Monsters (body parts and ‘have got’)

This is a lesson I did with my fifth-graders this week. They are currently learning body parts and reviewing “has/have got,” so this tied in perfectly. In most classes it took the entire 45 minutes or slightly longer.

Start by drawing on the board a chart three boxes across and 10 (or 12 or 15) boxes down. Label the rows 1. to 10. and label the columns body parts, adjectives (melleknévek) and numbers. Fill in the first few lines as a class to get them started:

body parts / adjectives / numbers
1. eyes ------ fat ---------- 8
2. nose ----- blue -------- 3
3. foot ------ dirty ------- 12

After the students have filled in their charts, have them write sentences with the form “My monster has got 8 fat eyes. My monster has got 3 blue noses / 12 dirty feet / etc.” Point out that they should use the plural form of the body part.

Final step: have them draw the monster. My students really enjoyed this, especially the sillier combinations like “14 happy legs.”

Almost every student finished the writing part; about half finished the drawing. I told the other half to finish it as homework. Make sure to leave 5 minutes at the end of class so that the students who are finished can show their monsters to the class.