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The Jungle Book

Please make sure to bring colors, a notebook and a pencil.

With: Ofir Primat

Fourth Grade |English

By the end of this lesson, you can …

- read, say and write new words.

- guess information about the text before even reading it.

- read, speak and write about the Jungle Book.

What will we do today?

• play Simon Says

• learn new animal and action words

• learn how to approach a new story

• learn about Mowgli and his friends in the jungle

• draw and write about jungle animals

What do you need to prepare for the class?

Let’s start the lesson with “Simon Says!” Do what I am doing only if I say “Simon Says!”

Icebreaker

Do you know what a wolf is?

Do you know about a young boy who lives with wolves in the forest?

Yes! A boy whose family members are wolves!

That’s right! You must have heard about Mowgli!

Before we start, let’s watch a video about Safari Animals!

Before we start, let’s watch a video about Safari Animals!

What do we do before we read?

Today we are going to read about Mowgli.

But first, we are going to learn new words that we will meet in the story.

wolf bear monkey tiger

animals

Vocabulary! words words words …Let’s go over ten important words before we begin to read:

Vocabulary! words words words …Let’s go over ten important words before we begin to read:

swim climb eat talk

actions

The bear is swimming.

The monkey is climbing.

The tiger is eating.

The wolf is eating.

The boy is talking.

actionsanimals

Word Bank: talk, bear, tiger, swim, climb, monkey, eat

Sort these words into the right column:

actionsanimals

Word Bank: talk, bear, tiger, swim, climb, monkey, eat

Sort these words into the right column:

Let’s Begin!

Think:

1) Where does the story

take place?

2) Who is Mowgli’s friend?

3) Who is not a friend of Mowgli?

Let’s Begin!

1) The story takes place in the jungle.

Let’s Begin!

2) The bear and the wolves are Mowgli’s friends.

Let’s Begin!

3) The tiger is not a friend of Mowgli.

What do we already know?

- We know which animals are in the story.

- We know the name of the story.

- We know who Mowgli’s friends are.

Now, let’s read!!

The Jungle Book

Mowgli is a baby. He has no mother or father.

He lives in the jungle.

Wolves live in the jungle too.

The wolves love Mowgli.

They are his new family.

Mowgli is very happy.

Baloo is a brown bear. He is Mowgli’s teacher.

He helps Mowgli talk to the animals.

Mowgli swims and climbs in the jungle.

Mowgli plays in the jungle.

He eats nuts, fruit and honey.

Shere Khan is a tiger.

He is very angry. He wants to catch Mowgli.

But one day the monkeys take Mowgli away.

Where is Mowgli?

Practice – Match the Picture to the Character

MowgliShere Khan Baloo

B C

1 2 3

A

MowgliShere Khan Baloo

B C

1 2 3

A

Practice – Match the Picture to the Character

Shere KhanBaloo

B C

13

A

Check your Answers

Mowgli2

Complete the sentences:

1. Mowgli has no mother and __________.

2. The wolves love Mowgli. They are his new ________.

3. Mowgli ____ nuts, fruit and honey.

4. Shere Khan is a ______. He is very angry.

Word bank: eats, family, tiger, father

Complete the sentences:

1. Mowgli has no mother and __________.

2. The wolves love Mowgli. They are his new ________.

3. Mowgli ____ nuts, fruit and honey.

4. Shere Khan is a ______. He is very angry.

Word bank: eats, family, tiger, father

1. Mowgli has no mother and father.

2. The wolves loves Mowgli. They are his new family.

3. Mowgli eats nuts, fruit and honey.

4. Shere Khan is a tiger. He is very angry.

Check your Answers

What did we learn today?

- new words of animals and actions.

- how to get information of the text before I read it (I’m

looking at the title and the pictures)

- more about Mowgli.

- more about the characters in the Jungle Book.

Let’s Pretend: “I am Mowgli”Imagine you are Mowgli. You are in the jungle. You need friends.Choose which animals from the word bank below will be your friends. Write three sentences like the one in pink. Then draw them.The monkey is my friend because it can give me bananas.

1. The ….. is my friend because …2. The ….. is my friend because …3. The ….. is my friend because …

Word bank: panda; giraffe; elephant; bear; tiger; monkey; wolf

Let’s Pretend: “I am Mowgli”Imagine you are Mowgli. You are in the jungle. You need friends.Choose which animals from the word bank below will be your friends. Write three sentences like the one in pink. Then draw them.The monkey is my friend because it can give me bananas.

1. The ….. is my friend because …2. The ….. is my friend because …3. The ….. is my friend because …

Word bank: panda; giraffe; elephant; bear; tiger; monkey; wolf

Now, you can …

- read, say and write new words.

- guess information about the text before even reading it.

- read, speak and write about the Jungle Book.

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