My favourite animal 

The aim of this activity is to help young learners to practice reading and writing skills by learning and writing about their favourite animal. 

The materials needed will be: 

• A selection of pictures of different animals (you can get them from Google pictures, pinterest...)
• Worksheets with prompts to help children write about their favourite animal
• Pencils and paper sheets. 

In order to proceed: 

 

I will start by showing them some pictures of books with different pictures of animals. Also, I will ask them which animal is their favourite and why. Once the children have chosen their favourite animal, I will give them the worksheet, so they can start writing. 

Once the children have written about their favourite animal, I will ask them to red out what they have written encouraging them to use adjectives and practice their pronunciation. 

After the activity, we could take the children's work to create a mural with different information about animals and a picture.

This way we will be working, writing, reading and speaking at the same time. We would be working writing just by completing the prompts of animals, and reading and writing while speaking with a correct pronunciation what they have done in front of the rest of the class. Also they will be practising listening just by paying attention to their classmates. Furthermore, this activity will be great to work in a transversal way because they can learn natural science at the same time they are working in English. 

Exemples of pictures: 

Source: IMAGENES DE ANIMALES. (n.d.). Pinterest. https://www.pinterest.es/rosamunezjimene/imagenes-de-animales/

In order to help them to write, we can use this worksheet. 

At the end, you can also ask them to draw their favourite animal or maybe add a picture of them with their favourite animal together. This way we will have a more beautiful mural to decorate our classroom, this way we can also motivate them to do a good work!