Lesson plan

Name: Krämer Gabriel

School: Școala Primară Americano-Română, Oradea

Class: Pregătitoare

Date: 22.03.2023

Level: Starters

Lesson: `At the zoo`

Type of lesson: Lesson of communication of new knowledge

Aims:

 To develop and practice vocabulary knowledge

 To involve students in conversation

 To raise interest in the topic

 To have fun while learning English

Objectives

By the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:

 To name and talk about animals

 To practice animal names
 To say a chant
 To improve students’ listening skills
 To sing a song
 To give students practice with It’s a + adj (big/small) ….
Time: 45 minutes

Aids: textbook, notebook, worksheet, pc, speakers, interactive smart board,

Methods used: conversation, example, classification, dialogue, explanation, demonstration.

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Assumptions:

 They should know in English at least some animal words

Anticipated problems:

 If students do not understand the oral command or the task, this will be translated into
Romanian.

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 ORGANIZATION OF THE CLASS

Time: 2 min
Aims:
-T prepares students for the English lesson, the teacher creates the specific
atmosphere, asking the children about how do they feel today. T prepares the
necessary aids. The students get ready for the English class.
Using English at the beginning of the lesson creates an `English language
atmosphere`, establishing connection between the teacher and the students, and helps
the students feel relaxed.

PROCEDURE INTERACTION TIMING

/METHODS

Teacher’s task: greets the Ss and makes sure that T- Ss

everything is in order for the lesson to begin. Ss- T 2 min
T prepares the necessary aids. T-S
T asks Ss how do they feel today, starting a small talk Conversation
with some of them.
T will ask Ss to prepare their books and notebooks.

Students’ task: answer T’s questions

talk with T
get ready for the English class

WARMING – UP:

Time: 3 min
Aids: a small ball
Aims:
- set students’ mind on English

PROCEDURE INTERACTION TIMING

/METHODS
Teacher’s task: T will name one S as Teacher’s T- Ss
assistant for the day. T-S 5 min
T asks for who is missing today. T marks the Ss- T
absentees. T asks for the day of the week and puts the Game

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 date on the board. Conversation
T plays a ball game with the kids. T throws a ball and
the student that catches it is supposed to say an
English word (numbers, colors, toys, classroom
objects, family members etc.)

Students’ task: answer T’s questions using English

Ss have fun while playing the game. The Ss catch the
ball and say English words.

INTRODUCING THE NEW TOPIC

Time: 5 min
Aids: flashcards
Aims: to get the students familiar with the topic and what they will do during the
lesson.

PROCEDURE INTERACTION TIMING

/METHODS
Teacher’s task: T brings many flashcards with all kind
of animals, domestic and wild and asks the class to T- Ss
work as a team and separate the wild animals from the T-S 3 min
farm animals. Ss- T
TW
Students’ task: Ss classify the animal flashcards into Making
wild and domestic. distinction

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PRESENTING THE TOPIC:
Time: 10 min
Aids: textbook, notebook, speakers, cd, pc.
Aims: - to practice animal names
-to spell the new words
-to name and talk about animals
-to say a chant

PROCEDURE INTERACTION TIMING

/METHODS
Activity I
Teacher’s task:. T asks the students to pay attention at
the exercise 1 from page 44. T tells Ss to point to the T- Ss
two characters and ask who they are. (Where are they?, Ss- T 5 min
What animals can you see in the poster?, How many T-S
are there?) Listening
Explanation
T uses the textbook and the cd of the textbook. While T Drilling
plays the cd, he asks Ss first to listen and then to say Writing
the words.
T plays the cd twice. At the first listening, T asks the Ss
just to pay attention and listen while at the second
listening T asks Ss to listen and to point on the book.

T drills new words using choral and individual

repetition.

T puts down on the board the new words and he asks

the Ss to put them down into their notebooks. He asks
individually some of the Ss to spell the words.

Students’ task: Ss pay attention, listen carefully, point

on the image from the book and repeat. Ss read the
words in order, as they are listed in the book.
Ss spell the words when they are asked and they put
them down.

Activity II- Listen and chant

Teacher’s task: T asks Ss to leave the book opened at

the same page because they are going to do the exercise
2, which says: Listen and Chant. T- Ss
Before the chant, T elicits from Ss what they can see in Ss- T
the pictures. T asks what color and size the animals are. T-S

T plays the cd twice. At the first listening, T asks the Ss

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 just to pay attention, listen, while at the second Listening 5min
listening T asks Ss to chant with the cd. Speaking
If it’s necessary T, will play the cd three times. Chanting
Right after, T will chant the text with all the kids and
individually with some of them.

Students’ task: Ss answer T’s questions. Ss pay

attention, listen carefully, follow the lines. Ss chant
with the T and chant individually when T asks them to.

REINFORCEMENT:

Time: 20 min
Aids: textbook, speakers, cd, pc.
Aims: - to improve student’s listening skills
-to practice the new language
-to give students practice with It’s a + adj. (big/small)…

PROCEDURE INTERACTIO TIMING

N/METHODS

Activity I- Exercise 1 and 2 /41

Teacher’s task: T gives Ss a time limit to look at the T- Ss

silhouettes in their book. T plays the recording and Ss Ss-T 5 min
have to listen and stick. T plays the recording again for T-S
Ss to check their work. Listening
T practices the new language with the kids, doing the Speaking
second exercise from the same page. T plays the
recording for Ss to listen and repeat.

Students’ task: Ss have to listen, take out their stickers

and place them on the silhouettes. For the second
exercise, Ss listen, repeat and they look at the pictures in
the first exercise.

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 Activity II T- Ss
Ss-T
Teacher’s task: T asks Ss to leave the book opened at T-S
the same page. They will do together the third exercise. Speaking
T asks Ss to focus on the first picture. T tells Ss to point Drawing
5 min
at the incomplete cub and he guides Ss to guess what it
is. T encourages Ss to use It’s a + adj. (big/small)…
T gives Ss a time limit to complete the other pictures. T
asks Ss individually.

Students’ task: Ss complete the pictures, they guess

what animal is it. They say what they see using the
indicated language structure.

Activity III- Listen and sing

Teacher’s task: T tells Ss to turn the page and to look at

the picture from exercise 1. T asks Ss questions of what T- Ss
they see in the picture. Ss-T
T plays the audio song two or more times and he sings T-S
with the class. T also plays the song video, pausing after Speaking
each verse for Ss to repeat. When Ss have learnt the Singing 10 min
song, T uses the karaoke version to practice the song
with the whole class.
Students’ task: Ss look at the picture and tell T what
they see. Ss listen and sing the song.

FEEDBACK AND HOMEWORK

Time: 5 min
Aid: rewards
Aims: to give feedback and assign homework

PROCEDURE INTERACTION TIMING

/METHODS
Teacher’s task: assigns a homework task, giving them
to solve the exercise two from page 42. Ss have to find
and circle four animals in the song. Teacher expresses T- Ss
his appreciation for the class. Before saying Good bye Assign homework
Explanation
to all the Ss, he gives them stickers as rewards for
their excellent interest. 5 min

Students’ task: They put down their homework task

and say Good bye to teacher.

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