Scoala cu clasele I-VIII Bucovat/Structura Bucovat

Prof. Pârvulescu Miruna

LESSON PLAN

Date:
Course: English 2000
Teacher of English: Pârvulescu Miruna-Dana
Level: Primary, 2 hours/week
Class: 5
Number of students:
Unit of learning: My family and my pets
Topic: Domestic and wild animals
Main focus: Speaking skills
Instruction time: 50 minutes
Aims: - to give SS practice in speaking
- to introduce vocabulary concerning animals
- to practise the Present Tense Simple and demonstrative pronouns and
adjectives
The purpose of this lesson is to introduce students two different types of animals:
domesticated and non-domesticated, and to give them practice in speaking. This
topic is relevant to students because many students may choose to own a pet.
Language functions:
- asking things
- giving information
- identifying and describing animals
Assumed knowledge: SS have already learnt the Present Tense Simple
Anticipated problems:
- If SS do not understand the oral commands or the tasks, these will be
translated into Romanian.
Assessment activity: The students will be assessed on class participation.
Resources and materials: Pictures or drawings of animals, textbook, blackboard
Activity 1: WARMER
Aims: - to warm SS up
- to have SS talk about their lives and themselves;
Timing: 5 minutes
Interaction: T-S
Procedure: To warm up the students for the lesson, I’ll ask them questions about
their lives. ”What day is today?’’, ”What do you do on Fridays?’’, “Do you like
sweets?’’

Activity 2: LEAD-IN
Aims: - to get SS into the new topic
Timing: 2 minutes
Interaction: T-S
Procedure: T asks a student if he/she likes animals and if he/she has got a pet. “Do
you like animals?”, “What animals do you like ?”

Activity 3: INTRODUCING NEW WORDS/NOTIONS

Aims: - to introduce vocabulary concerning animals and their habitat
- to improve pronunciation
Timing: 5 minutes
Interaction: T-S
Procedure: T asks SS if they know what words like “domestic” and “wild” mean.
Then T asks SS where domestic animals, respectively wild animals live. SS are also
asked to name some domestic and wild animals. T explains what a pet is.

Activity 4: WHAT IS THIS?

Aims: - to have SS talk about the animals they see in the pictures
Timing: 5 minutes
Interaction: T-S
Procedure: SS are shown some pictures and are asked to name the animals they see.
They are also asked to describe them: “What’s this?”, “Is it a domestic or a wild
animal?”, “Where does it live?”

Activity 5: WHAT DO THEY SAY?

Aims: - to relax students and review this is/that is, demonstrative adjectives and
pronouns
Timing: 3 minutes
Interaction: T-S, S-S
Procedure: SS are asked if they know what a dog “says”. T imitates some animals
and asks students if they can do the same.

Activity 6: WHAT DO THEY EAT?

Aims: - to recycle vocabulary and practise the Present Tense Simple
Time: 10 minutes
 Interaction: Pair-work, T-S
Procedure: SS are given worksheets and are asked to work in pairs. They have to
answer some questions about what certain domestic and wild animals eat. T checks
their answers and/or students go to the blackboard and write the correct answers.

Activity 7: ARE DOMESTIC ANIMALS USEFUL?

Aims:- to introduce/recycle vocabulary and give SS the chance to be creative
Time: 10 minutes
Interaction: S-T
Procedure: T asks students if they know what certain domestic animals give.
“What do pigs give?” “They give meat.” “What do cows give?” “They give milk.”
etc

Activity 8: A GAME: GUESS THE ANIMAL!

Aims: - to relax students
Time: 5 minutes
Interaction: T-S, S-S
Procedure: T tells SS some characteristics of an animal and SS are asked to guess it.
“I like honey, but I do not like bees.” “So, you are a bear.”
“I eat carrots and cabbage.” “So, you are a rabbit.”
Or some students are asked to act out an action or imitate an animal and the others
guess the animals.

Note: Some of the previous activities are optional, depending on the time left.

Activity 9: EVALUATION/ HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT

Aims: - to evaluate SS’ work
- to assign SS’ homework
Timing: 5 minutes
Interaction: T-S
Procedure: T grades some SS. SS are assigned to draw a pet and give details about
it.

Activity 6

WHAT DO THEY EAT?

Model:
What do cows eat?
They eat grass.

1) What do zebras…..…?

They eat…………….
2) What….….….bears eat?

They….…..…..honey.

3) What do cats………?

They eat……………

4) What……....monkeys eat?

They…………bananas.

5) What do rabbits………?

They eat….……….

6) What …..…horses eat?

They eat….….….

7) What do wolves……?

They eat…………….