english 5

1. English 5 – EN5OL – Ib – 2.6.2
Appropriate Body
Movements/Gestures

2. A. Setting Up the Stage
Group the class into two groups.
Have them play a game of
charades using the words below.
Call a representative from each
group to act out the word.

3. angry(using hands) happy(usingwhole
body)
scared(usingface)
tired(using wholebody) excited(usingwhole
body)
bored(usinghandsand
feet)
talking(using hands) stop(using hands) sad(usingfaceand
hands)
B. Explaining the Students What to Do

4. “Today we are going to study
about body movements and
gestures.”

5. C. Modelling for Students
Unlocking of Difficult Words (using picture clues,
context clues, and examples)
chatting
“Everybody was chatting about what
their father looked like now.”
• What are they doing?

6. tapped
• “They just tapped their feet to loose
boredom.”
• What is he doing? How does he do it?

7. kiosk
• Mother was sipping coffee
she bought from a kiosk.”

8. Story
“The Homecoming”

9. The Homecoming
by Jean Paul V. Banay
It’s Friday evening. Every member of the
Flores family was excited to go to the airport.
Today is the arrival of Mr. Alfredo Flores. It’s been
two years since he started working abroad.
They rented a van to go the airport. They
were happily clapping their hands while singing.
Everybody was chatting about what their father
looked like now.

10. As soon as they arrived at the airport, they went
directly to the waiting area. They were looking left and
right hoping they would see their father at the exit.
They are waiting for almost an hour now. They
just tapped their feet to loose boredom. Mother was
sipping coffee she bought from a kiosk.
At last, after almost half an hour of waiting, they
saw their father going out at the south gate of the
airport’s arrival area. They waved their hands in joy so
that Alfredo would notice them instantly.
They hugged their father as soon as he
approached them. They were crying in joy.

11. D. Guided Practice
Try and Learn
Look at the following pictures.
Have them identify the message
of each picture. Choose from the
words below.

14. happy stop ignore
angry sad silenceplease
excited bored hungry

15. E. Independent Practice
Do and Learn
Read the following sentences and identify
the body movement used. Copy the sentences
on your notebook and encircle your answer.
1. Every time I think of food, I lick my lips.
2. They listened to the music and beat their
fingers on the table to the rhythm.
3. To show that he didn’t know, he shrugged
his shoulders.
4. She sat down elegantly and crossed her
legs.
5. In answering orally the teacher reminded
them to raise their arm if they want to answer.

16. F. Closure/Assessment
Body movements refer to the actual
movement of the body. It is a kind of
nonverbal communication where thoughts
intentions or feelings are expressed by
physical behavior such as facial
expressions, body posture, gestures, eye
movement, touch, and use of space.
Body movements maybe implied as a
verbs or an adjective.

17. G. Evaluation
Read the following sentences and
identify the body movement/gesture used
in the sentence.
1. Terence Romeo shoots the ball at the last second.
2. The athletes stretched their body before doing the
routine.
3. Mother rubs fathers back when he is tired.
4. Squeeze it to get the toothpaste.
5. My sister likes pinching me when she is mad.