LESSON PLAN
SCHOOL:
DATE: 6 th of May 2014
TEACHER: Dragusanu Ana
GRADE: 4 th
LEVEL: 2nd year of study (Beginners)
NO OF STUDENTS: 26
NO. OF HOURS PER WEEK: 2
TIME: 45’
TEXTBOOK: Firm Steps
UNIT: About animals
TITLE: ANIMALS-REVISION
CONTENT: Vocabulary: Domestic and wild animals
Animal body parts
Grammar: Verb ”Have got”
Communication : Talking about animals
Describing animals
TYPE OF LESSON: reinforcement
AIMS:My students will practice:
vocabulary related to domestic and wild animals
grammatical structure: verb Have got;
OBJECTIVES:At the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
Cognitive:
classify animals according to their habitat ;
describe animals;
find answers to riddles related to animals;
practice the correct forms of the verb Have got;
Affective:
create interest in the topic;
stimulate their imagination;
be confident in them when speaking a foreign language.
DIDACTIC STRATEGIES:
Approaches, methods: the Communicative Approach
Techniques: brainstorming, conversation, elicitation, oral drill activities,
description, TPR;
Interaction: Teacher-students, students- teacher, group- work, pair- work;
Skills: Reading, speaking, writing, listening
Teaching aids: laptop, animal flashcards, handouts, poster, Power Point
Presentation
Bibliography:
Harmer, J. (2007), The practice of English Language Teaching, Longman;
Vizental, A. (2008), Metodica predarii limbii engleze. Strategies of Teaching and
Testing English as a Foreign Language, Polirom;
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ACTIVITIES
Activity 1-Warm-up:
Aims:
to involve sudents by means of personalisation
to motivate students for the revision activities
Interaction : T-Ss; Ss-T;
Timing: 5`
Procedures:
Students greet teacher.
Teacher asks questions: Who is missing today?
How are you today?
Are you ready for the lesson?
Would you like to sing a song?
Students answer. They are eager to sing their warming song.
(Old McDonald had a farm))
Activity 2- Lead in : Pass the bomb –Game
Aims: to activate ss’ interest in the lesson
to revise wild animals, farm animals, pets
Interaction : T-Ss; Ss-Ss;
Timing: 10`
Procedure:
Teacher announces the title of the lesson and the objectives .
Each group is going to review one topic: wild animals, farm animals, pets. Students have to
name one animal related to the topic and to pass the bomb.
Rules: Name one animal related to the topic and pass the bomb!
Don’t repeat an earlier mentioned word!
If you don’t know the correct answer/ If you give a wrong answer, pass the bomb
and stand up, please!
Time: 1 minute for each group
Students who give a wrong answer or repeat the words ” have to be punished”: they have
to mime the following actions:
- swim like a fish;
- fly like a bird;
- see things far away like a giraffe;
- climb trees like a monkey;
- waddle like a penguin;
- hop like a rabbit;
- jump like a frog;
- prowl like a tiger;
The player holding the bomb when it explodes has to be punished, too.
Activity 3- Practice: Crazy animals
Aims: To provide a further relaxing environment for learning
To revise parts of the animals body
Interaction : T-Ss; Ss-Ss;
Timing: 10`
Procedure: Teacher shares two flashcards to each group and after that she displays a
poster with a crazy animal.
She asks students to describe the strange animal . Each group must describe two parts of
the body. Students answer in turn.
E.g: It has got the..........head.............. of a ..............snake............................
Each group will stick the flashcards under the poster.
Teacher invites students to listen to a song What can it be? and after that to
identify the strange animals which appear in the song: minotaur, centaur, unicorn, griffin
and mermaid. Teacher also asks students to recognise parts of the body of these strange
animals. E.g: A minotaur has a bull`s head and a man`s body; A centaur has a man` s
head and a horse`s body; An unicorn has a horse` s body and a rhino` s horn; A griffin
has a lion` s body and an eagle` s wings; A mermaid has a woman` s body and a fish `s
tail.
Activity 4- Practice:Tell me about.................
Aim:To write a short composition about animals
Interaction : T-Ss; Ss-Ss;
Timing: 10`
Procedure:
Students are divided into three groups. Teacher asks students to pick up a flashcard ( one
flashcard for each group). Each flashcard has the shape of the flower with six petals. In the
centre of the flower there is a picture with one [Link] have to write a short
composition about that animal following a given plan:
1. Type of animal
6. What people use
2. Name
from them?
Animal picture
5. What do they
3. Description
eat?
4. Where do they
live?
Each group will name a leader to present their work.
Activity 5- CONTEST
Aims: to consolidate the knowledge
Interaction : T-Ss; Ss-T
Timing: 5`
Procedure:
The contest has two parts:
The first part is called: Guess the animal? Riddles . One student from each group is going
to read a riddle about an animal and his/ her colleagues must guess the animal. (See
Appendix 1)
The second part is called: Unjumble the sentences. Teacher shares an envelope to each
group and the students have to put the words in the correct order.
Activity 6- Feed-back
Aims: to let Ss know how well they performed
Interaction : T-Ss; Ss-T
Timing: 5`
Procedure:
Teacher rewards the winner team and offers feedback .
Teacher assigns homework. She gives the students an exercise which deals with the topic
discussed during the lesson.
Appendix 1
I. Riddles: Guess the animal
1. I live in Africa.
I am yellow and brown.
I eat leaves.
I have a long neck.
I am a........................................
2. I eat carrots and cabbage.
I can run fast.
I can be a pet.
I have long ears.
I am a...........................
3. I have a little tail.
My nose is called a snout.
I live on a farm.
I can say "Oink-oink"
I am a.....................
II. Unjumble the sentences:
1. An elephant has a long trunk.
2. A parrot is a colourful bird.
3. A crocodile has lots of teeth.
