This is a remake of a very old activity that was ported on to Altopedia from the old English pedia or whatever it was called (from like 2007 I think??) along with a worksheet and powerpoint!
Materials
- Bodybuilder game board - enough for all groups
- Bodybuilder worksheet - I cut my sheets in half and gave them more if they completed the first page!
- Dice
- Optional: bodybuilder powerpoint, game pieces (I have them use their erasers or a pen/pencil cap)
Steps
- Refresh or teach the body parts, I use the powerpoint since the pictures are the same as on the board.
- Students make groups
- Explain how the game works giving a demonstration with your JTE as needed. I draw on the board when it's my turn to draw, so they can see what I do.
- Allow them to play as many times as you would like, I let them play until almost the end of class and even joined a group to play for a round!
- If time is left over have students present their bodies to the class!
Game Rules
- All students place their piece on the "Start" square
- Students then draw their torso "body" (I tell them to draw a shape they like) on the This Is My Body worksheet.
- Students rock, scissors, paper. The winner rolls first then students roll clockwise from there (or whatever system you use in your classroom)
- Whatever square the student lands on they add to their body (i.e eye, nose, mouth, etc) only after saying the body part. While they draw the next person can go.
- This continues until everyone has gone around the board two times. I allow the students to keep rolling and playing after going around twice if someone in their group has not yet completed their second round! The first to go around twice however is the 'winner' since my students are obsessed with making sure of who won in games haha.
- At the end of the game have them count how many of each body part their body now has and fill in the numbers at the bottom!
Notes
- I try to make the difference between a head and a body clear to them so they don't draw their eyes, mouth, nose, etc on the body until they have a head, but some students still use the starting "body" to put all their pieces on.
- Smaller groups work best for this activity. Mine were groups of 3-4 at the most.
- You can easily change what they have to say to be allowed to draw! "I have (a) ~.", "Here is a ~.", etc
- For the counting bit some students may get confused of what parts they have, that's okay. It's just to get them saying the body parts more if they present it to the class.
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