LESSON PROJECT

Name: Pascaru Carmen-Florina

Date: the 10th of March 2017
School: Scoala Gimnaziala Bogdanesti
Grade: 4th
Level: Elementary
Textbook: Firm Steps
Unit: 6 About animals
Lesson: In the jungle
Type of lesson: Introducing new knowledge
Aim: Teaching vocabulary and reading comprehension.
OBJECTIVES:
A. Cognitive: at the end of the lesson the students will be able to:
a) classify wild animals according to their habitat;
b) read a text with the appropriate intonation;
c) select specific information from the text;
d) speak about wild animals;

B. Affective: at the end of the lesson students will:

a) be confident in their ability to use the language;
b) be creative and interested in the topic.
Approaches and Methods:
1) Main Approach: Communicative Approach
2) Method: The Direct Method
Techniques: Individual work and pair work.;
Materials: textbook, blackboard, pictures, laptop, video-projector;
Skills: speaking, listening, reading, writing.

Stage Teachers activity Students activity Interaction Skill Time Purpose

1. Warm-up 1. Teacher greets the 1.Students answer; Teacher-student Listening 2 -to create a pleasant
students; atmosphere
2. Teacher shows Ss a 2. SS watch the video. Speaking -to grab students
trailer of the animated film interest
Zootropolis
(https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=Dm_xLDvCrNI)
2. Checking 1. Teacher asks students to 1. Students read Student-teacher Reading 2' - to verify if they did
homework read their homework, ex. homework. their homework
5/ p. 53. correctly.

3. Introducing 1. Having in view the 1. Students write the date Teacher-student Speaking 2' - to introduce today
new material video they have watched and the title. Writing topic;
previously, the teacher asks
Ss to guess the topic of the
Lead-in new lesson. T writes the
title, In the jungle, on the
board and Ss write the title
in their notebooks.

2. T elicits information 2. Ss answer. Teacher-student Speaking 3' - to offer a context for

from Ss asking: What learning;
animals have you seen in
the video? Do you know
any other domestic
 animals? Do you know
some wild animals? T
classifies animals in two
categories: domestic and
wild animals. T offers
feed-back and encourages
Ss to participate.
a)pre-reading 3. T invites Ss to open
their books on page fifty-
four.
4. T. asks students to do
exercise 1 page 54.
Students are asked to write
their answers in their
notebooks;
5. Teacher pre-teaches
some of the words from the repeat the words
text, such as: river, sea, in chorally.
danger, hunter, fur, skin.
The, teacher asks Ss to
repeat the words.
6. Teacher reads the text.
b) while-reading 7. Teacher asks students to
3. Students open their Teacher-student Listening -to provide a context
books on page fifty-four for the lesson
3'
4. Ss do ex 1 on page 54. IW Speaking - to help students
Students will be very Writing become familiar with
attentive to teachers the words of the text;
explanations. Some
students go to the board
and write down their
answers.
5. Students write and Teacher-student 5 -to help students
Writing become familiar with
Speaking the text.
-to offer a model for
6. Students pay attention. Teacher-student Listening 2' reading;
7. Students read the text Student-Student Reading 8'
 read the text in pairs. on roles. -to practice reading;

c) post-reading 8. T gives Ss a handout
Practice (ANNEX 1) and asks them
to solve ex. 1. . T monitors
Ss and offers more
explanations if they need.
8. Ss have to read the PW Speaking 5' - to check reading
text again and to give the Writing comprehension;
right answer. Students
answer the questions.

9. T divides Ss into three 9. Ss complete the Reading - to practice the newly

teams and gives each team worksheet and read their GW Writing acquired vocabulary;
a set of riddles; the team answers. 10'
that finds all the answers
wins. T gives Ss funny
stickers according to their
results.

4. Feedback and Teacher offers feedback Students listen Teacher-student Listening 3 - to let students know
evaluation (giving rewards) how well they
performed
5. Homework Teacher gives students Students listen Teacher-student Listening 2 - to make sure
exercise 1 on page 58 students practise the
(Crossword: Find twelve taught material
animals).