Level 1Week 6ReadingGrammarWriting

Animal fact cards: it has got...

Children read four short animal fact cards, find details with "has got", play a guessing game and make their own fact card.

Ages 7 to 10Pre-A1 to A160 minutesChecked 7 November 2026

At a glance

From: Level 1, Next Steps English: Week 6, Animals
Grammar: have got / has got
Key language: It has got a long neck / big ears / stripes / sharp teeth / a long tail. It eats... It lives...
Children make: A completed animal fact card about an animal of the child's choice.
Class size: Works with 10 to 50 children; pair and group steps say how to scale.

Objective

Children read short factual texts to find specific details, and use "it has got" to describe an animal.

Success criteria for children

I can find facts in a short text.
I can say what an animal has got.
I can write a fact card with three facts.

Timing: 60 minutes

Minutes	Stage	What happens
0 to 5	Warm-up: animal sounds and moves	Mime animals; children guess in English.
5 to 17	Body parts and has got	Teach neck, ears, trunk, stripes, teeth, tail; model it has got.
17 to 32	Reading: four fact cards	Skim for which animal, then read for detail; true or false in pairs.
32 to 42	Speaking: Guess my animal	Pairs give three clues; partner guesses.
42 to 55	Writing: my fact card	Children complete their own fact card on the worksheet.
55 to 60	Exit ticket	One fact about one animal, said or written.

Materials

Four animal pictures drawn on the board or on paper: giraffe, zebra, elephant, crocodile
Worksheet, pencils
Pets (free, linked from Week 6)
Farm animals (free, linked from Week 6)
Grammar practice (free, linked from Week 6)

Step by step, with teacher talk

0 to 5 minWarm-up: animal sounds and moves

Mime an elephant (arm as a trunk). Children guess. Let three children mime an animal for the class.

Teacher talk

"What am I? Yes! I'm an elephant. Who's next?"

5 to 17 minBody parts and has got

Point to parts of the animal pictures and say the words. Drill each one.
Write the pattern on the board: It has got + a long neck. Point out "a" with one thing (a tail) and no "a" with many (big ears).
Point to an animal; rows make a sentence each: "It has got four legs."

Teacher talk

"Look at the giraffe. It has got a long neck. Say it with me: It has got a long neck."

Concept-check questions

A zebra has got stripes. Can we see the stripes? (Yes.)
"It has got a tail." How many tails? (One.)
Has a crocodile got a long neck? (No.)

17 to 32 minReading: four fact cards

Read each card aloud without saying the animal's name; children guess the animal from the board pictures. Repeat for all four.
Children read again silently or in pairs and do the true or false task on the worksheet (task 1).
Check answers. For each false sentence, ask a child to say the true fact.

Teacher talk

"Listen and look. Which animal is it? It has got black and white stripes..."

32 to 42 minSpeaking: Guess my animal

Model: "It has got big ears. It has got a long nose. It eats plants." Children guess.
In pairs, A gives clues and B guesses. Swap. Allow any animal they know.

Concept-check questions

Do you say the name of your animal? (No, only clues.)

42 to 55 minWriting: my fact card

Show a quick model on the board for a cat: "It has got soft fur. It eats fish. It lives in a house."
Children choose an animal, draw it and complete the card.

55 to 60 minExit ticket

See below.

Differentiation

Support

Give the word bank from the board: neck, ears, trunk, stripes, teeth, tail, legs.
Let children copy a fact from a card and change one word.
Read the cards aloud a second time for children who are not yet reading fluently.

Stretch

Add a "but" sentence: "It has got wings, but it can't fly."
Write a fifth fact card for a pet at home.
Ask questions: "Has it got a long tail?" "Yes, it has. / No, it hasn't."

Reading passage

Reading passage: Animal fact cards

Giraffe. It has got a very long neck and four long legs. It eats leaves from tall trees. It lives in Africa.

Zebra. It has got black and white stripes. It eats grass. It lives in a big group called a herd.

Elephant. It has got big ears and a long trunk. It uses its trunk to drink water. It eats plants.

Crocodile. It has got a long tail and lots of sharp teeth. It can swim very well. It lives near water.

Questions

Which animal eats leaves from tall trees?
What colour are a zebra's stripes?
What does an elephant use its trunk for?
Which animal has got sharp teeth?
What is a group of zebras called?

Printable worksheet

Prints on its own A4 page. Use Print the worksheet above, or print the whole plan and the worksheet starts on a new page. One copy per child, or one per pair to save paper.

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