English in elementary school teaching materials collection 2013 the jet p rogr amme

LEARN ABOUT THE BODY
 
Submitted by Sarah Holman ( Kyoto City BOE) 
Target Group
: 5-6th year 
Difficulty Level
: Fundamentals 
Activity Objective: 
To learn vocabulary on different parts of the body and to be able to speak and hear each word.
Procedure: 
(5-10 Min) Learning Vocabulary. Introduce the selected parts of the body. Drawing a body on the 
board as well as using your own body is effective in conveying meaning. Have them repeat the 
vocabulary until they are comfortable. 
(5 Min) Body quiz. Have everyone stand up. They can only sit down when they indicate their 
correlating body part. Example: Teacher says nose, and the student touches their nose. Then they 
can sit down.
(10 Min) Play Simon Says. This actively gets them moving the right body part responding to the 
teachers instructions. Example: "Simon says touch your nose."
(15 Min) Funny Drawing Activity. Have a group draw pictures together. Each person responds to a 
command (Draw a nose) and draws it. Then they pass the picture to the next person and give a 
command (Draw an eye). It goes on until the picture is completed. The group with the funniest 
picture wins.
(5 Min) Review body parts. Ask random students to tell you what body part you are pointing to. 
Make sure everyone has acquired the targeted vocabulary.