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An A1 word-scramble sheet on animals: students read six clues and unscramble the letters to spell words such as "elephant" and "tiger".
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Pedagogical Guide
Objective & content
This A1 sheet practises vocabulary on animals, with six words such as elephant, tiger and horse. Under "Read the clue. Unscramble the letters to make a word.", each line gives a clue (for example "A large cat with stripes") and jumbled letters (REGIT), and students write the word in the last column. Page 2 is the teacher answer key.
Pedagogical guide
Unscrambling makes students look inside a word, so it suits revision, not introduction: a student who has never met the word can only guess. The clues give size, sound or habitat, so students can often guess the animal before rebuilding it; insist that they check every letter, especially in elephant (eight letters).
Suggested procedure
- (3 min) Make animal noises and ask students to name the animal in English.
- (10 min) Students work alone and write each word in the last column.
- (5 min) Correct with the answer key, one word at a time; students spell each answer aloud in English.
- (5 min) Each student describes an animal from the sheet in two words, for example big, stripes, and the class guesses.
Adaptations
[S] Show pictures of the six animals and let students match each one to its clue before they unscramble.
[A] Students write a clue for two other animals, such as cat and cow, and swap with a partner.
Materials & prerequisites
One copy of page 1 per student; keep page 2 for yourself. The words must already have been taught.
