TEACHER’S NOTES

Selections: Little Milly-Molly

by Tony Retallack

Activities author: Adrian Tennant

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Level: Starters +
Recommended age: Level 1, primary (6+)
Time needed: Indicated for each activity
Type of English: American
Note: The activities are suitable for reading or
listening. It’s up to you to decide whether to
Activity 3 (10 minutes)
give the children the transcript or not.
Note: The poem is a lovely one for children to repeat
as it has a regular pattern in the verses.
Activity 1 (10 minutes)
1. Explain to the children that they are going to
1. Hand out the worksheet to the children and ask
listen to the poem again. Ask them to put down
them to match the words to the pictures.
their pens and just listen. Play the recording straight
2. Monitor and help if necessary, but don’t give away
through once.
too many answers.
2. Explain that you will play it again, pausing after
3. Put the children in pairs and have them compare
each line, so that the children can repeat the line.
their answers together.
3. Play the recording, pausing after each line.
4. Monitor.
Encourage the children to repeat the line more or
5. Check the answers as a class (you could use a
less together.
projector for this).
4. Finally, play the recording through again and
have the children say it at the same time.
Activity 2 (10-15 minutes)
1. Explain to the children that they are going to Activity 4 (10-15 minutes)
listen to a poem about a little girl called Milly-Molly.
In the poem she talks about what she likes and what 1. Now ask the children to decide which things they
she doesn’t like. Point out the boxes next to each like and which things they don’t like. Show them how
picture. The children should listen and check or cross to draw a happy or sad face next to each picture from
the boxes according to what Milly-Molly likes and Activity 1.
doesn’t like. 2. Model the question, Do you like ….? and the
answer, Yes, I like … or No, I don’t like …
2. Check the children know what they have to do.
3. Put the children in pairs and ask them to take
3. Play the recording once (stopping after each verse turns asking and answering the question Do you
if necessary). like …? about the things in Activity 1.
4. Put the children in pairs and have them check 4. Monitor and help where necessary.
their answers together. 5. Ask a few children what they like and don’t like.
5. Monitor and help where necessary.
6. Play the recording again, if necessary. Activity 5 (10-15 minutes)
7. Check the answers as a class.
1. Ask the children to think of some other things
Answer key: they like and don’t like and to draw pictures of the
things or cut them out of magazines.
candy ü snakes û 2. Monitor and, if they don’t know the words
ham ü ghosts û in English, help them by giving them the words
bedtime û sunshine ü they want.
bananas ü fish û 3. Stop after about six or seven minutes.
toast ü soccer û 4. Put the children in pairs and ask them to swap
their pictures.
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by Tony Retallack
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5. Ask them to take turns asking and answering

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the question, Do you like …? about their

partner’s pictures.
6. Monitor and help where necessary.
7. Finally, ask a few children to tell the class what
their partner likes or doesn’t like.

Note: Having the children draw or cut out pictures

of the things will help them remember any new
vocabulary.

Activity 6 (10 minutes)

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1. Ask the children to write a class poem about what

they like and don’t like.
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2. Each child contributes one I like … line and one

I don’t like … line. Include their pictures.
3. Finally, display the finished poem on the
classroom wall.
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TRANSCRIPT
Selections: Little Milly-Molly
by Tony Retallack
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Little Milly-Molly
Written by Tony Retallack Illustrated by Christine Davenier

Little Milly-Molly wakes up and

she says:

I like this … but I don’t like that!

I like candy,
and I like ham,
but I don’t like bedtime
and I don’t like Sam!

Little Milly-Molly walks to school

and she says:

I like this … but I don’t like that!

I like bananas,
and I like toast,
but I don’t like snakes
and I don’t like ghosts!
Little Milly-Molly plays games and
she says:

I like this … but I don’t like that!

I like sunshine,
and I like my mom,
but I don’t like fish
and I don’t like Tom!
Little Milly-Molly comes home and
she says:

I like this … but I don’t like that!

I like playing,
and I like my toys,
but I don’t like soccer
and I don’t like boys!

Published by arrangement with Macmillan Publishers S.A. de C.V.

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Before listening / reading

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Activity 1

Match the words to the pictures.

banana bedtime candy fish ghost

ham snake soccer sunshine toast
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by Tony Retallack

Listen and read

subject
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Activity 2

Now listen to the poem. Put a check

what she doesn’t like.
ünext to what Milly-Molly likes and a cross û next to
After you listen or read

Activity 4

What about you? Draw a happy face

next to the things you don’t like.
J next to the things you like. Draw a sad face L
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Activity 5

Are there any other things you like or don’t like? Draw some pictures here.

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