ESL ACTIVITY

Background Information
Group: Teens Level: Multilevel Length: 60 min
Lesson Information
Lesson Topic General Activity
Learning Objectives
Main Skill Reading and listening
Secondary Skill T2 simple present; T4 simple past; T6 present perfect
Textbook / worksheet ‘A pokemon story’ booklet
Materials / resource / supply Projector, cards
Songs / Listening ‘Follow your star’ Pokemon White movie ending song
Lesson Plan
Time Procedure Materials and Rationale
00:05 Introduction projector/reading
00:15 ‘A Pokemon Story’ projector, booklet/reading
00:25 Treasure hunt Projector, cards/grammar
00:05 Ending song projector/farewell

INTRO

What’s is a Pokemon?

Imagine a world where monsters are real. But these are not the frightening creatures that you
see in films. And they are also different from the monsters in traditional stories. Some of these
monsters live with humans. Some live in the wild, like animals. They even have amazing special
powers. Some can fly and breathe fire. One looks like a big snake, with steel skin. But not all the
monsters look so frightening. Some are very cute. Some are even beautiful. One very famous
one looks like a yellow mouse with a big round face.

This is the world of Pokémon. And this world exists inside a video game! Today, this video game
has grown to include television programs, books, trading cards, toys, and many other things. It is
famous around the world.

Satoshi Tajiri created Pokémon. He was born in Japan in 1968. As a child, Tajiri loved collecting
insects. He spent many hours by lakes. There, he observed different animals and insects. Tajiri
told Time Magazine Asia:

“Every time I found a new insect, it was a mystery to me. The more I searched for insects, the
more I found. If I put my hand in the river, I would find water insects there. If there was a stick
over a hole, I would find insects underneath it. As I gathered more, I learned more about them. I
saw how some even eat each other.”
But Tajiri was also very interested in video games. As a young man, he played them all of the
time. Tajiri knew he wanted to make video games as an adult. As young adults, he and a friend
began their own video game company. One of their video games was an early version of
Pokémon.

A POKEMON STORY

One of these pokemon is Eevee. It evolves into eight different pokemon. Eevee is rarely found in
the wild and is mostly only found in cities and towns. It first appeared in the video games
Pokémon Red and Blue.

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