INPUT PHASE HANDS-ON

MAIN ACTIVITYPHASE FOLLOW-UP PHASE

LESSON PLAN 1:PREPARATION ACTIVITIES

LESSON 2:MEASURING ACTIVITIES (1)

LESSON 3:MEASURING ACTIVITIES (2)

LESSON 4:FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES

WARM-UP:(TPR) Ask children to stand up in a circle and do what the teacher does by performing some actions in a fun way.Example:Teacher: I’m flying….I’m swimming.Kids: Repeating and performing the action in circle along with the teacher.

WARM-UPThe teacher writes two columns on the board, andin two groups, children go to the board to review animals by writing them on the board in the two columns accordingly. BIG ANIMALS ----- SMALL ANIMALS Elephant Bird Bear Ant (WRITING ACTIVITY)

WARM-UPSinging with animals..

Children will sing a song about animals along with the teacher to practice listening and pronunciation.

WARM-UPThe teacher will give each kid an animal to imitate or act like it and the kids have to read it and then, stand up to perform the animal imitation.The class has to guess the animal.The kid acts like a monkey or a dog…

PRESENT NEW LANGUAGEAnimals (flashcards for presentation)

CHECK HOMEWORKCheck kid’s assignment. Children describe their two different animals and movements to the class.

CHECK HOMEWORKThe teacher revises the kids’ assignments from the previous class and classifies the animals on the board accordingly.

CHECK HOMEWORKThe teacher will show all the posters to the class, pointing at different animals for the children to say the animal name and whatever description they can remember.

INTRODUCE PHYSICAL RESPONSE ACTIVITY The teacher puts some flashcards with animals

that they already know on the board (or on the floor) and he says.. I can jump…. I can climb.

The kid goes to the board quickly, touches the animal and says its name. (TPR /LISTENING)

PRESENT NEW LANGUAGE Classifying animalsThe teacher will write two columns on the board to ask children to help him classify some animals using the flashcards. WILD ANIMALS ----- PETS Cat Crocodile Fish Snake

PRESENT NEW LANGUAGESTORY: “Maggie from Magnesia”Reading and understanding a story.The teacher will read a story about a sheep to the students, showing the illustrations in the book.

(READING AND LISTENING ACTIVITY)

COMPLETE THE RESULTS

The teacher reviews the lessons to reinforce the kids’ learning and check their progress. (connecting the previous activity with this one)

REVIEWChoose one child to select an animal,Example: A kagaroo…a fish.Ask him/her..What can your animal do? SwimWrite on the board…I’m a fish and I can swim. The next child selects another animal and says,

“He is a fish and he can swim. I am a monkey and I can climb.” (performing the action) This should continue for as long as all the kids remember the animals learned in class. (SPEAKING ACTIVITY)

ACTIVITYChildren watch a VIDEO about “Old MacDonald had a farm” where they will hear different animals…at the end of the video, they will be asked what types of animals OldMacDonald has on his farm and the sound they make.

(LISTENING AND SPEAKING)

ACTIVITYReviewing animals through a guessing game.Children write descriptions of animals for their classmates to guess.Example: This animal is small, green and it can jump…(frog)

This animal is big, gray or brown and strong (elephant)WRITING, SPEAKING AND LISTENING ACTIVITY)

LANGUAGE PRACTICE

Kids have to give a mini-presentation about their favorite animal with the poster that they made before.They could describe everything they have learned through the different lessons. (Animals’ characteristics such as, color, size, movement, type or touch)

HOMEWORKStudents have to write two different animals and their movements on their notebooks at home.

LANGUAGE PRACTICELearning chunks of language through (expressions and phrases with adjectives) The teacher writes these expressions on the board for the children to learn.I’m as large as a whale…..…I’m as nice as a bunny…I’m as cold as a frog……..I’m as quiet as a mouse…

LANGUAGE PRACTICECOLORING ANIMALS..Children color their favorite animals and write some information about them on their notebooks (such as color and movement)

HOMEWORKChildren have to do a glossary of the vocabulary, verbs, adjectives and animals that they learned throughout these activities.

ROUND UPIn groups of three or four, children organize and match some animals with their names.The teacher gives each group 5 animals and 5 names separately.

HOMEWORKChildren have to cut and paste some water and earth animals.

HOMEWORK

Children have to make a poster of different animals for the next class.

M A T E R I A L S

FLASHCARDS VIDEO PICTURES OF WILD ANIMALS & PETS

Book(story), CD for song, posters.OBJECTIVES: Children will be able to describe some animals’ characteristics in ENGLISH. Children (8-10 years old)

PRESENTED BY:ARMANDO VILLA

CARLOS VALIENTE ORTEGAEXON CABEZA