Lesson Plan: Alien Zoo

Lesson Level: Junior 1 and 2 (Grades 7 and 8) Duration: 45 Minutes

Lesson Title:  Alien Zoo

Grammar and Vocabulary

Parts of the body, including common animal body parts.

Counting and numbers

Lesson Objectives

Students will be able to describe animals in terms of how many legs they have etc.

More advanced groups will be able to talk about animals in terms of where they live etc.

Materials Required

Drawing of a monster

Description of that monster on paper.

Set of cards describing other monster.

Enough A4 blank pages and A5 pages to give one of each to each group.

Coloured pens.

Preparation

Prepare all materials.

Procedure

1

Put class into groups of six or eight.

2

Play stop game with body parts

Procedure:

Give groups two minutes to list body parts. Any body parts allowed, people or animals.

Divide board into columns – one per group.

Each group sends one student to write list on board.

They have one minute.

Score it as 2 points per correctly spelled body part, 1 point for an incorrectly spelled body part, 0 points if not a body part.

3

Clear board and replace with following list

heads

eyes

mouths

ears

noses

arms

legs

hands

feet

tails

wings

Check understanding of the words.

4

Put up the picture of the “Snakodile”¹

(Or your own alien monster.)

Ask questions about it.

How many_________ does it have?

Put details on the board – details of the number of each body part

Snakodile is from the planet Oozel

It grows three feet high and six feet long

It eats bananas and beef noodles

It lives for twenty years

It likes cold wet weather

5

Give each group two pieces of paper – one large, one small and a card with a description.

They must draw the creature on the large paper and write sentences describing it on the small paper.

They must name the creature.

6

Each group must come to the board and present their creature and pin it to the board.

7

When all groups have presented class make show of hands vote on the best monster.

8

Extension activity.

Each group choose one monster (not their own) and write a description of it.

Notes

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heads eyes mouths ears noses arms legs hands feet tails wings	1 0 0 4 1 0 4 2 4 0 0	heads eyes mouths ears noses arms legs hands feet tails wings	2 1 1 3 3 1 6 1 6 1 0
heads eyes mouths ears noses arms legs hands feet tails wings	3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 2 0	heads eyes mouths ears noses arms legs hands feet tails wings	0 3 3 1 4 3 8 6 8 3 0
heads eyes mouths ears noses arms legs hands feet tails wings	1 4 0 4 0 4 1 4 2 7 0	heads eyes mouths ears noses arms legs hands feet tails wings	2 6 1 3 1 5 3 5 3 1 2
heads eyes mouths ears noses arms legs hands feet tails wings	3 0 2 2 3 1 1 1 2 2 2	heads eyes mouths ears noses arms legs hands feet tails wings	0 1 3 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 2
heads eyes mouths ears noses arms legs hands feet tails wings	1 2 3 0 4 3 0 3 4 0 4	heads eyes mouths ears noses arms legs hands feet tails wings	2 3 2 0 0 4 2 4 1 5 4
heads eyes mouths ears noses arms legs hands feet tails wings	3 4 1 4 1 5 3 0 3 4 4	heads eyes mouths ears noses arms legs hands feet tails wings	0 6 0 3 3 0 1 4 1 3 4
heads eyes mouths ears noses arms legs hands feet tails wings	1 1 3 2 2 4 1 6 1 2 4	heads eyes mouths ears noses arms legs hands feet tails wings	2 2 1 1 4 3 2 2 2 1 6
heads eyes mouths ears noses arms legs hands feet tails wings	3 3 2 2 0 2 3 4 3 1 6	heads eyes mouths ears noses arms legs hands feet tails wings	0 4 3 4 3 1 4 4 4 1 6