Dinosaurs, dinosaurs.

[daninsanam]

Hi,
this is a lesson based on the Book Dinosaurs, dinosaurs, which might be in your library if you teach at an elementary school. However, you don't need the book to use this lesson, as the full text is included in the ppts.

http://www.amazon.com/Dinosaurs-Byron-Barton/dp/006443298X

The target language is
T-Rex had long, sharp teeth.

The first ppt is just the book. The second is a reading challenge, in the style of the Storytime ppts.
The third reviews the lesson language with some different dinosaurs.

To follow up, I used the worksheet "How to Care for a Dinosaur 2" from bogglesworld esl.
http://bogglesworldesl.com/creativewriting.htm
Now free-writing is probably going to be too advanced for your students, so I suggest modelling it first by writing an example story such as this one.

"My dinosaur's name is Princess. She is 9 years old. She is pink. She is 300cm tall. She likes cake and she likes playing soccer."

I've already taught this lesson to a 4th/5th grade Winter Camp class, so there you go, it got their stamp of approval.

[culturetapestry]

Thank you this great for all grades.  It's easy to dumb down for the very young but the older ones it's great to teach how to describe.  I will definitely use it and can tell already the kids will love it.  There is a huge limit on adjectives in their vocab so a lot of camp I want to do games around that.  This is perfect.

[David_2h]

The middle file isn't opening for me, is anyone else having a problem with it?

[bekaneri]

Oh this looks fantastic. I am totally using this for my winter camps. My 6th grade boys love dinosaurs almost as much as I do!

[projectgenesis]

here is a song you can use

[keirdre]

Adding to the above materials, I made a Dinosaur Jenga drawing game.

Essentially, you need to number a Jenga set 1-54.  Numbers are assigned to body parts.  Splitting the class into 2 (or more) teams, students remove Jenga blocks and draw the corresponding part of the dinosaur on the board.  The aim of the game is to see which team can make the most complete dinosaur.

Preparation
Learn dinosaur body parts
Number your Jenga blocks 1-54 (this means you can use it for any activity)


Procedure

• Divide the class into two and prepare the board by drawing two bodies and two mouths.
  Have each team to take it in turns to remove a Jenga block and a body part with the corresponding number, before returning the Jenga block as per normal play.
  Teams should aim to draw the most complete dinosaurs.
  Knocking the tower over means they have to erase 3 body parts.
  The teacher can decide on the best dinosaur at the end of the allotted time.