ESL WORKSHEET - Parts of the body

LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH TEACHERS

HEAD AND SHOULDERS

LinguaHouse

Oct. 24, 2022

Level: Pre-intermediate (A2-B1)
Type of language: English for Teenagers
Tags: Parts of the Body; Medicine, Biology and Health; Video; Vocabulary and Grammar; Present Tenses; 10-12 Years Old
Publication date: 10/24/2022

This lesson reviews and expands vocabulary related to body parts and body functions. Students listen to/watch a presentation about the human body and talk about its functions using the Present Simple. They identify body actions and describe them using the Present Continuous. Finally, they contrast the two tenses. There are optional speaking activities and a homework task exploiting the text of the presentation. (by I. Rybak)

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VIDEO TRANSCRIPT

Narrator: The human body. The human body comes in lots of different shapes and sizes, but most are made up of the same parts which do the same jobs.
We all have a skeleton. The bones in your skeleton help you stay standing up and let you move around.
They also protect the important organs inside you.
Your ribs keep your heart, lungs, and stomach safe, and your skull acts as a tough shell for your brain. Keeping everything safely wrapped up is your skin.
Most of us have the same kind of body parts in the same places. You have a head and a neck.
You have arms, elbows, hands, and fingers. You have a chest and a tummy.
You have legs, knees, feet, and toes. Some of us might need help to make our bodies work better.
For instance, you might need a little extra help to hear or to get around.
Whoever you are, the best way to keep every part of your body healthy is lots of exercise.

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