Meiwa Lesson 3: Animals

Grammar

"What's this? It's a ..."

Game

Charades

Structure

1. Prepare some animal flashcards.
2. Start by revealing each animal slowly, from the ears down, and have the students yell out what animal it is (in Japanese), then teach them the English word. Do this for all animals, repeating "kore wa nan desu ka?", gradually replacing it with "What's this?".
3. After a review of all the animals, play animal charades. Split the class into 2 or 3 groups and have 2 or 3 chairs at the front facing back toward the rest of the class.
4. 1 student from each group sits in a chair, and you hold up a picture of an animal behind them, so the rest of the class can see. The class then act out charades of the animal to help their team-mate guess what it is.
5. When an animal has been guessed correctly, a new set of students come up and repeat the process. This is great fun. Keep repeating the main phrase.

See Also

• Sample Lessons from Meiwa
• Elementary School Lessons