Under the Sea
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Under the Sea

This engaging 60-minute Under the Sea ESL lesson plan for elementary kids helps students develop speaking, listening, and vocabulary skills. Through interactive activities, including video comprehension, reading exercises, and vocabulary matching, students will explore fascinating sea creatures like whales, dolphins, sharks, and octopuses. The lesson includes discussions, quizzes, and a creative drawing task where students imagine and describe their own sea creature.

Skills

  • Can name an object and indicate its shape and color while showing it to others using basic words/signs, phrases and formulaic expressions, provided they can prepare in advance.
Online Interactive
Based on CEFR
Fully Customizable
1

Let's talk about animals in the ocean! In pairs, ask each other the following questions.

1
Have you ever been to the beach? What did you see in the water?
2
What sea animals do you know?
3
What do you think is the biggest animal in the sea?
2

Watch the video to see various animals in the ocean. Then, answer the question.

3

Read the text about some of the animals from the video.

4

Choose the right answer to the following questions.

5

Match the animal to the correct description.

6

Take turns asking and answering these questions based on the information in the text.

7

Draw your own sea creature!

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