Class level: Elementary – High school / Lesson Time: 55 minutes
English level: Beginner to Advanced / Expected number of students: 20 - 40
Context: The names of body parts.
Teaching aids: White/chalk board to draw a simple body diagram for labeling, body diagrams- one with English labels, one with English & Korean labels, and one with blank labels, and a soft foam ball or small soft object to be used as a hot-potato for calling on students.
Learner objectives:
For all students to be able touse English to state the names of body parts. Practice correct pronunciation. / Teacher aims:
Involve all students in an engaging lesson.
Teach a fun lesson with a game that adapts to the learner’s abilities.
Procedure / Phase / Timing
Before class starts,draw a simple diagram of a body on the board so that you can label it when the students say the body parts they know.
Ask the students what body parts they know. Point out on your own body the parts the students say and repeat loudly and clearly what they tell you so that all of the students can hear their answers. Also label the diagram with the body parts the students say.
Review the body parts flashcards. Distribute the body chartsif the class needs them. (If you are teaching in South Korea you should learn to read Korean. It is a very easy language to learn and you can learn to read and write in Korean in less than three hours.) Read the body parts in English with the class.
(1) The class reads the flashcard.
(2) The teacher models the correct pronunciation by reading the body part.
(3) The students re-read the body part.
*Advanced and intermediate students will likely ask you to label additional common body parts such as calf, tongue, eye brow, etc.
** It is helpful to have the students write their names on the diagram charts and collect them at the end of the lesson so that the very useful diagram charts can be reused with the same class for another lesson.
Activity for this lesson:
Activity for intermediate English students
Crossword Puzzles #1 and #2
Conclusion/ Review Activity
At the end of the game erase the labels you have on your diagram drawn on the board. Toss the foam ball around the room to different students. A student who catches the ball has the choice of saying a body part and the teacher will write the label onto the drawn diagram (mostly for beginners) or the student can come to the board and write the label onto the diagram themselves (mostly for intermediate and advanced students). / Engage
Study
Activate
Closure/
Study / 10 minutes
15 minutes
20
minutes
10 min minutes
Name______Date______
Body Parts Crossword Puzzle #1
1.2. / 4.
2. / 3.
4.
5.
5. / 6.
6.
ACROSS DOWN
Name______Date______Body Parts Crossword Puzzle #2
1. / 2.
3.
2.
5. / 4. / 6.
3.
4.
6.
/ Chest
Chin
Ears
Eyes
Hands
Head
Neck
Nose
Thighs
Toes
Waist
Wrists
Across
1. There are five of these on each foot. ______
2. These are used for hearing. ______
3. Inside this are your heart and lungs. ______
4. You put your belt around this. ______
5. You hold things in these. ______
6. Allows you to turn your head. ______/ Down
1. This is your lap when you sit.______
2. These allow you to see. ______
3. These are between your hands and arms. ______
4. This allows you to smell. ______
5. This is where your brain is.______
6. Directly below your mouth. ______
What other body parts do you know? What body parts do humans NOT have?
1 of 4