Category Animals
The Rainforest: A Camp Lesson Plan
As mentioned in the previous post, The U.S. embassy in Ecuador holds an English immersion camp for scholarship high school students. A group of fellow PCVs are charged with presenting backgroud information on the rainforest for the 2016 camp. Here is the lesson plan, which may give you ideas for your own camp.
Love on a Leash
While dogs, “man’s best friends,” have long occupied a special place in US homes, keeping a dog as a pet in Ecuador is a relatively new custom. Certainly dogs have worked in the fields for centuries, but many Ecuadorians and other peoples are unaware that dogs have a remarkable ability to bond with humans. This makes […]
Memory Challenge
A great game to review vocabulary for a unit or a specific topic. The more “meetings” students have with vocabulary words, the better they remember.
The Kindergarten Project
We are proud to present The Kindergarten Project! In one simple 1.57 GB zip file, you will find an entire school year’s TEFL curriculum for kindergartners, featuring games, activities, coloring pages, songs, and even videos demonstrating the lessons themselves. This curriculum was developed by Peace Corps Volunteers teaching English in Romania from 2011-2013. The curriculum […]
Zoo escape!
This lesson combines a revision of animals with the skill of giving directions. By using a vocabulary set the students should already know, namely animals, it allows the students to focus on the more difficult task of giving directions.
Describing wild animals worksheet
This worksheet is for practicing the component parts of animals, words such as “tail,” “fur,” and “scales,” and asks students to write sentences describing animals. By Romania PCV Jessica Brookins. There are two worksheets per page.
Pets and Domestic Animals Bingo Cards
Bingo! Use these pre-sorted and printable bingo cards as a quick game in a pinch or just to teach about animals. Made by Romania PCV Jessica Brookins.
Wild Animal Bingo Cards
Bingo! Use these pre-sorted and printable bingo cards as a quick game in a pinch or just to practice wild animals. Made by Romania PCV Jessica Brookins.
What am I? Who am I?
A role-play activity, is a “Whose line is it, anyway?” styled activity where students express personality traits, emotions, types of people, stereotypes and/or animals. Get ready to act!
Vocabulary Velcro
Students practice different vocabulary through this popular classroom activity where students must place pictures in their correct location.
Jeopardy Powerpoint
The classic American game is present as a powerpoint presentation for your beginner/Intermediate students. In case don’t have the resources for the powerpoint, the questions are also included to use separately.
Super Pet
After learning about different animal traits, students use their imagination and creativity to create their own SUPER PET!
Wild Animals Worksheet
Students fill in the blanks in a paragraph about a trip to the zoo. The words come from a word bank and include wild animals and the past simple forms of “to be” (was and were).
Animals, Colors, and Shapes Worksheet
Use this worksheet to test their knowledge of simple animals, colors, and shapes.
Animals and Pets Worksheet
Use this worksheet to test their knowledge of simple animals and responding to questions with “to have.”
Farm Animals and Pets Powerpoint
What kid doesn’t love to learn about animals? Save yourself some time and use this powerpoint made by Romania PCV Jessica Brookins.
Insects and Bugs Powerpoint
What kid doesn’t love to learn about bugs? Save yourself some time and use this powerpoint made by Romania PCV Jessica Brookins.
Wild Animals Powerpoint
What kid doesn’t love to learn about wild animals? Save yourself some time and use this powerpoint made by Romania PCV Jessica Brookins.
Animal Adjectives
This low-resource lesson engages students through one of their favorite learning topics (animals), and will teach them some very distinct English vocabulary words.This topic lends itself to good ‘creative thinking’ exercises, which can be successful in a mixed-ability classroom, as lower level students are still free to participate while higher level students can push themselves.
Alphabet “Animals”
Practice vocabulary (such as animals) by asking students to match a vocab word with each letter of the alphabet.
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