SCHOOL: SCOALA GIMNAZIALA NR 1 RABAGANI

TEACHER: IANCU MIRELA

DATE: THURSDAY, THE 9TH OF MAY 2013
FORM: 3RD GRADE,
SUBJECT: WHAT CAN ANIMALS DO?
TEXTBOOK: WAYAHEAD 1, BEGINNERS
AIMS :

Develop the vocabulary and the speaking skills

Read fluently and understand the text

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

To improve the pronunciation and the reading

To understand what the text is saying
To develop speaking skills
To make sentences of their own
To answer to questions, showing abilities
To learn new words
To describe the abilities of the animals

To describe animals and parts of the body

TEACHING AIDS:

coloured chalk, flashcards, handouts.

TEACHING TECHNIQUES: dialogues, reading, translation, individual work, brainstorming, playing

games( memories and blank)

TIME: 50 minutes
INTERACTION: individual work, T-Ss, Ss T
ANTICIPATED PROBLEMS: some children might not pay attention to the lesson or they might use the
wrong word

Stages of the lesson

ORGANISATION OF THE
CLASS
Teacher greets the pupils and asks them a few ordinary questions (Who is on duty today? / / How are you
today? / are you happy that we have English class today?). She also marks the absentees and checks the date on
the blackboard.
INTERACTION: T-Ss
TIMING: 1

CHECKING
HOMEWORK
Teacher asks the Ss what was their homework for today and the Ss answer. They had to do a list with the
animals that they know and those we have recently learnt. Probably some of the children will write some other
animals that they will look for in the dictionary. The Ss read loudly the names of the animals and the others can
intervene and say something else.
INTERACTION: T-Ss S-S
TIMING: 5

WARM UP
Teacher shows pupils some pictures with animals and they have to name the animal and then she asks
them a question to which they answer with yes or no. For example she shows them a picture of an elephant, they
say its an elephant and then she asks: Can an elephant fly?/Can an elephant walk? The purpose of this exercise is
also to see if they know the verbs that we have recently learnt, such as: to see, to eat, to drink, to draw, to sing, to
swim, etc.
Aims: to see if they understand what teacher says and the verbs learnt in the previous lessons.
INTERACTION: Whole Class
TIMING: 3

PRESENTING THE NEW

LESSON

Teacher announces that today they will learn about animals and their abilities( giraffes can eat leaves and
they can run; cats can see at night; crocodiles can eat meat but they cant jump; lions can eat rabbits and hippos

can see and hear in the water). Next the teacher will write the title of the new lesson on the blackboard with
coloured chalk and the Ss write it in their notebooks. The lesson is at page 95.
ACTIVITY 1: LISTENING, READING, TRANSLATION
AIMS: to read in a foreign language, to pronounce the words correctly, to assimilate the new words, to show
interest in the subject.
PROCEDURE: For this activity, the teacher will tell the pupils to open their books at page 95 and to pay attention
because she will read the text once and then they will have to read it too. Teacher names the pupils who are going
to read the text unless they dont raise their hands. They will read loudly one at a time and the teacher corrects the
mistakes of pronunciation where necessary. Each child will read at least one short fragment of the text. Then the
Ss are asked to translate the text or to say exactly what they understood. The unknown words will be written on
the blackboard and where its possible they will be encouraged to guess the meaning of the word.
INTERACTION: T- Ss, the whole class, Ss-T
TIME: 10
ACTIVITY 2: WRITING, INDIVIDUAL WORK,
AIMS: to develop writing skills, to use the new words correctly
PROCEDURE: Teacher asks a pupil to hand out the sheets she prepared for the lesson, containing a set of
exercises based upon the text. They will work individually and as they finish an exercise they will say orally the
answers or even go to the blackboard if necessary. In the first exercise there are 5 sentences and the pupils must
say if they are true or false, then in the second exercise they answer with yes or no to a few sentences in the third
they must fill in the blanks with the given words and in the last one they have to unscramble the letters in order to
form a word related to body parts.
INTERACTION: T-Ss , S-S
TIMING: 10
ACTIVITY 3: writing skill - contest
AIMS: to recognize the activity shown in the picture and to write correctly the words
On the other side of the handout there are some pictures representing children doing different activities.
They must write below each picture the appropriate verb.

INTERACTION: this exercise is seen as a contest, who finishes first and writes correctly all the verbs wins a
candy.
TIMING: 10

PERFORMANCE
FEEDBACK

AND

Teacher asks the Ss if they understood the lesson for today and if they have any questions. Then she
proposes to play a game called memories. In a big glass there are some papers with short sentences written on
them. Each child chooses a piece of paper, reads it silently and then puts it back in the glass. They have to
memorize the sentence and repeat the sentence loudly at the end of the game. For this game the Ss are divided
into two. One group will have affirmative sentences and the other group will have the same sentences but in
negative. When the first group says one sentence the other group( the pupils who has the negative sentence)
shouts bingo.
TIMING : 7

SETTING THE HOMEWORK AND ENDING THE

LESSON
Teacher decides that the homework for next time will be very simple as they have to solve an exercise: on
a handout there is drawn a sheep and in its fur there are some scrambled words. They must unscramble the words
and they have some hints on the right side of the picture. After solving this, they can colour the sheep as they like.
Teacher makes remarks regarding the pupils activity during the lesson.
INTERACTION: T-Ss, Ss-T
TIMING: 4

EXERCISES
I.

True or false?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

II.

Giraffes can eat meat.

Rabbits can see at night.
Hippos can see and hear in the water.
Crocodiles cant jump.
Lions can eat rabbits.

Answer the questions:

a) Can hippos hear in the water?
b) Can crocodiles eat meat?

c)
d)
e)
f)

III.

Use the given words to complete the sentences: can, cant, have, meat,
see:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

IV.

Can cats see at night?

Can giraffes eat meat?
Can lions draw a flower?
Can lions sing and dance?

Lions ..fly.
Cats see at night.
Hippos can .in the water.
Crocodiles meat.
Lions .big tails.

Unscramble the words:

Ysee ---- E
Raes ---- E
Ckesn ------N
Islat ----T
Lgse ----L

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W __ __ K

S __ __ G

J __ __ P

E __ __

F __ __

D __ __ __ K

S __ __ M

S __ __ __ P

H __ __ R