LESSON PLAN

TEACHER: DATE: TIME: SCHOOL: CLASS:

Class profile: 15 year-olds, A2B1

Teaching unit : Module 1: Communication; Animal talk

Type of lesson : Presentation, practice

Sources: Challenges 4 Students' Book; Workbook; Teacher's Handbook

Aims and objectives : Read about animal communication; revise the present tenses

Teaching methods : conversation, presentation, reading comprehension, listening comprehension, writing, speaking

Class management : whole class, individual work, pair work, group work
Teaching aids, materials
and equipment : students book, workbook, CD; board, chalk, CD-player
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TIMING
Aims and Class organization procedures and activities Interaction Teaching Possible problems
objectives aids and and solutions
materials

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partIntroductory

Introduce the Warm-up: Use some of the Get Ready activities to introduce the main characters, setting and the T Ss
topic, elicit ideas module. SB 10
and vocabulary, CD min
arouse interest Exercise 1: Give students a few minutes to work in small groups, discussing what T Ss CD player
they know about the animals. S-S
The groups then share their information as a class. Help with vocabulary
where necessary.
Main part

Provide key Exercise 2: Play the recording for students to read and listen for general
vocabulary and comprehension. T - SS
target language Students work individually, reading the text and noting down how the six
in context animals communicate.
When checking answers, ask students to read aloud the section of the text T - SS
that gives the answer. S-S

Present target Exercise 3: Students discuss the questions in groups or as a whole class. If some
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of them havent got a pet, encourage them to talk about pets that their friends
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or relatives have.
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Practice target CD player
Exercise 4: Ask Ss to read the examples and match them with the names and uses of the tenses. Elicit
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the verb forms in each tense. board
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Exercise 5: Ask Ss to read the sentence and the meanings. Elicit the correct answer.
Practice target
language T - Ss
Exercise 6: Ask Ss to read the sentences and the timelines and match them. Elicit the correct answers.

Exercise 7: Ask Ss to read the sentences and the pictures and match them. Elicit the correct answers.

Exercise 8,9: Set these exercises for homework. Elicit a couple of answers to set the model.
partFinal

Ending the lesson:

Use target
language Exercise 10, 12, 13: Ask Ss to read the instructions, cues, and the example sentences. Elicit a couple of T-S SB 10
sentences. Ss make the questions. They work in pairs to ask and answer the questions, and then report S-S min
the answers to the class.

Homework: Exercise 8,9