Tarzan 1A) the Story of Tarzan
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Tarzan 1a) The Story of Tarzan Read and listen to the story of Tarzan. Tarzan lives in the jungle in Africa. He has a lot of friends. His best friend is a monkey called Cheetah. Tarzan likes living in the jungle. He is very happy. Jane is a photographer. She lives in London but today she is in the jungle. She wants to take photographs of monkeys. Jane is travelling with a guide called Clayton. He is not a nice person. He is a hunter. He is also an expert on surviving in the jungle. Jane doesn’t know that Clayton’s favourite food is monkey! One day Tarzan and Jane meet in the jungle. Tarzan likes Jane and Jane likes Tarzan. But Jane doesn’t like Tarzan’s smell! Tarzan never washes his body, cleans his teeth or combs his hair! So, Tarzan needs help from his animal friends. He needs to learn about personal hygiene. The elephant teaches him to wash his body. The crocodile teaches him to clean his teeth. The lion teaches him to comb his hair. Meanwhile, someone needs to teach Clayton that killing animals for fun is not nice! Maybe Mister Crocodile has an idea… IPA IP A This activity is designed to be used in conjunction with a performance of IPA Production’s Tarzan. For more information, visit www.ipaproductions.com. Tarzan 1b) The Story of Tarzan Read the story of Tarzan and fill in the spaces using the words below. Now listen to the recording and check to see if your answers are correct. hair jungle photographs crocodile Clayton monkey food teeth Jane hunter Tarzan lives in the (1) in Africa. He has a lot of friends. His best friend is a (2) called Cheetah. Tarzan likes living in the jungle. He is very happy. (3) is a photographer. She lives in London but today she is in the jungle. She wants to take (4) of monkeys. Jane is travelling with a guide called Clayton. He is not a nice person. He is a (5) . He is also an expert on surviving in the jungle. Jane doesn’t know that Clayton’s favourite (6) is monkey! One day Tarzan and Jane meet in the jungle. Tarzan likes Jane and Jane likes Tarzan. But Jane doesn’t like Tarzan’s smell! Tarzan never washes his body, cleans his (7) or combs his hair! So, Tarzan needs help from his animal friends. He needs to learn about personal hygiene. The elephant teaches him to wash his body. The (8) teaches him to clean his teeth. The lion teaches him to comb his (9) . Meanwhile someone needs to teach (10) that killing animals for fun is not nice! Maybe Mister Crocodile has an idea… IPA IP A This activity is designed to be used in conjunction with a performance of IPA Production’s Tarzan. For more information, visit www.ipaproductions.com. Tarzan 1c) The Story of Tarzan Read the story of Tarzan. What do you think the missing words are? Now listen to the story of Tarzan to see if you were correct. Tarzan lives in the (1) in Africa. He has a lot of friends. His best friend is a (2) called Cheetah. Tarzan likes living in the jungle. He is very happy. (3) is a photographer. She lives in London but today she is in the jungle. She wants to take (4) of monkeys. Jane is travelling with a guide called Clayton. He is not a nice person. He is a (5) . He is also an expert on surviving in the jungle. Jane doesn’t know that Clayton’s favourite (6) is monkey! One day Tarzan and Jane meet in the jungle. Tarzan likes Jane and Jane likes Tarzan. But Jane doesn’t like Tarzan’s smell! Tarzan never washes his body, cleans his (7) or combs his hair! So, Tarzan needs help from his animal friends. He needs to learn about personal hygiene. The elephant teaches him to wash his body. The (8) teaches him to clean his teeth. The lion teaches him to comb his (9) . Meanwhile someone needs to teach (10) that killing animals for fun is not nice! Maybe Mister Crocodile has an idea… IPA IP A This activity is designed to be used in conjunction with a performance of IPA Production’s Tarzan. For more information, visit www.ipaproductions.com. Tarzan 1a–c) The Story of Tarzan Teaching notes Time 30–40 minutes Level Easy/Medium/Difficult Skills Focus Vocabulary, reading and writing Aim To familiarise the students with the story of Tarzan and the vocabulary used in the story. Instructions Ask the students what they know about the story of Tarzan. Now give the students Worksheet A and ask them to read through the text underlining any difficult vocabulary. Present the difficult vocabulary on the board and the students can help each other with the meaning of the words. Then listen to the story of, Tarzan. Alternative