Chinese New Year ACTIVITY 1: Animals (all levels) - WORKSHEET 1

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1 ACTIVITY 1: Animals (all levels) - WORKSHEET 1 The animals below are all from the Chinese horoscope. Find them in the wordsearch: RAT RABBIT HORSE ROOSTER OX DRAGON GOAT DOG TIGER SNAKE MONKEY PIG A C D Y N H M K L O P R E S U O P M V D E F U I T I N S M D D E R R A T R Q A Z G V F O Z O W E R Y H J K G R D L P N V G G F Y W Z X C O X L M E K O P L N H F E T V A I H R F E B G H T S G U L J T V B D C Y P O J I U J M D K M N T Y U O G K D G R F B R A B B I T D C X A Q E X V P A P L J M B T Y H W X R E D C G G F H U V B F R T Y G J K H O R S E H F B H T S O P I H J N P H N T D O N C W S C B N M O K R O O S T E R S N A K E P K G C E A F G P L

2 Chinese New Year ACTIVITY 2: Animals (all levels) - WORKSHEET 2 Now match the names to the corresponding picture. a. rat e. dragon i. monkey b. ox f. snake j. rooster c. tiger g. horse k. dog d. rabbit h. goat l. pig , , , , , , , , , , , , 2011

3 ACTIVITY 3: Description of animals (all levels) - WORKSHEET 3 Read the following definitions and decide which animal from worksheet 1 is being described. Write it next to the definition. a. This animal has got paws and sharp claws to catch its prey. b. This animal has got horns. It s also got a muzzle, where its mouth and its nose are together. It s the female equivalent of a cow. c. This animal has got long pointy ears and very soft fur. People often have them as pets. d. This animal has got wings, but it doesn t usually fly. It s also got feathers covering its body. In English, it goes cock-a-doodle-do!. e. This is an animal with a curly tail and a round flat nose called a snout. It s kept on farms for its meat. f. This animal has got four legs, a mane and a tail. People often ride them. g. This is a long thin animal with no legs and a smooth skin. It has a long pointy tongue. Some are poisonous and can kill.

4 ACTIVITY 4: Description of animals (all levels) - WORKSHEET 4 Now look at the following pictures and use the words in bold from worksheet 3 to label them

5 ACTIVITY 5: My secret animal book (LEVELS 1-4) WORKSHEET 5A 2 My secret animal book by 1 clue 4: 3 4

6 ACTIVITY 5: My secret animal book (LEVELS 1-4) WORKSHEET 5B clue 1: My secret animal is stick a picture of your animal here clue 3: clue 2:

7 TEACHER S NOTES ACTIVITIES 1+ 2: ANIMALS (ALL LEVELS) WORKSHEETS 1+ 2 With this activity, pupils will learn to say the animals from the Chinese horoscope in English (CLIL). They will also find out what animal from the horoscope they are according to their date of birth. 1. Tell pupils that February 19th is the first day of the Chinese New Year, which is celebrated for two weeks and starts on a different day every year depending on the lunar calendar. 2. This year (2015) is the year of the sheep. 3. Introduce pupils to the different animals in the Chinese horoscope by showing them the following wheel: 4. Ask them what animals they can recognize. Brainstorm ideas together (even if it s the pupils mother tongue). 5. Then give worksheets 1+2 out for them to find the names of the animals in the wordsearch. (With higher level pupils, in order to make the activity more challenging, you can ask them to fold the top of the worksheet so they can t see the words. They can use the wheel to know the animals they have to look for without being given the word in English in advance). 6. Next, pupils need to match the animals names with the corresponding picture. 7. Go over the different animals and answer any vocabulary questions. 8. You could also ask pupils what animal from the Chinese horoscope they are. To find out, they must look for their year of birth written in brackets next to the corresponding animal. For example, if they are 8 years old and they were born on 2007, they are a pig. Answer key: P I M a - 9: RAT g - 5: HORSE D R A T G O O G N G O X K b - 2: OX h - 7: GOAT A E T T Y c - 2: TIGER i - 8: MONKEY I D G R A B B I T E A d - 12: RABBIT j - 4: ROOSTER R S N A K E G H O R S E N R O O S T E R e - 11: DRAGON f - 10: SNAKE k - 6: DOG l - 3_ PIG Macmillan Iberia, S.A. 2015

