Months and Colours- Mix and Match
A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
Months of the year and colour vocabulary silly and sensible combinations activities.
Lesson Plan Content:
Months and colours mix and match
Instructions for teachers
There are three versions of this activity. The first one is given on one page to save paper and photocopying. The second version is on cards to make it more flexible and to make matching up a more physical activity. However, the mix or match activity is usually best done as a whole book, with each page cut into flaps which are turned separately to make good and bad matches. This makes it similar to the many mix and match books in which the reader makes people, monsters, etc with odd matches of head, body and legs, like the classic drawing game Consequences.
There are also a few possible activities, but the best is usually to get one student to make a wrong, funny or crazy match and then for one or more other students to make it more correct/ more sensible, while keeping as many parts the same as they can. All the months have at least one sensible match and at least one silly match, but note that some of the colours don’t go well with any of the other cards.
To make a book, you need to staple the pages together on one side, perhaps after adding a cover, and then cut along the dotted lines. You could also add suitable pictures to some or all flaps, but doing it without pictures means that students will have to concentrate more on the meaning of the words.
After reading, students could draw suitable pictures on their own copy of the book. Another option is for each student to draw one picture of their favourite silly combination, instead of drawing pictures for every page.
They could also make their own versions of this mix and match activity, perhaps keeping the same starters but changing the other columns/ cards/ flaps.
Single-page version
Make a wrong sentence from the words in the columns below and see if your partner can make it true by changing the words in only one or two columns.
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In January In February In March In April In May In June In July In July In August In August In September In September In October In November In December In December In December In December |
Santa’s clothes the Valentine’s Day hearts the cakes the clouds the decorations the fireworks the flags the flowers the leaves on the trees the new school uniforms the pumpkins the sheep and lambs the skies the skies the snowmen the strawberries and cream the sun and sunflowers the tangerines |
are black. are black, blue and green. are blue. are bright yellow. are gold and silver. are green. are grey. are many colours. are no colour. are orange. are purple. are red and white. are red, orange and yellow. are red. are silver. are white and black. are white. are yellow, blue and white. |
Cards version
Make a wrong sentence from the words on the cards below and see if your partner can make the sentence true by only changing one or two cards. You can also use the blank cards for your own ideas.
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in January |
in February |
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in March |
in April |
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in May |
in June |
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in July |
in August |
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in September |
in October |
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in November |
in December |
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the snowmen are |
the Valentine’s Day hearts are |
the flowers are
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the sheep and lambs are |
the flags are
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the clouds are
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the fireworks are
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the strawberries and cream are |
the sun and sunflowers are |
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the skies are
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the skies are
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the new school uniforms are |
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the pumpkins are |
the leaves on the trees are |
Santa’s clothes are |
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the tangerines are |
the cakes are
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the decorations are |
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bright |
dark |
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light |
and |
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black
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blue |
brown |
colourless |
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gold
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green |
grey |
many colours |
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no colour
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orange |
pink |
purple |
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red
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silver |
white |
yellow |
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Book version
Make a wrong sentence by turning the parts of the pages below and see if your partner can quickly change it to a true sentence.
In January
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Santa’s clothes
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are black.
In February
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the cakes
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are black, blue and green.
In March
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the Valentine’s Day hearts
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are blue.
In April
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the leaves on the trees
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are bright yellow.
In May
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the clouds
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are gold and silver.
In June
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the decorations
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are green.
In July
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the fireworks
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are grey.
In July
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the flags
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are many colours.
In August
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the new school uniforms
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are colourless/ no colour.
In August
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the pumpkins
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are orange.
In September
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the sheep and lambs
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are purple.
In September
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the skies
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are red and white.
In October
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the skies
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are red, orange and yellow.
In November
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the snowmen
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are red.
In December
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the flowers
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are silver.
In December
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the strawberries and cream
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are white and black.
In December
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the sun and sunflowers
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are white.
In December
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the tangerines
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are yellow, blue and white.
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