activity For students of a higher level use Worksheet B and give the students time to decide what the missing words could be from the list. This activity could be done in pairs. Ask the students for suggestions to what the words could be. Listen to see if they are correct. Use Worksheet C for the highest level students. Answer key 1. jungle 2. monkey 3. Jane 4. photographs 5. hunter 6. food 7. teeth 8. crocodile 9. hair 10. Clayton IPA IP A This activity is designed to be used in conjunction with a performance of IPA Production’s Tarzan. For more information, visit www.ipaproductions.com. Tarzan 2) Introducing Yourself Read about Tarzan. Then draw a picture of yourself below and write about yourself Jane is a Cheeta is my photographer. best friend. My favourite hobbies I have a girlfriend. are singing songs and Her name is Jane. playing with Cheeta. IPA IP A This activity is designed to be used in conjunction with a performance of IPA Production’s Tarzan. For more information, visit www.ipaproductions.com. Tarzan 2) Introducing Yourself Teaching notes Time 20–30 minutes Level Medium Skills Focus Speaking and writing Aim To practice giving personal information about yourself in the present simple. Instructions Ask the students to write about themselves using the example of Tarzan. The students should write eight sentences about themselves. Encourage the students to use different verbs and a mixture of positives and negatives. Alternative activity For students of a higher level, the activity could be done as a third person activity with the students asking a classmate questions to discover the answers. Then they introduce their partners to the rest of the class. IPA IP A This activity is designed to be used in conjunction with a performance of IPA Production’s Tarzan. For more information, visit www.ipaproductions.com. Tarzan 3) The Picture Book of Tarzan Can you draw? Draw the pictures of the story. IPA A crocodile eats Clayton. IP A This activity is designed to be used in conjunction with a performance of IPA Production’s Tarzan. For more information, visit www.ipaproductions.com. tarzan_flat_bw.indd 7 28/3/08 16:11:39 Tarzan 3) The Picture Book of Tarzan Teaching notes Time 20–30 minutes Level Easy Skills Focus Vocabulary, reading, speaking and drawing. Aim To familiarise the students with the story of Tarzan and the vocabulary used in the story. Instructions Ask the students to imagine what Tarzan, Jane, Clayton and the animals look like. Discuss with the groups what they think of the characters. Give the students the worksheet and ask them to draw the pictures of the scene being described in each box. Alternative activity Ask students to choose one phrase from the boxes and make a larger more detailed picture of the scene that they have chosen. IPA IP A This activity is designed to be used in conjunction with a performance of IPA Production’s Tarzan. For more information, visit www.ipaproductions.com. Tarzan 4a) Tarzan Songs A Can you draw? Draw the pictures of the story. IPA IP A This activity is designed to be used in conjunction with a performance of IPA Production’s Tarzan. For moretarzan_flat_bw.indd information, 6 visit www.ipaproductions.com. 28/3/08 16:11:34 tarzan_flat_bw.indd 6 28/3/08 16:11:34 Tarzan 4b) Tarzan Songs B Listen to the song and fill in the gaps. Now sing along! Run, Monkey, Run Run monkey, run monkey, run, run, run Don’t (1) the hunter his fun, fun, fun. Bang, bang, bang, bang goes the hunter’s (2) ! Run monkey, run monkey, run, run, run! Run monkey, run monkey, run, run, run Don’t (3) the hunter his fun, fun, fun. He’ll (4) without his monkey (5) . So, run monkey, run monkey, run, run, run! IPA IP A This activity is designed to be used in conjunction with a performance of IPA Production’s Tarzan. For more information, visit www.ipaproductions.com. tarzan_flat_bw.indd 6 28/3/08 16:11:34 Tarzan 4c) Tarzan Songs C Listen to the song, fill in the gaps, then learn it. Sing along with your classmates! The Jungle Walk Its a big, (1) paradise, Full of (2) , use your eyes, You see them all, Doing the jungle walk. (3) and crocodiles, Fish with teeth and (4) with smiles, You see them all, Doing the jungle walk. Everything’s free and easy, Pick the (5) from the tree, see? You don’t need (6) or credit. Credit? Forget it! (7) , leopards, lizards, too. Greet a (8) , how do you do? You see them all, Doing the jungle, Doing the jungle, Doing the jungle walk! IPA IP A This activity is designed to be used in conjunction with a performance of IPA Production’s Tarzan.