Giraffes can't dance
The book - Giraffes can't dance is a wonderful story to open discussion about differences, and to emphasise that we are all special in some way.
The oracy book pack for Giraffes can't dance contains a lesson plan and all supporting resource materials for each activity.
Theme: Jungle animals
Lesson plan includes:
- general preparatory discussion notes: 'things you are good at'
- puppet / language activity
- language game: Coconut Climb - distinctive features
- barrier game: basic prepositional concepts
- memory activity (visual based) - jungle animals, positions
- 2 sound level activities: sound alliteration & rhyme
- 2 word level activities: character webs - word association & antonyms
- 2 sentence level activities: negative statements & formulating questions
- 3 text level activities: description ; game - 'Guess Who?' & text innovation (So you think you can dance - news article)