Lesson:
Animals
General:
Topic
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What’s this?
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Duration
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60 minutes
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Education Level
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Second year of Primary School (2֯EP)
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English Level
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Pre-A1
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Age
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Seven years old
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Class size
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Four
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Gender of
Students
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Three females and one male
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Specific Objectives
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At the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
1.
Inquire about the name
of an animal based on the image shown using the structured question ‘What’s
this?’ with no grammatical error.
2.
Label the picture of
two animals with (one or) few grammatical errors.
3.
State the names of
four animals in English incorporating the learnt structure, ‘It’s a’ with one
or few grammatical errors.
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Structures
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What’s this?
It’s a…
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Target Vocabulary
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cat, dog, pig, cow, duck, bird, chicken, fish
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Materials:
Song
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‘Farewell’-
Lyrics: So Long, farewell to you my friend, Goodbye for
now until we meet again.
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Labelled Flashcards
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First set (cat, dog, pig, cow) and Second set (duck, bird,
chicken, fish)
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Stationary
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A4 paper, crayons, pencil, markers, eraser
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Anticipated Problems and Solutions:
Problems
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Solutions
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1. Persistent use of mother tongue
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After second warning to speak English,
student’s name tag will be demoted to the appropriate section on the
stoplight poster.
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2.
Evidence of a toy in
the class
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At the beginning of the class, encourage
students to put all items in their bags.
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3.
If a student doesn’t know the answer
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Provide
a prompt by formulating the target vocabulary with my mouth.
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4.
If a student forgets to say a word in
the chunk
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Provide
a cue by using my fingers to represent each word in the chunk and shake the
finger of the forgotten word.
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Lesson Overview:
Warm
Up:
1.
Welcoming and seating
arrangement
2.
Greetings – Pass the candle
New
Learning and Practice:
1.
Introduce structure ‘What’s
this?’
2.
Teach structure ‘It’s a’ +
first set of the target vocabulary
3.
Play ‘What’s this?’
4.
Play ‘Missing Animal’
5.
Teach structure ‘It’s a’ +
second set of the target vocabulary
6.
Play ‘What’s this?’
7.
Play ‘Slow reveal’
Assessment:
1.
Draw two animals.
2.
Play ‘Cross the river’
Wrap
Up:
1.
Sing ‘Farewell’ song
2.
Quick Review of Content
Lesson Procedure and Timing:
Warm
Up (3 minutes):
1. Welcoming
Greet each student by
name. Say ‘Stand here + [Student’s name]. Use gesture to indicate that he/she
should stand behind a chair around the round table.
2. Greetings – Pass the
candle
Take up the red candle
and ask the student to my immediate right one of the learnt question (What’s
your name?). After the student responds, he/she takes the candle. Say to
him/her ‘Ask [Student’s name] the question’. This activity continues until the
candle is in the teacher’s hand. Repeat the process using another one of the
learnt structured questions (How are you? Or how old are you?). The candle is
passed until it is back into the teacher’s hand. Say “Sit down!”
New Learning and Practice (30 minutes):
1. Introduce structure ‘What’s
this?’
Say to students, ‘look’
and ‘listen’. Say the structured question first in two parts, (‘What’s’ then
‘this?’). Say the structured question in its entirety, (‘What’s this?’) along
with its accompanied gesture in order to aid in student’s understanding that a
question is being asked. Say to students ‘listen’ and ‘then repeat’. Say ‘What’s
this?’ twice.
2. Teach structure ‘It’s a’
+ first set of the target vocabulary
Say to students, ‘listen’
and ‘be quiet’ using the appropriate gestures. Hold up one of the flashcards
from the first set and say the featured animal on the flashcard to ensure
proper pronunciation. Then say ‘It’s a + featured animal’. Say to students ‘listen’
and ‘then repeat’. Say ‘It’s a + featured animal?’ twice. Continue until all
animals in the first set of flashcards have been said.
3. Play ‘What’s this?’
A.
Hold up a flashcard to each
student and ask the structure, ‘What’s this?’ Students reply.
B.
Say ‘look’, ‘Raise your hand if you know’. Hold
up a random flashcard from the first set and pose the structure, ‘What’s this?’
