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the very hungry caterpiller
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cristinacarre
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the very hungry caterpiller
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hello I want show to my ss the very hungry caterpiller story.
they are 6 years old. Is this story too easy for them?.
How can I use this story, I have been looking for material and I have found not enough thing.
can somebody help me, saying what to do with the story and how to teach it.
thanks a lot.
cristina. |
14 May 2011
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mariannina
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Hi! Google "The very hungry caterpillar" and you �ll find lots of things.
I used them at school.
Ciao.
Mariannina |
14 May 2011
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IceQueeny
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Here you can find an easy programme with the hungry caterpillar. http://www.villatic.org/caterpillar/
Good luck!
Julia
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14 May 2011
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moravc
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You may try a minibook, a cloze activity, record your students - and make an audiobook, watch the original film http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qoYPLtqqVk + mute + listen to your students � recordings, fill-in listening exercise, ask students to learn the story/play by heart - drama Caterpillar, crafts activities, write a similar story on a different animal...
vocabulary/grammar
vocab: seasons + weather, insects, what do animals/insects eat?, animal abilities + can/can�t,
heath/illness + symptoms, un/healthy food, junk food, healthy diet, healthy life-style
polite requests - Can I have a ...? + shops - greengrocer �s conversation - pair work
life cycle of a butterfly, fly, mosquito, grasshopper, fish, jellyfish, salamander, frog, humans, star life cycle, plant life cycle... - students draw a poster
food cycle - food chain - predator-pray - eg: plant - caterpillar - frog - snake - OWL
grammar: past/present simple (rewrite the story in present simple),
expressing quantity - numbers, many/much, few/little, a slice/piece of/a bit of, a cup of/a glass of...water
Conditional I - If I eat too much chocolate, I will have stomachache.
Conditional II - If my sister drank too many glasses of cola, she would have a headache.
Conditional III - If I hadn �t drank anything the whole day, I would have had a terrible headache / sunstroke.
modals (can/�t) or should / shouldn �t/mustn �t eat / drink /sleep / go to bed late / get up late / study late....
Please note there are almost 60 worksheets on eslprintables:
Very Hungry CaterpillAr:
http://www.eslprintables.com/buscador/buscar.asp?nivel=any&age=0&tipo=any&contents=Very+Hungry+Caterpillar&username=&B1=Search#thetop
I recommend:
The Very Eager Author Minibook 3 pages
The Very Hungry Caterpillar (Story Mini Book)
The Very Hungry Caterpillar -Cloze exercise or
the very hungry caterpillar
The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Puppet�s play
The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Play
A Very Hungry Caterpillar Graph
The very hungry caterpillar board game
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Wordsearch
Easy cute animal story - Owl Babies - Follow up Listening:
http://www.youtube.com/v/sJe0WupukAw?version=3
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14 May 2011
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robirimini
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I did this some years ago with 7 years old pupils:
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15 May 2011
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MarionG
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Our course book has a story along the same lines (obviously based on the original) and it is used mainly to teach the days of the week....
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15 May 2011
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