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Unfortunately, I could not join the Drama Lab; however, I imagine this method to be fun since the students shouldn’t feel overwhelming pressure of being in the spotlight on their own. A possible difficulty might be that students will not know the answer or how to imitate certain animals for which case the teacher or assistants will have to be prepared to help out. 

Lara Filips:

Introduction: This game is supposed to be an ice breaker and slowly introduce the children to the topic acting, since was the warmup. It is divided in two parts. First the children must solve a “What animal am I?” quiz, which is read out aloud and after every new clue there is a little break so the students can guess. In the second part of the game the children are the ones who must come in front and let the others guess which animal they are. There are two options: they can act it out or also do a little quiz if they don’t feel comfortable with acting. 

Target group and Time:

• Target group: 5th graders (the game can easily be adjusted for other target groups if you use harder or easier quiz questions and different vocabulary or visual aid)
• Time: The quiz only took a few minutes, while the second part of the game took a little longer and with 5 students, we were able to do 3 rounds of “What animal am I?”.

Learning objectives: They need to use their vocabulary to solve the quiz and to create one of their own. This way they can repeat the vocabulary to memorize it. They also learned some new words as some of them did not know what a “parrot” was. They also need to use the simple present sentence structure to describe what animal they are. 

Instructions to set up the activity:

1. Let the students introduce themselves.
2. Optional: If you think the questions are too hard, hand them a worksheet with either the answers printed as pictures (of course in the wrong order) or the questions on it so they can read It while listening to it.
3. Let the quiz begin.
4. After the quiz explain the second part of the game. Do one example round by yourself, where the students must guess which animal you are.

Letting it run:

• Always ask if the student understood the questions, if they seem uneasy and if not explain it to them (preferably in English, if it’s needed then German)
• Make sure that there is enough space for the children to move around to act their animal out.
• If they seem too shy to act, make sure to ensure them that describing it is also fine.

Rescue the Zoo Animals – Ufuk 

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