Basic vocabulary (for example, the colours) and someone structures
Topic: The body
Final Task / Project
The class is divided in two tasks.
First of all, the teacher will hand out some sheets containing body parts already drawn (head, nose, mouth, etc.) to the students so that they have to paint the body parts with the colours the teachers indicates. This way, new words are introduced (body parts) and students go over what they have previously learnt (colours).
Once this task is over, the students and the teacher will stand up and will gather around the teacher to sing the following song while pointing at the correct body part:
Head, shoulder, knees and feet knees and feet
Head, shoulder, knees and feet knees and feet
And eyes and ear and mouth and noise
Head, shoulder, knees and feet knees and feet
Objectives
To learn English in a funny way
To introduce basic ideas
To learn main body parts.
To get used to the correct pronunciation
Content
Conceptual
To learn vocabulary: Body parts (head, shoulder, knees, feet, eyes, ear, mouth and noise)
To introduce grammatical structures and connective words: This is my…, what colour is my…? etc.
Procedural
To get the children to correctly pronounce the words learnt
To coordinate movements
To associate colour and drawings
Behavioural
Team working
To develop teacher-student learning schemes
To learn while singing
Materials
Teacher: sheets with body parts drawn and already painted in different colours.
Students: sheets with body parts drawn and crayons.
Time
Two hours in different days
Process
Teacher
Students
First Task
% The teacher will ask individually or to the group
Activity introduction in Spanish : “ Hoy vamos a estudiar las partes del cuerpo”
The teachers show the sheets.
The teacher explains the structure of the class and the words while pointing to her body parts and asking: “This is my head… “This is my noise...” “This is my…?” %
She asks… “What colour is my noise?” %
She hands out the sheets and crayons and she indicates what the students will have to paint and the colours to use, making the same questions.%
Students listen
Students watch
Students repeat and answer
Students look at the sheet and answer
Students paint and answer
Second Task
The teacher encourages singing.
The teacher sings the first verse.
The teacher sings the second verse.
The teacher shows the dancing (pointing each body part)