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Level : P.1 Module : Connecting with the natural world Unit : Animals Task : Writing animal riddles Teacher : Lai Fung Ying
Language Skills 1. Listening : Identify main ideas 2. Speaking : Use modelled phrases and sentences to communicate
with teachers or other pupils
3.
Reading : Recognise common abbreviations and contracted forms 4. Writing : Develop written texts by adding personal ideas and
information when a model or framework is provided
C. Powerpoint
Presentation :
Set up Powerpoint to Animal Riddles. For each Powerpoint, the sentences describing the animal will be appeared one by one. Encourage pupils to guess what the animal is. Pupil: Is it a/an __________? Teacher: Yes, it is. / No, it isnt. The picture of the animal will be appeared at the end ie when all the sentences have already shown. Hence pupils know the answer. Pupils read aloud the animal riddle. Four Powerpoint will be shown in the same way so as to make pupils familiarize how to write an animal riddle.
D. Task (Writing animal riddles) Ask pupils to write an animal riddle. They ask and answer in pairs using the structure Is it a _________? Yes, it is. / No, it isnt. Remind pupils not to let their friends see the answer.
E. Post-task Activity Pupils draw pictures of the toy animal they have brought to class or some pictures have been printed out in advance. On a separate piece of paper, they write a riddle about the animal. They put the picture on the notice board. The riddle they wrote is read out. If someone guesses the animal correctly, the riddle is pinned up under the picture.
An Animal Riddle
It is small. It has a long beak. It has two wings. It can fly. It cant swim.
An Animal Riddle
It is small. It is green. It has four long legs. It has a big mouth. It can jump. It can live on land and in water.
An Animal Riddle
It is big. It is brown. It has a big mouth. It has a big nose. It can run. It is the King of Animals.
An Animal Riddle
It is big. It is thin. It has two small ears. It has four legs. It has a long tail. It can run very fast.