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By Eli .
Published on 08/7/2006
 
This series of lesson plans covers the parts of our body. We will even make a skeleton mobile in this exciting series of lesson plans! This is an ESL lesson plan for young learners.

Lesson 1: Face Race!
Lesson 1: Face Race!
New Words: Eye, ear, mouth, nose, eye brow, hair, face, chin, cheek
Preparation: paper, pencils, die (as big as possible)
Time: About an hour, depending on class size.

Warmer: Song – Heads, shoulders, knees and toes. 5 minutes.

Present and drill the new words – Draw a face on the board with today’s new words. Elicit and drill the new words. Also use adjectives like big, small, long, short and colours. Then teach face. 10 – 15 minutes.

Follow-up game – Run and slap (or run and draw) a face. Divide the class into two equal teams. Give each team member a number, so that there are two students with the number ‘1’, two students with the number ‘2’, etc. Call out a part of the face and a number. The students with the number that you called out have to slap (or draw) and say the part of the face that you said. 10-15 minutes.

Face Race!
Write the numbers 1-6 on the board and assign one of these body parts to each of the numbers: eye, ear, mouth, nose, hair, and eye brow. Give the each student a piece of A4 paper and tell them to write their name on one side and a face (an oval) on the other side. Divide the class into two teams. Each team takes turns at rolling the die. They get to draw the face part that corresponds to the number that was thrown. For example, if you assigned “eyes” to the number 1 and one team rolls a 1, then that team can draw eyes. They game keeps going until both teams have drawn a complete face. 10 – 15 minutes.

Fun Activity – Duck, duck, goose. End the lesson on a high with this fun activity. Change the words “duck” and “goose” to today’s new words. 10 minutes.

Lesson 2: Face Bash
Lesson 2: Face Bash
New Words: arm, hand, finger, elbow, body
Preparation: Song – Heads, shoulders, knees and toes, flashcards (two of each card)
Time: About an hour, depending on class size.

Warmer: Song – Heads, shoulders, knees and toes. 5 minutes.

Review: Face Bash!
Divide the class into two teams. Draw a BIG face (with all of the words from the last lesson) for each team. The teacher will say a word and the students (one at a time/team) do their best to throw a soft ball at the face. They must say whichever part that they hit. Get the students to be the teacher. Now for the fun! Add a bruise or stitches to the face, based on where it was hit. By the end, you will have two very bashed-up faces! 10 minutes.

Introduce and drill the new words using your own body parts. You could even draw a person on the board and elicit the words that way. Be sure to use adjectives like big, small, long, short and colours. 15 minutes.

Follow-up with a game of memory. 5-7 minutes.

Teacher says!
This game is exactly the same as “Simon Says”, but easier to understand (who’s Simon?). Explain to the students that if you don’t say “Teacher Says” before you tell them to do something then they are out. I find the best way to do this is to demonstrate in front of the class (demonstrate a couple of times). Play the game and the last one standing is the winner. A big cheer goes up from everyone! 10 minutes.

Fun Activity: Switch positions
Instead of numbers, give each pair one of today’s new words. 5 minutes.

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Lesson 3: Who’s that giant?
Lesson 3: Who’s that giant?
New Words: Hips, legs, knees, ankles, feet, toes
Preparation: Colour crayons, BIG sheets of cardboard – for drawing BIG students (one per group of four). Song – Heads, shoulders, knees and toes
Time: About an hour, depending on class size.

Warmer: Song – Heads, shoulders, knees and toes. 5 minutes.

Review: Run and draw – following the same rules as in lesson 1, this time adding the words from lesson 2, as well. 5-7 minutes

Introduce and drill the new words using your own body parts. You could even draw a person on the board and elicit the words that way. Be sure to use adjectives like big, small, long, short and colours. 15 minutes.

Follow-up with another game of teacher says - they never get bored of this one! Get students to be teachers, and make sure they are all saying the words. 10 minutes.

Giant!
Divide the students into groups of four or so. Explain that the each have contributed their own features to the giant-to-be-drawn. Give each group a sheet of cardboard. Depending on the ability of the students, you may want to draw an outline for them. Get the students to add colour and detail. 20 – 25 minutes.

Lesson 4: Skeleton Mobile!
Lesson 4: Skeleton Mobile!
New Words: Hip, leg, knee, ankles, feet, toe, head
Preparation: Flashcards, A4 photocopy of a skeleton (one per student), string (5 pieces per student, each 4-5 cms long) glue (one stick per 3 students), scissors (one pair per student), Song – Heads, shoulders, knees and toes.
Time: About an hour, depending on class size.
Click here for a picture of a skeleton. I just searched for "skeleton"  with google images.
Notes: It’s a good idea to make a skeleton mobile before class, so that you can scare the students!

Warmer: Song – Heads, shoulders, knees and toes. 5 minutes.

Review – upside down game. 5 minutes.

Introduce and drill the new words using your own body parts. It’s more or less just filling in the blanks. You could even draw a person on the board and elicit the words that way. Be sure to use adjectives like big, small, long, short and colours. 10 minutes.

Follow-up with a game of teacher says. 10 minutes

Make a skeleton mobile
Picture of a skeleton
You should make it in front of the class and demonstrate as-you-go.
  1. Cut off the head, arms and legs. Make sure you cut a long (about 18 cms), wide (10cms) piece of paper.
  2. Fold this piece of paper (width-ways) two or three times, so that you have a long, skinny and strong piece of paper.
  3. Save the off-cut pieces of paper, as we’ll need those for later.
  4. Glue a piece of string to the head, arms and legs (on the back).
  5. Now is where that scrap paper comes in handy. Rip of a small section and glue it over the string. You should end up with a sandwich between the piece of paper and the body part, with the string in the middle. This helps to make the mobile stronger.
  6. Now, glue the bits of string to the skeleton, in the correct place! Again, add the strengthening sandwich paper.
  7. Get that long, skinny piece of paper and glue it to the back of the head. Add a sandwich support.
  8. Bend the long piece of paper, so that it is 90 degrees (or so, just as long as there is a bend) to the head.
  9. Scare the students!
  10. Get them to make their own.

This will take a while; don’t be surprised if it takes up to 30 minutes.