8 TEACHER S NOTES ACTIVITIES 3+4: DESCRIPTION OF ANIMALS (ALL LEVELS) WORKSHEETS Give pupils worksheets In this activity the pupils will be working on Biology (CLIL), learning about animal body parts. They will increase their vocabulary related to describing animals. The activity will also provide them with sample sentences that they can use to describe the animal of their choice in the last task. 2. In the first exercise, they need to read the descriptions and write the name of the animal described (one from worksheet 1). 3. Go round helping pupils with vocabulary questions they may have. 4. Finally, go over the answers in open class. 5. As a quick guessing game, you can ask your students to find out which animals have not been described. With higher level groups you could also get pupils to write their own definition for the missing animals and read them to their classmates for them to guess. 6. In exercise 2, pupils need to label the animal body parts in the pictures using the words in bold in exercise 1. Answer key (exercise 1): a) This animal has got paws and sharp claws to catch its prey. TIGER b) This animal has got horns. It s also got a muzzle, where its mouth and its nose are together. It s the female equivalent of a cow. BULL c) This animal has got long pointy ears and very soft fur. People often have them as pets. RABBIT d) This animal has got wings, but it doesn t usually fly. It s also got feathers covering its body. In English, it goes cock-a-doodle-do!. ROOSTER e) This is an animal with a curly tail and a round flat nose called a snout. It s kept on farms for its meat. PIG f) This animal has got four legs, a mane and a tail. People often ride them. HORSE g) This is a long thin animal with no legs and a smooth skin. It has a long pointy tongue. Some are poisonous and can kill. SNAKE Answer key (exercise 2): a) horse _ (1) mane (2) tail b) rooster _ (3) wings (4) feathers c) rabbit _ (5) ears (6) fur e) pig _ (9) tail (10) snout f) tiger _ (11) paws (12) claws g) snake _ (13) skin (14) tongue d) bull _ (7) horns (8) muzzle Macmillan Iberia, S.A. 2015

9 TEACHER S NOTES ACTIVITY 5: MY SECRET ANIMAL BOOK (LEVELS 1-4) - WORKSHEETS 5A+5B Materials needed: - scissors - glue - crayons or colouring pens - 1 copy of worksheet 5A + 5 B (secret animal book templates) per pupil, printed on cardboard Instructions: 1. Tell pupils that they are going to make their own secret animal book. (Especially with pupils this age it is recommendable to show them a model of what the end result looks like, as it shows them exactly what they are supposed to do and motivates them to do it really well, just like the teacher). 2. Ask pupils to think of an animal they like. They should write four sentences describing this animal, but without saying its name or telling anyone (emphasize the secret element). Again, an example works best here. For example, you could say: This animal has got wings. Pupils will immediately shout out animals with wings, which will enable you to explain that this is a clue for them to guess your animal. The clues they write (basically, the four sentences) should be a bit vague so the animal can t be guessed straight away. 3. Go round monitoring, giving pupils ideas and helping them with new vocabulary. 4. Once the pupils have got their four sentences, give them worksheets 5A + 5B (the secret animal book templates). 5. Ask them to cut both of them out along the dotted lines and to stick worksheet 5 A onto worksheet 5B, with the written side facing outwards. 6. Then ask them to make a crease and to fold the four outer rectangles in, following the reverse order they are numbered in. (They should fold square number 4 in first, then square number 3 and so on). 7. Next, they should write each clue on the inside of each of the four rectangles on the sides. 8. In the rectangle in the middle they should stick a picture of the animal they have described. They should also write the name of their secret animal on the line below My secret animal is.... For example, a butterfly. 9. On the outside of the number 1 tab, they should write their name. 10. As a follow-up task, once all the pupils have finished their secret animal book, get them in pairs and let them play with it, so the first pupil shows his/her book to the second one, who tries to guess the animal described. Once the second pupil has guessed correctly, they swap roles and the second pupil shows the first pupil his/her book for him/her to guess. 11. Once the guessing starts, pupils are going to immediately shout out names of animals they think are being described. Take this opportunity to feed in useful language like Is it a butterfly? and then Yes, it is, you re right! or No, it isn t. Sorry. 12. After having played with their book once, pupils can swap partners and play again with a new classmate. 13. As further speaking practice, you could ask for volunteers to go up to the board and present their books to the rest. Macmillan Iberia, S.A. 2015