LESSON PLAN

Name: Popa Elena School: Colegiul National Costache Negri, Galai

Date: 8th of June, 2017 Timing: 50 minutes
Grade: 2nd grade Unit 6: butterfly
No. of students: Topic: Enjoy English revise vocabulary on animals
Level: A1 Type of lesson: revision- vocabulary practice

Aims: (teachers)

1. To enable students to name animals.

2. To enable students to describe animals.
3. To re-activate the use of can and cantfor expressing ability.
4. To enable students to practice listening, speaking and writing skills.

Objectives/Specific competences: (students)

At the end of the lesson the students will be able:

1. to describe animals
2. to use can and cant for expressing ability.
3. topractice listening, speaking and writing skills.
4. to use relevant vocabulary connected to animals.
5. to write short animal descriptions.
Teaching techniques/Methods/Learning activities:

Skills:
Listening
Speaking
Writing
Class organization:
Frontal work
Pair work
Group work
Interaction: T-SS, SS-T, S-S, T-G, G-T.
Aids/Materials:
BB/chalk
NB/pencils
Images with animals
A dice with letters
Toys
Worksheets
A sheet of paper with helping words

Students problems:
- the students difficulty in describing animals;
- the students difficulty in understanding the instructions;
- the students difficulty in writing animal descriptions;

Assumptions:
- the students eagerness to take part in solving the tasks;
- the students familiarity with some of the vocabulary and grammar structures to be used;
- the students ability to successfully perform the tasks;
- the students genuine interest in the topic of animals;

Evaluation:
- constant observation
- class assignment
- home assignment

Bibliography:
Robinson, Anne, Fun for starters / students book, Cambridge, 2007.
Harmer, Jeremy, The Practice of English Language Teaching, third edition, Longman.
Teaching English, Crazy animals and other activities for teaching English to young learners,
British Council, 2012.
 Procedure
No. Stages Teacher`s activity Students`s Didactic Interaction Time
crt. activity strategies
1 Beginning -T. greets Ss. and - Ss. tell the T. conversati T-Ss, Ss-T
the lesson checks the presence in the names of the on 2`
class. Ss. who are
absent.
2 Gaining - T. asks the students to - Ss. name all conversati T-Ss, Ss-T 2`
students name all the animals the animals they on
attention that they know in know in English.
English.
3 Present the -T. writes the date and -Ss. copy the Communi 2
topic and the title of the lesson on date and the cation T-Ss
explain the the blackboard: lesson title from
objectives Animals and informs the blackboard
the S. that, by the end into their
of the lesson, they notebooks.
should be able to
describe animals and
what they can or cant
do.
4. Vocabulary -T. writes the sentence Ss answer the Communi 5
practice: OPEN THE DOOR teachers cation
discover the AT ONCE!, then asks question, than
hidden animals a Sa to read it and find listen carefully
to find an animal to Ts
hidden in the words. If explanation and
they cannot find the instructions.
animal, T tells them it
is rat and asks them to
search again. When
they have found it, T
underlines the word rat
on the board:
Close the door at
once!
T then explains to the Explanatio
Ss that they are going n
to read more sentences
with animals hidden in
them. In pairs, they
have to find the animals
in the sentences. T
provides Ss with
worksheets. They will
 also have to solve a
puzzle in ex.2 Ss work in pairs
(annex1).T gives them to identify the
a 5 minute time limit animals hidden 5
to complete the task. in the sentences.
The team
to finish first is
the winner.
T asks the Ss to read Ss read their 3
their answers. answers.
5. T divides Ss into 4 Explanatio 4
Listening groups (each row is a n
activity group), then gives each
group an animal toy
Guess me / which makes a Sslisten
Riddle distinctive sound (if carefully to Ts
pressed/squeezed). T explanation and
explains Ss that they instructions.
will hear a number of
riddles. The first team
that will squeeze the
toy (as to make its
specific sound) will 10
provide the answer. Ss answer the
T reads the riddles riddles.
(annex 2).
T tells which team is
the winner.
6. Writing T puts 6 pictures of Ss listen 2
activity: animals on the carefully to Ts
blackboard (annex 3) explanation and
Practice and gives each animal a instructions.
animal letter from a f. T puts
description a sheet of paper with
some helping words on
the blackboard (annex
4).
T asks for a volunteer
to throw a dice with
letters. When the dice 12
lands on a letter, the S
must say which animal
corresponds to that
letter.The S has to write
the name of the
animal on the
 board,under the picture.
Another S will throw
the dice. If the number S throws the
lands on the same dice and
letter, the volunteer answers, then
must say something writes the
about the animal (for sentence on the
example, it is big, it blackboard. S
can run). The S will will look at the
write this on the board. helping words, if
If the number he/she needs
is different, the help in making
volunteer names a the sentences.
different animal. The
text might look
something
like this: It is a cat. It
is black and white. It
can run.

7. Feed-back and T announces the Ss write down T-Ss, Ss-T

homework homework: Imagine the homework. 3
assignment you are an animal. Ss say good-bye
Describe yourself. to the T.
T appreciates Ss
behavior during the
class.
T gives Ss thanks for
ther time and attention
and dismisses the class.
Annex 1

Hidden animals
1. Find the name of an animal in each sentence. The name is hidden between
two or more words. An example is done for you!

Open the doorat once!

1. He arrived in Africa today.

2. Eric owes me 10 cents.

3. They do good work.

4. To and fro goes the pendulum.

5. A gold key is not a common key.

2. Find the animals hidden in this puzzle. An example is done for you!

Z M O U S E I X

N O J V R L M O
L N C A T E V Q

A K O X P P Q D
N E W R T H Z O

Q Y H B S A I G
W T L I O N N K

H O R S E T U X
Annex 2

RIDLLES

1. I live in trees. I eat bananas. I have a tail. I am a . MONKEY

2. I have four legs. I eat grass. I can give you milk. COW
3. I have four legs and a long tail. I am a soft and furry pet. I have sharp teeth. I like to eat a
mouse. CAT
4. I can run fast. I eat grass. I have four legs and a long tail. I let people ride on my back.
HORSE
5. I can swim. I have a tail. I also have big eyes. You can find me in the sea. Fish
6. I am small. I have eight legs. I eat bugs. I catch them in my web. I am a . Spider
7. I am very small. Cats dont like me. I can run. I am a .. mouse
8. I live in lakes and rivers. I am green. I have a long mouth and teeth. I eat meat. I have
four legs and a long tail. I am a .crocodile
9. I have two legs and two wings and a short tail. I eat worms and bugs and grain. I give you
eggs. I am a . Chicken
10. I am very, very big. I eat grass. I have four legs and two big ears. I have a long nose and
is called a trunk. I am an . Elephant
11. I have no legs. I have a forked tongue. I am long. I make sssssss. I am a .. snake
12. I am big. I am golden. I eat meat. I am the king of the animals. I can roar. I am a lion.
13. I have a long neck and body. I eat leaves from trees. I have four long legs. I am a.
giraffe.
14. I can live in water or on ground. I jump. I am green. I eat insects. I am a frog.
15. I have four legs. I am a pet. I hate cats. I can bark. I am your best friend. I am a .dog.