This video was the one that originally caught my attention to this idea. It is a lovely video and isn't a bad song either.
Teaching Ideas
- Watch the first 20 seconds - how is the girl feeling? What makes you think that? What might she be doing?
- Pause just before a minute - how has the girl's feelings changed? Why do you think that is? What might she have lost? What could she do now that may help?
- Pause again at 1.42 - Has the girl's feelings changed even more now? Why do you think that maybe?
- Once the giraffe appears - are you shocked why? How does the girl feel now?
- Write a description of the giraffe - what does it look like? smell? feel?
- Research and write a non chronological report on giraffes.
- Write a set of instructions for keeping a giraffe as a pet.
- If you could choose any animal in the world to keep as a pet, what would it be and why? What would you do with them? How would you need to change your house to take care of it?
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