Activity

Day At The Zoo

This is a classic logic puzzle. The students must read and understand the relative pronoun sentences in order to solve the puzzle.

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Originally submitted by Anonymous / Alyssa Godfrey on Feb 03, 2011.

MATERIALS NEEDED:

DETAILED EXPLANATION:

After breaking the students up into their lunch groups, or any smaller group of anywhere from 3-6 kids. hand out the worksheet.
Explain the premise on the left, and translate if it's necessary. Don't translate the clues!
Give the students some time (limit them if necessary) to try and work together to figure out the logic puzzle.
The first group to come to you with the correct answer gets stickers and/or the loving admiration of their fellow classmates!

VARIATIONS:

Instead of working in groups, the students could also work in pairs or individually.
Option 3 is better for lower level students and includes a chart for students to keep track of the information.

TEACHING SUGGESTIONS:

Make sure the students are familiar with the grammar point: The girl who..., The animal that..., etc.
The vocabulary used should be just fine for JHS 3rd year students.

Files:

Small files

Submitted by Englipedia Archive May 24, 2019 Estimated time: 50+ min

Nwtr421 September 29, 2022
This was a great activity! I had a lot of fun and I think my students did too. That being said, I found my students (3rd year JHS) struggled greatly with a couple things.
1. The phrase "last in line". Once I explained the phrase meant the last number it went over better.
2. Similarly, the phrase "the student who is before Doraemon" was confusing for them. They got the order backward about 75% of the time.
Thanks for the activity!
aimeeyuri4 November 28, 2022

For the Anonymous puzzle, the answers are as follows:

Line Name Animal Balloon
1 Chopper Penguin Red
2 Snoopy Monkey Blue
3 Kitty Tiger Green
4 Peach Zebra Orange
5 Sazae Lion Yellow
Mullberry September 25, 2023
For the day at the zoo puzzle I didn't see answers posted but my students and I just did it. The answers are almost the same with a few name and color changes.
1. Chopper penguin red
2. Doreamon monkey blue
3. Miffy tiger green
4. Peach zebra purple
5. Dokin loin yellow