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The game is about farm animals, what they look like, what they eat and like to do, and why they are helpful on a farm.

Target group and Time

The game can be played by 5-6 year classes. Students should know most of the animals and how to describe them using colors and what the animals do etc. Ideally this game should be played as long as it takes for every students to have a turn.

Learning objectives

• activation and repeticion of  vocabulary for describing something  (adjectives like colours or "big" and "small" and more)
• practicing the ability to transfer knowledge into creative action
•  creativitve output

Instructions to set up the activity

The teacher introduces the topic of the farm.

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The other students have to guess what farm animal they are describing or acting out.

Letting it run

Depending on the students needs a worksheet with helpful phrases can be added. Ideally the worksheet should include helpful questions like “What color is my animal?” and a sentence starter like “My animal likes to eat…”. Depending on the language level of the learners, colors or different vocabulary could also be included on the worksheet to give them an overview of the needed vocabulary to improve the flow of the game.

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If all students are very familiar with the vocabulary, the game can be altered in the way, that the students play against each other in two teams. Then, not only vocabulary, but also time is a factor of difficulty.

Optional Material

How To Describe

What colour does my animal have?

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