Body Parts Lesson 1: Face Race

Written By: Simply ESL

11-12-2010

Categorized in: ESL Lesson Plans, Young Learners (4 - 8)

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 todays 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. 1015 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 todays new words. 10 minutes.

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 (whos Simon?). Explain
to the students that if you dont 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 todays new words. 5 minutes.

Remember to check out Simply ESLs idea section for lesson activities.

Lesson 3: Whos 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!

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.
Notes: Its 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. Its 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
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 well 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. Now 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.