What is Dolly the Sheep's scientific legacy?

Advanced lesson plan (B2 and above): What is Dolly the Sheep's scientific legacy? - BUY ME A COFFEE if you like my FREE ESL content


When the news broke in 1996 that scientists had cloned a sheep, dire and fantastic predictions were made: humans would be cloned, lost children rebirthed and diseases cured. Now, 25 years later, we are asking: what is Dolly the Sheep's scientific legacy? 

In this FREE B2+ worksheet, students will 
  • Study a video about Dolly the Sheep
  • Learn six sheep-related idioms
  • Complete sheep-related sentences using either the definite or indefinite articles
  • See pun-ny sheep jokes 
  • Read and answer questions about stem cell research
  • Practise using prepositions to complete a spot-the-difference exercise
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Click HERE for the worksheet answers.

Lesson objectives:

1) To practise using prepositions to complete a spot-the-difference exercise using pictures of sheep

2) To improve understanding of nuance and wordplay by matching pun-ny sheep jokes with their punchlines

3) To complete sheep-related sentences using either the definite or the indefinite article

4) To practise listening comprehension by studying a video about Dolly the Sheep

5) To expand the students' repertoire of idioms, matching six sheep-related idioms/phrases with their definitions (black sheep, to count sheep, a wolf in sheep's clothing, like lambs to the slaughter, to pull the wool over someone's eyes, to fleece someone)

6) To improve reading comprehension by studying a short article about stem cell research and how the creation of Dolly the Sheep gave hope to people in need of tissue transplants


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