#6 (30 or 45 min) intro video animals with quiz, animals a/an, animal calligram

• Engels
• Basisschool
• Groep 8

Today's class

Recap A and AN

Introduction video animals (watching & listening practise)

Animal guessing game (asking questions)

Word-art (calligram)

What do you remember about the use of A and AN? 

Recap A and AN - show what you know

I will show you and tell you the English name of an animal.

Show me whether you have to use a or an with that word

giraffe

monkey

horse

ant 

beaver

butterfly

alligator

dragonfly

elephant

owl

flamingo

orca

A video 

Your task!

- What is the message in the video?

- Pay attention to which animals you see (quiz-questions later on!) 

What was the message in the video? 

Animal-quiz! 

I will ask you if you saw certain animals in the video.

YES = stand up

NO = sit down 

A penguin

YES

A bat 

NO

A whale 

YES

A sloth (= luiaard)

YES

A meerkat

YES

A beaver 

NO

A snake

NO

A polar bear 

YES

A frog

YES

A hippopotamus (= hippo)

YES

Animal guessing game -
Who is it? 

Work in pairs

Each think of an animal on the handout

In turns, ask each other questions in English to find out what animal it is. 

Useful questions for a game of 'what animal is it?'

Can the animal ... (fly / swim / climb /  make a sound/ whistle / etc.)

                                    (vliegen/ klimmen/ een geluid maken/ fluiten)
Is the animal ... (dangerous/ big / small / a pet/ a bird/ etc.)

                                 (gevaarlijk / groot / klein/ een huisdier / een vogel)
Does the animal have ... (feathers / a fur / paws / wings / antlers / etc.)

                                                    (veren / een vacht / poten / vleugels / gewei)
Does  the animal ... (eat meat / live in the water / sting/ etc.) 

                                         (vlees eten/ in het water leven/ steken)

A calligram

Make your own animal calligram!

Choose an animal.

Sketch the outline of the animal with pencil

Fill it with English words.

Look up words that you want to use but don't know yet.

Challenge! Only use animal-words or words related to your animal. 

Let's make art! 

Show me your calligrams please!

Warm-up-game - wordsnake

Work in pairs.

Make a wordsnake with animal-words.

The last letter of a word is the first letter of the next word. 

Example:

giraffelephanteeth etc...

You have 5 minutes.

Enjoy! 

Warm up!

What animals do you know in English? 

Look at the next slide and write down the names of animals that you see. 

You will have 2 minutes for this.