“OUR LOVELY PETS”
Lesson Plan. Aim: By the end of the lesson the pupils of the 2nd form will be able to describe the pet. The course book- Spotlight by Marina Pospelova, Virginia Evans, Jenny Dooley, Nadezhda Bykova. Unit 7A “My Animals”
5 min Warm-up
To revise the animals
Says an animal: cat, dog,bird, fish, horse, frog, chimp.
In small groups, pupils stand in lines behind pictures with different animals. As they hear an animal, pupils raise the cards with the correct animal
Pupils can make the cards with animals at home (and besides pupils can draw the pictures of their favourite pets or animals at home
10 min
Pre-story
To introduce the topic
Shows a picture of an animal and asks: What colour is it? Is it a head? Is it a tail? What’s this? Has it got big or small ears, eyes? Asks who has got a pet at home
Say what they know about animals and tell about their own pet (describe a dog, a guinea pig, a cat, a parrot)
Bring a with the picture of their pet with its short description ( parrot, dog, cat, turtle)
To predict the story
Says: You will listen a story about different animals
Children have to guess the main idea of the text
To give the instruction
Explains the activity: Listen and colour the animal.
Gives out the crayons and blank drawings of the animal
Pupils follow the teacher’s instructions
Instead of crayons the pupils can use felt pens
10 min
While-story
To develop listening skills:
for gist
for detail
Tells first part of the story with actions and pictures for learners to understand the plot
Continues story with instructions for colouring
Listen to understand the main idea
Listen to the second part for detail and colour the animals following the teacher’s instructions
Teacher should be sure if the pupils understand the task
15 min
Post-story
To check understanding
Says: compare your pictures in pairs
Check if they were right
Check if the pupils have drawn correctly
To develop speaking
Asks: Describe your animal in a model ( I’ve got a …..It is…It has got….It likes to…. It usually eats…..
Describe a pet or an animal (who doesn’t have a pet)to each other
May organize new pairs
To personalise
Asks if the pupils like the story…….Then they listen to the song (p.68)
Give their opinions
And now let’s give marks to each other
Pupils estimate their work and raise cards with their marks
APPENDIX 1
New friends
Once upon a time there lived a princess. She had everything she wanted, but she was very-very sad. A magician who lived in that kingdom wanted to help her.
“You should have a pet, who will be a good friend to you”
“I have many slaves “
“But they are only slaves and not friends. Find a pet, and it will love you and be a good friend of yours”
“Where can I find it?”
“Let’s fly to the magic country!”
“Ok, that’s great”
And so they started their travelling. The first animal they saw was a green frog.
“Do you like it?”
“No, I don’t”. The frog jumped away.
Then they saw a beautiful bird. It was a parrot with the red wings and a green tail.
“Do you like it?”
“Yes I do. But how can I talk to him?”
“Oh, this parrot can talk”
“Wow, that’s lovely”
Then they saw a big brown cat with a white tail, sleeping under the big tree and a small white dog with black spots”
“Oh, I adore them”
“Ok, let’s count to three and we’ll come back home”
The princess counted and when she opened her eyes she found herself in her room and next to her there were that magic cat, a dog and a parrot”
They made friends quickly and the girl was happy.
Post-lesson reflection note
The class where I wanted to show this lesson consisted of twelve 8-9 -year -old pupils of the second form. The course- book was according to the school program Spotlight by Marina Pospelova, Virginia Evans, Jenny Dooley, Nadezhda Bykova.
The story which was attached in Appendix was written by the teacher (me). It was used to introduce the topic “Animals”, new vocabulary and structures. Besides I wanted my pupils to get the main idea from the text.
In the lesson I introduced new vocabulary and I tried to present it in a context which was familiar to the children. That’s why I’ve written a story using the words which we have already learnt in the lessons. Also the pupils liked their favourite enjoyable activity- to practice colours. Visual support helped me much, because the flashcards helped my pupils understand the meaning of the new words and make them more memorable.
The pupils enjoyed the lesson!!!!