The student who answers correctly gets the card. Continue until all the
flashcards are gone. Say ‘Cards, please’ to students.
4. Play ‘Missing Animal’
Say to students ‘close
your eyes’. Lay the flashcards on the table in front of the students. Flip one
of the flashcards on its back. Say to students ‘open your eyes. Encourage
students to raise his/her hand if they know the answer. Point to the faced down flashcard and ask the
structure ‘What’s this?’ Choose a student, if the response is correct; it’s
that student’s turn.
5. Teach structure ‘It’s a’
+ second set of the target vocabulary
Say
to students, ‘listen’ and ‘be quiet’ using the appropriate gestures. Hold up
one of the flashcards from the first set and say the featured animal on the
flashcard to ensure proper pronunciation. Then say ‘It’s a + featured animal’.
Say to students ‘listen’ and ‘then repeat’. Say ‘It’s a + featured animal?’
twice. If the target vocabulary contains more than one syllable, break the
pronunciation into syllables. Continue until all animals in the second set of
flashcards have been said.
6. Play ‘What’s this?’
A.
Hold up a flashcard to each
student and ask the structure, ‘What’s this?’ Students reply.
B.
Say ‘look’, ‘Raise your hand if you know’.
Hold up a random flashcard from the first set and pose the structure, ‘What’s
this?’ The student who answers correctly gets the card. Continue until all the
flashcards are gone. Say ‘Cards, please’ to students.
7. Play ‘Slow reveal’
Encourage students to
raise his/her hand if they know the answer. Using A4 sized parchment paper,
hold the second set of flashcards with the pictures facing towards the teacher.
The first card should be turned around
so it is facing the students but is hidden as it is behind the parchment
paper. Slowly pull the flashcard up inch
by inch so the students can only see part of the flashcard. As the picture is slowly revealed pose the
structure, ‘What’s this?’ to the students so they can try and guess what it
is. The first student to guess correctly
keeps the card. Continue until all the cards have been revealed. Ask for the
flashcards back from the students.
Assessment (20 minutes):
1.
Draw
two animals and label them
Give each student half
of an A4 paper. Put the pencil holder, crayon box and marker holder on the
table. Say ‘Write your name’. Model the instruction. Say ‘Draw an animal’.
Model the instruction. After students have completed this step, point to the
crayons and say ‘Colour the animal’. Model the instruction. Upon completion of
this step, hold up your drawing of an animal and ask one student, ‘What’s this?’
After that student responds, say ‘[Student’s name] ask the question to
[Student’s name]’. Ensure everyone has had a chance. Take a marker and say
‘Take a marker’. Say ‘Write the name of the animal’. Model the instruction.
Repeat the steps for the second animal. At the end, collect the students’
papers.
2. Play ‘Cross the river’
Place all eight
flashcards on floor in winding manner and a ruler to show where the game
begins. Stand behind the ruler. Say ‘Line
please’. After all the students are cued behind the ruler, model the activity.
Each card represents a stepping stone in the river. A student begins the game
after the class shouts the structure, ‘What’s this?’. Students must say the
structure, ‘It’s a + featured word’, in order to step on it and cross the
river. If a student doesn’t know the featured animal, he/she has to stop on the
known animal. Another student gets to begin the game. After all students have
begun the game, help will be provided by the teacher to students in a
descending order. Once help has been provided, all the students repeat the
stated chunk and then that student has to start over. Whenever a student
successfully cross the river or say all the words on the flashcard, the class
shouts ‘hooray’.
Wrap Up (5 minutes):
1. Sing ‘Farewell’ song
Encourage students to
pack up his things. Say “stand up! It’s time to say goodbye” to indicate the
beginning of the song. Everyone sings the song and do the associated action two
times.
2. Quick Review of content
Take up flashcards.
Stand at the door and say ‘Line please!’ Hold up a random animal flashcard and
ask ‘What’s this?’ to each student. Change the flashcards for each student.
Student answers then leave the class. If a student answers incorrectly: a)
Change the flashcard and ask the question again, b) help the student by
formulating the word with your mouth or sounding out the word and ask student
to repeat it.
