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STOP 2
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Digging for Words

in Minecraft!

⛏️ Every block has a name. Let's discover them all!

📚 Vocabulary📖 Reading✍️ Writing
📅 Week 2📚 3 Lessons🎯 30+ Words⭐ Grade 6
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⛏️ Your Mining Mission

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Cognitive Goals

  • Discover and classify 30+ new vocabulary words (materials, tools, creatures)
  • Sort Minecraft items into groups: Materials, Tools, Creatures, Places
  • Use adjectives to describe the appearance and use of items

Skill Goals

  • Write at least two descriptive sentences for each item in a personal illustrated dictionary
  • Follow written English instructions to complete a building challenge
  • Describe a virtual space using location words (next to, above, below)
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Affective Goals

  • Enjoy discovering new words and connecting them to in-game images
  • Feel a sense of ownership over self-discovered vocabulary
  • Take pride in building a personal illustrated dictionary
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Pre-Assessment Quiz

Before we start Chapter 2, let's see what you already know! This quick quiz helps your teacher understand your starting point.

5 questions · No pressure · All answers are valid!

⛏️ Key Vocabulary — Materials & Tools

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Lesson 1 — Materials & Tools

📚 Vocabulary✍️ Writing
📖STORY TIME
Luna enters a new Minecraft world! She sees blocks everywhere — wood, stone, diamond, gold. "What are all these things called in English?" she wonders. She opens her notebook and starts writing… 📓

📚 LEARN — Describing Materials

Adjectives for Materials
hardStone, Diamond, Gold
softGrass, Wool, Sand
shinyDiamond, Gold, Glass
roughStone, Brick, Gravel
smoothWood, Glass, Ice
heavyStone, Iron, Gold
Sentence Pattern

Pattern: "The [item] is [adjective]. It is used for [purpose]."

• "The diamond is hard and shiny. It is used for making tools."

• "The wood is smooth. It is used for building houses."

• "The pickaxe is heavy. It is used for mining stone."

✏️ Lesson 1 Activities

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📖 My Illustrated Dictionary

Choose 4 Minecraft items. Draw them and write 2 sentences for each.

Draw here
Draw here
Draw here
Draw here
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🏷️ Categorise the Items

Sort these Minecraft items into the correct category:

🪵 Wood · ⚔️ Sword · 🐄 Cow · 🌲 Forest · ⛏️ Pickaxe · 💎 Diamond · 🐑 Sheep · 🧱 Brick
Materials
Tools
Creatures
Places
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Lesson 2 — Location Words

📖 Reading✍️ Writing
📖STORY TIME
Maya is building her house in Minecraft. She needs to describe where everything is! "The chest is next to the door. The bed is above the floor. The torch is on the wall." 🏠

📚 LEARN — Location Words (Prepositions)

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above
The torch is above the door.
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below
The chest is below the bed.
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inside
The diamond is inside the chest.
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outside
The tree is outside the house.
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next to
The cow is next to the barn.
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on top of
The flag is on top of the tower.
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behind
The creeper is behind the tree.
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in front of
The player is in front of the door.

🏗️ Lesson 2 Activities

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🎯 Choose the Correct Location Word

1. The diamond is ___ the chest.

2. The torch is ___ the door.

3. The tree is ___ the house.

4. The cow is ___ the barn.

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✍️ Describe Your Minecraft House

Draw a simple Minecraft room and write 4 sentences describing where things are. Use location words!

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Lesson 3 — Virtual Classroom Tour

🗣️ Speaking📖 Reading
📖STORY TIME
Zara has built an amazing Minecraft classroom! Now she will give a tour to her friends. "Welcome to my classroom! The teacher's desk is in front of the board. The bookshelves are next to the windows…" 🏫

📚 Classroom Vocabulary

🏫 Lesson 3 Activities

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✅ True or False? — Classroom Tour

1.A bookshelf is used for storing books.

2.The door is used for writing on.

3.A torch provides light in Minecraft.

4.The board is usually behind the students.

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🎤 Give a Virtual Tour!

Describe your ideal Minecraft classroom to a partner. Use at least 5 location words and 5 classroom vocabulary words!

"Welcome to my Minecraft classroom! The board is ___. The desks are ___. The bookshelves are ___…"

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Diamond Miner Achievement!

You've finished Stop 2! Show your vocabulary mining skills!

📝 Part 1 — Vocabulary Test (10 marks)

Write the English word for each Minecraft item shown.

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✍️ Part 2 — Descriptive Writing (10 marks)

Choose 3 Minecraft items. Write 2 sentences for each using adjectives and location words.

🎯 How confident do you feel now?

📋 Assessment Rubric — Stop 2

Criterion⭐⭐⭐ Excellent (4)⭐⭐ Good (3)⭐ Developing (2)Needs Support (1)
📚 VocabularyIdentifies and uses 25+ words correctly with accurate spellingIdentifies and uses 15–24 words with minor errorsIdentifies and uses 8–14 words with some errorsIdentifies fewer than 8 words
✍️ WritingWrites 2+ clear descriptive sentences per item with correct grammarWrites 2 sentences with minor grammatical errorsWrites 1 sentence with noticeable errorsUnable to write descriptive sentences
📍 Location WordsUses 5+ location words correctly in contextUses 3–4 location words correctlyUses 1–2 location words with errorsUnable to use location words
🎨 DictionaryIllustrated dictionary is detailed, creative, and well-organisedDictionary is complete with adequate illustrationsDictionary is partially completeDictionary is incomplete or missing