Week Five: Animals “At the Zoo” Continued

Week Five: Animals “At the Zoo” Continued

 

 

 

Student Examples of Monkey and Elephant pages

 

Time allotment	Activity	Materials Needed
5 minutes	Greet the students; have each student give his/her introduction. (Name, age, from, like and dislike)
10 minutes	Review all zoo animals, their spellings and translations.   Watch Gogo “What Colour is This?”	·         Gogo Cartoon
10 minutes	Distribute the Zoo Books to the students.   Paper Monkeys: Every student needs 4 small strips of brown-colored paper, a small circle and a larger oval shape (see the Monkey Body Template below) to create their monkey; instructors must prepare before club begins!   Each student has a body piece, a head piece, and four slender pieces of brown paper for legs and arms. After students have glued the body and head pieces into their Zoo books, they must fold each of the slender pieces several times to create an accordion effect; these become the “springy” legs and arms of their playful monkeys.   Next, students will use a brown marker to make tail, ears and face. After drawing the ears, tail, and face on their monkey, the students must write the caption “This is a brown monkey.”	·         Monkey Body Template ·         Monkey body, head and legs cut out for each student (brown paper) ·         Brown marker ·         Glue
10 minutes	Handprint Elephants:   Students will trace their own hand into their Zoo Books, with their fingers pointing downward. The fingers of the hand will become legs, the thumb will be the elephant’s trunk, and then they will glue a paper ear (see template/instructions below) onto their elephant. Students may choose the color of their elephant; then they must write the caption “This is a(n) ___________ elephant.” Elephant Ear Template	·         Pencils ·         Markers ·         Colored paper “ears”
5 minutes	Collect all Zoo Books, clean tables and put away supplies. Dismiss students.

Student Examples: Zoo Booklets

Week Four: Animals “At the Zoo”

Week Four: Animals “At the Zoo”

 

Zoo Animal Flash Cards

 

Time allotment	Activity	Materials Needed
10 minutes	Review the student introductions and vocabulary words from the previous week—“Animals on the Farm.” Show Gogo cartoon about animals at the zoo.	·         Gogo Cartoon
10 minutes	Introduce animals that live “At the Zoo.” Key vocabulary : ·         Monkey ·         Elephant ·         Snake ·         Crocodile ·         Giraffe ·         Fish ·         Bear ·         Lion ·         Tiger ·         Camel   Tape the illustration cards to the board, and practice spelling the names of each of the animals using the names of the letters (not just the sounds). Call on individual students to read the words aloud.	·         Zoo animal flash cards
10 minutes	Put all the cards on the table along with two signs: “At the zoo” and “On the farm.” Have students organize the animals into groups. Then, call on individual students to speak full sentences: “A _______________ (animal) lives ______________(on the farm/at the zoo).”	·         All animal flash cards ·         Signs: At the zoo; On the farm
10 minutes	Construct foldable books: ·         Give each student 3 sheets of white paper ·         Fold all papers in half ·         Place the papers one inside the other, with a small amount of glue in the creases ·         Squeeze the pages together to create a “book”	·         Paper ·         Glue
10 minutes	On the cover of their books, have each student write “At the Zoo” and his/her name.   On the first page of the book, students must write all the zoo animals and their Ukrainian equivalents. Collect the books for more work the next week.	·         Markers

Student examples of zoo booklets

First page of zoo booklets

"First Steps of English" Week Two: Like and Dislike

Week Two: I like, I don’t like

Example "Verb" Flash Cards and Matching Activity

 

Time allotment	Activity	Materials Needed
8 minutes	Review the following: My name is ____________. I am ____________. I live in ________________.   Use the paper ball toss method to have all students introduce themselves aloud.  Students can also watch Gogo cartoon: #2 What’s His Name	·         Paper ball ·         Model sentences written on board ·         Gogo cartoon #2
10 minutes	Introduce new focus vocabulary for verbs. Have students repeat and match the meaning to the appropriate picture.   Students can write the new words in their exercise books (if they have brought them).	·         Verb flash cards
10 minutes	Write the following sentences on the board: I like _______________ but I don’t like ___________________. (мені подобається_________, але мені не подобається _________________.)   Have students verbally construct and recite sentences on what they like and do not like to do.	·         Chalkboard or whiteboard ·         Chalk or markers
15 minutes	Give students each a sheet of white paper. Have them fold the paper into four boxes. In the first box, they must write their introduction (as seen in the first row above); in the second and third boxes they must write and illustrate “I like ____________.”; in the last box, they must write and illustrate “I don’t like _________________.”  (See examples) This is called a "Four Corners" Activity.	·         White paper ·         Markers
5 minutes	Get the students in a circle for one last time before they go home to review their introductions and their likes and dislikes verbally.  (You may wish to use the paper ball toss method.)	·         Paper ball

Student Example: Four Corners Activity

All student work is displayed in the classroom

“First Steps of English!” Week One

Week One: Introductions

Time allotment	Activity	Materials Needed
5 minutes	Gogo cartoon: #1 What’s My Name?	·         Gogo cartoon
15 minutes	Write “My name is ______________.” on the board. Translate (Мене звати…) for the students. Have each student tell his/her name. Then, go around the room again, asking each student to repeat the first sentence again, and tell his/her age (Скільки вам років?) by answering “I am _________years old.” Write this model sentence on the board. Finally, go around the room for the last time and ask students where they live (Де ви живете?) and have them answer using “I am from…” (Я з…) Write this on the board as well.	·         Chalkboard or white board ·         Chalk or markers
10 minutes	Using colored paper of red, yellow, or orange, give each student one half of a sheet of paper. Have the students trace their hands. Then have them write: My name is ____________. I am ____________. I live in ________________.   Have students cut out their hands (with wrists). Collect the hands. The hands will now become the “leaves” on the English Club tree. Glue the hands to the branches of the tree so each student knows he/she is now a part of the English Club!	·         Colored paper (red, yellow, or orange) ·         Brown paper for “tree” ·         Markers ·         Glue
15 minutes	Gather students in a large circle; using the paper ball, toss back and forth asking students questions: What is your name? How old are you? Where are you from?   Students must answer in complete sentences using the English they have just learned. If time allows, watch Gogo cartoon: #2 What’s His Name	·         Paper ball ·         Gogo Cartoon #2; if time allows

Some student examples of "Hand Leaves"

English Club Tree