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Target group and Time

The target group are mostly is children in grade 3-5.  In groups of 4 students and 1 teacher, the activity takes about 10 minutes.
Playing the game in a larger group can increase the time, difficulty and fun of the game.  

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This activity aims to teach vocabulary , and to talk practice speaking in sentences and revise it by connecting it to movements. The repetition complete sentences. Repetition of the sentences with the gestures practices the forming of sentences and the vocabulary usedgestures helps consolidate memory by connecting meaning to movements. 

Instructions to set up the activity

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• "Discussion" Part:
  After the topic (Animal) is given, every student chooses an animal or pet. Then 2-3 facts with fitting gestures are collected  about each pet. 
  The goal of the verbal part is for every student to be able to form 2-3 sentences about their animal/pet and have to quickly thought think of the gestures. 
  (Example questions for the Topic "Animals and Pets": What is special about your animal/pet? Where does it live? How does it move? Do you know what it eats? When does it sleep? Does it have feathers or scales?)

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The topic can be more abstract (for advanced students), or the activity can be simplified by thinking of movements involving the whole body rather than hand gestures. 
(Topic ideas: food, pets, favourite and least favourite movies, vacation,...
This can also be a useful game to introduce a new group of students to each other.
Everyone says their name and two things about themselves and the gestures make it more fun.)

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