LESSON PLAN
Date: 30.10.2012
Course: English 2000
Teacher of English: Balasa Adela Mihaela
Level: Primary, 2 hours/week
Class: 5
Number of students: 16
Unit of learning: My family and my pets
Topic: Domestic and wild animals
Main focus: Speaking skills
Time: 50 minutes
Aims: - to give SS practice in speaking
- to introduce vocabulary concerning animals
- to develop fluency
- to encourage speaking
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
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: Warm up
Aim: To introduce the topic and create a pleasurable atmosphere.
Procedure: Teacher greets the class, checks the attendance and the homework. 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 ?"
Teacher informs students about the lesson’s aims and writes the title and the date on the
blackboard
Time: 5 min
Interaction: T > Ss
Activity 2: Presentation- Brainstorming
Aim: - to enrich vocabulary related with animals and their habitat
- to improve pronunciation
Procedure: T asks SS if they know what words like "domestic" and "wild" mean. T shows
Ss some pictures with domestic and wild animals. Then T asks SS where domestic
animals, respectively wild animals live, what is the difference between them, what they
eat. T explains what a pet is.
Time: 15 min
Interaction: T > Ss
Activity 3:Practice
Aim: - to enrich vocabulary related with animals
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.
Time: 10 min
Interaction: T > Ss, Ss>Ss, pair work
Activity 4:Practice
Aim: - to introduce/recycle vocabulary and give SS the chance to be creative
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
Time: 5 min
Interaction: T > Ss,
Activity 5:Production
Aim: - to relax students
To develop fluency
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."
“I am the king of the jungle”.”So, you are a lion”
“I eat grass and I give milk”. “So, you are a hen”. Etc..
Time: 10 min
Interaction: T > Ss,
Activity 7: Homework
Aim: To practice relying on the information provided during the class
Procedure: T grades some SS. SS are assigned to draw a pet and give details about it.
Time: 5 min
Interaction: T > Ss
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......
