Why do you like horses?

Everybody must answer this question, because I am sure you like horses. Myself:

I like horses because they are beautiful, elegant and fast.

Last Monday we started a new unit. We looked at a picture of a bedroom and reviewed the prepositions of place. Students had to say where everything was. Under the bed, next to the bed, on the wall, etc.

Important words students have to study are:

wall, floor, ceiling, window, door, shelf, bed, bedside table.

But we spend most of the lesson preparing our TV contest or Guess Game. Of course, our topic is animals, because now students can say a lot of things about animals.

We have 2 teams: 

Team A: Sergio, David and Marta.

Team B: Pablo, Daniel and Isma.

Host: Nene.

We are going to play 2 games. The first one is the clue game. Students wrote clues for the game. What is a clue? Check this game and you'll know. http://www.uptoten.com/kids/kidsgames-mixedbag-guesswhichanimal.html

The second game is a bit more difficult because students have to ask questions and score for each question they get right. the host answers the questions and the other team has to guess the animal as quick as they can so the other contestant do not ask many questions.

These are the type of questions students must ask:

Questions about animals

Group of animals:

 Is it a wild animal? Is it a farm animal? Is it a pet?

Physical qualities: (what they look like)

Has it got fur? Has it got skin? Has it got scales? Has it got feathers?

Has it got a beak?

 Has it got a tail?

 Has it got wings? 

Has it got fins? 

Has it got a shell? 

(And more about different parts of their body: legs, neck, ears, tail) Example: 

Has it got big ears? 

Has it got big feet?

Other qualities:

Is it a clever animal? Friendly,  playful, boring, cute, fast, slow, shy.

Actions:

Does it eat plants or vegetables?

Does it climb trees?

Does it fly?

Does it run fast?

Does it live in the jungle? 

Students must study these questions.

Homework

Why do you like horses?

Everybody must answer this question, because I am sure you like horses. Myself:

I like horses because they are beautiful, elegant and fast.

Don't forget to study the questions.

Darkred had a happy stay with David. Now Darkred is at Sergio's. Have a nice week, you two!

Last Monday we studied some adjectives we can use to talk about pets and other animals:

lazy, friendly, playful, cute, boring, fun, fast, slow, shy, beautiful, clever.

We watched a video: you may watch it again at home and learn the questions and answers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=947Re2MBbLI

We practiced asking the question:

What pets do you like?
A possible answer is: I like dogs.

Why do you like dogs?
I like dogs because they are friendly and playful.

Notice the underlined words: Why is for questions.

Because is for answers.



HOMEWORK

Study all the words above, including why and because.

Watch the video again and answer the question as in this example: Why does the girl like parrots? The girl likes parrots because they are cute.

1. Why does the girl like rabbits?
2. Why does the boy like dogs?
3. Why does the girl like cats?

Make the questions for the answers as in this example: I like birds because they sing. The questions is  Why so you like birds?

1. I like horses because they are fast.
2. I like hamsters because they are playful.
3. I like dolphins because they are clever.

I underlined they so you don't forget it. They is horses (1) , hamsters (2), dolphins (3).

Thank you Nené for the beautiful pictures of yourself and Darkred. You did a very good job telling us about your week with the Dragon.

This week is David´s turn. Let´s see what they do together. They´ll probably play football.

In our last class students practiced asking questions like this:

Are the dogs brown and gray? 

And answering:

No, they aren't. They are black and white.

We use are in the question when we ask about a number of things, animals or people. If we only ask about 1 thing, animal or person, we say is in

Is the bird blue and orange? 

And we answer:

No, it isn't. It is red, yellow and green.

Notice that I underlined the word it just as before I underlined the word they. That is another change. When we talk about something in plural, we call it it. When it is only 1 we use the word they instead of the noun (dogs, rabbits, cats, etc.)


We also described some more animals. One of our students, Isma, told us a new word: fin.

What animals have got fins? Fish have got fins. Can you see them?

Sharks also have fins.

HOMEWORK

1. Asnwer the questions:

a.What animals have a beak?

b. What animals have wings?

c. What animals have orange and black fur?

d. What farm animals have feathers and very small heads?

e. What wild animals have brown or gray skin and very long noses?

Make a picture of an animal that you like. Write as many things as you can about that animal.

Ex:

This is a dolphin.

A dolphin is long, round, and big.

It has got fins and a big mouth.

It has got skin.

It has got a friendly face.

Dolphins live in the sea.

They can swim and jump.

Dolphins are very intelligent. They like to play.

How is Darkred doing? She is spending the week at Nené's and I'm sure she gonna take good care of him.

Last Monday we continued talking about animals. Some of the students are still having difficulties to know when to say have got and when to say is or are. I hope they will get used to it little by little. Just and example:

Tigers are wild animals.

They have got orange and black fur.

They have got whiskers.

They are beautiful.

We listened to a recording and students had to spot the picture they were talking about in the recording. That way we reviewed prepositions: under, next to, behind, in front of, next to, etc.

Students had to draw what the teacher said: a head with a big snout, and some feathers on the head, etc. Then, they had to complete the drawing. Finally they had to ask their partner some questions about the partner's picture and had to make another drawing to show what their partner's drawing looked like. They had to ask questions like:

Has your animal got legs? 

Is your animal fat?

Has it got a tail?

Is the tail long?

I must say that all the students made wonderful drawings.

HOMEWORK

Go to the following link: http://www.eslgamesplus.com/farm-domestic-animals-vocabulary-esl-memory-game/ Play the game and then describe the animals.

Example:

A horse has got four long legs.

It is beautiful and fast.

It has got a hairy tail and  hair on its neck.