Animal World Map Activities
Animal World Map Activities
Animal World Map Activities
Vocabulary to revise/teach
General: numbers, colours
Verbs: eat, run, swim
Adjectives: big, dangerous, furry, long, small, spikey
Nouns: antlers, beak, claws, flippers, grass, hump, legs, neck, tail, tusks
Suggested activities:
Cut-up the animal names. See if students can match them to the correct animals on the map. Get them
researching on the internet or reading books to find out about animals they dont know!
Copy and cut up the descriptions. Read out the clues one by one. Students guess the animal. The student
with the correct answer can place the description next to the correct animal on the map.
Ask students to place more animals on the map they can draw them or use pictures.
Follow-up: Model sentences like the above, e.g. It is ___________ . It has ___________ legs. Ask students to
write three sentences about an animal then describe to small groups who try to guess the animal.
Answers
It is sm ll. It is bl ck nd white.
It h s tail. It c n swim.
It lives in North Americ . It lives in Ant rctic .
CHIPMUNK PENGUIN
It is big. It is long.
It is bl ck nd white. It is d ngerous.
It e ts gr ss. It lives in South Americ .
PANDA SNAKE (ANACONDA)
It is big. It is bl ck nd white.
It h s tusks. It c n run.
It is grey. It lives in Afric .
ELEPHANT ZEBRA
It h s ntlers. It is sm ll.
It is brown. It h s two legs.
It lives in North Americ and Europe. It h s a long be k.
DEER BIRD (KIWI)
It is furry. It is bl ck nd white.
It is grey. It h s four legs.
It lives in Austr li . It lies in North Americ .
KOALA RACCOON
penguin p nd
r coon ko l
squirrel eleph nt
deer rm dillo
se l bird
sn ke hedgehog
p nd zebr
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Anim l Descriptions
It is sm ll. It is bl ck nd white.
It h s t il. It c n swim.
It lives in North Americ . It lives in Ant rctic .
It is big. It is long.
It is bl ck nd white. It is d ngerous.
It e ts gr ss. It lives in South Americ .
It is big. It is bl ck nd white.
It h s tusks. It c n run.
It is grey. It lives in Afric .
It h s ntlers. It is sm ll.
It is brown. It h s two legs.
It lives in North Americ and Europe. It h s a long be k.
It is furry. It is bl ck nd white.
It is grey. It h s four legs.
It lives in Austr li . It lives in North Americ .