the game To be the first to lay dow all the eards in your hand Introduction Explain (0 the children (in L1 if necessary) that for five minutes you will allow them to do anything they want, provided that they ask you permission fs. Help thems by writing the prompt Phase can J..7on the board. Remind them that its only for fie minutes so thar they ask the questions quickly. twill also allow you to avoid situations in which children ask you for permission to go home, as is unlikely tha they will be able to g0 Jpome and come back in five minutest OR Ifyou have access 1 a photocopier that enlarges, make enlargements of each of the sixteen “asking for permission’ cards with the text in the bubbles removed. Ask the children to tell ou what is happening in the picture. Stick a selection of the eards on the Joard and ask the children what the person is saying in each piu. You can write the reques in the balloon. Make enough copies of Worksieet 210 give one “giving permission” «ard to cach child. Ask the children to stick their cards next to the conesponding “asking for permission” card on the board. Review the language if you wish, Playing the game Give each group of four children a pack of cards from Worksheet Land Worksheec2 ‘The dealer sles the cards together and gives out eight cards to each chikl in the group including him or herself 2 The children look at their cards. Players who already have an ‘asking for permission” card and the corresponding “giving permission” card, ean lay these down face up in front of them 3. The players take it in turns to ask different children in their group at random for permission to do something, ei. Player A had the card with Please can I en the stindowy?and asks player D this question, Player D does not have the corvesponding “giving perminsion” card so he orshe answers Na you con't Tei nose Payer B's tur to ask a question, Payer B asks Player A Please ca I bore yourdbiyele? Payer A has the corresponding card and answers tos gow aan. Payer A fies the card to Payer B who then lays down the mvo corresponding eards face up in froat of him or her. Ii then his or her tuen to ask another question as he or she has won pair: Any player left with only giving permission cards must wait ro be asked in onder to get ri of thcir cards 4 The first player to have no more cards left in his or her hand is the winnerExtra ideas An alternative way of playing this game is to give out “asking for permission” cards to half the class (one for each child) , and the corresponding “giving permission” cards to the other half of the class. The children who have “asking for permission” cards move around and ask other children their question. The children who have “giving: permission” cards answer No, you can’t if they do not have the corresponding “giving permission” card. If they do have the corresponding card they answer Yes, you can and forma pair with the child who asked the question,_ CAN CaS) Worksheet 1 \Prease can Igo te the sage)! a aa eS yoy lease can I watch television? Ss ‘(Please canI write on theft lease canT it next to Marla Please can pe open the window ? se canT borrow your]! /Please can I = play tennis?) ; Please canT borrow your Tease Cant. a) se cand make cake?) ciocc 5i Yes, you can ! aN \ ds) D| nr . ies you can)):(Yes, you can.) NES | A Gs oor WY