Lesson Plan

School : Elementary School

Course : English
Language Skill : Writing
Topic : Zoo Animals
Class/Semester : IV/I
Time allocation : 2 x 35 Minutes

A. Standard Competence
4. Mengeja dan menyalin tulisan Bahasa Inggris sangat sederhana dalam konteks kelas.

B. Basic Competence
4.1 Mengeja uraian Bahasa Inggris sangat sederhana secara tepat dan berterima dengan tanda
baca yang benar yang melibatkan kata, frasa, dan kalimat sederhana.

C. Indicator
 Identify names of animals in the zoo.
 Identify the features of zoo animals.
 Rearrange the sentences to describe zoo animals.
 Match the description of the animals with the names of the animals.
 Write a description of zoo animals in the story clearly and accurately.

D. Learning Objectives:
At the end of the course, students are expected to be able to:
1. Identify names of animals in the Zoo.
2. Identify the features of Zoo animals.
3. Rearrange the sentences to describe zoo animals.
4. Match the description of the animals with the names of the animals.
5. Write a description about zoo animals in the story clearly and accurately.

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E. Materials
1. Names of animals in the zoo (lion, snake, crocodile, tiger, monkey, elephant)
2. Flash cards of zoo animals
3. Scrap papers
4. envelopes
5. The features of zoo animals (fur, scale, tusks, trunk, tail, stripes, fang)
6. Writing worksheet

F. Teaching method

Contextual Teaching and Learning

G. Learning activities

Pre-activity (10 Minutes)

1. Teacher greets students

“Good morning students”
2. Teacher does a small talk.
“How are you today, how is your feeling?”
3. Teacher checks the attendance.
“Who is absent today?”
4. Teacher asks students the homework.
“Did you have a homework last week from Ms. Anti?.”
5. Teacher asks the students about the song they have learnt last meeting.
“Do you still remember the song last week (Going to the Zoo)?”
6. The teacher tells the students that they are going to write about the animals in the zoo.
“Now, we’re going to review about zoo animals and you’re going to write about your
holiday in the zoo.”

Whilst activity (50 Minutes)

7. Teacher writes the words “Going to the Zoo” on the board.
8. Teacher asks students to read the words on the board.

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 “Ok, I’d like you to read it together.”
9. Teacher asks students what animals they can see in the zoo.
“What animals can you see in the zoo?”
10. Teacher shows some envelopes consisting animal pictures and tell students that they have
to guess what animal in the envelope is.
“Ok students, I have some envelopes, I’d like you to guess what animals in it.
11. Teacher give clues about the picture will be guessed.
“It’s from Australia, It can jump, …” What animal is it?
12. Students guess the picture.
13. Teacher took out the picture has been guessed and asks students to stick it on the board.
14. Teacher asks students to work in group of five.
“I’d like you to work in group of five.”
15. Teacher gives each group an envelope consists of scrap papers with jumbled sentences.
“I will give each group an envelope and in this envelop consists of scrap papers with
jumbled sentences.”
16. Teacher asks students to rearrange the jumbled sentences into paragraph.
“I’d like you to arrange the jumbled sentences into a good paragraph.”
17. Teacher asks students to put the scrap paper under the correct animal picture.
“After that you have to put it under the correct animal pictures on the board. The group
which does it fast is the winner.”
18. Teacher discusses students’ works together.
19. Teacher asks students to write a story.
“Now, I’d like you to write about your story going to the zoo”
20. Students write a description of the animal in a story using the worksheet provided.
21. Students submit their works.

Post activity (10 Minutes)

22. The teacher asks students what they have learned today by using expression: “So, what
have we learned today?”
23. The teacher closes the class by saying good bye.

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H. Media:
1. The pictures of zoo animals (lion, snake, crocodile, tiger, monkey, elephant, bear)
2. The pictures of animals’ characteristics (fur, scale, fang, stripes, tail, tusk, trunk)
3. Flash cards
4. Scrap papers
5. Envelopes
6. Worksheets
7. White board
8. Marker

Assessment: Wriiten test

Assessment Rubric/Criteria
Score
0 Fail
2 Fail
3 Pass
4 Pass
Blank paper
Can’t read words
Writes prompt
Writes something else like a fairy tail or poem
Doesn’t write in English
Only partly writes to prompt
Writes only notes or brief phrases
Confused and doesn’t communicate basic thoughts
Big gaps and holes in organization
Starts to elaborate
Has a lot of non-descriptive writing
Lots of gaps and repetition
Clumsy organization
Consistent, organized, and elaborated
Easy to read
Descriptions are specific and elaborated
The order of the paper is clear
Uses lots of detail and a wide choice of words
Lots of ideas are given that are easily understood

Flash Cards

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Exercise 1
Scrap papers

On holiday, I went to the zoo. I saw a ________. It has long body and
scales.

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There was also a ________. It is a big cat that hunts in the jungle. It has
stripe.

In the tree, There were some _________. They were eating some fruits.
They have a long tail.

I saw a ___________, too. It is from Australia. It likes to bounce and

bounce. It has a pouch.

I saw a __________. It has a very long neck to reach the tender leaves up
high on a tree.

I saw some _________. They are very big animals. They have a trunk and
big ears.

Next to the elephant cage, I saw a ________. It likes to eat bamboo. It is

from China.

There was a _________. It is a big brown animal. It has paws.

I saw some ________. They have black and white stripe. It is kind of
horse.

At last, I saw a ________. It is the king of the jungle. It has mane.

Exercise 2

Write a story based on the pictures. Describe each animal with its features.

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 Fang long neck stripes trunk tusk big ears fur
short tail long tail feather claw scale

On holiday, I went to Taman Safari in Bogor with my family. There were many animals.
I
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