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Sample lesson plan

Class information: 36 students, 13th June Lesson type: Listening and speaking Curriculum link: Main focus: Colours, unit 13

Learning outcomes e.g. Learners will be better able to . Learners will do.. Learners will practise. Learners will .. for the first time. By the end of the lesson, learners will be able to name at least four of six colours, and understand the colour names when listening What new language will we use? Colours: red, yellow, pink, green, orange, purple, blue What language will we be revising? Sun, mug, peg, bed, pen, bug

How can I make the lesson fun and interesting?

Rainbow song, colouring pictures, different style of drilling

What problems am I expecting? What can I do about them?

Grouping may be difficult arrange desks prior to lesson, stickers on kids shirts or hands to help them find their group, use colour cards to get the children in lines to sit at the front Timing Im not sure how long activities will take. If not enough time, do choral drilling and game to start next lesson. If too much time do game in two rounds first it is blue, second it is a blue mug
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The British Council, 2012 The United Kingdoms international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations. We are registered in England as a charity.

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Onion drill children might have problems with understanding the mechanics of this activity. Demonstrate at least three rotations in the front of the class, monitor carefully while the children are doing the activity

Think about what you want to do. Think about what will be challenging for the learners. Think about how you will help them. Challenge Colours
1. Linguistic What new language knowledge is needed?

How I can help Rainbow song, drilling

2. Cognitive What thinking skills are needed?

3. Interactional What social skills and group working skills are needed?

Turn-taking for the drill, exchanging cards, working in a group

Keep the instructions for the group work clear, demonstrate before sending kids to the tables,

4. Involvement How much concentration and creativity are needed?

Children will need to concentrate to hear the colours for their picture and when doing the drill

Make sure they know they have to listen, demonstrate the game so the rules are clear, cut the drill short if its getting too chaotic and bring the groups back to the front for more singing or collective game, or recap of colours.

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The British Council, 2012 The United Kingdoms international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations. We are registered in England as a charity.

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Colouring
5. Physical What motor skills are needed?

Stages of the class

Time 0 Teachers Activity Put up picture of rainbow, ask children what it is. Elicit colours. Pupils Activity Notes Respond to questions, listen to the names of the che colours

Sing rainbow song, with actions x4

Listen x 1 or 2, then join in Name vocab items and colours, guess whats under the card Children form a line according to their colour and sit down.

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Show pictures of vocab items and colour cards Make groups by putting colour stickers on kids hands or shirts. Put colour dots on the board. Demonstrate activity with one group T gives one group one card each. Give instruction colour the peg red. who has the peg? Show them the six coloured pencils What colour? (hopefully child chooses red!), repeat two or three times Give each group their picture cards Send children to table with their colour dots. Give instructions for colouring

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One group stand in a line, others watch demonstration, say in BM watch carefully, you have to do this when you go to your table

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Children go to group tables, share pictures and then colour according to instructions,

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The British Council, 2012 The United Kingdoms international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations. We are registered in England as a charity.

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45 Ask all the kids with a peg to hold up picture, say its a peg repeat, say its a red peg repeat. Repeat with all picture cards. T holds up each card, whole class drill. Arrange onion drill one group sitting, one group standing around. Demonstrate with four rotations, then get other groups to do the same, monitor carefully Identify their own card, then drill all the cards

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Children say what the child facing has eg: red peg yellow sun then swap, children standing rotate one and repeat.

If drill gets too chaotic, cut short and bring kids back for collective game with cards, and more singing

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Bring groups back to the front, collect cards and review colours/vocab, sing rainbow song

Children form rows according in their groups, identify colours in the rainbow and then sing song

Materials needed:

Rainbow 6xpicture cards for colouring, 1xteacher set Colour dots Coloured stickers

Contributed by <Tim Hughes>

The British Council, 2012 The United Kingdoms international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations. We are registered in England as a charity.