LESSON PLAN

Teacher:
Date:
High School:
Class:
Level: B2
Topic: Dog-Bite Prevention
Setting: Classroom
Time: 50 minutes
Objective:
will become familiar with the different ways dogs communicate.
will learn the aroriate way to aroach a dog.
will learn the aroriate actions to ta!e if they are aroached by a stray or loose dog.
Materials:
Photograhs or illustrations of dogs in varying body ostures" conveying different levels of
comfort in their resent situation or feeling states.
#lashcards with dogs and children.
#lashcards with different emotional states$ sad" ugly" hay%%&
Proce!re:
"# Pre$ reaing activit%
&# Disc!ssion on a given topic ' E(pressing emotions non$verball% or verball%
Timing$ ) min#
"nteraction T$S* S$T* S$S
Proce!re
'eacher as!s students how they can let others see what they are thin!ing or feeling.
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)nstructions addressed to students:
(. Please, come in front of the classroom and communicate different emotional states
non verbally to the rest of the class.
2.Please, pick up a flashcard and you have to communicate to us non-verbally.
3. Jot down on the board what you think she/he meant.
+# Discussion- comparison ( prediction)
Timing 5 min
Interaction- T-S, S-S
Procedure: 'eacher as!s students how the dogs can communicate to us.
*hat do you thin! dogs can communicate to us+ Come in front of the class and let,s find
together the way dogs communicate.
-tudents will .ot down what they have found out.
,#-eaing activit%$ + min
'eacher reads a iece of information about the way dogs communicate to us
Dogs can bar. or gro/l in i00erent /a%s to comm!nicate i00erent things# One .in
o0 bar. ma% mean 1"2m h!ngr%1* another 1" nee to go o!t1* %et another 1" /ant to pla%1*
an %et another 1there2s anger1#
3ro/ling* a eep* throat% 1grrr1* is the /a% a og lets others .no/ to sta% a/a% an leave
him alone# O0ten the og is protecting a treas!re s!ch as 0oo* bones or ra/hie to%s
0rom being ta.en a/a%#
A gro/l is a /arning that the og /ill bite i0 %o! on2t leave him alone# Most ogs /ill
stop gro/ling i0 %o! move a/a% 0rom them an leave them alone#
4# Conversation !sing e(tracts 0rom maga5ines
Timing$ +) min
Proce!re $ Teacher as.s st!ents to rea alo! the 0ragments intro!ce in the
maga5ine belo/
""#6hile$reaing activit%:
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+# Comment each paragraph$ 6hat is %o!r opinion abo!t each paragraph7
,# Have %o! ever enco!ntere s!ch sit!ation in real li0e7
4# "magine %o!rsel0 in the position o0 a person /ho is on the verge o0 being bitten
b% a og7
)# Ho/ /o!l %o! react to that sit!ation7 6o!l %o! be calm* /o!l %o! r!n a/a%7
III.Post- reading activities
Teacher introduces the text about French postmen and ask students if it is a good idea or not
that people have special training courses based on this particular issue.
Timing- 10 min
Procedure- T. asks students to read the paragraph aloud and asks them to express an opinion
about the procedure the French have found in order to protect their postmen.
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Students are invited to rite on the board as man! ideas as possible.
"xpress !ourselves in terms of short sentences.
#o ould !ou plan such a course$
%ould !ou bring a trained dog in order to exemplif! some situations$
#omeork& Find on internet stories about persons ho ere bitten b! dogs. 'ring them
at school and identif! hat the problem as( h! did the dog attack the person$ ) min
This is a piece of maga*ine to be taken at home and stuck on a all in their room.
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