LESSON PLAN

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

School: Școala Gimnazială Brateiu

Teacher: Costache Alina

Date: 13th March 2018

Level: 4th Grade

Time: 50’

Number of students: 23

Textbook: UniScan, Pupil’s book, Jenny Dooley and Virginia Evans;

Location: the classroom;

Type of lesson: revision-vocabulary practice;

Topic/Title: Animals homes-revise vocabulary on animals;

Teaching point: vocabulary related to animals and their homes;

Lesson aims: By the end of the lesson the students will be able to:

1. to describe animals
2. to use “can” and “can’t” for expressing ability.
3. to practice listening, speaking and writing skills.
4. to use relevant vocabulary connected to animals.
5. to write short animal descriptions.
Teaching techniques: listening, explanation, demonstration, writing;

Aids/Materials: chalk, pencils, images with animals, a dice with letters, worksheets, a sheet of
paper with helping words;

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 Activities and procedures
No. Stages Teacher`s activity Students`s activity Didactic Interac Time
crt. strategie tion
s
1 Beginnin -T. greets Ss. and checks the - Ss. tell the T. the conversa T-Ss,
g presence in class. names of the Ss. who tion Ss-T 2`
the are absent.
lesson
2 Warm- - T. asks the students to name all - Ss. name all the conversa T-Ss, 2`
up the animals that they know in animals they know tion Ss-T
English. in English.
3 Present -T. writes the date and the title of -Ss. copy the date Commun 2’
the topic the lesson on the blackboard: and the lesson title ication T-Ss
and Animal homes and informs the S. from the blackboard
explain that, by the end of the lesson, they into their notebooks.
the should be able to describe animals
objective and what they can or can’t do.
s
4. Vocabul -T. writes the sentence “OPEN Ss answer the Commun 5’
ary THE DOOR AT ONCE!”, then teacher’s question, ication
practice: asks a Ss to read it and to find an than listen carefully
discover animal hidden in the words. If they to T’s explanation
the cannot find the animal, T tells them and instructions.
hidden it is ‘rat’ and asks them to search
animals again. When they have found it, T
underlines the word rat on the
board:
‘Close the door at once!’
T then explains to the Ss that they
are going to read more sentences
with animals hidden in
them. In pairs, they have to find the
animals in the sentences. T
provides Ss with worksheets. They Explanat
will also have to solve a puzzle in ion
ex.2 (annex1).T gives them a 5 –
minute time limit to complete the
task.

T asks the Ss to read their answers. Ss work in pairs to

identify the animals
hidden in the
sentences. The team

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 to finish first is the 5’
winner.
Ss read their
answers.

3’

5. T divides Ss into 5 groups, then Explanat 4’

Listenin gives each group 8 pieces of paper, ion
g activity on 4 it is an image of an animal and
on the next 4 it is written a riddle.
Guess The Ss must solve the riddles and Ss listen carefully to
me / match the image of the animal with T’s explanation and
Riddle the ridldle. After they solve the instructions.
exercise each student will present
an animal. T explains Ss that the
the team that will solve first the
exercise will receive a point. T tells
which team is the winner.
Ss answer the 10’
riddles.
6. Writing T puts 6 pictures of animals on the Ss listen carefully to 2’
activity: blackboard (annex 3) and gives T’s explanation and
each animal a letter from a– f. T instructions.
Practice puts a sheet of paper with some
– animal helping words on the blackboard
descripti (annex 4).
on T asks for a volunteer to throw a
dice with letters. When the dice
lands on a letter, the S must say
which animal corresponds to that
letter.The S has to write the name
of the 12’
animal on the board,under the
picture.
Another S will throw the dice. If
the number lands on the same
letter, the volunteer must say
something about the animal (for
example, ‘it is big’, ‘it can run’).
The S will write this on the board. S throws the dice
If the number and answers, then
is different, the volunteer names a writes the sentence
different animal. The text might on the blackboard. S
look something will look at the
like this: “It is a cat. It is black and helping words, if

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 white. It can run”. he/she needs help in
making the
sentences.
7. Feed- T announces the homework: Ss write down the T-Ss, Ss-
back and “Imagine you are an animal. homework. T 3’
homewo Describe yourself”. Ss say good-bye to
rk T appreciates Ss’ behavior during the T.
assignme the class.
nt T gives Ss thanks for ther time and
attention and dismisses the class.

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Annex 1

Hidden animals
1. Find the name of an animal in each sentence. The name is hidden between
two or more words. An example is done for you!

 Open the doorat once!

1. He arrived in Africa today..

2. They do good work.

3. To and fro goes the pendulum.

4. A gold key is not a common key.

2. Find the animals hidden in this puzzle. An example is done for you!

Z M O U S E I X

N O J V R L M O
L N C A T E V Q
Annex 2
A K O X P P Q D RIDLLES

N E W R T H Z O
1. I live in trees. I
Q Y H B S A I G eat bananas. I
have a tail. I
W T L I O N N K am a ….
MONKEY
H O R S E T U X 2. I have four
legs. I eat
grass. I can give you milk. I am a … COW

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3. I have four legs and a long tail. I am a soft and furry pet. I have sharp teeth. I like to eat a
mouse. I am a … CAT
4. I can run fast. I eat grass. I have four legs and a long tail. I let people ride on my back. I
am a … HORSE
5. I can swim. I have a tail. I also have big eyes. You can find me in the sea. I am a… Fish
6. I am small. I have eight legs. I eat bugs. I catch them in my web. I am a …. Spider
7. I am very small. Cats don’t like me. I can run. I am a ….. mouse
8. I live in lakes and rivers. I am green. I have a long mouth and teeth. I eat meat. I have
four legs and a long tail. I am a …….crocodile
9. I have two legs and two wings and a short tail. I eat worms and bugs and grain. I give you
eggs. I am a …. Chicken
10. I am very, very big. I eat grass. I have four legs and two big ears. I have a long nose and
is called a trunk. I am an …. Elephant
11. I have no legs. I have a forked tongue. I am long. I make sssssss. I am a ….. snake
12. I am big. I am golden. I eat meat. I am the king of the animals. I can roar. I am a … lion.
13. I have a long neck and body. I eat leaves from trees. I have four long legs. I am a….
giraffe.
14. I can live in water or on ground. I jump. I am green. I eat insects. I am a … frog.
15. I have four legs. I am a pet. I hate cats. I can bark. I am your best friend. I am a ….dog.
16. I have two legs. I live in North Pole. I am black and white and I eat fish. I am a ….
Penguin.
17. I am faster than the lion. I have four legs. I am golden and I have black lines. I eat meat. I
am a …. Tiger
18. I am pink and with a curly tail. I give you bacon for breakfast. I am a …. Pig
19. I live in Australia. I can jump very high. I keep my baby in my tummy pocket. I am a ….
Kangaroo.
20. I sleep all day. I am white and black. I eat bamboo. I am a …. panda