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One Day in The Jungle by Colin West

This document outlines activities for a summer camp program based on the picture book "One Day in the Jungle" by Colin West. The week-long schedule includes reading the book, learning about jungle animals through games and crafts, singing a song about walking in the jungle, sequencing events from the story, creating the story's characters, inventing their own jungle stories, and having an outdoor trip to a farm on Wednesday. Activities are designed to teach vocabulary and engage children through crafts, games, roleplaying, and creative expression related to the story and jungle theme.

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One Day in The Jungle by Colin West

This document outlines activities for a summer camp program based on the picture book "One Day in the Jungle" by Colin West. The week-long schedule includes reading the book, learning about jungle animals through games and crafts, singing a song about walking in the jungle, sequencing events from the story, creating the story's characters, inventing their own jungle stories, and having an outdoor trip to a farm on Wednesday. Activities are designed to teach vocabulary and engage children through crafts, games, roleplaying, and creative expression related to the story and jungle theme.

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PICTURE BOOKS

ONE DAY IN THE JUNGLE by Colin West

Monday Morning (9- 11/11.15-13)

- INTRODUCTION TO SUMMER CAMP- ICEBRAKERS ACTIVITY

- http://www.easypeasyandfun.com/fingerprint-alphabet-art/

- Twister(board game)/or a sort of (ex: write on pieces of papers body parts


and kids, in pairs, have to pick up one each and touch the correspondent part).

Monday Afternoon (14-15.30/15.45-17)

- Reading of the book

- Activities about animals- describing animals and characters (Where do they


live? How do they look like?) (look at Time Saver Game book page 34-35)

- Lesson about adjectives

- Teaching kids this song and show them the video (Walking in the jungle):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoSq-yZcJ-4

Tuesday Morning (9- 11/11.15-13)

- Hint Animal Game. As a review of animals flashcards, T holds some cards


without showing any to the Ss.  Then the T tells the kids that they are going to
receive 3 hints, so they need to listen carefully. For example: 1. I am yellow. 2.
I have long hair. 3. I am strong. Who am I? Well, a lion of course!  You can
make it in different levels depending on how much English you use or which
vocab you use.

- Outdoorgame: SIDEWALK OBSTACLE WALK http://playtivities.com/sidewalk-


obstacle-course/
Tuesday Afternoon (14-15.30/15.45-17)

- Song (Walking in the jungle): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoSq-yZcJ-4


- Handcraft activity: how to make a pop-up book (related to
nature/animals/jungle…)- bring pop up books as examples
(http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Pop-up-Book)

WEDNESDAY

TRIP TO FATTORIA DIDATTICA

Thursday Morning(9- 11/11.15-13)

- Song (Walking in the jungle): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoSq-yZcJ-4


- Handcraft activity: create the characters of One day in the Jungle
(https://www.facebook.com/greenme.it/posts/10154556959254758)
- Sequencing the animals in the story

Thursday Afternoon (14-15.30/15.45-17)

- Inventing a story in progress(in turn)*


- Outdoor game: https://craftulate.com/2014/07/animal-movement-game.html
(kids can create a huge dice with cardboard)(maybe for younger kids)

Friday Morning (9- 11/11.15-13)

- Song (Walking in the jungle): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoSq-yZcJ-4

- Theatrical game: The Lion’s King Court /Safari roleplay


Friday Afternoon (14-15.30/15.45-17)

- Reading of the book One day in the Jungle

- Handcraft activity: creative (animals)face painting arts

- Animal Races: This is a good way to teach the structure "like a / an". After
teaching animal vocab and practicing moving like each animal, line the Ss up
ready for a race. The T starts each race with "Ready? Run like (an elephant)!
And the Ss try and win the race. Other ideas: jump like a kangaroo, crawl like a
panther, swim like a fish, fly like a bird, walk like a chicken, etc.

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