How to Train Your Dragon

Let’s go to Berk and learn how to train your dragon (and your students!) The latest film adaptation of the world-famous novel and this set of A1 activities offer you a chance to train your students in various listening, writing and speaking activities.

This resource can either be used as a complement to the opening chapter in Shine Bright 6^e, "Wings of fire", or on its own to revise description and train your students to oral presentations. Whichever option you choose, dragons are always popular with 6^e pupils and these activities will help them develop their writing and speaking skills.

Vocabulary and structures

• describing dragons: it has / it is…
• describing pictures: there is / are ; I can see…
• dragon vocabulary: wings, crest, claws…
• opinion on dragons: I think it is…+ adjective (nice, dangerous, tiny, scary…)
• simple present

Pronunciation

• /h/
• different sounds represented by /i/: /ɪ/, /aɪ/, /ɜː/

Here is the teaser trailer used in the resource. You can also find it on this "neutral" page for your students.

How to Train Your Dragon
On general release 11 June 2025